Graham Bowpitt

Graham Bowpitt is a part-time Associate Professor in Social Policy at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) within the Department of Social Work and Health, College of Business, Law and Social Sciences. His career spans decades at NTU, where he focuses on PhD supervision and research, though he no longer participates in undergraduate teaching.

• Research interests include tackling multiple exclusion homelessness (e.g., individuals facing homelessness alongside drug/alcohol dependency, mental health issues, and domestic abuse) and the historical role of faith communities in social welfare policy.
• He has secured grants such as £92,000 from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and an £280,000 contract from the Big Lottery’s ‘Fulfilling Lives’ program for the Framework Housing Association.
• External roles include membership on the Board of Trustees at Emmanuel House Support Centre and editorial/reviewing work for journals like British Journal of Social Work and Social Policy and Society.
• He has collaborated extensively with organizations including Framework Housing Association, Family Care Nottingham, and Sure Start Local Programmes.
• Graham occasionally contributes to media discussions on single homelessness and faith-based social welfare.