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My research interests are primarily located in the interdisciplinary field of Disability Studies and I am committed to the development of this field in a way that is inclusive and respectful of the experiences, priorities and
aspirations of disabled people. A central strand of my research has been the design and facilitation of accessible, inclusive events and activities that
have contributed to Lancaster’s reputation as a world-leading centre for Disability Studies, particularly the highly regarded biennial Lancaster
Disability Studies Conferences (2003-; income to date £450,500). My current research focuses on the way disabled people are constructed and
categorised in social policy, particularly in welfare reform and health and social care, and the implications of this for disabled people, their families, user-led organisations and critical professional practice.
Current Post
08/16 - Senior Lecturer in Disability Studies, Department of Sociology
Previous posts
08/13-08/16 Lecturer in Disability Studies, Department of Sociology 12/03-08/13 Lecturer in Disability Studies, Department of Applied Social Science
01/02-12/03 Research Fellow, Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of York
01/00-12/01 Research Associate, Centre for Disability Studies, Department of Sociology & Social Policy University of Leeds.
Academic Qualifications
2006 Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice, Lancaster University
1999 MA in Disability Studies, University of Leeds
1998 BA (Hons) Politics and Parliamentary Studies (2:1) University of Leeds
Academic Prizes & Distinctions
2012 Best Conceptual Article 2012 by Social Work Education: ‘Threshold
Concepts in Disability Studies: Troublesome knowledge and liminal spaces in
social work education’ Social Work Education 31:2. 215-226 External Research Funding (awarded at Lancaster)
2017-
8 Named Social Worker Pilot Bradford MDC – Phase 2 Principal Investigator
£25,000 2017-
8 Tackling violence and abuse against disabled women and girls in coproduction with mental health, social care and housing services. Disability Research in Independent Living and Learning (DRILL) Big Lottery
Co-Invesigator (Lancaster Lead(
£39,959
2016-
17 ‘My named social worker’ Named Social Worker Pilot Phase 1 Calderdale Adult Social Care
Principal Investigator
£50,000
2016-
17 Sociocultural influences of learning-disabled men’s self-harm on locked wards: Staff perspectives
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Principal Investigator
£5,000
2013-
4 ‘Alcohol and sight loss: a scoping study’ Alcohol Research & Thomas Pocklington Trust Co-Invesigator
£64,826 (+ £481 in 2015) 2010 ‘A systematic evaluation of the modernisation of
day services for disabled adults’
Halton Borough Council Principal Investigator
£17,455
2010 ‘Designing and Inclusive Curriculum in Higher Education’
Higher Education Academy Principal Investigator
£11,000
2003- Lancaster Disability Studies Conference
Conference Organisater
Journal Editorial Boards and Advisory Boards:
Disability & Society Member of the editorial board 2002-, Book Reviews Editor 2012-, Executive Editor 2015-
Disability Studies Quarterly Member of the Editorial Board 2015- Social Work Education Member of the Editorial Board 2015- External Examiner on degree programmes
2014-16 BA Society Joint Honours: Part Route in Disability Studies, Northumbria University
Critical friend in the Programme Approval process for Welsh Social Work Continuing Professional Education and Learning (CPEL) 2014-5
Publications
Citation indices (Google Scholar February 2018)
Journal Special Issues
Morgan, H. and Roulstone, A. (2012) ‘Disability Studies and Social Work Education’ Social Work Education 31:2. 137-141
Edited Books
Soldatic, K. Morgan, H & Roulstone, A. (Eds) (2014) Disability, Spaces and Places of Policy Exclusion London: Routledge [40:40:20]
Journal Articles (* = peer reviewed)
James, E, Morgan, H & Mitchell, R 2017, 'Named social workers?: Better social work for learning disabled people? ‘Disability and Society, 32 (10) pp. 1650-1655.
*Galvani, S, Livingstone, W & Morgan, H 2016, 'The relationship between
sight loss and substance use: users’ perspectives' Drugs: Education,
Prevention, and Policy, vol 23, no. 6, pp. 476-483.
*Morgan, H. (2012) ‘Threshold Concepts in Disability Studies: Troublesome
knowledge and liminal spaces in social work education’ Social Work Education 31:2. 215-226
Morgan, H. and Roulstone, A. (2012) ‘Editorial’ Social Work Education 31:2. 137-141
*Roulstone, A. and Morgan H. (2009) 'Neo-Liberal Individualism or Self- Directed Support: Are We All
*Broadhurst, K, Dimopoulou-Lagonika, M & Morgan, H. (2007) 'Reflections on an English/Greek exchange in Erasmus' anniversary year. Is English practice learning out of sink with global flows and scapes?' The Hellenic Journal of Social Science and Social Work September pp. 167-188 (Greek translation only)
*Foster, M., Harris, J., Jackson, K., Morgan, H. & Glendinning, C. (2006). "Personalised social care for adults with disabilities: a problematic concept for frontline practice". Health and Social Care in the Community, 14 (2), pp 125-135
Book Chapters
Morgan, H. (2017) Hiding, Isolation and Solace: Rural disabled women and neoliberal welfare reform in K Soldatic and K Johnson (Eds) Disability and Rurality: Identity, Gender and Belonging Farnham: Ashgate.
