Publications

J. Childs, O. Mohamed, N. Pike, S. Muchiri, J. Bell, A. Dibo and A. Ndabarushimana (2024) ‘Learning from Ikibiri and Ubuntu to decolonise social work research in higher education’. Special issue on The Global Agenda for Social Work Practice, Education and Research – Global Perspectives, Practice: Social Work in Action 36(2): 159–171.

doi:10.1080/09503153.2023.2223362

L. Taylor, J. Childs, S. Muchiri, N. King, D. Wanjagi and F. Charles (2024)  ‘Decolonising teaching and research: A student buddying programme between Burundi and the UK’. Chapter 19 in: M.L. Moncrieffe, O. Fakunle, M. Kustatscher and A. Olsson Rost (eds) The BERA Guide to Decolonising the Curriculum: Equity and Inclusion in Educational Research and Practice. Leeds, UK: Emerald Publishing.

https://bookstore.emerald.com/the-bera-guide-to-decolonising-the-curriculum-pb-9781835491478.html

J. Childs and N. Pike (2023) ‘Working towards a decolonised curriculum in social work at Oxford Brookes University, UK, with the help of Hope Africa University, Burundi’. In: R.L. Healey and M. Healey (2025) Socially-Just Pedagogic Practices in HE: Including Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Anti-Racism, Decolonising, Indigenisation, Well-Being, and Disability (p14).

https://www.healeyheconsultants.co.uk/s/Socially-just-pedagogic-case-studies-of-practices-j9wb.pdf

J. Childs (2023) Book review: A. Breidlid and R. Krøvel (eds) (2020) Indigenous Knowledges and the Sustainable Development Agenda – 1st Edition; Routledge, UK. In: Social Work Education 42(8): 1586–1587.

doi:10.1080/02615479.2023.2181560

J. Childs (2023) ‘Collaborating on an anti-racist curriculum’. Wonkhe blog post, 20 July 2023.

https://wonkhe.com/blogs/collaborating-on-an-anti-racist-curriculum/

J. Childs (2023) ‘Developing anti-racist pedagogies as a global collective’. Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) blog post, 22 March 2023.

https://thesedablog.wordpress.com/2023/03/22/developing-anti-racist-pedagogies-as-a-global-collective/

J. Childs (2022) ‘Creating an anti-racist university experience’. Wonkhe blog post, 16 June 2022.

https://wonkhe.com/blogs/creating-an-anti-racist-university-experience/

S. Manfredi, J. Childs and M. Fletcher (2022) ‘Let’s talk about the menopause’. GEARING-Roles blog post, 31 May 2022.

https://gearingroles.eu/lets-talk-about-the-menopause/

J. Childs and L. Clarke (2022) ‘Decolonising social work learning – A university’s journey’. Professional Social Work Magazine, 8 March 2022.

https://basw.co.uk/about-social-work/psw-magazine/articles/decolonising-social-work-learning-universitys-journey

L. Bunce, A.J. Lonsdale, N. King, J. Childs and R. Bennie (2019) ‘Emotional intelligence and self-determined behaviour reduce psychological distress: Interactions with resilience in social work students in the UK’, The British Journal of Social Work 49(8): 2092–2111.

doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcz008