ProfessorJim Campbell

I am Emeritus Full Professor of Social Work in the School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice. Before then I was Professor of Social Work in the School, Professor of Social Work in Goldsmiths, University of London, and taught and researched in Queens University Belfast. Prior to becoming an academic I was a mental health social worker in Northern Ireland.

I have two, broad teaching and research interests. The first is examines the fields of mental health social work and policy, with a particular focus on related socio-legal studies. The other is a longstanding interest in exploring the relationships between social work and political conflict, initially in the context of the Northern Irish conflict but latterly in wider,comparative terms. These interests are reflected in my publications profile on this site. 

Over my academic career I have gained considerable journal board and editorial experience. I was a member of the board of Social Work Education for around ten years, then the British Journal of Social Work for five years. From 2010 to 2015, I was co-editor of the British Journal of Social Work (with Professor John Pinkerton, Queens University Belfast). I am currently a board member of the Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Social Development. 

I have considerable past experience as external examiner for a number of social work programmes: University of Edinburgh, University of Birmingham University, University of Malta and the postgraduate programme in Trauma Studies, University College Cork. I am currently the external examiner for the Certificate in Peer Support Working in Mental Health, Dublin City University. In addition I am Departmental Academic Advisor of the Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. I am also a member of the Assessment Panel for the Hong Kong Social Workers Registration Board.

I have been involved in a number of international research and teaching activities over these years, including co-leading on teaching exchanges between Queens University and Boston College, and Queens University and the University of Muenster. In 2016 I was international visiting professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and in 2017 the University of Baroda, India. Crrently I am a member of the Flanders FWO Review College and evaluator for University of Helsinki funded doctoral doctoral scheme. In addition I  am a member of the quality assurance committee of Tusla (Irish Child and Family Agency) and trustee of the Northern Irish charity, Threshold.