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Joanna Soraghan is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection (CELCIS), University of Strathclyde, where she conducts data-driven research to improve children’s care and protection services. Her work emphasizes the use of population-wide administrative data to analyze the experiences of children and young people in need of support.
Her research focuses on kinship care, administrative data linkage, statistical analysis, and child welfare systems. She applies advanced data analysis and visualization techniques to derive actionable insights for policy and practice improvement. Her expertise contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those related to child protection and well-being.
The most recent publications highlight a strong trend in using sequence analysis and population data science to understand care journeys and outcomes for children in kinship and foster care in Scotland. Her work bridges data science with social policy, focusing on vulnerable populations.
Joanna actively contributes to scholarly discourse through peer review for journals such as Child Protection and Practice and Child & Family Social Work.
She has been involved in significant research projects including the Children's Services Reform Research (CSRR) and Lifelong Links, where she served as a co-investigator and academic partner, evaluating family support and child protection initiatives in the UK. These projects were externally funded and focused on child welfare outcomes, family engagement, and service integration.
Joanna is affiliated with CELCIS, a leading center in child care research, where she collaborates on datasets, reports, and policy evaluations aimed at transforming children’s services through evidence-based approaches.
