International Research Advisory Group
Our partner, the University of Edinburgh, is leading a three-year evaluation, with support from an international research advisory group. This will help inform the delivery of the Scottish Government’s commitment that every child in Scotland will have access to a Bairns Hoose by 2025 and support the roll out of Bairns Hoose across Scotland and the rest of Great Britain.
This purpose of this group is to:
- Advise on the design of the evaluation
- Advise on the application for ethical review
- Be involved in reviewing the progress of the evaluation
- Offer advice on the findings of the evaluation at the interim and final stage
- Support the evaluation team to effectively share the findings emerging from the evaluation
The group meets every six months and the members are:
- Carl Göran Svedin, Professor, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Sweden
- Kari Stefensen, Professor, Norwegian Social Research (NOVA)
- Ramona Alaggia, Professor, Unversity of Toronto, Canada
- Dr Franziska Meinck, Lecturer in Social Work and Extraordinary Professor at Optentia Research Unit, North-West University, South Africa
- Dr James Herbert, Australian Centre for Child Protection
- Judith Masson Emeritus Professor, University of Bristol
- Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Director of PROMISE network, Children at risk EU Unit
- Peter Sidebotham, Emeritus Professor of Child Health
- Laura Lundy, Professor, Queens University – Child’s Rights Participation Advisor (non attending member)
- The research team:
- Dr Mary Mitchell, Principal Investigator
- John Devaney, Professor, University of Edinburgh
- Dr Louise Hill, Head of Evidence and Evaluation, Children First
- Dr Jennifer Lavoie, Chancellors Fellow, University of Edinburgh
- Camille Warrington – Barnahus Research Fellow
