McCulloch, Trish

Dr Trish McCulloch is a Reader and Social Work Lead in the School of Education and Social Work.  Trish joined the University in 2003, having previously worked as a social worker within youth and adult justice settings.  Her  teaching and research activity lies principally in criminal justice social work and criminal justice sanctions, with a particular interest in participatory, community and progressive approaches.  Recent writing and research has focussed on questions of participation, co-production, compliance, desistance and the social and community contexts of change.   Trish's Doctoral research employed a participatory research design to explore the place and potential of co-production in the criminal justice context.

Trish is currently active in the following roles:

• Chair of the Scottish Heads of Social Work Education Group
• Co-chair of the Scottish Review of Social Work Education
• Member of the Social Work Services Strategic Forum (Scotland)
• Appointed member of the Scottish Advisory Panel on Offender Rehabilitation (SAPOR)
• Member of the National Strategy for Community Justice steering group
• Member of the ESC working group on Community Sanctions
• Chair of a local community charity

In recent years Trish has also acted in a consultancy role with the Scottish Government, Dundee City Council, Falkirk City Council, and the Open University.

• Criminal Justice Social Work
• Social Policy & Policy Development
• Research Methods
• Doctoral Supervision

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