Research output per year
Research output per year
I am originally from Wellington, Aotearoa / New Zealand, where I completed an honours degree in English Literature and Psychology and an MSc in Psychology at Victoria University of Wellington. My MSc focused on the topic of identity and indigenous rights. I then moved to Edinburgh where I worked as a Research Officer for the Community Justice charity, Sacro, from 2005-2009, undertaking research on a range of interventions and policy topics including Restorative Justice, supported accommodation services for ex-offenders, bail supervision, alcohol education interventions, support for street sex workers and mediation services. In 2009 I began a PhD in Psychology at the University of Edinburgh on the integration of asylum seekers and refugees in Scotland. In 2012 I completed my PhD and began working as a lecturer in Social Work at the University of Edinburgh.
Broadly I am interested in issues related to justice, equality and identity. More specifically, I am interested in criminal justice, particularly restorative justice and desistance from offending. I am also interested in topics relating to asylum seekers and refugees as well as racism, prejudice and discrimination. I would be happy to supervise PhD students on any of these subjects. I have used a range of research methods in my research, particularly discourse analysis as well as various forms of statistical analysis and evaluation methodologies.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), ‘Refugee’ is only a word: A discursive analysis of refugees’ and asylum seekers’ experiences in Scotland, University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 1 Jan 2012
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Yarong Xie (Organiser), Steve Kirkwood (Organiser), Sue Widdicombe (Organiser) & Eric Laurier (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
Sue Widdicombe (Contributor), Yarong Xie (Organiser), Eric Laurier (Contributor) & Steve Kirkwood (Contributor)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
Steve Kirkwood (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Steve Kirkwood (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
Steve Kirkwood (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
Economic and Social Research Council
1/06/24 → 30/05/25
Project: Research
Shapland, J., Buchan, J., Kirkwood, S. & Zinsstag, E.
1/01/22 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
Smith, M. (Creator), Llewellyn, C. (Creator), Kirkwood, S. (Creator) & Burnett, R. (Creator), Edinburgh DataVault, 31 Aug 2017
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2126
Dataset
13/03/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment