Dr Michaela Rogers
PhD, MA, PgCAP, BA (Hons), FHEA
Department of Sociological Studies
Senior Lecturer in Social Work
(She/her)


+44 114 222 6461
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- Profile
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Michaela joined the Department of Sociological Studies in January 2019 as a Senior Lecturer in Social Work. Prior to that Michaela was a Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Salford for five years having joined the School of Health & Society on completion of her PhD at the University of Sheffield in 2013.
Before entering academia, Michaela enjoyed many years in social care and social work practice working in both the statutory and voluntary sectors. For the most part, Michaela’s career in practice was spent working in the field of domestic violence and abuse, but she also worked in child protection, foster care, community development and with homeless young people.
Over the course of Michaela’s academic career, she has taught across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for social work and social policy as well as on the professional doctorate at Salford University. Since embarking on her academic career, Michaela has held a number of leadership roles including: Chair, Athena Swan Committee; School Lead, University’s Women in Research.
- Research interests
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Michaela’s research interests and publications are centred on several areas: interpersonal and gender-based violence and abuse; gender, trans and gender diversity; hidden and marginalised communities; multiple social exclusion; qualitative and narrative methods. Michaela has been involved in a number of research projects (both funded and unfunded).
- Publications
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Books
Journal articles
- PROTOCOL: Domestic abuse interventions for mothers in or exiting prison: an evidence and gap map. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 19(1).
- Elder abuse and dementia: a comparison of older people with and without dementia across the prevalence of abuse. Journal of Applied Gerontology.
- Technology-facilitated abuse in intimate relationships : a scoping review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. View this article in WRRO
- Protocol: Global elder abuse: a mega-map of systematic reviews on prevalence, consequences, risk and protective factors and interventions. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 18(2). View this article in WRRO
- Working with domestic violence and abuse across the lifecourse: understanding good practice, Ravi Thiara and Lorraine Radford (eds). The British Journal of Social Work. View this article in WRRO
- Elder abuse vulnerability and risk factors: is financial abuse different from other subtypes?. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 41(4), 928-939. View this article in WRRO
- Exploring the Domestic Abuse Narratives of Trans and Nonbinary People and the Role of Cisgenderism in Identity Abuse, Misgendering, and Pathologizing. Violence Against Women, 27(12-13), 2187-2207. View this article in WRRO
- COVID-19 and domestic violence: impact on mental health. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 11(3), 188-202. View this article in WRRO
- Removing gender barriers : promoting inclusion for trans and non-binary carers in fostering and adoption. Child & Family Social Work, 25(3), 594-601. View this article in WRRO
- Challenges to implementing the new homelessness prevention agenda in Wales. Social Policy and Society, 19(1), 157-169. View this article in WRRO
- Policy transfer and part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014. Social Policy and Society, 19(1), 171-182. View this article in WRRO
- Working and homeless : exploring the interaction of housing and labour market insecurity. Social Policy and Society, 19(1), 121-132. View this article in WRRO
- Rural homelessness: Prevention practices in Wales. Social Policy and Society, 19(1), 133-144. View this article in WRRO
- Interrogating the prevention approach of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 for people with mental health needs who are homeless. Social Policy and Society, 19(1), 109-120. View this article in WRRO
- Elder homicide : a systematic literature review. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 48, 141-151. View this article in WRRO
- Challenging cisgenderism through trans people’s narratives of domestic violence and abuse. Sexualities, 22(5-6), 803-820. View this article in WRRO
- The Change Up Project: Using Social Norming Theory with Young People to Address Domestic Abuse and Promote Healthy Relationships. Journal of Family Violence, 34(6), 507-519. View this article in WRRO
- Socialising transgender: support in transition, Kate Norman. The British Journal of Social Work, 49(5), 1352-1354. View this article in WRRO
- Exploring approaches to child welfare in contexts of domestic violence and abuse: family group conferences. Child & Family Social Work, 23(1), 105-112. View this article in WRRO
- Growing spaces: an evaluation of the mental health recovery programme using mixed methods. Journal of Research in Nursing, 23(6), 476-489.
- Nurses' recognition of domestic violence and abuse. British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 6(6), 286-293. View this article in WRRO
- Transphobic ‘Honour’-Based Abuse: A Conceptual Tool. Sociology, 51(2), 225-240.
