Research by the GAWB Research Team

Out of place, into the future: Refugee families’ experiences of displacement and dreams of the future

To be who I want to be: Understanding refugee families’ perspective of education through the human capability lens

“So as not to feel alone”: Motivations and barriers for pregnancy loss support among displaced Syrian refugee families living in Lebanon

Where there is hope and family, there is home: Foundations of refugee families’ wellbeing in Canada

The ethics of using GPS in qualitative research with war-affected families: Experiences from Palestine, Lebanon, and Canada

A socio-spatial perspective on fostering a sense of belonging among refugee families resettled in Canadian small cities

Social service reform, education, and the professionalization of social work: The case of child protection services in Albania

Mental health services among Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh: Perspectives from field service providers

Syrian refugee families’ experiences of pregnancy loss services in Lebanon: A qualitative study

The war-climate nexus: Educating future social workers about the global adversities related to war, climate change, and environmental degradation

A process evaluation of an international university partnership to strengthen the child protection system in Ghana

Surviving crisis after crisis: Strengths and gaps in support for Syrian refugee families living in Lebanon

The cultural significance of Syrian refugees’ traditional childbirth and postpartum practices

Parental resilience in contexts of political violence: A systematic scoping review of 45 years of research

“The life needs to go on”: The perinatal experiences of Syrian mothers in Lebanon

Exploring stressors impacting the mental health of refugee mothers in Lebanon during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study

“We’re looking for support from Allah”: A qualitative study on the experiences of trauma and religious coping among Afghan refugees in Canada following the August 2021 withdrawal

Teaching place in social work

On the biopsychosocial impacts of extreme domicide

Peace, love, and justice: A participatory phenomenological study of psychosocial wellbeing in Afghanistan

Reconsidering the role of place in health and welfare services: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and Canada

To live in peace: Women ex-combatants in Burundi and Northern Uganda envisioning psychosocial wellbeing

Parenting in contexts of war, displacement, and resettlement: Refugee voices from the Syrian conflict

“My heart feels chained”: The effects of economic precarity on Syrian refugee parents living in Lebanon

Changing public perceptions and supporting improved working conditions for the social service workforce: Expert perspectives from a global Delphi study

When fieldnotes don’t work as expected: The challenges of team research with war-affected populations

Cumulative domicide: The Sayisi Dene and destruction of home in mid-20th century Canada

“I am mostly concerned with their education”: Syrian refugee families and the right to education in Lebanon

A present absence: Representations of Palestinian children in the home

“Most importantly, I hope God keeps illness away from us”: The context and challenges surrounding health for Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

Parental suffering and resilience among recently displaced Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

A model of paternal protection in the context of political violence: Insights from the occupied Palestinian territories.

“Family is everyone who comes through the doors of our home”: West African concepts of family bridging the North-South divide in the diaspora

Mapping social work education in the West African region: Movements toward indigenisation in 12 countries’ training programmes.

Social work education in Albania: A developing landscape of challenges and opportunities.

Expert understandings of supervision as a means to strengthen the social service workforce: Results from a global Delphi study.

“So the world will know our story”: Ethical reflections on research with families displaced by war.

Developing a culturally-relevant counseling psychology degree program in Afghanistan: Results from a DACUM study.

“Every corner tells a story”: Using neighbourhood walks and GPS to understand children’s sense of place

Seeking safety, finding fear: Syrian families’ experiences of (im)mobility and the implications for children’s rights.

Towards an Afghan counseling psychology: A partnership to integrate psychological counseling into the university curriculum.

Supervision during social work education and training in Francophone West Africa: Conceptual frameworks and empirical evidence from Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire.

Without choice?: Understanding Syrian refugee families’ decisions to flee.

Is theory development essential for the social work dissertation?

Geographies of Palestinian children and families: A critical review of the research and a future research agenda

An empirical appraisal of dissertations that used grounded theory: Implications for social work research and teaching.

Beyond words: Comics in the social work classroom.

The place of place in social work: Rethinking the person-in-environment model in social work education and practice.

Putting the pieces together: Future directions in research with children affected by armed conflict

Socio-ecological research methods with children affected by armed conflict: Examples from Northern Uganda and Palestine

The miasma of occupation: The effects of seen and unseen violence on Palestinian children and families

Success in student-faculty/staff SoTL partnerships: Motivations, challenges, power, and definitions.

Refugee youth affected by war and displacement: A socio-ecological approach

Approaches to studying children affected by armed conflict: Reflections on theory, methods, and practice

Responding to child maltreatment: A framework for mapping child protection agencies.

Palestinian children forging national identity through the social and spatial practices of territoriality

The right to home: Domicide as a violation of child and family rights in the context of political violence.

A baby to tie you to place: Childrearing advice from a Palestinian mother living under occupation

Research as intervention? Exploring the health and well-being of children and youth facing global adversity through participatory visual methods.

Starting where we’re at: Developing a student-led doctoral teaching group.

Using mapmaking to research the geographies of young children affected by political violence

School as a place of violence and hope: Tensions of education for children and families in post-intifada Palestine.

Patterns and trends of Canadian social work doctoral dissertations.

Holding everything together: Palestinian mothers under occupation

Trees, flowers, prisons, flags: Frustration and hope shaping national identity for Palestinian families.

Occupying masculinities: Fathering in the Palestinian territories.

“Stepping back” as researchers: Addressing ethics in arts-based approaches to working with war-affected children in school and community settings.

Castle and cage: Meanings of home for Palestinian children and families.

Arrested in place: Palestinian children and families at the border

“We may go, but this is my home”: Experiences of domicide and resistance for Palestinian children and families.

Neither here nor there? Place and placemaking in the lives of separated children.

Parental involvement with the criminal justice system and the effects on their children: A collaborative model for researching vulnerable families.

The concept and meaning of place for young children affected by political violence in the occupied Palestinian territories.

The impact of the school-based Psychosocial Structured Activities (PSSA) program on conflict-affected children in northern Uganda.

Defining best practice in care and protection of children in crisis-affected settings: A Delphi study. Child Development.

Addressing the psychosocial needs of pregnant women affected by war: Program approaches and program gaps.

“War is not the only trauma:” Rethinking psychosocial healing in complex emergencies