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Alexander E, Matthews P, Botha M & Engstrom S (2026) Aetiology, Pathology, and Anti-Trans Reflections: Engaging with the Problematic Present of Autistic Trans Research. Autism in Adulthood. https://doi.org/10.1177/25739581261471375
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Article
Alexander E, Matthews P, Botha M & Engstrom S (2026) Aetiology, Pathology, and Anti-Trans Reflections: Engaging with the Problematic Present of Autistic Trans Research. Autism in Adulthood. https://doi.org/10.1177/25739581261471375
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A Necessary but Not Sufficient Intervention: Implementing Safe and Together in Scotland and England
Callaghan J, Kelly B, Laura B, John D & Hannah H (2026) A Necessary but Not Sufficient Intervention: Implementing Safe and Together in Scotland and England. Child Abuse and Neglect.
Article
Bureaucratic violence: Professionals' views of the financial experiences of terminally ill migrants
Sedgley T, Alexander J, Lessard-Phillips L, Macgregor A & Forbat L (2026) Bureaucratic violence: Professionals' views of the financial experiences of terminally ill migrants. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 9, Art. No.: 100680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2025.100680
Book Chapter
Family rights in children and families social work
Critchley A (2026) Family rights in children and families social work. In: Fouché C & Beddoe L (eds.) Elgar Encyclopedia of Social Work. Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences series. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035310234
Data Article / Data Paper
Greenword S, Fuentes-Montemayor E, Cowie C, Levine J, White PCL, Wilson M & Engstrom S (2026) Combined storytelling and mapping approaches for increasing community engagement with woodland creation and expansion projects.
Article
Torrance M, Masterton W, Falzon D, Carver H, Parkes T, Engstrom S, Duncan E, Dumbrell J, Park K, Lovell R & Gorely T (2026) Greenspace programs and recovery from substance use and mental health challenges: evaluating nature-based interventions through the lens of recovery capital. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2026.2664439
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Price H, Orina F, Chamba M, Chasima T, Caes L, Kalumbi L, Kambalame L, Lucas SE, Meme H, Nyikuri M, Semple S & Uny I (2026) Using a food-energy nexus lens to explore people's experiences of the cooking journey in African informal settlements. Energy for Sustainable Development, 91, Art. No.: 101914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2025.101914
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Community mapping with older people in a Scottish rural area: implications for social prescribing
Watson N, Mackay K & Watchman K (2026) Community mapping with older people in a Scottish rural area: implications for social prescribing. Journal of Integrated Care. https://doi.org/10.1108/jica-05-2025-0045
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Cann H, Barlow J, Ward H, Critchley A & Steele B (2026) Family and professional experiences of safeguarding interventions during pregnancy: protocol for a qualitative evidence synthesis. NIHR Open Research, 6 (17). https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.14226.1
Book Chapter
Violence, Displacement, and Transformation: The Ukrainian Experience
Connon ILC, Burlaka V, Buchko K, Dominelli L, Feen-Calligan H, Burlaka A, Peshkova V( & Javanbakht A (2026) Violence, Displacement, and Transformation: The Ukrainian Experience. In: Violence and trauma without borders: Perspectives of immigrants, migrants, and refugees post-migration. Edited by J.S. Hong, J.M. Bondy, & A. A. Peguero. Edward Elgar Publishing.
