● Monica Dowling

Monica Dowling

Main information

British, UK

Affiliation

Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield

Levels of education

  • ECEC
  • School education
  • VET
  • Higher Education
  • Non-formal and informal learning
  • Adult education

Geographical scope of expertise

Policy themes

  • Access to high quality education for all
  • Vulnerable groups in education and training, ensuring inclusion and non-discrimination
  • Disability/special needs, inclusive education
  • Parental and stakeholders’ engagement, whole-school approach

Selected publications

  • Dowling, M. (2014). ‘Can Child Welfare Services in China, including those delivered by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), be part of democratic local, national and international processes?’, The Innovation Journal: The Public Sector Innovation Journal, 19(2).
  • Becirevic, M. and Dowling, M. (2013). ‘The Role of Non-government Organisations (NGOs) in Advancing the Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Bulgaria’, in Rassel, M. and Iarskaia-Smirnova, E. (eds.). Disability in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. London: Routledge, pp. 131-145.
  • Dowling, M. and Halovic, M. and Jelic, E. (2013). The Role of Parents in the Social Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in Bosnia Herzegovina (BiH) and Croatia. Round Tables and the Impact of the Research. The Open University and the Open Society.
  • Dowling, M. and Becirevic, M. (2012). Parent’s participation in the social inclusion of children with disabilities in Bosnia Herzegovina (BiH) and Croatia. London: The Open Society Foundation.
  • Dowling, M. (2010). ‘Children with disabilities: international perspectives for developing practice’, in Seden, J., Matthews, S., McCormick, M. and Morgan, A. (eds.) Professional Development in Social Work. London: Routledge.
  • Dowling, M. and Sextone, P. (2010). ‘Refugees and Asylum seekers: the social work role’, in Seden, J., Matthews, S., McCormick, M. and Morgan, A. (eds.) Professional Development in Social Work. London: Routledge.
  • Dowling, M. and Brown, G. (2009). ‘Globalisation and International Adoption from China’, Child and Family Social Work Journal, 14(3), pp. 352-361.
  • Dowling, M. (2008) ‘Client Empowerment and Quality Assurance’, The Innovation Journal, the Public Sector Innovation Journal,13(1), pp. 1-10. 
  • Dowling, M. and Gupta, A. (2006). ‘Child Development and Environmental Influences’, in Aldgate, J., Rose, W., Jones, D., Jeffery, C. (eds.) The Developing Child. London: Jessica Kingsley.
  • UNICEF (2005). Children in Transition – A Study of children with disabilities in the 27 countries of Mid and Eastern Europe. Florence: Innocenti Research Centre.