Dr Charlotte Brookfield
Senior Lecturer
- brookfieldc@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 75771
- Room 1.11, Glamorgan Building
Overview
I am a lecturer of Social Sciences based in the Cardiff Q-Step Centre of Excellence in Quantitative Methods Teaching (www.cardiff.ac.uk/qstep). My main role includes leading and supporting the Q-Step Placement module. As part of this, I am responsible for maintaining and developing links between Q-Step, the further education sector and related external agencies. I also teach on a number of substantive and research methods modules within the School of Social Sciences. My recent work has focussed on the place of quantitative research methods in British Sociology.
Biography
Publications
2021
- Pithouse, A.et al. 2021. Understanding social work-force satisfaction. Journal of Social Work 21(1), pp. 107-127. (10.1177/1468017319868121)
2020
- Brookfield, C. and Parker, S. 2020. Improving quantitative research skills of Welsh Baccalaureate teachers through university engagement. Research for All 4(1), pp. 102-116. (10.18546/RFA.04.1.08)
2019
- Djupvik, A. R.et al. 2019. New public management and practitioner autonomy in Children's Services in Norway and Wales: views from the frontline. European Journal of Social Work, article number: 10.1080/13691457.2019.1693338.
- Pithouse, A., Brookfield, C. and Rees, A. 2019. Why are social workers in Wales the 'happiest'? A conundrum explored. British Journal of Social Work 49(7), pp. 1987-2006. (10.1093/bjsw/bcy119)
- Williams, M., Sloan, L. and Brookfield, C. 2019. The quantitative crisis in UK sociology. In: Evans, J., Ruane, S. and Southall, H. eds. Data in Society: Challenging Statistics in an Age of Globalisation. Policy Press, pp. 337-348.
2017
- Williams, M., Sloan, L. and Brookfield, C. 2017. A tale of two sociologies: analytic versus critique in UK sociology. Sociological Research Online 22(4), pp. 132-151. (10.1177/1360780417734146)
- Brookfield, C. 2017. “Quantification is the root of all evil in sociology” What does it add up to? The place of quantitative research methods in British sociology. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2016
- Brookfield, C. 2016. Teaching quantitative research methods: the employability factor. IJPINT 3(2), pp. 10-19. (10.5604/01.3001.0009.5079)
Teaching
At present, I contribute to teaching on the following undergraduate modules:
Year 1:
Education and Society
Year 2:
Real World Research with Placement (Module Convenor)
Knowing the Social World, Online and Offline
Gender Relations and Society
