Centre for Social Work Innovation and Research

Past events 2015/16

CSWIR promoted and hosted a number of research seminars and events during its extended inaugural year: 2015-2016.

The reasons for use package: A simple tool for complex conversations

Date: 4 July 2016
Presenter: Kevan Myers, Senior Clinician, NEXUS Dual Diagnosis Advisory Service, Australia

A quick guide to attachment theory

Date: 16 June 2016
Presenter: David Shemmings OBE, Professor of Child Protection Research, Centre for Child Protection, University of Kent

Counting the effect of social work: Quantitative approaches revisited

Date: 18 / 25 May 2016
Workshop Leader: Yasin Koc, Psychology doctoral researcher / CSWIR Graduate Teaching/Research Associate, University of Sussex

Re-framing child maltreatment: From risk to inequality

Date: 16 May 2016
Presenter: Professor Paul Bywaters, Social Work and Health Inequalities Network, Coventry University

Social work in a glocalised world: Emergent issues, methodologies and responses

Date: 14 March 2016
Presenter: Dr Mona Livholts, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, Linkoping University, Sweden

Social work with refugees and asylum-seekers: Current practices, research and challenges

Date: 17 December 2015
Presenters: Rachel Larkin, PhD Researcher, University of Sussex / Hiba Nour, Social Work student, University of Sussex / Millie Kerr, Practice Manager, Young People's Services, West Sussex County Council / Alice Macnair, Caseworker & Graham Davis, Social Worker, Brighton and Hove County Council
* In collaboration with the School of Applied Social Science, University of Brighton

Supporting the transition to first-time parenting: Promoting innovation in practice at the mental health and social care interface

Date: 26 November 2015
Presenters: Alex Goforth / Professor Susan Ayers / Professor Jane Barlow / Dr David Orr

Researching gender and sexual identities: Insights from social psychology for social work research and practice

Date: 26 October 2015
Presenter: Yasin Koc, Psychology doctoral researcher / CSWIR Graduate Teaching/Research Associate, University of Sussex 

Reimagining social work: Innovation, research and imapct

Date: 12 October 2015
Presenter: Professor Judy Sebba, Director of the Rees Centre (Research in Fostering and Education), Department of Education, University of Oxford

Revitalizing the history of children's welfare: Can archival texts and photographs be used as evidence?

Date: 15 September 2015
Presenter: Dr Adrienne Chambon, Professor Emerita, University of Toronto

What do oil disasters in the Gulf of Mexico, Three Mile Island, and Boeing 747s have to do with social work? Close calls, near misses and what they tell us about managing risk

Date: 8 June 2015
Presenter: Dr Lel Meleyal, Lecturer, Department of Social Work and Social Care, University of Sussex

Preparing to meet child death at work: Workshop and research information session

Date: 5 June 2015 
Presenters: Dr Denise Turner and Dr Tish Marrable

Relationships and reciprocity in the research process: Exploring the role of containment

Date: 26 May 2015 
Presenter: Professor Gillian Ruch, Professor of Social Work, Department of Social Work and Social Care, University of Sussex 

Tory social work: A Weilian perspective

Date: 13 April 2015 
Presenter: Dr Russell Whiting, Lecturer, Department of Social Work and Social Care, University of Sussex

Making sense of 'child sexual exploitation' - and the service response in the US and the UK

Date: 9 March 2015 
Presenters: Dr Kristine Hickle, Lecturer & Barry Luckock, Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Work and Social Care, University of Sussex