Lena Robinson
Contact Details
Room L206 (Paisley Campus)
Tel: 0141 848 3767
Email: lena.robinson@uws.ac.uk
Staff Profile
Lena Robinson is Professor of Social Work. Previously, she was Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Social Work at the University of Birmingham. Her research interest is in the field of cross-cultural and cross-national research. It involves developing cross-cultural perspectives in psychology and social work. She is an international scholar who has published and researched widely in the field of race, culture, ethnicity and social work practice. She was recently involved in an international study (involving thirteen countries) of ethnocultural youth. She is currently involved in a study on the integration and adaptation of South Asian youth in Scotland.
Selected Publications
2007. Single authored book: Cross-Cultural Child Development for Social Workers: An Introduction, London, Macmillan/Palgrave.
2007. The context for acculturation in the United Kingdom, in Sam, D. &Berry, J.(eds) Psychology of Acculturation: International perspectives, Cambridge University Press.
2006. South Asians in Britain: Acculturation, identity and psychological well-being, for Special Issue of the Journal of Psychology and Developing Societies, 17 (2), pp. 181-194.
2005. Practice Issues - working with Children of Mixed-Parentage, in Okitikpi, T. (ed) Working with Children of Mixed-Race (Interracial) Relationships, London: JKP.
2004. Beliefs, values and inter-ethnic communication, in Barrett, S., Komaromy, C., Robb, M. and Rogers, A. (eds) Communication, Relationships and Care: A Reader, Sage.
2002. Social work through the lifecourse, in Adams, R., Dominelli, L. and Payne, M. (eds) Social Work: Themes, Issues and Critical Debates, London, Macmillan, pp.84-94. ISBN: 0-333-98593-1.