I am a lecturer in the School of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Strathclyde where I teach predominately on the undergraduate and postgraduate courses in social work. In my role as a Research Consultant with CYCJ I work closely with Nina Vaswani (Research Fellow) on a variety of projects that are related to the experience of bereavement and loss for young people involved in the criminal justice system. My main previous experience as a social work practitioner underpin my research interests and I am particularly committed to participatory research that has a strong focus on promoting and developing practice and policy.