- Polly’s story: using structural narrative analysis to understand a trans migration journey. Qualitative Social Work, 16(2), 224-239. View this article in WRRO
- Interrogating Trans and Sexual Identities through the Conceptual Lens of Translocational Positionality. Sociological Research Online, 22(1), 81-94.
- Breaking down barriers: exploring the potential for social care practice with trans survivors of domestic abuse. Health & Social Care in the Community, 24(1), 68-76.
Chapters
- Use of Personas and Participative Methods When Researching with Hard-to-Reach Groups, Arts Based Health Care Research: A Multidisciplinary Perspective (pp. 41-50). Springer International Publishing
- Trans identities, cisgenderism and hate crime, Misogyny as Hate Crime (pp. 195-212). Routledge
- Exploring trans men’s experiences of intimate partner violence through the lens of cisgenderism, Men, Masculinities and Intimate Partner Violence (pp. 112-125). Routledge
- Overcoming Barriers: Exploring Specialist Interventions for Supporting Older Women to Escape Domestic Violence and Abuse, Violence Against Older Women, Volume II (pp. 79-99). Springer International Publishing
Reports
Website content
- Grants
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Year awarded Project title Role Sponsor Amount awarded 2021 Domestic Violence and Abuse Training Game: Digital Version. Co-PI ESRC Impact Acceleration Award £20,000 2021 Online Social Work CPD Pilot Project. PI Department for Education and Department for Health & Social Care £60,000 2021 Doing Practitioner-Research CPD Pilot Project. PI Department for Education and Department for Health & Social Care £5,000 2021 Mega-maps on the consequences of, and risk and protective factors for, elder abuse. Co-PI World Health Organisation $24,900 2021 Domestic violence and marginalised communities. Co-PI ESRC White Rose Collaboration Fund £10,133 2021 Evidence review: Mothers in prison and domestic abuse. PI Nuffield Foundation £58,000 2020 Stakeholder evaluation during covid-19. PI IRIS Manchester (Manchester (The Pankhurst Trust Incorporating Manchester Women’s Aid, PTMWA) £4,840 2020 The Power of Small Gestures: Training video for social workers during home visits. Co-I ESRC Impact Acceleration Account £7,450 2019 Mental Health Impacts for Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence. Co-I World University Network Research Development Fund £10,000 2019 Improving referrals to IRIS from Practice Nursing Teams: an exploratory study. PI The Pankhurst Trust (trading as Manchester Women’s Aid) £4,960 2019 Scoping exercise and evidence review: Parental Conflict. PI Sheffield City Council £12,889 2019 An evaluation of the Change Up LGBT Programme. PI Social Sense CIC £3,000 2018 Ageing with Healthy Relationships, Festival of Social Science. ESRC £1,000 2018 Older people & Domestic Abuse: A workshop for practitioners. PI The University of Salford Research Impact Fund (Run in collaboration with Manchester Women’s Aid) £950 2018 An evaluation for the Change Up Programme. PI Sociak Sense CIC £5,300 2017-18 An evaluation of the Green & Growing Project. Co-I Incredible Education/Inspiring Communities Together £2,200 2017 Independent Living Scheme Evaluation. PI Trafford Housing Trust £8,866 2017 CHAMP evaluation. PI NHS Manchester University Foundation Trust £60,000 2017 An evaluation of the Sahara Project. PI Manchester Women's Aid £5,000 2016-18 Post-Implementation Evaluation of the Part 2 Homelessness of the Housing Act. Co-I and Case Study Lead Welsh Government £98,000 2015-18 Older people and domestic abuse. PI Vice-Chancellor's ECR Scholarship, the University of Salford £2,000 2015-17 An evaluation of the Mental Health Recovery Programme. Co-I Gardens Needs, Salford £31,000 2015 Children’s Workforce Development Training Programme. Co-I Sandwell MBC £60,000
- Teaching activities
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Michaela teaches across the portfolio of social work modules and courses. In addition, Michaela supervises PhD students across a range of fields in social care and social work broadly and she is particularly interested in projects in the following areas: interpersonal violence and abuse across the lifecourse; gender-based violence; domestic abuse; gender, trans and gender diversity; marginalised communities; narrative and qualitative methods.
Michaela welcomes applications and enquiries.