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The Register of Researchers is a database that holds contact details for researchers whose work may be of interest to children’s services professionals, together with a list of their research projects and their key publications.

   
Priscilla Alderson, Professor of Childhood Studies, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education

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Jane Aldgate, Professor of Social Care, The Open University

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Raymond Arthur, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Teesside

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Karl Atkin, Senior Lecturer in Ethnicity and Health, Univeristy of York

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Patrick Ayre, Senior Lecturer, Child and Family Welfare Research Unit, University of Bedfordshire

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Mary Baginsky, Head of Research, CWDC

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Sue Bailey, Consultant Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatrist, Senior Research Fellow, University of Manchester

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Mog Ball, Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues, Birkbeck College, University of London

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Jane Barlow, Professor of Public Health in the Early Years, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick

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Ravinder Barn, Professor of Social Policy and Social Work, Royal Holloway, University of London

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Saul Becker, Professor of Social Policy and Social Care/Head of School, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham

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Jennifer Beecham, Professor of Health and Social Care Economics, Personal Social Services Research Unit

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Margaret Bell, Senior Lecturer, University of York

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David Berridge, Professor of Child and Family Welfare, University of Bristol, School for Policy Studies

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Nina Biehal, Professor of Child and Family Studies, Social Policy Research Unit

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Ruth Boyask, Lecturer in Education Studies, University of Plymouth

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Julia Brannen, Postgraduate Research Tutor, Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU) – Institute of Education

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Isabelle Brodie, Senior Research Fellow, University of Bedfordshire

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Julia Brophy, Senior Research Fellow,

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Louise Brown, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Department of Social and Policy Sciences

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Ann Buchanan, Director for the Oxford Centre for Research into Parenting and Children, University of Oxford

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Helen Buckley, Senior Lecturer, Trinity College

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Roger Bullock, Fellow, Centre for Social Policy, Warren House Group at Dartington

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Ian Butler, Professor of Social Work, Bath University

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Verity Campbell-Barr, Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies,, University of Plymouth

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John Carpenter, Professor of Social Work and Applied Social Science, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol

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Hedy Cleaver, Professor, Royal Holloway College University of London

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Stephan Collishaw, Nuffield Foundation New Career Development Fellow, MRC Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London

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Wendy Cousins, Course Director, Health & Social Care, School of Nursing, University of Ulster

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Cherilyn Dance, Senior Research Fellow, , Child and Family Welfare Research Unit, University of Bedfordshire

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Hilton Davis, Emeritus Professor of Child Health Psychology, South London & Maudsley NHS Trust

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Jo Dixon, Research Fellow, Social Policy Research Unit

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Gillian Douglas, Professor of Law, Cardiff Law School

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Elaine Farmer, Professor of Child and Family Studies, Bristol University

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Jean Golding, Professor Emeritus, Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, University of Bristol

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Sarah Gorin, Senior Research Officer, NSPCC

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Berni Graham, Freelance Researcher, Previously Research Officer at the National Children's Bureau

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Simon Hackett, Head of the School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University

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Ann Hagell, Programme Director, Adolescent Mental Health, Nuffield Foundation

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Christopher Hall, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Huddersfield

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Carol Hayden, Professor in Applied Social Research, University of Portsmouth

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Neal Hazel, Senior Lecturer and Researcher, University of Salford

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Marianne Hester, Professor of Gender, Violence and International Policy & NSPCC Fresh Start Professor, University of Bristol

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Leslie Hicks, Research Fellow, Social Work Research and Development Unit

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Sally Holland, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Services, University of Cardiff

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David Howe, Professor of Social work, University of East Anglia

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Joan Hunt, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Centre for Family Law and Policy, Department of Social Policy and Social Work

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Gordon Jack, Reader in Social Work, University of Durham

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Mary Kellett, Professor of Chidlhood and Youth, Centre for Childhood, Development and Learning,The Open University

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Liz Kelly, Child & Woman Abuse Studies Unit, London Metropolitan University

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Andrew Kendrick, Professor of Residential Child Care, University of Strathclyde

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Rosemary Kilpatrick, Retired Professor ,

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Susan Kirk, Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work

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Derek Kirton, Reader, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent

