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44
Citations
9234
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4110
National Ranking
691

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Lena Dominelli is affiliated with the University of Stirling in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans social sciences and health professions, with notable contributions in the subfields of sociology and political science, general health professions, public administration, clinical psychology, and management, monitoring, policy, and law.

Their work addresses a range of topics within social work education and practice, climate change and adaptation, migration, disaster management and resilience, as well as mental health and homelessness. Specific topics covered include:

  • Social Work Education and Practice
  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Disaster Response and Management

Lena Dominelli has published several papers, including:

  • "A green social work perspective on social work during the time of COVID-19" (2020) in International Journal of Social Welfare
  • "Rethinking masculinity in disaster situations: Men's reflections of the 2004 tsunami in southern Sri Lanka" (2020) in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • China Journal of Social Work
  • The British Journal of Social Work
  • International Journal of Social Welfare
  • Research on Social Work Practice

Lena Dominelli has collaborated with a number of colleagues throughout their career. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Michael Wallengren-Lynch
  • Carin Björngren Cuadra
  • Karen L. Johnson
  • Wendy Stone
  • Stephen Chivasa

Their work explores social work practices in the context of crises and environmental change, addressing topics ranging from community resilience and disaster response to the impacts of climate change on health and migration.

Lena Dominelli holds the distinction of being a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Anti-oppressive social work theory and practice

    Lena Dominelli

  • Social Work: Themes, Issues and Critical Debates

    Robert Adams;Lena Dominelli;Malcolm Payne

  • Critical practice in social work

    Robert Adams;Lena Dominelli;Malcolm Payne

  • Deprofessionalizing Social Work: Anti-Oppressive Practice, Competencies and Postmodernism

    Lena Dominelli

  • Anti Racist Social Work

    Lena Dominelli

  • Social Work : Theory and Practice for a Changing Profession

    Lena Dominelli

  • Feminist Social Work Theory and Practice

    Lena Dominelli

  • Manufacturing ghost fathers: the paradox of father presence and absence in child welfare

    Leslie Brown;Marilyn Callahan;Susan Strega;Christopher Walmsley

  • Green Social Work: From Environmental Crises to Environmental Justice

    Lena Dominelli

  • Feminist Social Work

    Lena Dominelli;Eileen McLeod

  • Globalization, contemporary challenges and social work practice

    Lena Dominelli

  • Connecting father absence and mother blame in child welfare policies and practice

    Susan Strega;Claire Fleet;Leslie Brown;Lena Dominelli

  • Women rebuilding lives post-disaster: innovative community practices for building resilience and promoting sustainable development

    Julie Drolet;Lena Dominelli;Margaret Alston;Robin Ersing

  • Environmental justice at the heart of social work practice: Greening the profession

    Lena Dominelli

  • Social Media and Social Work: The Challenges of a New Ethical Space

    Jennifer Boddy;Lena Dominelli

  • Anti-oppressive practice in context

    Lena Dominelli

  • Globalization and the technocratization of social work

    Lena Dominelli;Ankie Hoogvelt

  • Climate change and health and social care: Defining future hazard, vulnerability and risk for infrastructure systems supporting older people’s health care in England

    Katie J. Oven;Sarah E. Curtis;Sim Reaney;Mylene Riva;Mylene Riva

  • Masking Hegemonic Masculinity: Reconstructing the Paedophile as the Dangerous Stranger

    Malcolm Cowburn;Lena Dominelli

  • Sociology for social work

    Lena Dominelli;Jo Campling

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah Curtis
Sarah Curtis Durham University
Margaret Alston
Margaret Alston University of Newcastle Australia
Stephen J. G. Hall
Stephen J. G. Hall University of Lincoln

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