Research under this theme explores the development of children and adolescents into young adulthood in their full social and structural contexts.

A particular focus of our work in this area is improving social policies and social work interventions into the lives of families and young people. This multi-disciplinary research draws on a range of theoretical and methodological traditions with an overarching social justice ethos. Dr Lisa Bunting leads research under this theme which explores the development of children and adolescents into young adulthood in their full social and structural contexts.

Affiliated Staff

Annemarie Millar	Gerry Marshall	Mandi MacDonald
Bernadette Kelly	John Pinkerton	Maria Pentaraki
Cate McNamee	Karen Winter	Martina McKnight
Danielle Mackle	Katrina Lloyd	Montserrat Fargas
Danielle Turney	Laura Neeson	Sharon Millen
David Hayes	Lesley Emerson	Sirin Sung
Dirk Schubotz	Lisa Bunting	Stephen Coulter