Soldatic, K & Morgan, H (2017) “The way you make me feel” Shame and the neoliberal governance of disability welfare subjectivities in Australia and the UK in J. Louth (Ed) Edges of Identity: The Production of Neoliberal Subjectivities Chester:University of Chester Press.
Morgan, H. [2015) Working with Disabled People in M. Webber (ed) Applying Research Evidence in Social Work Practice Palgrave Macmillan
Roulstone A. & H Morgan (2014) Accessible public space for the ‘not
obviously disabled’: Jeopardized selfhood in an era of welfare retraction in
K. Soldatic, H. Morgan & A. Roulstone (Eds) Disability, Spaces and Places of Policy Exclusion London: Routledge
Roulstone, A. Soldatic, K. & Morgan, H (2014) New Concepts, New Ideas, New Realities in K. Soldatic, H. Morgan & A. Roulstone (2014) (eds) Disability, Spaces and Places of Policy Exclusion London: Routledge
Morgan, H. (2013) User-led organisations: facilitating Independent Living’ in
J. Swain, S. French, C. Barnes & C. Thomas (eds) Disabling Barriers –
Enabling Environments 3rd Edition. London: Sage.
Morgan, H. (2005) Disabled people and employment: the potential impact of European Policy in A. Roulstone and C. Barnes (eds) Working Futures?
Disabled People and employment. Bristol: The Policy Press
Morgan, H. & Harris, J. (2005) Strategies for involving service users in outcomes focused research in L. Lowes & I. Hulat (eds) Working Together:
Service Users’ Involvement in Health and Social Care Research. London: Routledge
Morgan, H. & Stalford, H. (2005) Disabled People and the European Union: Equal Citizens? In C. Barnes and G. Mercer (eds) The Social Model of Disability: Europe and the Majority World. Leeds: The Disability Press.
Research Reports and Policy Documents
Fish, R and Morgan H (2017) Working with men who self-harm in a learning
disability secure unit: staff perspectives Lancaster: Centre for Disability Research Galvani, S. Livingstone, W. and Morgan, H (2015) Working with substance use and sight loss. A practice guidance for sight loss professionals. London: Thomas Pocklington Trust
Galvani, S. Livingstone, W. Morgan, H and Wadd, S. (2014) Alcohol, other drugs and sight loss: A scoping study. Final Report. London: Alcohol Research UK
Galvani, S. Livingstone, W. Morgan, H and Wadd, S. (2014) Alcohol, other drugs and sight loss: A scoping study. Alcohol Insight 118 London: Alcohol Research UK
Morgan, H. and Houghton. A (2011) Inclusive curriculum design in higher education: Considerations for effective practice across and within subject areas York: Higher Education Academy
Morgan, H. and Roulstone, A. (2011) Halton Borough Council: An
Independent Evaluation of Day Services. Lancaster: Centre for Disability Research.
Harris, J., Foster, M., Jackson, K. and Morgan, H. (2005) Outcomes for Disabled Service Users, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, York. Harris, J., Foster, M. Jackson, K and Morgan H.(2005) Outcomes for disabled service users Research Works 2005-6 York: Social Policy Research Unit
Harris J, Piper S, Morgan H, Thomas C, McClimmens A, Shah S, Barnes C, Mercer G, Arksey H, Qureshi H, (2003) Brief Review Study: National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions, 'User's experiences of health and social care services' SPRU, University of York.
Harris J, Piper S, Morgan H, Thomas C, McClimmens A, Shah S, Barnes C, Mercer G, Arksey H, Qureshi H, (2003) Executive Summary Brief Review Study: National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions, 'User's experiences of health and social care services' SPRU, University of York. Harris J, Piper S, Morgan H, McClimmens A, Shah S, Reynolds H, Baldwin S, Arksey H, Qureshi H, (2003) Brief Review Study: National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions, 'Carer's experiences of providing care for people with long term conditions' SPRU, University of York. DH 1968 JH0703 Harris J, Piper S, Morgan H, McClimmens A, Shah S, Reynolds H, Baldwin S, Arksey H, Qureshi H, (2003) Executive Summary Brief Review Study: National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions, 'Carer's experiences of
providing care for people with long term conditions' SPRU, University of York.
