Professor
Michaela
Rogers
(she/her)
PhD, PGCap, MA Social Work, (BA (Hons), SFHEA
School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Professor of Social Work and Gender-based Violence
Chair - URIC Research Governance Sub-Committee, Co-lead for the ShIVAR Network
Full contact details
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- Profile
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I am a Professor in Social Work and Gender-based Violence and my practice experience spans 30+ years in a range of public and voluntary sector settings. This includes over 15 years working in the domestic abuse sector before moving to children’s social care. My portfolio of research and publications contributes to the fields of gender-based and interpersonal violence, equalities and diversity, and children's social care, with an emphasis on the experiences of marginalised communities, help-seeking and access to services. Highlighting my strong commitment to linking practice and academia, I am the Strategic Lead for the Practitioner-Led Research Programme of the NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) Specialist Centre for Social Care; a national centre which was established to support and build capacity in social care research.
- Qualifications
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PhD, PGCap, MA Social Work, (BA (Hons), SFHEA
- Research interests
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Interpersonal and gender-based violence and abuse; gender, diversity, identity and positionality; hidden and marginalised communities; child welfare and children's social care; reflexive practice; qualitative, narrative and creative narrative methods.
- Publications
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Books
- Gender-Based Violence: A Comprehensive Guide. Springer International Publishing.
- An A-Z of Social Work Skills. A-Zs in Social Work.
- Developing Skills and Knowledge for Social Work Practice. SAGE.
- Developing skills for social work practice. Sage.
- Applying Critical Thinking and Analysis in Social Work. SAGE Publications Limited.
- Developing Skills for Social Work Practice. SAGE.
- Working with Marginalised Groups From Policy to Practice. Macmillan International Higher Education.
Journal articles
- Stakeholder Diversity in the Social Care Sector. Practice, 38(4), 251-252.
- Conceptualising Domestic Violence and Abuse Within Roma Communities Through a Power and Control Lens. Child Abuse Review, 35(3).
- Editorial – Practice Motivations, Opportunities and Challenges. Practice, 37(5), 393-394.
- Domestic violence and abuse within Roma and Traveller communities: a scoping review. Critical and Radical Social Work, 1-23.
- A systematic review of interventions for imprisoned women with experience of domestic violence and abuse. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 83. View this article in WRRO
- Space and place: social work in context. Practice, 37(3), 209-211.
- The predictors, motivations and characteristics of image-based sexual abuse: a scoping review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. View this article in WRRO
- Social Work and Transitions. Practice, 36(5), 317-318.
- A scoping review of social work with Roma and Traveller communities: introducing the ROMA model. European Journal of Social Work. View this article in WRRO
- Muslim women’s experiences of domestic violence and abuse: a meta-ethnography of global evidence. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 26(4), 694-711. View this article in WRRO
- Responding to domestic violence and abuse during COVID-19 through remote interventions: an evaluation of the identification and referral to Improve Safety (IRIS) Service. Creative Nursing, 30(3), 179-190. View this article in WRRO
- Components of Contemporary Social Work Education and Practice. Practice, 36(3), 173-175.
- Older adult homicide: investigating case, victim and perpetrator characteristics in a national sample from England and Wales. The British Journal of Social Work, 54(7), 2880-2898. View this article in WRRO
- Child-to-parent violence and abuse: a scoping review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 25(4), 3285-3298. View this article in WRRO
- Judicial actors’ understanding of the mental health impacts of intimate partner violence: a scoping review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 25(4), 3164-3176. View this article in WRRO
- Embedding reflexivity in social work research through the critical reflexive framework. The British Journal of Social Work, 54(4), 1753-1772. View this article in WRRO
- The Social Work Online Team Training (SWOTT) toolkit: embedding team-based peer learning in continuous professional development. Social Work Education, 43(9), 2485-2502. View this article in WRRO
- Technology-facilitated sexual violence and abuse in low and middle-income countries: a scoping review. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 25(2), 1614-1629. View this article in WRRO
- Mental Health, Complex Needs and Care. Practice, 35(5), 359-361.
- “Survive, learn to live with it … or not”: a narrative analysis of women's repeat victimization using a lifecourse perspective. Social Science & Medicine, 338. View this article in WRRO
- Critical ethical reflexivity (CER) in feminist narrative inquiry: reflections from cis researchers doing social work research with trans and non-binary people. International Journal of Social Research Methodology.
- 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, 42(5), 909-918.
- Technology-facilitated abuse in intimate relationships : a scoping review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse.
- 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.
- 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.
- Removing gender barriers : promoting inclusion for trans and non-binary carers in fostering and adoption. Child and 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.