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Martin Knapp, Professor of Social Policy (LSE); and Professor of Health Economics (IoP); Director (PSSRU; CEMH; NIHR SSCR), Personal Social Services Research Unit, LSE; Centre for Economics of Mental Health, IoP; NIHR School for Social Care Research, LSE

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Ravi KS Kohli, Head of Department, Applied Social Studies, University of Bedfordshire

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Brynna Kroll, Senior Consultant / Researcher, ARTEC (Health & Social Care) Enterprises Ltd

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Sophie Laws, Independent Consultant,

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Peter Marsh, Professor of Child and Family Welfare, Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield

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Judith Masson, Professor of Socio-legal Studies, Bristol University

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Dominic McSherry, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Child Care Research, Queen's University, Belfast

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Rosie Meek, Lecturer in Psychology, University of Southampton

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Sharon Milner, , University of Ulster

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Elizabeth Monck, Senior Research Officer, Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU) – Institute of Education

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Angela Morgan, Research Fellow, Policy Research Institute

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Louise Morpeth, Researcher, Dartington Social Research Unit

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Sue Moyers, Visiting Fellow, University of Bristol

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Eileen Munro, Reader in Social Policy, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science

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Pippa Murray, Lead Consultant, ibk initiatives Ltd.

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Elsbeth Neil, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of East Anglia

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Jayne Osgood, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies in Education, London Metropolitan University

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Charlie Owen, Senior Research Officer, Institute of Education, University of London

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Roy Parker, Professor Emeritus, University of Bristol

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Heather Payne, Senior Lecturer, Child Health, Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff University

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Janie Percy-Smith, Freelance researcher,

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Susan Pike, Freelance Researcher/Research Associate, University of Portsmouth

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John Pinkerton, Professor of Child and Family Social Work , Queens University Belfast

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Andrew Pithouse, Lecturer in Social Work and Research, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University

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David Preece, Team Manager, Social Care Services for Children with Autism, Northamptonshire Children and Young People's Directorate

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Christine Puckering, Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Glasgow,

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Gill Pugh, Action Researcher, Ormiston Children & Families Trust

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David Quinton, Professor of Psychosocial Development, Centre for Family Policy and Child Welfare, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol

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Charlotte Ritchie, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, School of Health and Social Care, Oxford Brookes University

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Debi Roker, Co-Director , Trust for the Study of Adolescence

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Alan Rushton, Visiting Professor, Health Service Research and Population Department

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Michael Rutter, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, PO 80, SGDP Research Centre, Institute of Psychiatry

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Gillian Schofield, Professor of Child & Family Social Work, School of Social Work and Psychology, University of East Anglia

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Stephen Scott, Professor in Child Health and Behaviour , Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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Jonathan Scourfield, Reader in Social Work, Cardiff School of Social Sciences

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Clive Sellick, Reader in Social Work, University of East Anglia

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Julie Selwyn, Senior Lecturer, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol

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Elaine Sharland, Senior Lecturer in Social Care and Social Work, University of Sussex

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David Shemmings, Professor of Social Work and Deputy Head (Medway campus) of the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research , University of Kent

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Nigel Sherriff, Research Fellow, International Health Development Research Centre (IHDRC), University of Brighton

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Ian Sinclair, Professor Emeritus, Social Policy Research Unit

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Tricia Sloper, Research Director, Children and Families Team, Social Policy Research Unit

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Marjorie Smith, Co-Director, Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU) – Institute of Education

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June Statham, Professor of Education and Family Support, Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU) – Institute of Education

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Mike Stein, Research Professor, Social Policy Research Unit Unit, University of York

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Sarah Stewart-Brown, Director of Health Sciences Research Institute, Chair in Public Health, Warwick Medical School

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Cathy Street, Research Consultant, Rethink

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June Thoburn, Emeritus Professor of Social Work, University of East Anglia

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Nigel Thomas, Professor of Childhood and Youth Research, University of Central Lancashire

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Liz Trinder, Reader in Family Studies, Newcastle University

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Jane Tunstill, Head of Department of Health and Social Care , Royal Holloway

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Jim Wade, Senior Research Fellow, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York,

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Harriet Ward, Director, Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University

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Joanna Watt, Faculty Research and Enterprise Officer,

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Howard Williamson, Lecturer in Social Policy and Senior Research Associate, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University

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Anne Worrall-Davies, Senior Lecturer/Honorary Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Leeds

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