Dr Clive Diaz is a Senior Academic Leader at the Rees Centre for Research in Fostering and Education in the Department, which produces research and evidence on ways to improve children’s social care and education. His research focuses on children’s social care, particularly children and young people’s participation, parental advocacy, and how national policy is implemented in frontline practice.
His work explores how children, parents, and professionals experience decision-making processes within child protection and wider children’s social care systems. He has led a number of research projects examining children’s participation in care reviews, parental advocacy in child protection, and the experiences of families involved with children’s services across the UK and Ireland.
Clive has published over 25 peer-reviewed journal articles and has been Principal Investigator for research studies worth £1.2 million. He brings together academic research, practice, and therapeutic perspectives, drawing on his background as a psychodynamic psychotherapist and former senior local authority social work leader.