Professor Elaine Arnull
PhD
Professor of Social Sciences and Social Work
School of Health and Sport
Biography
Elaine is Professor of Social Sciences and Social Work at Southampton Solent University and Visiting Professor, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
She is appointed to advise national bodies such as, Social Work England’s National Roundtable on Workforce, the Social Work Education and Training Advisory Forum, the Ministry of Justice, Advisory Panel on Probation Learning and the Academic Advisory Board for HM Probation and Prison Service. Between 2013-18 she serves as Academic Advisor to the Youth Justice Board.
Internationally, Elaine has led international scholars and senior professionals to present evidence to the United Nations 65th and 63rd Commissions on the Status of Women. She served as Chair (and previously Vice Chair) of the American Society of Criminology, Division of Women and Crime (2018-21) and received the Global Scholar Award for the Institute for Research on Women, Rutgers University, USA.
Elaine has an established, international publication and research profile and serves on the Editorial Boards of Quartile 1 journals. She has been awarded numerous research monies, including by the Nuffield Foundation, Home Office, Department of Health, Youth Justice Board and European Union. She actively supports and mentors the research leaders of the future. Elaine is a member of the Association of Professors of Social Work.
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Further information
Elaine has led numerous research projects to successful delivery as principal investigator and actively supports and mentors the research leaders of the future. Her work focuses on working with people whose lived experience or professional experience is at the intersections of social work, criminology, health and education.
She is actively interested in the use of research methods and in particular methods of co-production. Recent research projects include a focus on the use of and experience of violence, violence against women and girls (VAWG), the night-time economy (NTE), sexual and economic exploitation (CSE and CE), young people, young people and the justice system, the experiences of people experiencing social work and other professional interventions and the ways in which information is shared and might be better shared. She has a PhD in social policy research related to drug policy and has undertaken numerous research projects related to substance use.
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PGDip/MA Social Work
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