Research and Social Work in Time and Place

Dr. Ian Shaw is S R Nathan Professor of Social Work at National University of Singapore and Professor Emeritus at the University of York, England. He was the first chair of the European Social Work Research Association (ESWRA) and a founder editor of the journal Qualitative Social Work. He has authored almost 100 peer-reviewed papers, more than 20 books, 60 book chapters, and various research reports. He has written extensively in the journals on issues arising from the relationship between social work and sociology over the last century. His more recent books include Social Work Science (2016) and Research and the Social Work Picture (2018). He is pursuing a graduate programme in creative writing, which sits alongside his interests in gardening, his local church, volunteering in his village shop, playing badminton (badly), and Bob Dylan.

0.Introduction. Section A - Forming Professional Practice. 1.Professional Practices in National Contexts. 2.Navigating Practitioner Research. 3.Constructing Practitioner Research. 4.An Exemplary Scheme? An Evaluation of the Integrated Children's System. 5.A Frame for Evaluating in Practice. Section B - Forming Social Work Research. 6.Times Present, Times Past: The History of Social Work Research in the United Kingdom. 7.'Kinds and Quality of Social Work Research'. 8.Places in Time: Contextualizing Social Work Research. 9.Science and Social Work: A Sketch. 10.Social Work Science and Evidence. 11.The Nature and Disposition of a Traditional Network: A Paradoxical Case. 12.One-eyed Mules and Social Work: An Essay on Serendipity. 13.When Walking on a Slow Ascending Street. 14.Qualitative Research in Social Work. 15.Researching and Evaluating Interventions and Outcomes. 16.'Ethics and the Practice of Qualitative Research'. 17.The Craft of Journal Practice. 18.Writing Social Work Science. Section C - Chicago, Sociology and Social Work. 19.Rereading The Jack-Roller: Hidden Histories in Sociology and Social Work. 20.Sociology and Social Work - In Praise of Limestone?. 21.Casework: Re-forming the Relationship Between Sociology and Social Work. 22.The Archaeology of Research Practices: A Social Work Case. 23.Chicago Pastoral 1931. 24.Sociological Social Work: A Case Example. Section D - Critical Tributes and Debates. 25.'A Science of Social Work? - Response to John Brekke'. 26.The Positive Contributions of Quantitative Methodology to Social Work Research: A View From the Sidelines'. 27.Noel Timms: A Brief Appreciation. 28.Lee Cronbach (1916-2001) - A Critical Appreciation. 29.F. Stuart Chapin. 30.'Let Us Go Then, You and I' - Journeying with Ada Eliot Sheffield. 31.Ian Shaw Career Interview.