Practice Research Methods

Andersen, M.L., Brandt, L.I., Henriksen, K. Mejlvig, K. Nirmalarajan, L., Romer, m. Uggerhøj, l., & Wisti, P. (2020). Underlying theoretical positions, perceptions and foundations in practice research (57-68). in Joubert, L. & Webber, M. (eds). Routledge Handbook on Practice Research. London: Routledge.

Andersen, M.L., Brandt, L.I., Henriksen, K. Mejlvig, K. Nirmalarajan, L., Romer, m. Uggerhøj, l., & Wisti, P. (2020). Different approaches in practice research (105-114). in Joubert, L. & Webber, M. (eds). Routledge Handbook on Practice Research. London: Routledge.

Austin, M.J. & McBeath, B. (pending 2023). Connecting Practice Research with the Process of Theorizing. Research on Social Work Practice

Austin, M.J. & McBeath, B. (2022). Conducting Practice Research. China Journal of Social Work. 15(3), 270-286.

Austin, M.J. & Carnochan, S. (2020). Practice research and related methodologies. In Austin, M.J. & Carnochan, S. Practice Research in the Human Services: A University-Agency Partnership Model (Chapter 9: 197-213). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Austin, M.J. (2020). Identifying the conceptual foundations of practice research. In Joubert & Webber (Eds), The Routledge Handbook on Social Work Practice Research, pp 15-31. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Austin, M.J., Martin, M. Carnochan, S., Duerr Berrick, J., Goldberg, S., Kelley, J. and Weiss, B. (1999). Building a comprehensive agency-university partnership: The bay area social services consortium. Journal of Community Practice, 6(3), 89-106.

Brix, Jacob, Krogstrup, Hanne & Julkunen, Ilse (2024) When Research Learns From Practice: Synthesized Action Research on the BIKVA Model, Research on Social Work Practice 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1177/10497315231221

Carnochan, S., Weissinger,E., Henry, C., Liner-Jigamian. N. & Austin, M.J. (2019). Using Qualitative Data-Mining to Identify Skillful Practice in Child Welfare Case Records, Journal of Public Child Welfare, 13 (4), 419-440.

Carroll, B.J., Fouche, C.B. & Curtin, J. (2020). Governance for Social Purpose: Negotiating Complex Governance Practice. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.579307

Chubb, L.A. & Fouche, C.B. (2023). In Meyer, F & Meissel, K. Duty to share: Dissemination for impact on practice. In “Research methods for education and the social disciplines in Aotearoa New Zealand”. Auckland: NZCER Press. Chapter 15.

Chubb, L.A., Fouche, C.B. & Sadeh Kengah, K. (2021). Baraza as method: Adapting a traditional conversational space for data collection. Qualitative Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1177/14733250211029346

Chubb, L.A., Fouché, C.B. and Sadeh Kengah, K. (2021). Co-researching complexities: Learning strategies for edge walking in community–university research partnerships. Research for All, 5 (1), 157–73. https://doi.org/10.14324/RFA.05.1.12

Fisher, M., Austin, M.J., Julkunen, I., Sim, T., Uggerhoj, L., & Isokuortti, N. (2016). Practice Research, Oxford University Press Bibliographies, January 2016.

Foot, K.A. (2014). Cultural-Historical Activity Theory: Exploring a theory to inform practice and research. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. 24(3), 329-347.

Fouché, C.B. Strydom, H. & Roestenburg, W.J.H. (2021). Research at grass roots: for the social sciences and human services professions. 5 th edition. Pretoria: JL van Schaik Publishers.

Fouche, C. & Chubb, L. (2020). Results to Practice: Navigating Complexities to Create Meaningful Impact. In Joubert, L. & Webber, M. “The Routledge Handbook of Practice Research”. London: Routledge.

Fouche, C. (2015). Practice research partnerships in social work: Making a difference. Bristol, UK: Policy Press. ISBN 978-1-4473-1401-1

Fouche, C. & Bartley, A. (2016). Teaching data analysis to the data-averse: a framework for educators, Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 36(1), 70-83.

Healy, Karen, Julkunen Ilse & Karvinen-Niinikoski, Synnöve (2014) International Comparative Research Regarding Vulnerable Young People: reflections on Methodological Challenges and solutions. Conference: Social Work and Social Development 2012: Action and Impact, Volume: Human Rights and Social Equality: Challenges for Social Work. Oxford University Press

Henry, C., Carnochan, S. & Austin, M.J. (2014) Using qualitative data-mining for practice-based research in child welfare. Child Welfare. 93(6), 7-25.

Isokuortti, Nanne, Julkunen, Ilse, Jäppinen, Maija, Pasanen, Kaisa, Nikula, Ida (2024) Features and outcomes of community–academic partnerships in social work: a scoping review, European Journal of Social Work, DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2024.2309526

Joubert, L., Hebel, L., McNeill, A., Firth, S., McFadden, E., & Hocking, A. (2017). Teaching research in social work through academic practitioner partnerships: Knowledge, competency and confidence. Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 19(1), 37-47.

