Dr Justin Rogers

Professional biography

Justin's research interests centre around child protection and alternative care. He is committed to understanding the experiences of children and young people in alternative care and amplifying their voices to inform policy and practice. Recent research projects include "Fostering Hope," a community-based participatory project that explores the perspectives of unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people in Bristol. Justin also led a two-year study titled "Sharing Their Narratives" as the principal investigator, employing arts-based methods to examine the experiences of children and families in different alternative care settings in Thailand. 

Publications

Rogers, J. & Thomas, I., (2024) Exploring the self-inflicted deaths of care experienced men in custody, through a lens of loss. In Robb, M. & Jones, K., Men and Loss, Routledge, Abingdon.

Rogers, J. & Ali, M. (2023) The seeds of reform; the evolution of the alternative care system in the Maldives. Institutionalised Children Explorations and Beyond; 10 (2).

Rogers, J., Karunan, V., Ketnim, P. & Saeli, A., (2023) ‘Doing family’ in adversity: Findings from a qualitative study exploring family practices in alternative care settings in Thailand. Children and Society.

Rogers, J., & Thomas, I. (2022) Twenty suicides of care-experienced people in custody: A scoping review of the Ombudsman’s fatal incident reports for care-experienced people who died in custodial settings between 2004 and 2020. Prison Service Journal; 258, 25-31.

Rogers, J., Whitelaw, R., Karunan, V. & Ketnim, P., (2021) A scoping review of the research that explores children’s experiences of alternative care in Southeast Asia, Children and Youth Services Review, (Online First).

Rogers, J., Carr, S. & Hickman, C., (2021) Reflections on a community-based participatory research project with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, In Eguren, J.(et al) Migrant families, children and youth, Routledge, Abingdon.

Rogers, J., & Ali, M., (2021) ‘It’s so much better than contact’; children and young people’s experiences of sibling camps in the UK. Child and Family Social Work, (Online First).

Rogers, J., & Karunan, K., (2020), Is the deinstitutionalisation of alternative care a ‘wicked problem’? A qualitative study exploring the perceptions of child welfare practitioners and policy actors in Thailand. International Social Work, 63 (5), 626-639.

Mendes, P. & Rogers, J., (2020) Young people transitioning from out-of-home care: What are the lessons from extended care in USA and England for Australia. British Journal of Social Work; 50 (5), 1513-1530.

Cheung, J., & Rogers, J., (2020) Civic crowdfunding of social work research: Opportunities, challenges and strategies. The British Journal of Social Work, (Online First).

Rogers, J., Carr, S. & Hickman, C., (2018) Mutual Benefits: The lessons learned from a community-based participatory research project with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and foster carers. Children and Youth Services Review, 92, 105- 113.

Rogers, J., (2018) Preserving and memorialising relationships: Exploring young people’s experiences of foster care through the lens of social capital. Adoption & Fostering, 42 (2), 176-188.

Rogers, J., (2017) A memorial for Beatrice Godwin, researcher, social worker and activist with older people. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 18 (1), 81 - 82.

Rogers, J., (2017) Eco-maps and Photo Elicitation, Journal of Applied Youth Studies, 1 (4), 59-74.

Rogers, J., (2017) ‘Different’ and ‘Devalued’: managing the stigma of foster care with the benefit of peer support, The British Journal of Social Work, 47 (4), 1078-1093.

Rogers, J. & Williams, T., (2016) Rejecting ‘the child’, embracing ‘childhood’: Conceptual and methodological issues for researching with children, International Social Work, 59(6), 734-744.

Rogers, J., (2015). Exploring young people’s experiences of foster care using a social capital approach: Disrupted networks and continuing bonds. Doctoral Dissertation, The University of Bath.

Rogers, J., (2014) Fostering and Adoption, In Teater, B. (EdS) Contemporary Social Work Practice: A Handbook for Students, Open University Press, Maidenhead.

Rogers, J., (2012) Anti-Oppressive Social Work Research: Reflections on Power in the Creation of Knowledge, Social Work Education, 31, 866–879.

Editorial Borad Member, Journal of Social Work Education (2023-present)

Editorial Board Member, The Journal of Social Work, Thailand, Thammasat University (2018-2022).

Visiting Researcher at the Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy, University of Bath (2020-present).

External Affiliate at the Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada (2018-present).

Peer reviewer for British Journal of Social Work, Child and Family Social Work, Children and Youth Services Review, Child and Family Social Work, International Social Work, Qualitative Social Work, Technology in Human Services.

Articles in Non-Academic Press

Rogers, J. (2023) ‘Doing family’ in adversity: exploring children’s and families’ experiences of alternative care in Thailand, Sociology Lens. Available at: https://shorturl.at/cdgUX

Rogers, J. (2023) Uganda's Ghetto Kids win the final of Britain's Got Talent – here's the reality of 'orphanages' around the world, The Conversation. Available at:  https://shorturl.at/pqtJ8

Rogers, J. (2021) An exploration of Ukraine’s mishandling of vulnerable young people and children in state care. Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy Blog. Available at: https://bit.ly/3l2nh4W

Rogers, J., Mendes, P. & Thomas, I., (2020) Care leavers and COVID-19: A time for even greater state and community responsibility, ABC Australia, available from: https://ab.co/2LCCmb5

Rogers, J., (2019) ‘Reasons to be Hopeful: 2019 could see a welcome UN resolution for children growing up in institutional care’, The IPR Blog, available from: https://goo.gl/jouc7u

Rogers, J., (2019) ‘Sharing their Narratives’, Safe Child Thailand Blog, available from: https://rb.gy/a62fyd

Rogers, J., (2017) ‘There is space for lone refugee children in Britain, but the government isn’t trying to find it’, The Conversation, available from https://goo.gl/uUsDVY

Rogers, J., (2015) ‘The government must match public support for fostering refugees’, The Guardian, 15th September, p.42, available from: http://goo.gl/ZVjULo

Rogers, J., (2015) ‘Leaving care is hard enough without the system favouring those who are fostered’, The Conversation, available from:  https://goo.gl/QKN5q4

Rogers, J., (2014) ‘Routinely separating siblings in public care is unacceptable’ [Online], The Conversation, available from:  https://goo.gl/43NBCn

Rogers, J., (2014) ‘Stronger contact with previous carers would give foster children a greater sense of belonging’, [Online], The Conversation, available from:  https://goo.gl/AN06Cu