John Solas

John Solas

Senior Lecturer

Department of Social Sciences , School of Childhood and Social Care

I have held senior academic posts at seven Australian and three UK higher education institutions. My areas of teaching and research interest are professional ethics, moral and political philosophy and organisational behaviour. Details and impact of my research and scholarship can be found on Research Gate.

John Solas

OVERVIEW

I have taught Values and Ethics, Organisational Theory and Practice, Power and Discrimination and Theory and Methods in Social Work. I am a Research Fellow at Keele University and  have written extensively on empowerment, equality and social justice. All of my research has been published in highly ranked professional journals. I have also conducted and supervised research on crisis communication, precarious employment, recovery coaching, guidance counselling and child protection. I was a founding member of the Counselling and Family Therapy Clinic at Queensland University of Technology.

While on staff at Charles Darwin University, I was a representative on the Northern Land Council, and his research and advocacy were instrumental in improving the delivery of primary health care services to Indigenous communities in the Central and Northern regions of Australia. I have been a National Director of the Australian Association of Social Workers and reviewer for Australian Social Work and the British Journal of Social Work.

RESEARCH

To date, I have, either alone or in collaboration with others, completed projects that have attracted a total of £933,606 in competitive research and teaching (Erasmus+) grants:

  • Building Bridges between Europe and China to Strengthen the Social Work Profession / BUIBRI (Project reference 585758-EPP-1-2017-1-FI-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP Finland), £722,294.
  • Action Learning to enhance Strengths Based Practice, North East London Teaching Partnership, Department of Education, £50,000.
  • Racial equity and career progression, North East London Teaching Partnership, Department of Education, £27,000.
  • An investigation into the impact of industrial change and workplace restructuring on employment in the LaTrobe Valley, Monash University intramural grant £72,684.
  • A preliminary study into the influence of cultural attributes and learning styles on educational success and satisfaction in alternative learning environments, Central Queensland University intramural grant scheme, £24,225.
  • A survey of supervisory practices in fieldwork education for human service students, Central £12,116.
  • A repertory grid study of violent men’s personal constructions of love, Queensland University of Technology intramural grant scheme, £3,029.
  • Universal Basic Income Project Research Group, Keele University intramural grant scheme, £2449.
  • An analysis of teacher and student thinking about the process of teaching and learning, Queensland University of Technology intramural grant scheme, £1,060.
  • Case studies of the nature of, and responses to, problems among undergraduate referrals to student counselling at Monash Gippsland, Monash University intramural grant scheme £1,000.
  • The Role of Desert in Distributive Justice, Keele University intramural grant scheme, £950.
  • A meta-analysis of social constructions of serial murder, Queensland University of Technology intramural grant scheme, $799.

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