Dr Gurnam Singh
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Gurnam is a Teaching Development Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE) at Coventry University. He is also Principal Lecturer in Social Work and Co-Director of the Applied Research Group in Social Exclusion in Social Care (SISC) based in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. He has a PhD in Applied Social Studies from the University of Warwick and a Masters in Race Relations and Community Studies from the University of Bradford. Gurnam Singh has been working at Coventry University since 1993 as a social work academic, educational developer and action researcher. Prior to this he worked as a professional social worker. His research interests span the themes of identity, critical pedagogy, social inclusion and social justice.

Recent Publications

Singh, G. (Forthcoming 2009) Racism, in N. Thompson (ed.) Promoting Wellbeing in the Workplace. Palgrave/McMillan.

Singh, G and Cowden, S. (Forthcoming 2009) Social Worker as Intellectual. European Journal of Social Work (Paper accepted for publication in 2009)

Singh, G. (Forthcoming 2009) Social Research and ‘Race’: Developing a critical paradigm, in J. Schostak and J. Schostak, Researching Violence, Democracy and the Rights of People. London, Routledge.

Gunn R,; Durkin C,; Singh G, and Brown, J (2008) Social Entrepreneurship in the Social Policy Curriculum. Social Enterprise Journal. Vol. 4 No. 1, 2008 pp74-80

Singh, G (2008) Breaking the Cycle: What can different agencies do to prevent and deal with hate crime? Feature article in Police Magazine Nov 2008 pp24-25 http://www.polfed.org/24_Feature_Breaking_the_cycle_Nov08.pdf

Singh, G and Quigley, A. (2008) How to Challenge & Tackle Hate Crime in Coventry – Resource Pack including DVD. Coventry Hate Crimes Reduction Partnership/Coventry New Deals for Communities (NDC). Coventry.