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Rural homelessness : prevention practices in Wales (2019)
Journal Article
Gibbons, A., Madoc-Jones, I., Ahmed, A., Jones, K., Rogers, M., & Wilding, M. (2020). Rural homelessness : prevention practices in Wales. Social Policy and Society, 19(1), 133-144. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746419000368

Homelessness is largely understood as an urban issue and so rural homelessness is to a large extent invisible in both academic literature and in policy and practice discussions, just as it is often invisible in discourses of everyday rural life. This... Read More about Rural homelessness : prevention practices in Wales.

Policy transfer and part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014 (2019)
Journal Article
Wilding, M., Madoc-Jones, I., Ahmed, A., Gibbons, A., Jones, K., & Rogers, M. (2020). Policy transfer and part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014. Social Policy and Society, 19(1), 171-182. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746419000344

Part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014and its implementation has been keenly observed by governments outside of Wales, as they continue to search for policy solutions to help address the homelessness crisis.This paper examines the extent to whichther... Read More about Policy transfer and part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014.

The Change Up Project : using social norming theory with young people to address domestic abuse and promote healthy relationships (2018)
Journal Article
Rogers, M., Rumley, T., & Lovatt, G. (2019). The Change Up Project : using social norming theory with young people to address domestic abuse and promote healthy relationships. Journal of Family Violence, 34, 507-519. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-018-0026-9

This paper presents the findings of a secondary analysis of data collected during a pilot project, Change Up, which used a social norming approach (SNA) to address domestic violence and abuse (DVA) with young people aged 13–14. A SNA is based upon a... Read More about The Change Up Project : using social norming theory with young people to address domestic abuse and promote healthy relationships.

Growing spaces : an evaluation of the mental health recovery programme using mixed methods (2018)
Journal Article
Howarth, M., Rogers, M., Withnell, N., & McQuarrie, C. (2018). Growing spaces : an evaluation of the mental health recovery programme using mixed methods. Journal of Research in Nursing, 23(6), 476-489. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987118766207

Background: Therapeutic horticulture is a nature-based method which includes a range of green activities such as gardening to promote wellbeing. It is believed that therapeutic horticulture provides a person-centred approach that can reduce social is... Read More about Growing spaces : an evaluation of the mental health recovery programme using mixed methods.

The intersection of cisgenderism and hate crime : learning from trans people's narratives (2017)
Journal Article
Rogers, M. (2017). The intersection of cisgenderism and hate crime : learning from trans people's narratives. Journal of Family Strengths, 17(2),

Whilst trans people are gaining recognition and positive attention in some respects, many continue to experience discrimination and social exclusion in everyday life. This paper will illuminate violence outside of the home – in the form of hate crime... Read More about The intersection of cisgenderism and hate crime : learning from trans people's narratives.

Exploring approaches to child welfare in contexts of domestic violence and abuse : family group conferences (2017)
Journal Article
Rogers, M., & Parkinson, K. (2018). Exploring approaches to child welfare in contexts of domestic violence and abuse : family group conferences. Child and Family Social Work, 23(1), 105-112. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12389

This article sets out to explore service provision for families affected by domestic violence and abuse (DVA). For most families where there are child protection concerns, there are possibilities for intervention from child welfare agencies and domes... Read More about Exploring approaches to child welfare in contexts of domestic violence and abuse : family group conferences.

Challenging cisgenderism through trans people's narratives of domestic violence and abuse (2017)
Journal Article
Rogers, M. (2019). Challenging cisgenderism through trans people's narratives of domestic violence and abuse. Sexualities, 22(5-6), 803-820. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363460716681475

By drawing on empirical research that explored trans people’s experiences of domestic violence and abuse (DVA), this paper problematises the ‘gender asymmetry debate' in DVA discourse. It does so by highlighting cisgenderism and a heteronormative bia... Read More about Challenging cisgenderism through trans people's narratives of domestic violence and abuse.

Interrogating trans and sexual identities through the conceptual lens of translocational positionality (2017)
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Rogers, M., & Ahmed, A. (2017). Interrogating trans and sexual identities through the conceptual lens of translocational positionality. Sociological Research Online, 22(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.4169

This article explores the confluence of trans identity and sexuality drawing on the concept of translocational positionality. In this discussion, a broad spectrum of gendered positionalities incorporates trans identity which, in turn, acknowledges no... Read More about Interrogating trans and sexual identities through the conceptual lens of translocational positionality.

Polly’s story : using structural narrative analysis to understand a trans migration journey (2016)
Journal Article
Ahmed, A., & Rogers, M. (2017). Polly’s story : using structural narrative analysis to understand a trans migration journey. Qualitative Social Work, 16(2), 224-239. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325016664573

There is scant theoretical and empirical research on experiences of trans and its significance for social work practice. In this paper we premise that research on trans identity and practice needs to be located in particular temporal, cultural, spat... Read More about Polly’s story : using structural narrative analysis to understand a trans migration journey.

Breaking down barriers : exploring the potential for social care practice with trans survivors of domestic abuse (2015)
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Rogers, M. (2015). Breaking down barriers : exploring the potential for social care practice with trans survivors of domestic abuse. Health and Social Care in the Community, 24(1), 68-76. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12193

There is increasing recognition that domestic abuse takes place outside of the heteronormative paradigm of social life. This paper presents a discussion of the findings of doctoral research which explores trans people’s experiences of domestic abuse,... Read More about Breaking down barriers : exploring the potential for social care practice with trans survivors of domestic abuse.

TV chef Lorraine Pascale shows successful fostering is about more than race (2014)
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Rogers, M. (2014). TV chef Lorraine Pascale shows successful fostering is about more than race

An article which explores the notion of trans racial foster placements in relation to children's well-being and identity development, pointing to the modest empirical research literature.