Lena Dominelli

Lena Dominelli is a professor of Applied Social Sciences and Academician in the Academy of the Learned Societies for Social Sciences, is an experienced educator, practitioner and researcher and has published extensively in the fields of sociology, social policy and social work. Besides her position in the School of Applied Social Sciences and Co-Director, Institute of Hazards and Risk Research, The University of Durham.

I admire her because her work focuses on issues of great relevance such as global warming, Lena argues passionately for the realisation of human freedom from social inequalities and injustices in her writings, policymaking forums and communities seeking to change their social and physical environments. Her current research interests include: climate change and environmental social work; globalisation; social and community development; social change; women’s well being and welfare; motherhood; fatherhood; child well-being and children’s rights.

She is part of the green social work, which focuses on reducing rather than growing, seeking sustainable development, it is often thought that development and growth are synonymous, which is the opposite of green social work