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Research Profile

Prof Jonathan Scourfield 


Dr Jonathan Scourfield
Position:Professor
School:Social Sciences
Research Group:Childhood Research Group
Sexualities & Gender

Telephone:+44 (0)29 208 75402
Fax:+44 (0)29 208 74175
Extension:75402
Additional
contact info: 
Address:2.30 Glamorgan Building

Research Interests

  • Gender issues in social welfare
  • Distress and suicidal behaviour
  • Child well-being
  • Social work education and research capacity-building
  • Children’s identities

Jonathan takes some time to discuss his research interests below.

News

Understanding Suicide: A Sociological Autopsy

Understanding Suicide: A Sociological Autopsy is published by Palgrave Macmillan. 

Professor Anthony Giddens, former Director of LSE, has said this about the book:

‘This work is a major contribution to the study of suicide, still one of the core topics in sociology. Introducing a novel methodology and an innovative approach to suicide motivation, it will become a landmark study in the field’.

More information about Understanding Suicide: A Sociological Autopsy

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