Ilse, Julkunen (2011) Knowledge roduction processes in practice research – outcomes and critical elements. Social Work & Society 9(1):60-75

Julkunen, I. & Karvinen-Niinikoski , S. (2014). Editorial, Nordic Social Work Research, 4:sup1, 1-6.

Julkunen, I. (2015) Practice-based Research: The role of HUSK in knowledge development. Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work. 12(1):102-111.

Julkunen, I., & Koskinen, R. (2020). Beyond Knowledge Transfer in Practice Research in Social Work – Making sense of relations and alliances. In Joubert, L. & Webber, M. (ed)., The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Practice Research.

Julkunen, I., & Willumsen, E. (2017). Professional Boundary Crossing and Interprofessional Knowledge Development. Blom et al (eds) Welfare Professions in Europe – Conditions, Trends and Challenges. Policy Press.

Julkunen, I., Ruch, G. & Nurmi, A. (2022): Social work in a superdiverse society: an exploration of cooperation in professional practice, European Journal of Social Work, DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2022.2066634

Kong, S., McCusker, P., & Shears, J. (2023). Editorial: Social Work Practitioner Research in a Globalised Context. The British Journal of Social Work, 53(7), 3337-3343. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcad222

Kong, S.T., Jackson, S and Ho, P.S.Y. (2023). Seeking Love and Justice amid Hong Kong’s Contentious Politics. Feminist Encounters.

Kong, S.T., Stepanova, E. and Thanki, V. (2023). Collaborative Practice Research in Social Work: piloting a model for research and professional learning during COVID-19. Euroepan Social Work Research, Inaugural Issue.

Kong, S.-T., McCusker, P., & Shears, J. (2023). Editorial: Social Work Practitioner Research in a Globalised Context. The British Journal of Social Work, 53(7), 3337-3343. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcad222

Kong, S.-T., Stepanova, E., & Thanki, V. (2023). Collaborative practice research in social work: piloting a model for research and professional learning during COVID-19. European Social Work Research, 1(1), 84-101. https://doi.org/10.1332/xpuv7930

Kong, S. T., Banks, S., Brandon, T., Chappell, S., Charnley, H., Hwang, S. K., Rudd, D., Shaw, S., Slatcher, S., & Ward, N. (2020). Extending Voice and Autonomy through Participatory Action Research: Ethical and Practical Issues. Ethics and Social Welfare, 14(2), 220-229. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2020.1758413

Kong, S. (2016). Social work practice research innovation, implementation and implications: A case of ‘Cooperative Grounded Inquiry’ with formerly abused women in Hong Kong. Qualitative Social Work, 15(4), 533-551. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325015595856

Kong, S., Noone, C., & Shears, J. (2022). Social Workers’ Sensual Bodies during COVID-19: The Suspended, Displaced and Reconstituted Body in Social Work Practice. The British Journal of Social Work, 52(5), 2834-2853. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab207

Kong, S., Noone, C., Quintana, A., Pharoah, C., Wills, D., Shears, J., Sildatke, K., Roberts, W., Thanki, V., Stepanova, E., Charnley, H., Smith, R., Banks, S., & Hawkes, S. (2021). Social Work During Covid-19: Learning for the Future Challenges, Best Practice and Professional Transformation. British Association of Social Workers

Kong, S.-T. (2021). Beyond ‘Safeguarding’ and ‘Empowerment’ in Hong Kong: Towards a Relational Model for Supporting Women who Have Left their Abusive Partners. Journal of Family Violence, 36(6), 683-694. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-020-00185-x

Kong, S., & Hooper, C. (2018). Building a Community of Practice for Transforming ‘Mothering’ of Abused Women into a ‘Mutual Care Project’: A New Focus on Partnership and Mutuality. The British Journal of Social Work, 48(3), 633-655. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcx055

Kong, S., Fanga, M.-S., & Lou, W. (2016). Organizational capacities for ‘residential care homes for the elderly’ to provide culturally appropriate end-of- life care for Chinese elders and their families. Journal of Aging Studies, 40, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2016.12.001

Kong, S., Fang, C., & Lou, V. (2016). Solving the ‘Personhood Jigsaw Puzzles’ in Residential Care Homes for the Elderly in the Hong Kong Chinese Context. Qualitative Health Research, 27(3), 421-433. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732316658266

Lenette, C., Stavropoulou, N., Nunn, C., Kong, S. T., Cook, T., Coddington, K., & Banks, S. (online). Brushed under the carpet: Examining the complexities of participatory research. Research for All, 3(2), https://doi.org/10.18546/rfa.03.2.04

Marthinsen E. & Julkunen I. (eds) (2012). Practice research in the Nordic countries – Knowledge production in transition. Critical Studies in Socio-Cultural Diversity.

McBeath, B. & Austin, M.J. (2021). Practice Research Methods in Social Work: Processes, Applications, and Implications for Social Service Organisations. British Journal of Social Work.

