Social Work Division - Brunel University

Brunel University
Book Launch: Research and Research Methods for Youth Practitioners
„Research and Research Methods for Youth
Practitioners‟ is a new edited book by Dr
Simon Bradford and Dr Fin Cullen and published
by Routledge.
Rigorous research is crucial to effective work
with young people and increasingly youth
practitioners need to be able to develop, review
and evidence their work using a variety
of research and assessment tools. This text
equips students and practitioners with a thorough
understanding of research design, practice
and dissemination, as well as approaches
Recent divisional publications
Ansell, N., van Blerk, L., Hajdu, F. and Robson, E. (2011) , Spaces, times, and critical
moments: A relational time - space analysis of the impacts of AIDS on rural youth in Malawi
and Lesotho, Environment and Planning A 43 (3): 525- 544
Barker, J. and Alldred, P. (2011), Documentary research and secondary data. In: Bradford, S.
and Cullen, F. eds. Research and Research Methods for Youth Practitioners. London:
Routledge
Christie, D., Romano, G., Barnes, J. and Madge, N. (2011), Exploring views on satisfaction in
life in young children with chronic illness: An innovative approach to the collection of selfreport
data from children under 11, Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Hajdu, F., Ansell, N., Robson, E., Van Blerk, L. and Chipeta, L. (2011) , Income-generating
activities for young people in southern Africa: Exploring AIDS and other constraints,
Geographical Journal 177 (3): 251- 263
Hanna, S. (2011) „Covering the Country‟: After Hour‟s Emergency Child Protection Services,
The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 5, 3: 103-112.
Hanna, S. and Lyons, K. (2011), European social workers in England: exploring international
labour mobility, Social Work Review (Revista de Asistenta Sociala) X (3/2011) : 185- 196
Hanna, S. and Nash, M. (2011) , 'You Don't Have to Shout'- Vocal Behaviour in Social Work
Communication, Social Work Education iFirst Article 1- 13
Hemming, PJ. and Madge, N. (2011), Researching Children, Youth and Religion: Identity,
Complexity and Agency, Childhood
Lewis, S., & Rajan-Rankin, S. (2012). 'Deconstructing family-supportive organizational
cultures: A vision for the future'. In. J.Greenhaus, S.A.Y. Poelmans & M. de la Heras (Eds).
New Frontiers in Work-Life Research: Visions for the Future in a Global World. Basingtoke:
Palgrave Macmillan.
Leung, D.S.Y. & Liu, B.C.P. (2011) Lifelong education, quality of life and self-efficacy of
Chinese older adults. Educational Gerontology, 37 (11), 967-981.
Liu, B.C.P., Leung, D.S.Y and Chi, I. (2011) Social functioning, polypharmacy and
depression in older Chinese primary care patients, Aging & Mental Health, 15:6, 732-741
Madge, N., Hawton, K., McMahon, EM., Corcoran, P., De Leo, D., de Wilde, EJ., Fekete, S.,
van Heeringen, K., Ystgaard, M. and Arensman, E. (2011), Psychological characteristics,
stressful life events and deliberate self-harm: findings from the Child & Adolescent Self-harm
in Europe (CASE) Study., Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 20 (10): 499- 508
Madge, N., Hemming, PJ., Goodman, A., Goodman, S., Kingston, S., Stenson, K. and
Webster, C. (2011) , Conducting Large-Scale Surveys in Secondary Schools: The Case of the
Youth On Religion (YOR) Project, Children & Society
Smith, F., Wainwright, E., Buckingham, S. and Marandet, E. (2011) Women, work-life
balance and quality of life: case studies from the UK and Ireland, Gender, Place and Culture,
18: 603-610
Wainwright, E. and Marandet, E. (2011) Geographies of family learning and aspirations of
belonging, Children’s Geographies, 9: 95-110
Wainwright, E., Marandet, E., Buckingham, S. and Smith, F. (2011) The training-to-work
trajectory: pressures for and subversions to participation in the neoliberal learning market,
Gender, Place and Culture, 18: 635-654
If you have any comments or feedback on this
newsletter, or would like to contribute to the next
issue, please email:
Emma.Wainwright@brunel.ac.uk
to evidence-based practice.
A clear practice framework informs the book,
outlining the significance of research to youth
work, especially in relation to designing and
developing services for young people. The
book effectively: analyses the research/
practitioner role; explores the ethical context
of research in youth work; offers a thorough
analysis of key methodological questions in
research in practice; provides a guide to data
collection and analysis; presents and, discusses
the implications of research for work with
young people as well as its dissemination.
The textbook is invaluable
for student and
practising youth workers.
It is also a useful
reference for other practitioners
working with
young people.
Science of Aging research
Dr Mary Pat O‟Sullivan, BIAS Director
of the Gerontological Social Work
Research Programme at Brunel, together
with Professors Mary Gilhooly
and Christina Victor, have been invited
to a workshop and meeting on the Science
of Aging hosted by the Botucatu
Medical School, Universidade Estadual
Paulista, Sao Paulo. They will delivering
presentations on psychogerontology
and the neuroscience of ageing,
and meeting with colleagues to discuss
research collaboration with the Institute
of Studies Brazil-Europe.
Forthcoming events:
Centre for Human Geography (CHG)
Seminar Series (Thurs 1-2pm)
Theme: Geographies of Care and Caring
16th February: Dr Ed Hall, University of
Dundee, 'New localism in care and caring:
stalled personalisation, local area coordination
and people with learning
disabilities in Scotland'
1st March: Dr Emma Wainwright, Brunel
University, „The state, the family and the
social geographies of family learning‟.
Joint CHG seminars with Social Work :
15th March: Dr Sue Hanna, Brunel University,
'London Calling'
26th April: Dr Victoria Jupp-Kina, Brunel
University, 'Well being, participation and
community development in Brazil'
For me information, email:
Fiona.Smith@brunel.ac.uk or
Sweta.Rajan-Rankin@brunel.ac.uk
Division of Social Work
School of Health Sciences and Social Care
Brunel University
Uxbridge, UB8 3PH
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