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Publications

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Child & Family Social Work (2026)

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ISPCAN Congress 2025 (2025)

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ISPCAN Congress 2025 (2025)

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ISPCAN Congress 2025 (2025)

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European Scientific Association on residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EuSARF) (2025)

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European Scientific Association on residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EuSARF) (2025)

Research Interests

Research interests include legal empowerment and access to justice, specifically how/if people use and experience legal structures. In particular interest in the Children's Hearings System, it's operation and efficacy.

Professional Activities

Participant

26/2/2026

Contributor

10/9/2025

Contributor

10/9/2025

Speaker

12/6/2025

Speaker

4/7/2024

Editorial board member

1/3/2024

Projects

Porter, Robert Benjamin (Principal Investigator)

01-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2031

Norrie, Kenneth (Principal Investigator) Doyle, Kathleen Isobel (Principal Investigator) McTier, Alexander (Co-investigator) McCreadie, Craig (Co-investigator) Quinn, Laura (Co-investigator) Porter, Robert Benjamin (Co-investigator) Thomson, Vivien (Co-investigator) Young, Emma (Co-investigator) Doull, Kirsty (Co-investigator) McIver, Leanne (Co-investigator) Fowler, Nadine (Co-investigator) Orr, Rosanna (Co-investigator) McGregor, Sharon (Co-investigator) Thomson, Elizabeth (Researcher) Ottaway, Heather (Researcher) Mackinnon, Kate (Researcher) Anderson, Katherine (Researcher) Sillars, Lorraine (Researcher)

A research project commissioned by Scottish Government with the aim of gathering evidence to provide Scottish Ministers with clear, evidence-based and practical recommendations, focused on the structure, coherence, and accessibility of the existing legislative framework, that aim to improve outcomes and experiences for children and families, and support those who work with and alongside them.

01-Jan-2026 - 28-Jan-2027

Vaswani, Nina (Principal Investigator) Donnelly, Michelle (Co-investigator) Porter, Robert Benjamin (Co-investigator) Taylor, Yvette (Co-investigator) Charlton, Kayleigh (Researcher)

01-Jan-2024 - 14-Jan-2027

Porter, Robert Benjamin (Principal Investigator) Young, Emma (Co-investigator)

The VIP work sought to address this using a participative research approach through which children and young people could share their knowledge and views to inform policy and practice improvements within the Hearings System. The work of the VIP project began in the spring of 2021 with funding to continue until spring 2023. In 2021 CELCIS applied to the HaSS knowledge exchange funding call to support the development of these recommendations into actionable plans for implementation. In December 2021 CELCIS were awarded £12, 148.89 through the HaSS knowledge exchange funding on the ‘impact case study development grants’ pathway. The VIP recommendations work ran through July and August 2022.

03-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023

Porter, Robert Benjamin (Co-investigator)

01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2028

Ottaway, Heather (Principal Investigator) Porter, Robert Benjamin (Co-investigator) McTier, Alexander (Co-investigator) Anderson, Micky (Co-investigator) Young, Emma (Co-investigator) McIver, Leanne (Co-investigator) Fowler, Nadine (Co-investigator) Mackinnon, Kate (Co-investigator) Soraghan, Joanna (Co-investigator) Manole, Mihaela (Co-investigator)

A research project commissioned by Scottish Government with the aim of gathering evidence to inform decision-making about how best to deliver children's services in Scotland in light of the proposed introduction of the National Care Service

01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023