Professor Fiona Verity
Professor - Social Work
Mary Seacole 201
- Email: fiona.verity@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 268915
- Social Work
- Department of Health Sciences
Research area(s)
My research focus is social development and I have been part of collaborative research teams undertaking research in Australia, Wales, Indonesia and Uganda. This has included studies about the following topics; community impacts of the closure of a car manufacturing industry; refining a community based mental health intervention; community development in childhood obesity prevention; and social policy evaluations.
I have also worked to support the development of social care research capacity, which includes supporting practitioner research and developing evidence enriched practice drawing on diverse forms of knowledge.
I am involved in the Developing Evidence Enriched Practice Programme (DEEP)
Research Interests
Community development
Community based social work
Participatory action research
Practitioner research
Prevention in social care