Research Output per year
Organization profile
Organisation profile
Our research
- examines policy areas that affect us all in day-to-day life ranging from housing and neighbourhoods to health care, family policy to social justice, health inequalities to domestic violence, child welfare to social care for older people, poverty to social work, governance to criminology.
- influences and challenges policies implemented by governments and institutions by looking at issues such as how we organise services for children and families, provide housing and health care for older people, develop our cities and neighbourhoods, and how effectively we provide social care and services for the vulnerable.
- investigates the issues, factors and attitudes underlying the social concerns that make our headlines every day: the ever-widening gap between rich and poor, migration, domestic violence, forced marriage, out-of-hours GP services, mental health services, how we apply criminal justice, the rise in obesity and less active lifestyles.
Main areas of research:
- Adoption and foster care
- Ageing
- Cities, housing and neighbourhoods
- Child and family welfare
- Criminal justice and social harm
- Determinants of nutrition and physical activity
- Health and social care
- Inter-professional practice
- International social and public policy
- Mental health
- Poverty and social exclusion
- Social work practice and education
- Violence against women and gender-based violence
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Network
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Profiles
Professor David W F Abbott
- School for Policy Studies - Professor of Social Policy
- Cabot Institute for the Environment
Person: Academic , Member
Dr Isabella A G Aboderin
- School for Policy Studies - Perivoli Chair in Africa Research and Partnerships
Person: Academic
Research Output
Ableist constructions of time? Boys and Men with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Managing the Uncertainty of a Shorter Life
Abrams, T., Abbott, D. W. F. & Mistry, B., 10 Mar 2020, In : Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
Open Access
File
A critical evaluation of systematic reviews assessing the effect of chronic physical activity on academic achievement, cognition and the brain in children and adolescents: A systematic review.
Wassenaar, T. M., Williamson, W., Johansen-Berg, H., Dawes, H., Roberts, N., Foster, C. & Sexton, C. E., 21 Apr 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
A decentred assessment of the impact of ‘informal governance’ on democratic legitimacy
Ayres, S., 11 Feb 2020, In : Public Policy and Administration. 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
Open Access
File
Projects
Creating Compassionate Communities to Support the Bereaved
Selman, L. E., Dawson, L. D., Pocock, L. V., Chamberlain, C. A. & West, K.
1/05/20 → 31/05/21
Project: Research
Student theses
(Un)healthy prison masculinities : theorising men's health in prison
Author: De Viggiani, N. P. A., 2003Supervisor: Payne, S. (Supervisor) & Doyal, L. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Access and equity in the school’s marketplace: the case for random allocation in secondary school admissions
Author: Richardson, J. D., 28 Nov 2019Supervisor: Watson, D. L. (Supervisor) & Harris, P. R. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Social Science (DSocSci)
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A long, hard road to go by : a study of the support work carried out in women's aid refuges
Author: Abrahams, H. A., 2004Supervisor: Malos, E. (Supervisor) & Harker, N. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Prizes
Alumni Distinguished Career Award
Fox, Kenneth R (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prizes, Medals, Awards and Grants
British Society of Criminology Book Prize
Canning, Vicky (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prizes, Medals, Awards and Grants
Activities
External examiner of PhD viva
Angeliki Papadaki (Examiner)
29 May 2020
Activity: Examination types › External Examination and Supervision
External examiner of PhD viva
Angeliki Papadaki (Examiner)
20 Mar 2020
Activity: Examination types › External Examination and Supervision
AXA Research Fund Fellowship
Alison C Gregory (Speaker)
31 Aug 2019 → 30 Aug 2021
Activity: Other activity types › Fellowship awarded competitively