- 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.
- Challenging cisgenderism through trans people’s narratives of domestic violence and abuse. Sexualities, 22(5-6), 803-820.
- 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.
- Growing spaces : an evaluation of the mental health recovery programme using mixed methods. Journal of Research in Nursing, 23(6), 476-489. 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.
- The intersection of cisgenderism and hate crime : learning from trans people's narratives. Journal of Family Strengths, 17(2). View this article in WRRO
- Nurses' recognition of domestic violence and abuse. British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 6(6), 286-293.
- 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.
- 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.
- An Exploration of Victim Blaming and Bystander Intervention in the Context of Image-Based Sexual Abuse: A Scoping Review. Behavioral Sciences, 16(5), 757-757.
- Evaluating SWOTT toolkits as a change mechanism: from managerial to critical reflective supervision. Social Work Education, 1-18.
Book chapters
- Roma and Traveller women and girls, antigypsyism and the slow violence of policy, The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Violence (pp. 128-139). Routledge
- The Abuse and Help-Seeking Experiences of Trans Men Who Are Victimized in Intimate Relationships, The Routledge Handbook of Men’s Victimisation in Intimate Relationships (pp. 217-229). Routledge
- A narrative approach to social work, Applying Strengths-Based Approaches in Social Work (pp. 85-98). Policy Press
- Dowry-Related Abuse and Dowry Death, Gender-Based Violence: A Comprehensive Guide (pp. 257-269). Springer International Publishing
- Femicide, Gender-Based Violence: A Comprehensive Guide (pp. 139-152). Springer International Publishing
- Post-Separation and Divorce-Related Abuse, Gender-Based Violence: A Comprehensive Guide (pp. 113-124). Springer International Publishing
- Child Sexual Exploitation, Gender-Based Violence: A Comprehensive Guide (pp. 37-51). Springer International Publishing
- Widowhood, Gender-Based Violence: A Comprehensive Guide (pp. 167-178). Springer International Publishing
- Reflections and Way Forward, Gender-Based Violence: A Comprehensive Guide (pp. 607-620). Springer International Publishing
- Understanding Gender-Based Violence, Gender-Based Violence: A Comprehensive Guide (pp. 3-16). Springer International Publishing
- Theorising Gender-Based Violence, Gender-Based Violence: A Comprehensive Guide (pp. 17-34). Springer International Publishing
- Technology-Facilitated Abuse, Gender-Based Violence: A Comprehensive Guide (pp. 555-569). Springer International Publishing
- Older Adult Mistreatment, Gender-Based Violence: A Comprehensive Guide (pp. 495-507). Springer International Publishing
- Social Prescribing Within an Integrated System, Demystifying Integrated Care A Handbook for Practice (pp. 81-86).
- 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
- Domestic violence and abuse when survivors identify as trans or non-binary, The Routledge International Handbook of Domestic Violence and Abuse (pp. 283-296). 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
- Clinical Settings Where Domestic Violence and Abuse May Be Encountered, Domestic Violence in Health Contexts: A Guide for Healthcare Professions (pp. 51-64). Springer International Publishing
- Domestic Violence and Abuse and Hidden Groups, Domestic Violence in Health Contexts: A Guide for Healthcare Professions (pp. 109-122). Springer International Publishing
- 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
- Addressing domestic abuse through family group conferences In Parkinson K & Edwards D (Ed.), Family group conferences in social work
- Working with Adult-oriented Issues: Parental Substance Misuse, Mental Ill-health and Domestic Abuse In Horwath J & Platt D (Ed.), The Child’s World
- Older Women’s Experiences of Domestic Violence and Abuse, Working with Marginalised Groups (pp. 134-150). Macmillan Education UK
- Diversity and Exclusion in Context In Ahmed A & Rogers M (Ed.), Working with Marginalised Groups: From Policy to Practice
- Trans and gender diversity: from policy to practice In Ahmed A & Rogers M (Ed.), Working with Marginalised Groups: From Policy to Practice
- Using Supervision, Reflective Practice and Critical Thinking In Edmondson D (Ed.), Social Work Practice Learning: A Student Guide
- Older women and domestic violence (pp. 10-11). RCN Publishing Ltd.
Reports
- Domestic abuse and mothers in prison or on release: an evidence review
- An evaluation of the Social Work Online Team Training (SWOTT) Toolkit: Social Worker's experiences of CPD. Final Report.
- A robust mixed methods evaluation of Healhub: Final report
- Improving referrals to IRIS from Practice Nursing Teams: an evaluation. Final Report.
