Understanding System Change in Child Protection and Welfare (Routledge Advances in Social Work) - Tapa blanda

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John Canavan is Director of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre (www.childandfamilyresearch.ie) where he leads the centre's extensive work programme. John is a Personal Professor at the School of Political Science and Sociology, NUI Galway and teaches at undergraduate, MA and Ph.D level in the school. His research interests span Family Support, evaluation methodology and connecting research, policy and practice.

Dr Carmel Devaney is Associate Director of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre and Lecturer in the School of Political Science and Sociology at NUI Galway. Carmel is Academic Director of the MA in Family Support Studies and teaches and researches in the area of child protection and welfare, family support, parenting support, and children and young people in care. Prior to joining NUI Galway Carmel worked for many years in statutory children and family services as both a practitioner and manager.

Caroline McGregor is a Senior Research Fellow at the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre and Professor of Social Work at the School of Political Science and Sociology NUI Galway. Her research interests in the field of child protection and welfare include a focus on socio-legal practice, child protection and family support, and children in care.

Dr. Aileen Shaw is Manager for Strategic Development at the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre at NUI Galway. Aileen has extensive experience in research management, funding and nonprofit practice and has worked in the University sector in a number of research and fundraising roles in the United States and Ireland. Her research interests are in the areas of philanthropy, civil society and non-profit strategy.