Dr Michaela Rogers (she/her)
PhD, MA, PgCAP, BA (Hons), FHEA
School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Senior Lecturer in Social Work


+44 114 222 6461
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School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
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葫芦影业
S10 2AH
- Profile
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Michaela joined the Department of Sociological Studies in 2019 as a Senior Lecturer in Social Work, having previously taught at the University of Salford following the completion of her PhD at the University of 葫芦影业 in 2013. Before entering academia, Michaela enjoyed many years in social work and social care practice working in both the statutory and voluntary sectors. For the most part, Michaela鈥檚 career in practice was spent working in the field of domestic violence and abuse, but she also worked in child protection, foster care, and community development. Her work lies at the intersection of gender-based violence, marginalisation, help-seeking and social care.
- Research interests
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Michaela鈥檚 research interests and publications reflect several areas of interest: interpersonal and gender-based violence and abuse; gender, diversity, identity and positionality; hidden and marginalised communities; inequalities in access to social care; professional judgements and decision-making; reflexive practice; qualitative and narrative methods. Michaela has led and contributed to numerous projects (both funded and unfunded).
- Publications
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Books
Journal articles
Chapters
Reports
Website content
- Research group
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Co-lead for the University of 葫芦影业 Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Research Network .
Postgraduate Supervision
Topics previously or currently under supervision: technology-facilitated sexual violence; impacts of childhood emotional abuse in adulthood; child-to-parent violence; domestic violence and social work鈥檚 response in Saudi Arabia; workplace violence; risk and social work; trans and non-binary people, adoption and fostering; post-adoption support. Topics also considered: structural forms of gender-based violence; technology-facilitated violence and abuse; hate crime.
- Grants
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Date Sponsor Details 2022 Department for Education Critical Reflective Practice Project: Evaluation, PI. 拢6,000. 2022 Department for Education Developing the workforce KE project, Co-PI. 拢36,000 2022 Cranstoun Addressing Child-to-parent violence: Level Up Evaluation, Co-PI. 拢7,000 2021 West Midlands Violence Reduction Unit Healhub evaluation, Co-I. 拢40,000 2021 HEIF Domestic Violence and Interpreters: Development of a Toolkit, Co-PI. 拢19,980 2021 ESRC IAA Domestic Violence and Abuse Training Game: Digital Version, Co-PI. 拢20,000 2021 Department for Education Social Work Online Team Training (SWOTT) Toolkit: Proof-of-Concept project, PI. 拢60,000 2021 World Health Organization A mega-map on the consequences of, and risk and protective factors for elder abuse, Co-PI. $24,900 2021 ESRC White Rose Collaboration Fund Domestic violence and marginalised communities, Co-PI. 拢10,233 2021 Nuffield Foundation Evidence review: Mothers in prison and domestic abuse, PI. 拢58,000 2021 The Pankhurst Trust (trading as Manchester Women鈥檚 Aid) IRIS Manchester: Stakeholder evaluation, PI. 拢4,840 2020 ESRC IAA The Power of Small Gestures: Training video for social workers during home visits, CO-I. 拢7,500 2020 World University Network Mental Health Impacts for Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence, Co-I. 拢10,000 2019 The Pankhurst Trust (trading as Manchester Women鈥檚 Aid) Improving referrals to IRIS from Practice Nursing Teams: an exploratory study. PI.
Awarded: 拢4,960
2019 葫芦影业 City Council Scoping exercise and evidence review: Parental Conflict. PI.
Awarded: 拢12,889.
2019 Social Sense CIC An evaluation of the Change Up LGBT Programme, PI.
Awarded: 拢3,000.
2018 ESRC Ageing with Healthy Relationships, Festival of Social Science.
Award total: 拢1,000.
2018 The University of Salford Research Impact Fund Older people & Domestic Abuse: A workshop for practitioners, PI. Run in collaboration with Manchester Women鈥檚 Aid.
Award total: 拢950.
2018 Social Sense CIC An evaluation for the Change Up Programme, PI.
Award total: 拢5,300.
2017-18 Incredible Education/ Inspiring Communities Together An evaluation of the Green & Growing Project, Co-I.
Award total: 拢2,200.
2017 Trafford Housing Trust Independent Living Scheme Evaluation, PI.
Award total: 拢8,866.
2017 NHS Manchester University Foundation Trust CHAMP evaluation, PI.
Award total: 拢60,000.
2017 Manchester Women鈥檚 Aid An evaluation of the Sahara Project, PI.
Award total: 拢5,000.
2016-18 Welsh Government Post-Implementation Evaluation of the Part 2 Homelessness of the Housing Act, Co-I and Case Study Lead.
Award total: 拢98,000.
2015-17 Gardens Needs, Salford An evaluation of the Mental Health Recovery Programme, Co-I
Award total: 拢31,000.
2015 Sandwell MBC Children鈥檚 Workforce Development Training Programme. Co-I.
Awarded: 拢60,000
- Teaching interests
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Michaela teaches across the portfolio of social work modules and courses. In addition, Michaela convenes a CPD module, Doing Practitioner Researcher, and is keen to support social workers to develop research literacy and move towards becoming practitioner-academics.
Michaela welcomes applications and enquiries.
- Teaching activities
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Michaela teaches across the portfolio of social work modules and courses. In addition, Michaela supervises PhD students across a range of fields in social care and social work broadly and she is particularly interested in projects in the following areas: interpersonal violence and abuse across the lifecourse; gender-based violence; domestic abuse; gender, trans and gender diversity; marginalised communities; narrative and qualitative methods.
Michaela welcomes applications and enquiries.
- Professional activities and memberships
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Michaela is Co-Editor for the journal 鈥楶ractice: Social Work in Action鈥 and is the Chair of the Domestic Violence and Abuse Special Interest Group (DVA SIG) of the UK-wide Association of Child Protection Professionals (AoCPP). She has provided consultancy for various national and international bodies e.g., as consultant for for both Children and Family/ Adult Social Workers.
- Partnerships, engagement and impact
Michaela has worked in partnership with numerous statutory and third sector organisations to generate and mobilise research evidence for real-world impact. Recent partnerships include:
Manchester Women鈥檚 Aid (MWA)
Michaela has collaborated with MWA for many years on a series of projects but mostly with the IRIS service which aims to connect primary care to domestic violence and abuse (DVA) specialist support. The work has focused on finding ways to enhance practitioner understanding of DVA and improve access to specialist support for patients. The work has involved close engagement with the IRIS team at MWA as well as with the national IRIS programme team. In other projects, Michaela and MWA have collaborated to improve awareness of older people鈥檚 experiences of DVA across communities in Manchester as well as within the health and social care workforce. This work included facilitated workshops, the production of policy and research briefings, and creative student projects resulting in public campaigns across Greater Manchester.
White Rose Collaborative Network
Michaela co-led a collaborative network to deliver an interdisciplinary project consisting of 14 academics, from early career researchers to established professors, from the universities of 葫芦影业, York and Leeds. The focus was upon domestic abuse and marginalised communities and culminated in a series of workshops on two themes: methodological challenges and working with interpreters. Michaela led the delivery of 6 workshops (n=65) involving researchers, people with lived experience and practitioners from health, social care, DVA and criminal justice. This workstream resulted in the production of a for researchers and practitioner-academics.