- Manchester IRIS evaluation : Stakeholder feedback - services users and IRIS general practice View this article in WRRO
- An evaluation of the Change Up LGBTQ+ programme for Social Sense Community
- Parental conflict: A scoping review for Sheffield City Council
- Post-implementation evaluation of the homelessness legislation (Part 2 of the Housing Act
- A qualitative evaluation of the ‘Green & Growing’ project
- An evaluation of the Change Up Programme
- A robust consultation with parents, young people and professionals regarding NHS CHAMP led by Social Sense: an independent report
- The IRIS Project, Manchester Women’s Aid: an independent consultation with older clients
- Understanding Independent Living Customers at Trafford Housing Trust: an Evaluation
- An Interim Evaluation of the Sahara Project
- Growing Spaces: An Evaluation of the Mental Health Recovery Programme (MHRP) Final Report: September 2017
- Post-implementation evaluation of the homelessness legislation (Part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014): Interim Report
- The ‘Change Up’ Project, Social Sense: An Independent Evaluation
- Growing Spaces: An Evaluation of the Mental Health Recovery Programme (MHRP): Interim Report
- Barriers to help-seeking Older women's experiences of domestic violence and abuse: Briefing Note
- Trans people's experiences of domestic violence and abuse: messages for practice: Briefing note
Digital content
- Supporting victims/survivors of gender-based violence who need an interpreter A user-friendly toolkit for practitioners and interpreters.
- Coronavirus lockdown measures may be putting older adults at greater risk of abuse,.
- Funding cuts could leave victims of domestic violence with nowhere to go.
- Get families involved to protect children from domestic violence.
- TV Chef Lorraine Pascal shows successful fostering is about more than race.
Other
- Domestic abuse and mothers in prison or on release: an evidence review. Final Report..
- Embedding team-based, peer learning in continuous professional development: The Social Work Online Team Training (SWOTT) Toolkit. Research Note.
- An evaluation of the Social Work Online Team Training (SWOTT) Toolkit: Proof of Concept Project. Final Report..
- Student Co-Production Toolkit.
- Researching gender-based violence with marginalised communities: Overcoming methodological challenges A user-friendly toolkit for researchers and practitioner-researchers.
- Technology-Facilitated Abuse (TFA) Training Programme: Evaluation of Police Officer and Practitioner Workshops and Cyber Advice Clinics — Yorkshire and Humber Region.
Preprints
- Gender-Based Violence: A Comprehensive Guide. Springer International Publishing.
- Research group
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Co-lead Sheffield Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Research (ShIVAR) Network
Postgraduate Supervision
I have or currently supervise doctoral projects on the following topics: technology-facilitated sexual violence; child-to-parent violence; sexual violence and lesbian, gay and bisexual women; childhood emotional abuse and its impact in adulthood; sexual harassment in the ballroom dancing environment in China; social harms and adoption; fostering and adoption and gender diverse people; relationship-based practice in social care.
- Grants
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• Assessing Coercive Control in Children's Social Care: A Feasibility Study of AI Avatar Training (2026-2029), NIHR Research Programme for Social Care NIHR508851, £299,997, Co-Principal Investigator
• Child sexual abuse in South Asian Families (2026-2027) NIHR Three Schools Prevention funding stream, £189,936, Co-Investigator
• Prison, resettlement and domestic abuse: exploring women's experiences and needs to enhance practice and policy (2026-2027), NIHR RPSC, £374,176, Principal Investigator
• Evaluating interventions addressing technology-facilitated violence (2025-2026), Yorkshire & Humberside Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU), (£20,000), Co-Principal Investigator
• NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) Specialist Centre for Social Care (2025-28), £4.9million, Strategic Programme Lead & Senior Management Team Member
• SWOTT Toolkits (2024), ESRC Impact Acceleration Award, £33,414, Principal Investigator
• Prioritising Women consultancy (2024), Manchester Women’s Aid, £10,000, Principal Investigator
• Alex Ryan (2024-2025), NIHR Pre-doctoral Local Authority Fellowship, £76,707, Primary Supervisor
• Nick Burke (2023-2026), NIHR Doctoral Local Authority Fellowship, £324,911, Primary Supervisor
• Charlotte Ashworth (2023-2027), NIHR Doctoral Local Authority Fellowship, £249,344, Primary Supervisor
• Critical reflective practice project evaluation (2022-2023), Department for Education, £6,000, Co-Investigator.
• Developing the workforce project (2022-2023), Department for Education, £36,000, Co-Investigator
• Addressing Child-to-parent violence: Level Up Evaluation (2022-2023), Cranstoun, £7,000, Joint Principal Investigator.
