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Dr Katrina Lloyd
School of Social Sciences, Education and Social WorkDr Lloyd’s research is focused mainly on quantitative survey work with children and young people. She developed, and runs, an annual survey of children in their final year of primary school. She is currently involved in the development of surveys for research projects on reciprocal reading and on children’s knowledge of information sources available to them if they experience violence. Her substantive area of interest is in children’s wellbeing. The main objective of all her research is to give children a voice on issues that affect their lives.
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Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the field of
- Children’s health and Wellbeing
- Surveys of children and young people
Public outreach & key achievements
- www.ark.ac.uk/klt
- Dr Lloyd's work has led to new databases being made freely available for secondary analysis on children’s
attitudes towards the issues that are important to their lives. - Her work with colleagues in the Centre for Children’s Rights has enabled her to incorporate a children’s
rights-based approach to her quantitative survey work.
Research students
PhD Title | Developing a physical activity intervention to improve young people’s mental health and wellbeing |
Name | Ruth Neill |
Country | Northern Ireland |
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- Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work
- ARK
- Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation
- Centre for Children’s Rights