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  • Congratulations to our new Professors – Clive Diaz and David Wilkins

    David Wilkins has been with CASCADE and the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University since 2018, where he joined as a Senior Lecturer and progressed to Reader. He has been promoted to Professor of Social Work and we are delighted he is staying with us here in Cardiff. In David’s early years with CASCADE,… Read More

  • CASCADE Researcher Verity Bennett presents at EUROCRIM 2024 on SOCEIS Evaluation

    EUROCRIM 2024 this year is being held at Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest and brings together researchers across Europe to share findings from research projects that contribute to the development of criminology across the globe. The conference is an excellent opportunity for researchers to meet, network and discuss their mutual research interests. Verity Bennett… Read More

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    Lorna Stabler Delivers Keynote at Prestigious ISPCAN Social Work Conference in Sweden

    Lorna Stabler, a distinguished researcher at CASCADE, the Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre at Cardiff University, delivered a keynote address at the prestigious International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) Social Work Conference in Uppsala, Sweden today. Her invitation to speak at this global forum underscored her significant contributions… Read More

  • Cardiff University to help set up major new research centre to ensure children in Denmark have the best start in life

    Three Foundations (Novo Nordisk, LEGO and TrygFonden) are investing c. £38 million over 10 years establishing the new interdisciplinary Best Childhoods Centre based at University College Copenhagen with a special focus on younger children. In the centre’s work, research and practice will go hand in hand to strengthen professional efforts to ensure the well-being of… Read More

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    Children’s Social Care Research Through the Eyes of Work Experience

    After three years of studying theoretical academic concepts from journal articles and hefty textbooks throughout an undergraduate degree in psychology and sociology, the question of what’s next became apparent. With a passion for the constant accumulation of knowledge, I turned to the world of research. Before committing at least another four years of my life… Read More

  • Future Research Leaders 

    Now in its tenth year, Welsh Crucible is a highly competitive and award-winning personal, professional and leadership development programme for the future research leaders of Wales.  Offered to just thirty people a year, the 2024 cohort includes two talented researchers from CASCADE – Verity Bennett and Helen Hodges.  They join an illustrious alumnus, including Sally Holland (2011), Hannah… Read More

  • New Study Evaluating Welsh Family Drug and Alcohol Pilot (FDAC)

    The evaluation explored whether the Welsh FDAC pilot was implemented as intended, if it had signs of potential, how it was experienced, and whether it could be scaled. The findings have shown that it was feasible to implement FDAC in the context of South Wales. There were also positive findings regarding experiences of the pilot,… Read More

  • Evidence Review contributes to evidence base for new Bill to remove private profit from children’s residential & foster care

    The report has been published on the Welsh Government website, and coincides with the introduction of a new Bill on the 20th May by the Welsh Government to remove private profit from the care of looked-after children. Lead author of the report, Dr Jonathan Ablitt, said: “We’re pleased that CASCADE research has contributed to the… Read More

  • Study highlights inequalities between women and men in their chances of having their children taken into care

    The study used existing data collected by social services and health services in Wales to look at the households children were living in before they entered care. Those households were then compared to the rest of the households in Wales from which no children entered care.  It focused particularly on the sorts of problems that… Read More

  • New Study provides insights into the Safeguarding Children with Burns

    The study, the first of its kind to examine the decision-making and multidisciplinary collaboration with professional groups in the context of paediatric burn injuries, was led by researchers from the Division of Population Medicine at Cardiff University and the Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE).  The study, funded by Health and Care Research… Read More

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