Dr Melanie McCarry

Lecturer

Social Work and Social Policy

Personal statement

Melanie’s areas of expertise is on men's violence against women, children and young people including abuse in young people’s intimate relationships; domestic abuse in same sex relationships, sexual and other forms of abuse towards and by staff and students in education settings; forced marriage; gender roles and relations; participatory methods; and research ethics. She has published widely and works closely with practitioners and activitists.

In addition to teching on the undergraduate BA Social Policy and MSc Social Policy programmes, Melanie is research active. She recently completed work on the Scottish Government funded research Equally Safe in Higher Education (ESHE) and Equaly Safe in Colleges and Universities (ESCU) which created a Toolkit for tackling gender based violence on campus. This Toolkit is freely available for all Scottish higher and further education instutions. The Scottish Government and Scottish Funding Council now require all Scottish univeristies to implement the Toolkit in their efforts to tackle gender-based violence.

Prizes and awards

Nominated Honorary Degree: Recipient; 24/6/2019
Strathclyde Medal Award: Recipient; 28/9/2018

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Qualifications

2011-2012 Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, University of Bristol.
Oct 00-Oct 03 Ph.D. School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. Thesis: The Connection between Domestic Violence and Masculinity: What Young People Think. Funded: University of Bristol Scholarship
Oct 99-Sept 00 M.Phil. (Distinction) Dept. of History with an Emphasis on the History of Medicine, University of Glasgow. Thesis: Medical and Social Attitudes Towards Women and Alcohol, 1875-1914. Funded: Wellcome Trust.
Oct 96-July 99 B.A.(Hons) (First Class) Sociology and Social Policy, Glasgow Caledonian University. Dissertation: Sexual Violence against Women and Girls in Glasgow.

Publications

What helps? Mothers' and children's experiences of community-based domestic violence early intervention services: McCarry Melanie, Radford Lorraine, Baker Victoria; Child Abuse Review Vol 30, pp. 114-129 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2671
Equally Safe on Campus : Research Report: McCarry Melanie, Jones Cassandra, Kossurok Anke; (2020)
Forced marriage, coercive control, and conducive contexts : the experiences of women in Scotland: Chantler Khatidja, McCarry Melanie; Violence Against Women Vol 26, pp. 89-109 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801219830234
Staff and student experiences and psychological impact of gender-based violence on campus: Kossurok Anke, McCarry Melanie; BPS Annual Conference 2019, pp. 67-68 (2019)
Preventing gender-based violence in UK universities: Donaldson Anni, McCarry Melanie, McCullough Aimee; Gender-Based Violence in University Communities Policy, Prevention and Educational Intervention (2018) (2018)
Rapid Review II - Scottish Higher Education Institution Responses to Gender-based Violence on Campus: Donaldson Anni, McCarry Melanie; (2018)

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Research interests

Melanie is co Primary Investigator (with Anni Donaldosn and Roisin McGoldrick) on a Scottish Government funded reseaarch project implemeting the Scottish Government Violencee Against Women and Girl's policy Equally Safe in higher and further education settings.

Professional activities

3rd European Conference on Domestic Violence: Participant; 1/9/2019
3rd European Conference on Domestic Violence: Participant; 1/9/2019
Young People and Domestic Abuse: The Changing Landscape: Participant; 1/3/2019
Gender and Education Conference 2018: Participant; 9/12/2018
Gender and Education Conference 2018: Participant; 9/12/2018
Helen Mott: Host; 22/11/2018

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Projects

Understanding Forced Marriage MOOC Violence against Women: Donaldson, Anni (Principal Investigator) McCarry, Melanie (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 29-Jan-2020
Equally Safe in Higher and Further Education: Harris, Bernard (Principal Investigator) McCarry, Melanie (Co-investigator) McGoldrick, Roisin (Co-investigator) Pilkington, Kevin (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2016 - 30-Jan-2019
Understanding Forced Marriage in Scotland: McCarry, Melanie (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2015 - 31-Jan-2016

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Address

Social Work and Social Policy
Lord Hope Building

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