Barry Percy-Smith

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Professor of Childhood Youth and Participatory Practice, Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences
School of Human and Health Sciences
Director, Centre for Applied Childhood, Youth and Family Research

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0142-5214

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481 Citations
9 h-Index

Research output per year

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Personal profile

Google Scholar h-Index

20 Last checked 3 July 2020

Biography

I joined the University in April 2014 as Director of the Centre for Applied Childhood, Youth and Family Research (formerly the Centre for Applied Childhood Studies). Prior to that, for the last 12 years I worked at the University of West England (UWE), Bristol, initially with the SOLAR Action Research Centre - a specialist participatory research and development centre – and latterly with the Centre for Understanding Social Practice. I have been involved in a whole range of different projects the majority of which have been evaluations of children and family programmes.

I completed my doctorate in 1999 which concerned how children use their local environment and implications for planning, conducted as part of the UNESCO supported Growing up in Cities project. In 1999 I joined the SOLAR Action Research Centre – a specialised participatory research and development centre pioneering new forms of learning and change in organisations and communities – and moved to the University of the West of England in 2001.

Research Expertise and Interests

Participation of children and young people in research and decision making - but also issues of agency and empowerment and developing discourses of children’s participation as active citizenship
Participatory Action Research
Action inquiry approaches to service evaluation and improvement across the public sector
Developing effective multi agency working / integrated children, youth and family services
Understanding and supporting youth transitions (especially concerning marginalized young people/NEETs etc)
In-depth qualitative inquiry including the use of visual approaches to understand young people’s realities and experiences
Facilitating practice based learning and innovation in organisations
Using learning to support workforce and service development
Facilitation of Knowledge cafes and 'Open space' technology

Research Degree Supervision

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Research Expertise and Interests

Children in Research
Young People in Research
Children in Decision Making
Young People in Decision Making
Agency
Empowerment
Children's Participation
Active Citizenship
Action Inquiry Approaches
Public Sector Improvement
Multi-Agency Working
Integrated Services
Children Youth and Family Services
Youth Transitions
Marginalized Young People
NEETs
Young People's Realities
Young People's Experiences
Practice Based Learning
Innovation in Organisations
Learning for Workforce Development
Learning for Service Development
Knowledge Cafes
'Open Space' Technology

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Projects

4 Finished

Constructive Connections: building resilience of families affected by the justice system.

Percy-Smith, B.

1/10/16 → 31/03/18

Project: Research

PARTISPACE: Spaces and Styles of Participation. Formal, non-formal and informal possibilities of young people’s participation in European cities

Percy-Smith, B.

1/05/15 → 30/04/18

Project: Research

Developing Children and Young people’s participation across Pennine Acute Hospital Trust

Percy-Smith, B.

1/01/16 → 31/12/16

Project: Research

PEER: Participation, Experiences and Empowerment for Roma Youth

Percy-Smith, B.

1/11/14 → 31/10/16

Project: Research

Research Output

481 Citations
9 h-Index
17 Article
16 Commissioned report
12 Chapter
3 Working paper
5 More

An Independent Review of the Managed Approach to onstreet sex working in Leeds 2014-2020

Roach, J., Wood, K., Percy-Smith, B., Cartwright, A., Rogerson, M. & Armitage, R., 1 Jun 2020, University of Huddersfield. 70 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

Open Access

Using community-based action research as a participatory alternative in responding to violence in Tanzania

Percy-Smith, B., Bakta, S., Noske-Turner, J., Mtenga, G. & Portela Souza, P., 15 Mar 2020, Communication for Development: An evaluation framework in action. Noske-Turner, J. (ed.). Practical Action Publishing

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter