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Helen Kara has been an independent researcher since 1999 and specialises in research methods and ethics. She is the author of Creative Research Methods and Research Ethics in the Real World. Helen is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
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Peter Beresford, author of Participatory Ideology, is Visiting Professor at the University of East Anglia and Co-Chair of Shaping Our Lives. He has a longstanding track record of work in the field of participation and citizen involvement as academic, service user, researcher, educator and activist.
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Kalwant Bhopal, author of White Privilege, is Professorial Research Fellow and Professor of Education and Social Justice in the Centre for Research on Race and Education at the University of Birmingham. Her areas of interest and expertise focus on the educational experiences of black and minority ethnic groups as well as Gypsies and Travellers. Her research specifically explores how processes of racism, exclusion and marginalisation operate in predominantly white spaces with a focus on social justice and inclusion.
Author of The Shame Game, Mary O'Hara is an award-winning journalist and author specialising in social policy and social justice. She was inspired to write about social issues in part because of her experience of childhood poverty growing up in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
See moreRecent surveys of #childrenincare, #careleavers and #socialworkers, by @diaz_clive and others, reveal a rise in loneliness and anxiety during #covid19, and a gulf in perspectives between social workers and service users on the support on offer.
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Examines the impact of #digitalisation in the context of rising #inequality, fragile European institutions, growing #nationalism and mental and economic stress arising from the #COVID19 pandemic.
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Bringing together theory, practice and the relationship between #participation, #politicalideology and #socialwelfare, @BeresfordPeter offers a detailed critique of how the crucial move to more participatory approaches may be achieved.
https://twitter.com/policypress/status/1368516904642637824