Organisational and Community Perspective Home, A., Chubb, L. A., & Fouché, C. B. (2021). Facilitating Co-Creation of Knowledge in Two Community-University Research Partnerships. Collaborations: A Journal of Community-based Research and Practice, 4(1), 2, http://doi.org/10.33596/coll.68

Ruch, G. & Julkunen, I. (eds) (2016) Relationship-Based Research in Social Work. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Satka M., Kääriäinen, A. & Yliruka L. (2016). Teaching Social Work Practice Research to Enhance Research-Minded Expertise. Journal of Teaching in Social Work. Volume 36 (1), 84-101.

Satka, M., Julkunen, I., Kääriäinen, A., Poikela, R., Yliruka, L., & Muurinen , H. (eds) Käytäntötutkimuksen taito. (The Craft of Practice Research). Heikki Waris & Mathilda Wrede Institutes: Helsinki, Finland. https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/166389/Käytäntötutkimuksen_taito_julkaisu.pdf?sequence=1

Saurama, Erja, Julkunen, Ilse (2011) Approaching practice research in theory and in practice. Social Work & Social Sciences Review, vol 15 (2) 2011

Serbati S. (2020). Filling the gap between theory and practice: challenges from the evaluation of the Child and Family Social Work interventions and programmes. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK, vol. 23, p. 290-302, ISSN: 1369-1457. [Rivista Scientifica e in Scopus, Q3. doi: 10.1080/13691457.2018.150475]

Serbati S., Moe A., Halton C. & Harold G. (2019). Pathways for practitioners’ participation in creating the practice-research encounter, European Journal of Social Work, 22, 5, 791-804 [Rivista Scientifica e in Scopus, Q3. DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2019.1582008]

Sim, T. and Fook, J. (2024). ‘Practice Research and Transformative Social Work – Evolving Concepts and Social Impact’ in Fook, J. and Jatlow, D. (eds). Transformative Social Work. New York: Columbia University Press

Skjeftad, Nina, Julkunen, Ilse, Uggerhøj, Lars (2023) Critical Incident reflection: a co-created tool to analyse, reflect and advance social work. European Social Work Research 1 (2), 216-231.

Uggerhøj, L. (2017.) Possibilities and barriers in practice research approaches. in Støkken A.M. & Willumsen, E. (eds) User voices, practice research and innovation [Brukerstemmer, Praksisforskning og Innovasjon]. Kristiansand, Norway: Portal Forlag Publisher.

Uggerhøj, L. (2011). What is practice research in social work: Definitions, barriers and possibilities. Social Work & Society, 9 (1), 45-59.

Uggerhøj, L. (2011). Theorizing practice research in social work, Social Work and Social Sciences review. 15 (1), 49-73.

Uggerhøj, L. (2011). Theorizing practice research in social work. in Julkunen, Ilse & Marthinsen, Edgar (eds.). Practice research in the Nordic countries - Knowledge Production in Transition. London, UK: Whiting and Birch.

Uggerhøj, L. (2014) Learning from each other - Collaboration Processes in Practice Research, Nordic Social Work Research. 4 (1), 44-57.

Uggerhøj, L. (2016). Theorizing Practice Research in Social Work. in Shaw, I. Hardy, M. and Marsh, J. Social Work Research, volume three: The Practice of Social Work Research. London: Sage Publishing.

Uggerhøj, L. (2019) 理论化社会工作中的实践研究 (Practice Research Theory in Social Work) in Zhao 生态社会工作与社会工作实践工作实践 (Ecological Social Work and Collaborative Research in Practice). Social Sciences Academic Press (China)

Uggerhøj, L. (2020). Practice Research. In P. Atkinson, S. Delamont, A. Cernat, J.W. Sakshaug, & R.A. Williams (Eds.), SAGE Research Methods Foundations. Sage.

Uggerhøj, L. Henriksen, K, and Andersen, M.L. (2018) Participatory practice research and action research – birds of a feather? Special Issue: Practice Research in Chinese Societies. China Journal of Social Work, 11 (2), 186-201.

Uggerhøj, L. and Wisti, P. (2020). Social Work Practice Research developments - Four statements and ten years later (32-42). in Joubert, L. and Webber, M. (eds). Routledge Handbook on Practice Research. London: Routledge

Webber, M. (2022). Development and evaluation of interventions in social work practice research. China Journal of Social Work. 15(3), 221-232.

Westerback, F., Murtonen, E., Metz, J., & Julkunen I. (2020). Co-creation in research with young people. In Joubert, L. & Webber, M. (eds). The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Practice Research Work. London, UK: Routledge.

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Yliruka, L., Jonna V., Outi J. & Erja S. (2015) Collaborative knowledge production in research practice: the development of the Mirror method in team setting. In Ruch, J. & Julkunen, I. (eds.) Relationship-based Research in Social Work. Understanding Practice-Near Research (69-88). Jessica Kinsley Publishers.