Graham Connelly

Graham Connelly is a researcher at the Centre for Excellence for Children’s Care and Protection (CELCIS) within the School of Social Work at the University of Strathclyde. His work focuses on systemic improvements for care-experienced children and youth, particularly in education, health equity, and policy implementation.

• Fields of Interest: Care Experience, Education of Care-Experienced Children, Young People’s Health, Child Welfare Policy, Inclusive Education

His research spans decades, addressing educational attainment gaps in public care, mentoring programs, geographic disparities in early childhood development, and cross-sector data integration for health monitoring. Publications like Improving the educational experience of children and young people in public care (2008) and Linking routinely collected social work, education and health data (2017) highlight his focus on policy evaluation and longitudinal data analysis.

Recent work such as Putting school-based mentors' experience into context (2023) demonstrates his commitment to cross-country comparative studies and mixed-methods approaches. While he has collaborated extensively with figures like Alec Morton, Louise Marryat, and Lucy Thompson, no specific awards or student advising records are detailed in the available text.