Harris J, Piper S, Morgan H, McClimmens A, Thomas C, Shah S, Reynolds H, Barnes C, Mercer G, Baldwin S, Arksey H, Qureshi H, (2003) Joint Executive Summary National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions, 'Users' and Carer's experiences of health and social care services' SPRU, University of York.
Morgan, H. & Harris, J. (2002) Outcomes for Disabled Service Users: Service User and Professional Perspectives, York: Social Policy Research Unit, University of York.
Harris, J. & Morgan, H. (2002) Outcomes for Disabled Service Users: Interim Report, York: Social Policy Research Unit, University of York.
Barnes, C Mercer, G & Morgan, H (2002) Creating Independent Futures: Preliminary Findings and Conference Report, Leeds: Disability Press. Barnes, C Morgan, H & Mercer, G (2001) Creating Independent Futures: Stage Three Report, Leeds: Disability Press.
Morgan, H Barnes, C & Mercer, G (2001) Creating Independent Futures: Stage Two Report, Leeds: Disability Press.
Barnes, C Mercer, G & Morgan, H (2000) Creating Independent Futures: Stage One Report, Leeds: Disability Press
Conference and research seminars Invited and plenary speaker
Isolated, Jeopardised and Faux. Disability, Spaces and Places of Policy Exclusion Postgraduate Medical Humanities Conference June 2017, Exeter
Threshold concepts in Disability Studies Northumbria University June 2015 ‘They’re two spinning balls, one egging the other on’ Understanding the
relationship between Alcohol, other drugs and Sight Loss. Qualitative Health Group, University of Durham, 11th March 2015.
A year on has there been a lasting shift in attitudes towards disability? One year on from the Paralympic Games – what is the positive legacy for the Cultural Sector and what are the challenges and opportunities ahead of us? 2013, Brighton
Using Grademark to engage students with assessment feedback The Role of Technology in Teaching and Learning Sharing Practice Day Lancaster
University 2nd July 2013
Disability welfare reform in Australia and the UK: a comparative analysis. Paper presented at the Centre for Disability Studies, with Karen Soldatic April 2012 Leeds University, UK.
Disabled People and the European Union: Equal Citizens? with Helen Stalford. ESRC Seminar Series: Implementing the Social Model: Europe, University of Leeds January 2004.
Creating Independent Futures: Current Research at the Centre for Disability Studies Keynote address. The World Turned Upside Down, London. July 2001 User-led Research: Gathering the Evidence, Workshop What Works in
Community Care? Oxford, September 2000.
Other conference presentations
Morgan, H and James, E. (2017) ‘My social worker’ Putting #SWisHumanRights into practice Nordic Network on Disability Research, Orebro, Sweden
Benson, D. and Morgan, H (2016) Disabled refugees, continence and humanitarian innovation, Lancaster Disability Studies Conference 2016
Morgan, H. and Fish, R. (2016) Re-Imagining the Unimagined: Making Visible the Stealth Restriction of the Futures of Learning Disabled Women in Secure Settings British Sociological Association Conference 2016, Birmingham
Morgan, H and Whitaker, D. (2015) ‘A gilded cage is still a cage’ yet vulnerability remains inherent: Optimism, contradiction and dissonance in Court of Protection judgments and its influence on safeguarding ‘adults at risk’ practice Nordic Network on Disability Research 2015, Bergen Norway’
Soldatic, K and Morgan, H (2014) Neoliberalising Disabled Subjectivities: Gender, Emotion and Spaces of Social (in)Security Identity and Politics of Emotions Panel ECPR General Conference 2014, Glasgow
Morgan, H Sherrington, C and Machin, L (2014) Clinical Ethics Forums: Using ethical engagement to overcome professional boundaries and facilitate inter-professional learning. JSWEC Conference: Social Work Making Connections Royal Holloway, University of London
Morgan, H and K Soldatic. 2012. Limitations, constraints and possibilities: building solidarity with disabled people in the neoliberal era. Paper presented at the Seventh Annual Social Work Action Network Conference, March 30–31, Liverpool Hope University, UK.
#DisabilitysNotWorking: The evolution of the disabled people’s movement in
an era of colonisation, disabling corporatism and austerity. Nordic Network on Disability Research 12th Research Conference, Naatali Spa, Finland 30-31 May 2013
Accessible Public Space for the 'not obviously disabled'? Jeopardized selfhood in an era of welfare retraction with Alan Roulstone Disability - Spaces and Places of Exclusion Symposium 16 - 17 April 2012, Lancaster University
Morgan, H (2011) A road less travelled? A critical disability studies reading of the mobility paradigm Theorizing Normalcy and the Mundane, Manchester Metropolitan University, 14-15 September 2011.
Morgan, H & Roulstone, A (2011) Bridging collective roots and individual choices: a critical reflection on disability and community in the 21st century Nordic Network on Disability Research 11th Research Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland May 27-28, 2011.
