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Dr Hefin Gwilym

Lecturer in Social Policy

h.gwilym@bangor.ac.uk

+44 1248 382509

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Dr Hefin Gwilym

View Dr Hefin Gwilym’s profile on the Bangor Research Portal

Additional Contact Information

Dr Hefin Gwilym is Lecturer in Social Policy. He obtained his BA and MA degrees from Swansea University and his doctorate from Keele University. He has been a lecturer at Bangor University since 2006. He has many research interests focussed on poverty and neoliberalism. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

If you are interested in being supervised for a PhD by Dr Gwilym then you are welcome to contact him.

Dr Gwilym can be contacted via email at h.gwilym@bangor.ac.uk

Room G5, Bay3, Ground Floor, 

School of History, Philosophy and Social Sciences,

Main Building,

Bangor University,

College Road,

Bangor,

Gwynedd LL57 2DG

email: h.gwilym@bangor.ac.uk

Teaching and Supervision

Dr Gwilym teaches the following modules:

HPS1001 Social Policy and the State

SXP2010 Poverty and Inequality

SXP3010 Housing Policy

SXP4037 Health Policies

SXP4040 Key Issues in Social Policy

International Experience Modules 

  

Postgraduate Project Opportunities

I am willing to supervise a PhD

Publications

2023

  • PublishedThe Social Policy Context for Social Work in Wales
    Gwilym, H., 1 Aug 2023, Social Work in Wales. Bristol: Policy Press, p. 5-16
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  • PublishedThe food bank: A safety-net in place of welfare security in times of austerity and the Covid-19 crisis
    Beck, D. & Gwilym, H., Jul 2023, In: Social Policy and Society. 22, 3, p. 545-561 17 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

  • PublishedInquiry into Benefits in Wales: options for a better delivery
    Beck, D., Closs-Davies, S. & Gwilym, H., 17 Mar 2022, Senedd Cymru.
    Research output: Other contribution
  • PublishedMomentum is building for a Universal Basic Income
    Closs-Davies, S., Beck, D. & Gwilym, H., 9 May 2022, Policy Press.
    Research output: Other contribution
  • PublishedThe Benefit System in Wales: Written evidence (BSW0013) was submitted to this enquiry, and subsequently the evidence was used in the writing of the report.
    Closs-Davies, S., Gwilym, H. & Beck, D., 17 Mar 2022
    Research output: Other contribution

2021

  • PublishedBenefits system in Wales Evidence Welsh Select Committee
    Closs-Davies, S., Gwilym, H. & Beck, D., 16 Sept 2021
    Research output: Other contribution
  • PublishedSocial Policy for Welfare Practice in Wales
    Williams OBE, C. & Gwilym, H., 22 Mar 2021, 3rd ed. The British Association of Social Workers. .
    Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

2020

  • PublishedThe moral maze of foodbank use
    Beck, D. & Gwilym, H., Oct 2020, In: Journal of Poverty and Social Justice. 28, 3, p. 383-399 17 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

  • PublishedAdvocating for biographical research in political social work in neoliberal times
    Gwilym, H., Aug 2019, In: Critical and Radical Social Work. 7, 2, p. 203-214 12 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

  • PublishedSocial Work, Neoliberalism and Authoritarianism: An Analysis of Policy Document 'Regulating Social Work'
    Gwilym, H., 1 Nov 2018, In: Critical and Radical Social Work. 6, 3, p. 407-413 7 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

2017

  • PublishedThe Political Biographies of Social Workers: A Qualitative Study of the Political Lives of Social Workers
    Gwilym, H., May 2017, In: International Journal of Social, Behavioral, Educational, Economic, Business and Industrial Engineering. 11, 5, p. 1094-1097 4 p., 49.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedThe political identity of social workers in neoliberal times
    Gwilym, H., 1 Mar 2017, In: Critical and Radical Social Work. 5, 1, p. 59-74 16 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

  • PublishedMapping the growth of the Welsh Food Bank Landscape 1998-2015
    Beck, D., Lane, E. E., Gwilym, H. M., Harris, I. & Gwilym, H., 23 Feb 2016, Bangor University.
    Research output: Other contribution

2015

  • PublishedThe Influence of Child Sexual Abuse on the Self from Adult Narrative Perspectives
    Krayer, A. M., Gwilym, H. M., Krayer, A., Seddon, D., Robinson, C. A. & Gwilym, H., 6 Mar 2015, In: Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. 24, 2, p. 135-151
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

  • PublishedAdult survivors and their families: current needs and service responses
    Krayer, A. M., Gwilym, H. M., Seddon, D., Krayer, A., Robinson, C. A., Gwilym, H., McKeown, G. & Hodrien, C., 1 Jan 2012, Unknown Publisher.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

2011

  • PublishedSocial Services for Adults in Wales
    Gwilym, H. M., Gwilym, H. & Williams, C. (ed.), 1 Oct 2011, Social Policy for Social Welfare Practice in a Devolved Wales 2nd Edition. 2011 ed. Venture Press
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • PublishedSocial Work in Wales und im Vereinigten Konigreich.
    Gwilym, H. M., Gwilym, H. & Reimer, J., 1 Jan 2011, In: Sozialmagazin. 36, p. 46-53
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedTrafodaeth feirniadol o gyfraniad defnyddwyr gwasanaeth at addysg gwaith cymdeithasol yng Nghymru
    Gwilym, H. M., Baker, S., Gwilym, H. & Brown, B. J., 1 Jul 2011, In: Gwerddon. 8, p. 28-44
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2007

  • PublishedAdult social services in Wales.
    Gwilym, H. M., Gwilym, H. & Williams, C. (ed.), 1 Jan 2007, Social Policy for Welfare Practice in a Devolved Wales. 2007 ed. Venture Press
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • PublishedCommunity hospitals: a solution to the stigma and dislocation of acute inpatient hospital admission.
    Gwilym, H. M. & Gwilym, H., 1 Mar 2007, In: Journal of Public Mental Health. 6, 1, p. 6-9
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2004

  • PublishedA Community Treatment Paradigm for serious and Enduring Mental Illness in North West Wales.
    Gwilym, H. M., Saycell, K., Sims, J., Hughston-Roberts, J., Lancelot, A., Underwood, P. & Williams, H., 2 Sept 2004, In: Mental Health Practice. 8, 1, p. 18-22
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Activities

2022

  • Citation in House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee Report: The Benefit System in Wales

    Written evidence (BSW0013) was submitted to this enquiry, and subsequently the evidence was used in the writing of the report.

    17 Mar 2022

    Activity: Other (Contributor)

2019

  • The Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee: Benefits in Wales: Options for Better Delivery

    Political Evidence

    2019

    Links:

    • http://senedd.assembly.wales/documents/s87162/BW%2014%20Dr%20David%20Beck%20Dr%20Sara%20Closs-Davies%20Dr%20Hefin%20Gwilym%20Bangor%20University.pdf
    Activity: Consultancy (Consultant)

2017

  • WISERD Civil Society Seminar Series (Academic Paper Presentation – Food Bank use in Wales, Ph.D. Findings)

    16 Mar 2017

    Links:

    • https://wiserd.ac.uk/news/poverty-and-food-banks-wales
    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2016

  • Local Stakeholders’ Conference: Organiser: Mapping Food Poverty. Bangor University

    2016

    Links:

    • https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/files/8192969/2016_Mapping_the_Growth_of_the_Welsh_Food_Bank_Landscape_1998_2015.pdf
    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

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