Professor Jennifer Davidson
Director
Institute for Inspiring Children's Futures
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Area of Expertise
- International children's rights, access to justice and remedy
- Alternative care systems and international care reform
- Child welfare, child protection and child and youth care
- Government policy-making
- Public services leadership
- Workforce development
- Systems change
Prize And Awards
- OBE in the Queen’s Honours
- Recipient
- 2020
- 'Making a Social Difference' Scottish Knowledge Exchange Award
- Recipient
- 25/3/2023
Qualifications
Post-Graduate Certificate in Human Rights Law
Graduate School of Law, Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde, 2007-2009
Master of Social Work (with Honours)
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 1994-1997
Bachelor of Social Work (with Distinction)
McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1987-1991
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Publications
- Complexities of protecting children from violence during the COVID-19 pandemic : providers' and policymakers' best practices, innovations and challenges in 12 countries
- Davidson Jennifer, Karadzhov Dimitar, Collins Hilllary, Brown Aaron
- Child Abuse & Neglect Vol 146 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106480
- Practitioners' and policymakers' successes, challenges, innovations, and learning in promoting children's well-being during COVID-19 : protocol for a multinational smartphone app survey
- Davidson Jennifer C, Karadzhov Dimitar, Wilson Graham
- JMIR Research Protocols Vol 10 (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.2196/31013
- Short take: designing a multinational smartphone app survey during COVID-19 : rewards, risks and recommendations
- Davidson Jennifer C, Karadzhov Dimitar, Wilson Graham
- Field Methods (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X231218192
- Effective child well-being practices, barriers and priority actions : survey findings from service providers and policymakers in 22 countries during COVID-19
- Karadzhov Dimitar, Wilson Graham, Shields Sophie, Lux Erin, Davidson Jennifer C
- Journal of Children's Services Vol 18, pp. 207-232 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1108/JCS-10-2022-0028
- Finding a Voice, Taking Action : Using Action Learning Sets to Support Change in the Scottish Hospitality Industry
- Timbrell Helen, Fox Calum, Robertson Laura, Congreve Emma, McHardy Fiona, McFadyen Chirsty, Davidson Jennifer, Vaupel-Schwittay Helen, Catalano Allison, Hirvonen Anna
- (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00086712
- Workers' Experiences of Low-Paid Work : A Snapshot of the Hospitality Industry
- Robertson Laura, McFadyen Chirsty, McHardy Fiona, Fox Calum, Watts Robert, Congreve Emma, Davidson Jennifer, Hirvonen Anna, Vaupel-Schwittay Helen, Shields Sophie, Catalano Allison, Timbrell Helen
- (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00086713
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Professional Activities
- United Nations High Level Political Forum 2023
- Chair
- 13/7/2023
- 32nd Session of the UNODC Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
- Chair
- 25/5/2023
- Joint University Council Social Work Education Conference
- Keynote/plenary speaker
- 16/6/2023
- Youthlink Scotland Annual Board Meeting
- Invited speaker
- 21/2/2023
- Children in Scotland Annual Conference
- Chair
- 9/11/2022
- Justice Action Coalition Global Programme Meeting
- Invited speaker
- 19/10/2022
Projects
- United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Davidson, Jennifer (Principal Investigator)
- Invited expert. Closed meeting on ‘The Role of the CRC in Achieving Justice for Children’ with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, at the 82nd Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child. Palais Wilson, Geneva. 13 Sep 2019.
- 13-Jan-2019 - 13-Jan-2019
- Council of Europe, Steering Committee for the Rights of the Child (CDENF)
- Davidson, Jennifer (Academic)
- 18-Jan-2020 - 18-Jan-2020
- Justice for Children Travel Fund
- Davidson, Jennifer (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2024
- Children’s Human Rights in Alternative Care
- Davidson, Jennifer (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
- Pathfinders Project Justice for All
- Davidson, Jennifer (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2024
- NIHR Global Health Research Group on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing
- Morse, Tracy (Principal Investigator) Beattie, Tara (Co-investigator) Davidson, Jennifer (Co-investigator) Henderson, Marion (Co-investigator) Morton, Alec (Co-investigator) Quinn, Neil (Co-investigator) Sosu, Edward (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2026
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Contact
Professor
Jennifer
Davidson
Director
Institute for Inspiring Children's Futures
Email: jennifer.davidson@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted