Dr Julie Walsh
BA, MSc, PhD
Department of Sociological Studies
Senior Lecturer in Sociology
(She/her)
+44 114 222 6418
Full contact details
Department of Sociological Studies
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
葫芦影业
S10 2AH
- Profile
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Julie joined The Department of Sociological Studies in 2016 and, in 2018, she became a Lecturer in Sociology. Julie completed her PhD in 2015, the focus of her study being the role of 鈥榝amily鈥 in community connectedness in an increasingly diverse northern city.
This research interest grew out of Julie鈥檚 previous career in youth work & community development, where she eventually specialised in the management of user-led provision, working with marginalised and disadvantaged communities.
Following this, Julie developed her research interests working as a Postdoctoral Researcher working on the NORFACE funded Family Complexity and Social Work Project (FACSK).
This study examined conceptualisations of 鈥榝amily鈥 in eight comparative welfare states and if and how understandings of 鈥榝amily鈥 impacted on the ways in which social care professionals worked with families.
Julie鈥檚 ongoing research interests continue to reflect these themes and she is currently the PI for an that examines the intersections of place, immigration policy, migrant families everyday lives and social care practice.
Julie also has a broader interest in social constructions of 'family', relatedness, belonging and personal life and she is a Co-convenor of the BSA Families and Relationships Study Group.
- Qualifications
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- BA (Hons) International English (Hull)
- MSc Applied Social Research (Hull)
- PhD Sociology, Anthropology & Gender Studies (Hull)
- Research interests
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Julie鈥檚 research interests grew from her practice based work in youth and community work settings and include family, migration, personal life, childhood and the influence of prevalent narratives on everyday life.
Julie鈥檚 previous research has included working with migrant and settled communities to understand transnational family making practices, relationality, culturally located perceptions of 鈥榯he family鈥 and, in turn, if these perceptions impact on connectivity between diverse communities.
Julie鈥檚 interests also include the ways in which social care professionals conceptualise 鈥榝amily鈥, and if and how this is affected by broader narratives. In early 2017, she joined the Family Complexity and Social Work Project (FACSK - funded by NORFACE) as a Postdoctoral Researcher. This international comparative study examined how social workers in different welfare contexts work with families with complex needs.
Julie currently holds an ESRC New Investigator grant, the title of which is .
As such, she continues to research themes that focus on understanding how governance of the family as an institution intersects with immigration policy, and whether and in what ways this impacts of the everyday lives of migrant families and social care practitioners.
Julie also has a long-standing interest in collaborative approaches to working with communities, and employing innovative qualitative methods to do so.
Research areas:
- Family relationships, childhood and social change.
- Cross-cultural constructions of 'family鈥.
- The relationship between the state and the 鈥榝amily鈥.
- Community connectivity.
- Everyday life.
- Qualitative methodologies
- Publications
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Journal articles
- . Journal of International Migration and Integration.
- . Journal of International Migration and Integration.
- . British Journal of Social Work.
- . Families, Relationships and Societies.
- . Child & Family Social Work, 24(1), 148-155.
- . European Journal of Social Work, 22(6), 1050-1061.
- . Social Policy and Society, 17(4), 679-681.
- . Social Policy and Society, 17(4), 603-618.
- . Social Policy and Society, 17(4), 599-602.
- . Sociological Research Online, 23(1), 67-83.
- . Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 44(6), 689-698.
- . Social Sciences, 12(7).
- Portholes of Ethnography: the methodological learning from 'being there' at a distance.. British Journal of Sociology.
Chapters
- , Contextualizing Childhoods (pp. 99-105). Springer International Publishing
- Displaying Across Borders: The Role of Family Display in Maintaining Transnational Intergenerational Relations In Juozeliuniene I & Seymour J (Ed.), Family Change in Times of the De-bordering of Europe and Global Mobility: Resources, Processes and Practices (pp. 340-358). Vilnius, Lithuania: Vilnius University Press.
Website content
- Migrant families, Covid-19 travel restrictions, and everyday bordering.
- COVID travel restrictions have created new borders for migrants who want to visit home.
- Collaborative research: the potential of COVID contingencies..
- 鈥楻eproducing the Stereotypes鈥: Family Complexity, Resource Scarcity and Social Work Decision-Making..
- 'Not one of you any longer': EU Nationals' Brexit uncertainty and mistrust..
Other
- Doing ethnography online: A lockdown research case study.
- Evaluation: New Beginnings Greater Manchester Pilot Project. 葫芦影业.
- (Eds) Themed Section: 鈥楩amilies, Social Work and the Welfare State: Where contemporary 鈥渇amily鈥, meets policy and practice鈥. Journal of Social Policy and Society..
- Working with Migrant Communities: a resource for practitioners.
- . Journal of International Migration and Integration.
- Teaching activities
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Julie currently teaches and supervises students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She strives to be inclusive, to respond to the needs of students and is committed to encouraging critical thinking and achieving high standards in teaching.
All of Julie鈥檚 teaching is closely linked to her research interests and, via a range of tools, she encourages students to link theory with their own social worlds.
Julie鈥檚 teaching includes:
- SCS2006 鈥 Sociology of 鈥楩amily鈥 (undergraduate).
- SCS6107 鈥 Researching Society (postgraduate).
Julie supervises undergraduate and postgraduate student dissertations across the range of programmes offered in the Department.
Julie also supervises doctoral students and she welcomes applications to study full or part-time with her for PhD research degrees relating to any of her interests.