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Teaching
I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). My current teaching is around policy development. I have broader teaching interests is residential child care, ethics and social work theory and a particular interest in professional education.
Biography
I was a practitioner and manager in residential child care settings for almost 20 years before entering academia. My first academic post was at the University of Strathclyde, where I set up and taught a Masters programme in residential child care. In 2005, I moved to the University of Edinburgh as lecturer, and subsequently, senior lecturer, in social work. I served as head of social work there from 2013 - 2017. I joined the University of Dundee as Professor of Social Work in 2017. My wife and I are respite and foster carers, which maintains a link with direct care practice.
Research
I have a broad range of research and writing interests. I have published three books on residential child care, one of which is translated into Japanese, and two edited volumes on moral panics and on social work in a changing Scotland. I am writing a further book on the stories of boys (now men) who were brought up in a residential school in the 1980s. I regularly publish articles in high ranking journals. My writing and research interests lie in the areas of care and upbringing, social pedagogy, social work ethics and theorising social work. I have a particular current interest in historical abuse in residential child care.
I would be interested in supervising PhDs in any of the above areas, or more broadly, through negotiation.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy
2015 → 2016
Award Date: 28 Jul 2016
Doctor of Philosophy, Social Work, University of Edinburgh
2007 → 2013
Award Date: 14 Nov 2013
Master of Education, Education, University of Edinburgh
1987 → 1991
Award Date: 31 Oct 1991
Social Work, Dip SW, (CQSW), University of Stirling
1985 → 1987
Award Date: 29 Jun 1987
Master of Arts, Modern History, University of St Andrews
Oct 1977 → Jul 1981
Award Date: 9 Jul 1981
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Intersectional Perspectives For Community Inclusion: Understanding The Past, Shaping The Future With Older Marginalised IDD And LGBT+People (Joint with University of Wolverhampton, University of Hertfordshire and University of Edinburgh)
Breckenridge, J. (Investigator), Buell, S. (Investigator), Fang, M. (Investigator), Levy, S. (Investigator), Makita, M. (Investigator), Sixsmith, J. (Investigator) & Smith, M. (Investigator)
5/09/22 → 4/01/26
Project: Research
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Social Pedagogy and Its Relevance to Scottish Social Work and Social Care (Provisional)
Smith, M. (Investigator)
Project: Research
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Exploring Free Expression In The Social Work Classroom
Fenton, J. (Investigator) & Smith, M. (Investigator)
15/01/22 → 15/07/22
Project: Research
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African Social Work Writing Workshop(with Manchester Metropolitan University and University of Nigeria)
Ingram, R. (Investigator), Levy, S. (Investigator) & Smith, M. (Investigator)
31/01/20 → 29/09/21
Project: Research
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Being, knowing and doing: aligning ontology, epistemology and axiology to develop an account of social work as practice
Smith, M. (Lead / Corresponding author), McCulloch, T. & Daly, M., 21 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Social Work Education. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus)172 Downloads (Pure) -
Encounters with care in a Scottish residential school in the 1980s
Smith, M. (Lead / Corresponding author), 15 Apr 2024, In: Youth. 4, 2, p. 525-539 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lordship and bondage in the dialectics of social work: Regulation and professional autonomy
Simpson, M. K., Smith, M. & Daly, M., 2024, In: Critical and Radical Social Work. 12, 2, p. 137-152 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The place of knowledge in constructing social work identity: validating vagueness
Daly, M. (Lead / Corresponding author), McCulloch, T. & Smith, M., Apr 2024, In: British Journal of Social Work. 54, 3, p. 958-975 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Citations (Scopus)44 Downloads (Pure) -
Enhancing Community Participation through Age-Friendly Ecosystems: A Rapid Realist Review
Sixsmith, J. (Lead / Corresponding author), Makita, M., Menezes, D., Cranwell, M., Chau, I., Smith, M., Levy, S., Scrutton, P. & Fang, M. L., 11 May 2023, In: Geriatrics. 8, 3, 21 p., 52.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open AccessFile10 Citations (Scopus)130 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Intergenerational Age Friendly Ecosystems for Inclusive Ageing
Sixsmith, J. (Recipient), Fang, M. (Recipient), Levy, S. (Recipient) & Smith, M. (Recipient), 1 Apr 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Methodologies for Education for Sustainability (EfS)
Barrable, A. (Recipient), Levy, S. (Recipient), Lakin, L. (Recipient), Smith, M. (Recipient) & Mercieca, D. (Recipient), 17 Sept 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Review of Social Work Education, How can universities best select the right people for social work programmes?
Cree, V. (Recipient), Levy, S. (Recipient), Clapton, G. (Recipient), Morrison, F. (Recipient), Smith, M. (Recipient) & Ingram, R. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Understanding Education: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Kalsoom, Q. (Organiser), Priestley, M. (Keynote/plenary speaker), Ward, K. (Invited speaker), Holme, R. (Invited speaker), Bartle, M. (Invited speaker), Robb, A. (Invited speaker) & Smith, M. (Invited speaker)
10 Dec 2024 → 11 Dec 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Exploring innovative strategies to improve perinatal mental health in Scotland: co-development of an action-research agenda with women, families and practitioners
Biazus-Dalcin, C. (Recipient), Farre, A. (Recipient), Cumming, S. (Recipient), Gray, N. (Recipient), McFadden, A. (Recipient), Gavine, A. (Recipient), Rogowsky, R. (Recipient), Adams, R. (Recipient), Daly, M. (Recipient), Smith, M. (Recipient) & Hardee, E. (Recipient)
Feb 2023 → Jun 2023Activity: Other activity types › Funding - grants and income which support research related activities
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Mie Engens
Smith, M. (Host)
11 Aug 2022 → 11 Nov 2022Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
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Hosted students from VIA University College
Smith, M. (Member)
22 Nov 2022 → 26 Nov 2022Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Relational Child and Youth Care Practice (Journal)
Smith, M. (Editorial board member)
2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Press/Media
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Common Weal Calls for a National Care Service - FMQs - 24/02/22
24/02/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Ministers vision for care branded a "betrayal" of Scotland
20/02/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Common Weal sets out plans for new Scottish care service to run alongside NHS
28/01/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research