• Child-to-parent violence: A scoping review (2022-2023), TUoS Department Research Fund. TUoS Faculty Learning and Teaching Fund, £3,189, Principal Investigator.
• Healhub Evaluation (2021), West Midlands Violence Reduction Unit, £40,000, Principal Investigator
• Domestic Violence and Interpreters: Development of a Toolkit, (2021) HEIF. £19,980, Joint Principal Investigator.
• Domestic Violence and Abuse Training Game: Digital Version, (2021) ESRC Impact Acceleration Award, £20,000, Joint PrincipaI Investigator
• Social Work Team Training (SWOTT) Toolkit: Proof-of-Concept project, (2021-2022) Department for Education, £60,000, Principal Investigator
• Mega-maps on the consequences of, and risk and protective factors for elder abuse (2021-2022), World Health Organization, $24,900 USD (£19,000), Joint Principal Investigator
• Nick Burke (2021-2022), NIHR Pre-doctoral Local Authority Fellowship, £66,735, Primary Supervisor.
• Charlotte Ashworth (2021-2022), NIHR Pre-doctoral Local Authority Fellowship, £69,065, Primary supervisor
• Domestic violence and marginalised communities (2021-2022). ESRC White Rose Collaboration Fund, £10,133, Joint Principal Investigator
• Evidence review: Mothers in prison and domestic abuse (2021-2022), Nuffield Foundation, £58,000, Principal Investigator.
• IRIS Manchester: Stakeholder evaluation (2020-2021). Manchester Health and Care Commissioning, £4,840, Principal Investigator.
• Holly McSpadden (2020), ESRC Studentship, £60,351.
• The Power of Small Gestures: Training video for social workers during home visits (2020). ESRC Impact Acceleration Account, £7,450, Co-I.
• Mental Health Impacts for Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence (2019-2020), World University Network, £10,000, Co-I.
• Improving referrals to IRIS Manchester from Practice Nursing Teams: an exploratory study (2019). Manchester Health and Care Commissioning, £4,960, Principal Investigator.
• Scoping exercise and evidence review: Parental Conflict (2019). Sheffield City Council, £12,889, Principal Investigator.
• Change Up LGBT evaluation (2019), Social Sense, £3,000, Principal Investigator.
• Multi-Modality Practitioner Proof of Concept Project (2018), The Big Life Group, £36,000, Principal Investigator.
• Citizens Advice Bureau’s Help Through Crisis Evaluation (2018), £12,000, Principal Investigator.
• Change Up evaluation (2018), Social Sense, £5,300, Principal Investigator.
• Evaluation of the Independent Living Scheme (2017), Trafford Housing Trust, £8,866, Principal Investigator.
• CHAMP programme consultation (2017), Central Manchester University Foundation Trust (CMFT), £60,000, Principal Investigator.
• Sahara Project Evaluation (2017), Manchester Women’s Aid, £4,885, Principal Investigator.
• Social Sense, Change Up Programme, £1,200, Principal Investigator.
• Post-Implementation Evaluation of the Part 2 Homelessness of the Housing Act (2016-17), Welsh Government, £98,000, Sandwell MBC, Co-Investigator.
• Children’s Workforce Development Training Programme (2015), £60,000, Co-Investigator
• Garden Needs: Mental Health Recovery Programme Evaluation, (2015-2017). £31,000, Co-Investigator.
- Teaching interests
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Applied sociological studies in relation to social inequality and families, social care, research methods especially qualitative and creative methods
- 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.
- Professional activities and memberships
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I am a registered social worker (reg no. SW85402) and maintain strong links with practice through membership of BASW and as co-editor of BASW’s journal, Practice: Social Work in Action. In addition, I am the Chair of the Domestic Violence and Violence Special Group for the UK-wide Association of Child Protection Professionals. I am a member of our regional South Yorkshire Teaching Partnership and I developed and lead the Social Work Online Team Training (SWOTT) Toolkits project; a CPD resource for the health and social care sector.
- Partnerships, engagement and impact
I have a strong commitment to knowledge mobilisation and practice-relevant research, and the SWOTT Toolkits project is an example this. In 2021-22 SWOTT Toolkits were piloted in South Yorkshire via a proof-of-concept study, funded by the Department for Education. Subsequently, the SWOTT Toolkits – a team-based approach to Continuous Professional Development (CPD) – has grown from strength-to-strength and now has subscribers from across England and Scotland including local authorities and other health and care providers. Each themed toolkit offers practitioners the opportunity for evidenced-informed learning on topical and pressing issues relevant to a range of health and social care settings. Toolkit creation offers social care researchers a knowledge mobilisation vehicle and immediate reach to a practice audience.