Research

Risk Studies Postgraduate Research


Concern about risk now pervades numerous areas contemporary life, not least within the discourses and practices of community and health care. The rich and growing study of risk is taught within specific courses on risk assessment and risk management and within most of the school's master's programmes. This teaching is supported by the research, papers and books written by academic staff from within the school, for example the favourable reviewed textbook Risk and Nursing Practice (Godin 2006).

After hosting a number of successful national risk study conferences, the School invited applicants to a major one day British Sociological Association symposium in February 2009 to explore how risk theory and practice inform each other.

Risk study research projects conducted within the school have so far explored forensic mental health care (Heyman et al 2004, Shaw et al. 2007, Davies et al 2008), community mental health care (Godin 2004), Gastroenterology (McGrath et al. 2006) and  risk discourses and tuberculosis ( Craig 2007 and Craig et al, 2007)

Two research degree students are currently involved in major studies of risk. Dinah Morley (supervised by Dr Paul Godin and Prof Sue Procter) who is conducting a narrative analysis of risk and resilience in relation to mixed raced young people. Lisa Reynold (supervised by Prof Bob Heyman and Prof Della Freeth) who is investigating risk assessment and risk management practices within forensic mental health care.

Paul Godin and Gill Craig are always happy to discuss intending applicants' ideas and proposal about the study of risk. Contact:

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