Dr Leanne McIver
Research Associate
Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection
Personal statement
I have been a Research Associate at CELCIS since 2015, working in evaluation, research, and research support. My background is in education and health services research and evaluation. Projects I have been involved in at CELCIS include evaluations of the We Are Citizens! Care Experienced Theatre Company, and the 'Parents in Partnership' schools programme, as well as research with the Virtual School Head Teachers' Network, and the Children's Services Reform Research programme.
I graduated from the University of Glasgow, with a M.A. (Hons) in Psychology, and later completed a M.Res in Educational Research at the University of Stirling. My PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies (Glasgow, 2016) explored educational farm visits for primary school children in Scotland, and how these can be used as part of outdoor learning and Curriculum for Excellence. More recently, I was awarded the Postgraduate Certificate in Attachment, Trauma and Mental Health by the University of Chester.
Previously I've worked as a Research Assistant in outdoor learning (University of Stirling), Auditory Processing Disorder (MRC Institute of Hearing Research), and children's oral health (Childsmile Programme). I've also worked in retail, and in NHS admin/clerical roles.
Publications
- Meeting of minds : imagining the future of child and youth mental health research from an early career perspective
- Knight Ruth, Demkowicz Ola, Sprecher Eva, Gomez Bergin Aislinn, Marzetti Hazel, Petersen Kimberly, Kara Buket, Sawrikar Vilas, White Hannah, Parsonage-Harrison Jackie, Wolstencroft Jeanne, Reardon Tessa, March Anna, McIver Leanne, Jones Hannah, Clarke Tim, Breedvelt Josefien, Chatburn Eleanor
- BJPsych Bulletin (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2025.26
- Towards Modernising Adoption in Scotland : A Focused Mapping Review
- Ottaway Heather, Fowler Nadine, McIver Leanne, Davidson Linda
- (2024)
- Virtual schools for care-experienced learners in Scotland : reflections on an emerging concept in a new context
- McIver Leanne, Bettencourt Michael
- British Educational Research Journal Vol 50, pp. 1495-1513 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3988
- Children's Services Reform Research : Learning and Implications for Scotland: Concluding Report
- Ottaway Heather, McTier Alex, Manole Mihaela, Anderson Micky, Porter Robert, Scott Jane, Young Emma, Fowler Nadine, Soraghan Joanna, McIver Leanne, Anderson Carol Ann, Mackinnon Kate
- (2023)
- Children's Services Reform Research : Scotland's Children's Services Landscape: The Views and Experiences of the Children's Services Workforce
- McTier Alex, Manole Mihaela, Scott Jane, Young Emma, Fowler Nadine, McIver Leanne, Anderson Carol Ann, Porter Robert, Ottaway Heather
- (2023)
- Children's Services Reform Research Study : Rapid Evidence Review : Summary Report
- Porter Robert, Young Emma, Scott Jane, McIver Leanne, Mackinnon Kate, Fowler Nadine, Ottaway Heather
- (2023)
Research Interests
Education of care experienced learners
Children's services
Scottish education system
Professional Activities
- Critical Publishing (Publisher)
- Peer reviewer
- 1/7/2023
- Children and Society (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 1/4/2023
- Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 10/2021
- Finding the 'invisible' adopters
- Recipient
- 18/8/2020
- Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2018
Projects
- Children's Services Reform Research study
- Ottaway, Heather (Principal Investigator) Porter, Robert Benjamin (Co-investigator) McTier, Alexander (Co-investigator) Anderson, Micky (Co-investigator) Young, Emma (Co-investigator) McIver, Leanne (Co-investigator) Fowler, Nadine (Co-investigator) Mackinnon, Kate (Co-investigator) Soraghan, Joanna (Co-investigator) Manole, Mihaela (Co-investigator)
- A research project commissioned by Scottish Government with the aim of gathering evidence to inform decision-making about how best to deliver children's services in Scotland in light of the proposed introduction of the National Care Service
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
- Farm visits and the Scottish primary school curriculum
- McIver, Leanne (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2012 - 31-Jan-2015
Contact
Dr
Leanne
McIver
Research Associate
Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection
Email: leanne.mciver@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 0141 950 3683