Research governance

This research is conducted under the auspices of an academic and a stakeholder advisory group

Academic advisory group

The academic advisory group oversees all aspects of the progress of the study. The members have research expertise in kinship care, social work, poverty and social exclusion, inequality, geography, mapping and secondary data analyses. The academic advisory group is made up of the following members:

Irwin Epstein	Professor, City University of New York
Julie Selwyn	Professor, University of Bristol
Elaine Farmer	Professor University of Bristol
Dave Gordon	Professor, University of Bristol
Shailen Nandy	Research Fellow, University of Bristol
Eldin Fahmy	Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol
Joan Hunt	Honourary professor, Cardiff University
Paul Bywaters	Professor, University of Coventry
Danny Dorling	Professor, University of Oxford

Stakeholder advisory group

In order to facilitate better outcomes for children and families in kinship care situations, who are the ultimate beneficiaries of this research, the results of the study need to be accessible and useful to a to a number of distinct audiences including; 1) Policy makers and service providers 2) Third sector organisations such as charities and organisations campaigning for children’s right and against child and 3) the kinship families. Therefore, this project has continuous knowledge exchange and co-production of knowledge through direct engagement and collaboration a stakeholder advisory group. The members of the stakeholder advisory group are:

Cathy Ashley	CEO, Family Rights Group
Sarah Wellard	Director of Policy and Research, Grandparents Plus
Gail Peachey	Department for Education
Lorna Rook	Team Manager, Islington borough
Alison Gillies	Welfare Rights Worker, Child poverty action group, Scotland
Sandra Gulyurtlu	Senior Research Adviser, Office of the children’s commissioner
Caroline Miles	Solicitor, Avon & Bristol Law Centre; and Research Assistant NFRC.
David Pitcher	Family Court Adviser, CAFCASS
Kia Pettifer	Kinship Carer
Lynn Chesterman	CEO, The Grandparents' Association
Tim Carter	Assistant Director, Barnardo’s Midlands and South West
Samantha Callan	Associate Director for Families and Mental Health, Centre for Social Justice
Olu Alake	Director of Grant Programmes and Project Development, Buttle UK