Jonathan Crabtree Parker

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Jonathan Crabtree Parker

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E-post: jonathan.crabtreeparker@uis.no

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Jonathan Parker (PhD) is Professor Emeritus at the University of Stavanger, Professor of Society & Social Welfare at Bournemouth University, and Visiting Professor at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Doctoral programme team member at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan. He was one of the founders and director of the Family Assessment and Support Unit, a placement agency attached to the University of Hull. He was Chair of the Association of Teachers in Social Work Education until 2005, Vice Chair of the UK higher education representative body, the Joint University Council for Social Work Education from 2005–- 2010, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He has published widely (over 200 scholarly papers and chapters and over 35 books): on disadvantage, marginalizsation and violence, Southeast Asia, social work and welfare education internationally. He is author of the best-selling book Social Work Practice (Sage, 2021) and series editor for the highly successful Transforming Social Work Practice series (Sage).