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First generation migrants' experiences of terminal illness: a systematic review of diasporic dying
Sedgley T, Alexander J & Forbat L (2025) First generation migrants' experiences of terminal illness: a systematic review of diasporic dying. BMC Palliative Care, 24 (1), Art. No.: 152. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-025-01789-0
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Digital group archives in residential childcare: an investigation into memory responsibility
Lucas S, Burns A, Emond R & Reid L (2025) Digital group archives in residential childcare: an investigation into memory responsibility. Families, Relationships and Societies, 14 (3), pp. 402-418. https://doi.org/10.1332/20467435Y2024D000000034
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Scaling home designs for healthy cognitive ageing: a realist evaluation perspective
Bowes A, Jagannath S, Njoki M, Pemble C, Quirke M, Davison L & Dawson A (2025) Scaling home designs for healthy cognitive ageing: a realist evaluation perspective. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 12, p. 102186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2025.102186
Article
Jacobs P, Whincup H & Grant M (2025) Ostensibly small moments and their ethical implications in research with care experienced children and young people. Jacobs P (Researcher) Qualitative Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1177/14733250251405939
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Ward L, Callaghan JEM & Lucas SE (2025) “You’re a kid, you don’t know where you are”: the voiced experiences of nonbinary youth navigating discursive realms of legitimacy. Qualitative Research in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2025.2579602
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Alexander J, Macgregor A, Lessard-Phillips L, Sedgley T & Forbat E (2025) The Representation of Migrants in Policy and Parliament: A Bacchian Analysis of the UK’s Immigration Health Surcharge. Critical Social Policy. https://doi.org/10.1177/026101832513863
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O’Leary D, Alfandari R, Cowley LE, Bertotti T, Gautschi J, Gregory M, Helm D, Killick C, Lwin K, Rölver M, Sicora A, Munkholt Sørensen K, Suarez H, Taylor B & Nirmalarajan LY (2025) Advancing social work research and practice: celebrating ten years of the Decisions, Assessment and Risk Special Interest Group (DARSIG). European Social Work Research. https://doi.org/10.1332/27551768y2025d000000051
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Hooper J, Buchanan-Smith HM, Robertson T & Lambert P (2025) Social Inequalities in Dog Bites and Strikes in Scotland: Evidence from Administrative Health Records and Implications for Prevention Policy. Animals, 15 (13), Art. No.: 1971. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15131971
Permanently Progressing Phase 3: Adolescence and early adulthood
PI: Dr Helen Whincup
Funded by: The Nuffield Foundation and Donors (UK)
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Developing The UNICEF Child Climate Risk Index (CCRI)
PI: Professor Lena Dominelli
Funded by: UNICEF
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Permanently Progressing? Phase Two: Middle Childhood
PI: Dr Helen Whincup
Funded by: The Nuffield Foundation and Donors (UK)
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Living Archives in Residential Child Care: using the past to inform the future
PI: Professor Ruth Emond
Funded by: Arts and Humanities Research Council
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Developing the evidence base for social care responses to children / families affected by domestic abuse
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Governing parental opioid use: a relational ethnography
PI: Professor Anne Whittaker
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Children living with domestic violence – understanding the effects on children’s wellbeing using longitudinal data
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Funded by: The Nuffield Foundation
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From fuel to pot: an interdisciplinary partnership to address the role of solid fuel use in food preparation in the household in Kenya and Malawi.
PI: Dr Isabelle Uny
Funded by: Arts and Humanities Research Council
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Consultancy ECPAT training
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Funded by: University of Kent
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Water and Fire: Understanding and reducing risk with 15 “Best Bets” for enhancing capacity for transformative adaptation with vulnerable township residents on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Everyday care: what makes it therapeutic for children in residential care?
PI: Professor Ruth Emond
Funded by: The Sir Halley Stewart Trust
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Evaluation of ‘Parents Involved in their Children’s Learning’ (PICL) project
PI: Dr Hannah Hale
Funded by: Midlothian Sure Start
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Creating better lives? An Evaluation of the Life Changes Trust
PI: Professor Louise McCabe
Funded by: Life Changes Trust
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Constructions of children and parents during the reform of family law in Scotland
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Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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Supporting separated migrant children to thrive during COVID-19
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Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Equalities, empowerment and the experience of care: An evaluation for the Life Changes Trust
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: Life Changes Trust
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Safer Places Evaluation
PI: Professor Ruth Emond
Funded by: Aberlour Child Care Trust
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Domestic Abuse Seminar Series
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: Delegates - Conferences
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Evaluation of Midlothian Sure Start and their Provision for Fathers
PI: Dr Hannah Hale
Funded by: Midlothian Sure Start
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'Vulnerable' families in a time of pandemic
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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