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Lorna Stabler is a Research Fellow at the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, specializing in children’s social care and family dynamics. She holds academic roles within CASCADE and the University of Exeter Medical School, focusing on interventions to reduce children’s entry into care systems. Her work integrates realist evaluation methodologies and emphasizes family-centered approaches, including kinship care and shared decision-making processes.
- Education: BA, MA, MSc, PhD
- Key Roles: Principal Investigator (NIHR study on Family Group Conferences), Nuffield Foundation-funded study on Special Guardianship Orders in Wales
Her research explores how social work practices and policy interventions impact family outcomes, with a focus on sibling kinship care, privacy in digital services, and socioeconomic factors affecting child welfare. She has been awarded the Winston Churchill Memorial Fellowship (2019) to study foster care approaches in Asia.
Teaching: Contributes to MA Social Work programs, supervising undergraduate and master’s dissertations.
Research Interests: Family group conferences, mental health interventions, participatory decision-making, and policy implementation. Over 50 peer-reviewed publications and reports on topics like child protection systems, advocacy services, and online engagement for care-experienced youth.
Labs/Teams: CASCADE (Collaboration for Applied Social Care and Evidence Dissemination), DECIPHER (Digital Evaluation of Care Interventions for Health Equity Research).
