Professor Trish McCulloch
Chair of Social Work
Education and Society, School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
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Biography
I am Professor of Social Work and Deputy Dean in the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, with responsibility for People, Culture and Performance. I joined the University in 2003, having previously worked as a social worker in youth and adult justice settings.
My teaching, research and impact activity straddles community justice and professional learning, and is grounded in ideas of voice, participation and social justice. Current and recent research projects include co-design work with young adults in conflict with the law, 'user' experiences of justice and longitudinal research into the experiences of early career social workers.
I am active in a number of external advisory, consultancy and charity roles and am an editorial board member with the British Journal of Social Work.
Research
Research Funding
- Scottish Government, 2018-. Measuring Justice: Defining Concepts, Developing Practice.
- Social Work Scotland, 2018-, Criminal Justice: Exploring gender
- Scottish Social Service Council, 2016-2021. Newly Qualified Social Workers, 5 year research study.
- Social Work Scotland, 2016. What the public think about Scottish social services and why.
- Scottish Universities Insight Insitute, 2015-2016. Creating Spaces for Change Knowledge Exchange project.
- Scottish Social Services Council, 2015-2016. An Integrated Learning Model for Social Work Education.
- Scottish Social Services Council 2015-16. Philosophies of Learning in Social Work Education in Scotland.
- Scottish Social Services Council 2015-16. Should qualifying social work education have a core curriculum?
- Scottish Centre for Criminal Justice Research
- Scottish Government
- Dundee City Council, Justice Services
- Dundee City Council, Children's Services
Teaching
- Criminal Justice Social Work
- Social Policy & Policy Development
- Research Methods
- Doctoral Supervision
Media availability
I am available for media commentary on my research.
Contact Corporate Communications for media enquiries.
Areas of expertise
- Social work
Stories
News
Researchers from Education and Society collaborate on a research study
Impact case study
Collaborative approaches to policy implementation for social work education and workforce development.
Feature
Social work education and workforce development practice is being transformed across Scotland based on research undertaken by Dr Trish McCulloch in the School of Education and Social Work.