Postgraduate profiles and research
All our MPhil/PhD and Doctor of Social Science students belong to one of the following Research Centres at the School and you can find students and their research topics grouped within these.
| Name |
Dissertation title |
| Whitney Babakus |
Health, physical activity and nutrition among two generations of migrant Bangladeshi women in the UK |
| Neal Bowes |
Achievement orientation in youth footballers |
| Rowan Brockman |
The contribution of active play to the physical activity of primary school children |
| Jo Coulson |
Older People and Active Living (OPAL) |
| Andrew Decelis |
A study of obesity, physical activity levels and associated factors in a representative sample of Maltese children |
| Pippa Griew |
PA children and young people |
| Richard Humphrey |
Substance Abuse |
| Elissa Southward |
Relationship of physical activity, fitness and health among children who actively commute |
| Janet Withall |
Can community based social marketing increase recruitment and retention of low-income groups into local health programmes? |
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| Name |
Dissertation title |
| Paula Ensele |
Has child welfare neglected education? |
| Kathy Evans |
Comparative European provision for pupils with social, emotion and behavioural difficulties |
| Andrew Low |
The effectiveness of parent training programmes in reducing parent-adolescent conflicts in Hong Kong |
| Cilla McDaniel |
Transatlantic mothers: the migratory experiences of St Helenian working women |
| Allison Tatton |
The Impact of Fostering on the birth children of foster carers |
| Yusmarhaini Yusof |
Therapist attachment styles and therapeutic alliance in family therapy |
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| Name |
Dissertation title |
| Nadia Aghtaie |
The impact of policy and religion on domestic violence: A comparative study of Muslim women in the UK and Iran |
| Debra Allnock |
Evaluating childhood sexual abuse: Meaning and discourse |
| Rebecca Barns |
The relationship between perceptions of parenting and child adjustment in the domestic violence context |
| Elisabeth Bates |
The nature of honour based violence in non South Asian communities in the UK and its relevance for UK policy |
| Panayiota Christodoulou |
Social work and women trafficking in Cyprus |
| Cassandra Jones |
Improving the Health Service response to domestic violence |
| Min-Yu Liao |
An examination of the service used by women who have experienced domestic violence in Taiwan to deal with the physical, mental and spiritual impact of abused |
| Finn Mackay |
Reclaim the night: Women's activism and policy change |
| Natasha Mulvihill |
Gender, power and prostitution policy: how meanings are shaped through policy-making and practice |
| Lynn Marie Sardinha |
Preventing domestic violence: The role of schools in India |
| Najat Zummit |
Wife abuse: The impact of wife abuse on the abused women's mental health in the Libyan society |
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| Name |
Dissertation title |
| Catherine Agg |
Obstacles to social service provision in South Africa |
| Joanna Cross |
Attachments of Feeling: Aesthetic Considerations in the Support of Older People |
| Andreana Dibben |
Teenage mothers and welfare provision: Implications for social policy in Malta |
| Norezan Hambali |
Understanding research-policy relationship in developing countries: a case study on the influence of research on anti-poverty policy of Brunei Darussalam |
| Sally Leaver |
The impact on health and social care of the NHS continuing healthcare policy |
| Acomo Oloya Lovelock |
HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment among conflict-affected and displaced populations: The case of Acoliland, northern Uganda |
| Patricia Momah |
Youth poverty reduction in Nigeria: A policy perspective |
| Ruth Naughton-Doe |
Evaluating time banking in the UK |
| Dai O'Brien |
Transitional experiences of d/Deaf people in the UK |
| Sara Paparini |
Discrimination and HIV: An intersectional approach |
| Steven Parker |
Partnership working and the public service ethos |
| Yoshimi Wada |
Choice and the welfare mix in long-term care for older people: A cross-national study of policies and practices in England and Japan |
| Sritrakool Waeladee |
Drug control policy and paradigm shift: a case study of 'prohibition' toward 'harm reduction' in Thailand |
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| Name |
Dissertation title |
| Amjad Alhaj |
Juvenile offending and social work in Oman |
| Lorenza Antonucci |
Social inequalities, European social policy, Youth studies, Social rights and Social mobility |
| Yedith Guillen Fernandez |
The effects of international remittances on poverty: Evidence from Mexico 1996-2006 |
| Osman Gungor |
What is the impact of remittances on Turkish economy in micro and macro perspectives? |
| Audrey Lenoel |
The impact of migration and remittances on women and gender relations in Morocco |
| Gianinna Munoz |
Excluded communities and the exercise of citizenship |
| Marco Pomati |
Poverty, social exclusion and New Labour |
| Sarika Seshadri |
Ethical consumerism as a brokering mechanism in partnerships for sustainable development: Towards a governance framework |
| Admore Tshuma |
Effective mechanisms of addressing socio-economic inequalities: A case study of the South African solidarity tax |
| Muhammed Williams |
The contribution of research to policy making on poverty reduction in Ghana |
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| Name |
Dissertation title |
| Yusuf Ahmad |
The governance of partnerships and the decentralisation of power: A case study of children's services |
| Samiul Ahmed |
Cross-community cohesion: Dimensions and dynamics of contemporary integration policies |
| Hardeep Aiden |
Multiculturalism and Social Policy in Japan: State, Local Government and NGO policies and programmes and the integration of foreign residents |
| David Balsamo |
To what extent are the management of teaching and the management of research distinct, contradictory or complementary activities in contemporary higher education? A comparison of diverse institutions |
| Ruth Beretta |
The housing impact of population movement in Cornwall |
| Marion Britton |
Place shaping: Does the new relationship between local authorities and housing organisations create places in which people want to live? |
| Yi-Lang Chao |
Globalisation and poverty in Taiwan (offshore outsourcing policy and the NB industry) |
| David Collins |
The significance of demographic change for pension reform in the UK and Ireland |
| Kristie Evenson |
The impact external policy on the integration of de facto states: The case of Bosnia Herzegovina |
| Taewook Huh |
Towards reflexive governance for sustainable development in South Korea: the case of presidential commission on sustainable development |
| Faheem J. Khan |
Inside Foreign Aid: Donor—Recipient Interaction and Aid Policy Networks in Pakistan |
| Young A Lee |
The role of local civil society in shifting welfare paradigms in South Korea |
| Julie Martin |
Does community involvement lead to better decision-making in local government? |
| Chen Nie |
China's housing market |
| Michael Saminaden |
Local governance and local authority leadership models |
| Frank Sarlo |
A case study of community mobilisation in a small Canadian city |
| Dimitrios Stamatiou |
EU regional policies for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) |
| Kannawee Suebsuk |
The intergovernmental fiscal transfers: An analysis of policy change and decision-making of resource allocation |
| Kate Sullivan |
Evaluation of community regeneration programmes: A purely political endeavour? |
| Hannah White |
The segregating tendencies of the community cohesion agenda |
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| Name |
Dissertation title |
| Barbara Coles |
Managing self-directed support services for adults with learning disabilities and high support needs: the experiences of family carers |
| Neale Fox |
‘Get the Picture’: semiotic and representational augmentative and alternative communication strategies for students with learning difficulties in mainstream FE |
| Marcus Jepson |
Who decides? Decision making by people with learning disabilities under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 |
| Martin Partridge |
Learning Disability services for people from Chinese community |
| Liz Tilly |
Money, Friends and Making Ends Meet |
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