Professor Trish Hafford-Letchfield
Emeritus Professor
Social Work and Social Policy
Personal statement
I have a nursing qualification (SRN, 1980) and a social work qualification (CQSW, 1985). I had 18 years practice experience in social work until 2003, the latter 10 of which I managed statutory social work services for adults, in England. I've held held many roles in Third Sector governance.聽 Since joining Higher Education in 2003, my research interests lie in the experiences of ageing in marginalised communities, the majority of which is applied and co-produced with people with lived experience. Prior to joining Strathclyde in 2019, I was Professor of Social Care at Middlesex University, London where I worked for 11 years.
My doctorate studies were in educational gerontology exploring the role of lifelong learning in care services. I am an activist for LGBTQI+ communities and founder member of the international LGBTQI social work network. In relation to learning and teaching I have over 170 publications including 20 key books covering a range of topics on leadership, management, organisational development, feminism, sexual and gender identities, values and ethics, gerontology and social work supervision. I have also published widely in other areas such as the use of the arts in professional education, parenting, ageing mental health and wellbeing.聽
I was Head of Department for Social Work and Social Policy Jan 2020-Dec 2023 (role-share).聽 I am the lead for social care in Health and Social Care Futures since January 2025.
I have been involved in funded research and knowledge exchange by NIHR SSCR; DHSC England; British Academy; IASSW; Comic Relief; EU Cost Action; EU Erasmus Plus, Chief Scientist Office NHS Scotland, Skills for Care, UNITE and ESRC IAA.
Publications
- The Research Handbook on the Sociology of Ageing (2026) (2026)
- Santos-Petiot Joanna, Spolander Gary,
- Social Work Education (2026)
- , Almack Kathryn, King Andrew, B茅cares Laia, Jones Rebecca L, Kneale Dylan, Nelson Christi L
- Sexuality Research and Social Policy (2026)
- Cocker Christine, Cooper Adi, , Romeo Lyn
- British Journal of Social Work Vol 55, pp. 4034-4053 (2025)
- , , Cockburn Ken,
- (2025)
- , , , , Summerskill Clare, Cleary Connor
- International Summit of Suicide Research (2025)
Professional Activities
- Participant
- 30/8/2030
- Chair
- 1/12/2025
- Speaker
- 19/9/2025
- Participant
- 16/9/2025
- Speaker
- 22/7/2025
- Speaker
- 26/6/2025
Projects
- Meehan, Andrew (Principal Investigator) Hafford-Letchfield, Trish (Co-investigator)
- Getting On: Understanding & Writing Love in Later Life is a new project that explores and embraces the lived experience and cultural representations of love in later life in Scotland today. The project is being run from the 糖心视频 by staff in Creative Writing and Social Work/Social Policy in collaboration with Autumn Voices, the organisation for growing old creatively.
- 13-Jan-2025 - 13-Jan-2026
- Gray, Louise (Academic) Hafford-Letchfield, Trish (Academic) Egan, Kieren (Co-investigator) Connaghan, John (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 28-Jan-2026
- Hafford-Letchfield, Trish (Co-investigator) Karastoyanova-Gibson, Konstantina (Co-investigator) Rasmussen, Susan (Co-investigator) Sledmere, Maria (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2028
- McGeown, William (Principal Investigator) Mavroeidi, Alexandra (Principal Investigator) Parra Rodriguez, Mario (Co-investigator) Brown Nicholls, Louise (Co-investigator) Rasmussen, Susan (Co-investigator) Robertson, David (Co-investigator) Tse, Dwight (Co-investigator) Kirk, Alison (Co-investigator) Hafford-Letchfield, Trish (Co-investigator) Rattray, Nicholas (Co-investigator) Bushell, Trevor (Co-investigator) Gould, Gwyn (Co-investigator) GANGANNAGARIPALLI, Jaheedabegum (Co-investigator) Carswell, Hilary (Co-investigator) Tate, Rothwelle (Co-investigator) Kurdi, Amanj (Co-investigator) Lennon, Marilyn (Co-investigator) Moshfeghi, Yashar (Co-investigator) Roper, Marc (Co-investigator) McConnell, Gail (Co-investigator) Kerr, Andy (Co-investigator) Li, David (Co-investigator) Thomson, Avril (Co-investigator) Campbell, Gerard (Co-investigator) Vourganas, Ioannis (Co-investigator) Clark, Ruaridh (Co-investigator) Macdonald, Malcolm (Co-investigator)
- HaSS Bridging Disciplines.
Successfully funded for access to UK Biobank:
The overarching aim of the application is to investigate the predictors (e.g., lifestyle, neuroimaging metabolic and genetic) of healthy ageing (e.g., cognitive, physical and mental health in older age).
Our objectives are to identify the contribution of predictors (lifestyle, medication-related, neuroimaging, metabolic, and genetic) of the following outcomes, that occur at greater frequency in older age:
1) Cognitive impairment (e.g., due to normal ageing or neurological disorders such as Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, stroke)
2) Poor physical health (e.g., osteoporosis, diabetes, falls and fractures)
3) Poor mental health (e.g., anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation) - 08-Jan-2023 - 09-Jan-2025
- Hafford-Letchfield, Trish (Principal Investigator)
- 28-Jan-2022 - 19-Jan-2022
- Quinn, Neil (Principal Investigator) Hafford-Letchfield, Trish (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2020
Contact
Professor
Trish
Hafford-Letchfield
Emeritus Professor
Social Work and Social Policy
Email: trish.hafford-letchfield@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 444 8656