Morgan, H & Roulstone, A (2011) Accessible Public Space for the 'not obviously disabled'? Jeopardized selfhood in an era of welfare retraction with Alan Roulstone. Paper presented at the Disability and Public Space Conference, Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway, 28-29th April 2011 Morgan, H & Roulstone, A. (2009) Teaching Disability Studies to Social Work Students Paper presented to the 11th UK Joint Social Work Education
Conference, University of Hertfordshire 8-10 July 2009.
Morgan, H (2007) Career, Mobility and Motility: the experiences of disabled academics and researchers Nordic Network on Disability Research Biennial Conference, Goteborg, Sweden. May 2007.
Morgan, H (2005) Disabled Citizens? A Socio-legal analysis of the citizenship status and experience of Disabled People European Law Research Students Network: Summer Liverpool Law School, Liverpool, June 2005
Morgan, H (2005) Disability, career and mobility in Europe Colloquium on Researching Innovative Themes in Skilled Mobility: The Centre for the Study of Law and Policy in Europe, University of Leeds May 2005.
Morgan, H (2004) What a Difference A Decade Makes: Disability Policy in the EU 1993-2003 Socio-legal Studies Association Annual Conference, Glasgow, April 2004
Social Model Outcomes? Nordic Network on Disability Research Annual Conference: Networking, Social Capital and Welfare Society, Jyvaskyla, Finland. September 2003
European Union Citizenship and Disabled People: Developing a Social Model with Helen Stalford Disability Studies Association Conference: Disability Studies: Theory Policy and Practice, Lancaster University. September 2003 Strategies for involving Service Users in Outcomes focused research
workshop with Jennifer Harris Consumers in NHS Research Third National Conference: Making A Difference Harrogate. November 2002
Creating Independent Futures: User-led Research into User-led services workshop Making Research Count in the Personal Social Services, London. December 2001
Research Leadership: Organizer of conferences, workshops, research groups and seminar series
CeDR
Member Management Committee 2005-, Co-Director 2012-2016, Director 2016- 2012 Disability - Spaces and Places of Exclusion CeDR Symposium.
Organised with Dr Karen Soldatic (British Academy Fellow)
2009 CeDR Symposium: Teaching Disability Studies to Social Work Students - CeDR Symposium. Organised with Bob Sapey
2009 Literary, Cultural, and Disability Studies: A Tripartite Approach to Postcolonialism. Organised with Dr David Bolt (CeDR Honarary Research Fellow)
CeDR Seminars, Reading and Film groups
Social Work Book Club - Lancaster Co-ordinator Supervision and Teaching
PhD
2 supervised to completion, 4 current. I have been internal examiner on 1 PhD.
Doctoral Students (2 supervised to completion, 8 current)
Dates name Area of research Type of funding Awarded
2013 Laura Snell Cochlear Implants and the Deaf Community
Departmental fees bursary
Awarded
2013 Christopher Spooner Experiences' of Disabled Business Leaders
Self-funded (part-time) 2014- Magda Szorta Disabled Women’s
Movement in Poland Dual Phd Candidate with Graduate School for Social
Research, Polish Academy of Sciences 2015- Toby Atkinson The gendering of
Autism in contemporary British popular culture Faculty Bursary, ESRC DTC (Science Studies Pathway) +2 2015- Brid Joy Blended Learning PhD Programme, Division of Health Research A Qualitative Study to explore Mental Health Social Worker`s Perceptions and Experiences of Recovery Oriented Practice. Self-funded
2016- Cara Williams Disabled people, employment and Small Medium Enterprises ESRC DTC (Social Work Pathway) 1 + 3 MA:
Swk.439 Social Work in Adult Social Care - convenor
Swk.439 Social Work Dissertation - module convenor and supervision Socl949 Dissertation - supervisor
Undergraduate:
swk.116 Contemporary Social Problems – module convenor, lecturer & seminar tutor
swk.278 Social Work in Adult Social Care – module convenor swk.371 Social Work Dissertation – supervisor
socl245 Welfare Practices and Resistance –module co-convenor
Departmental administrative roles
2015- Chair MA Social Work Exam Board
2016- Director – Centre for Disability Research (CeDR) 2013-2017 Convenor swk.116 Contemporary Social Problems
2013- Director of Studies MA/PGDip Social Work 2013- Health Care Professions Council Liaison
2012-4 Director of Studies Applied Social Studies (Social Work exit route)
2006-14 Director of Studies BA Social Work
2007-09 Department of Applied Social Science Representative – Faculty Undergraduate Studies Committee
2004-11 Department of Applied Social Science – Disability Representative
2003-06 Social Work Service User and Carer Co-ordinator