Haridhan Goswami

Job title: Researcher

Qualifications: BSS (Sociology) University of Dhaka; MSS (Sociology) University of Dhaka; PhD (Inter Cultural Communication) Hiroshima University.

Research interests:

• Application of quantitative methods in social research
• Well-being of children and young people
• Inter-group relations with special emphasis on prejudice and discrimination
• Safeguarding young people

Current research projects:

• National Survey of Young People's Well-being 2010
• Personality and children's subjective well-being
• Public attitudes towards children and young people
• Disabled children and young people’s well-being
• Evaluation of Communicate Together project

Haridhan Goswami’s publications:

Bradshaw J, Keung A, Rees G & Goswami H (2011) 'Children’s Subjective Well-being: International comparative perspectives', Children and Youth Services Review, vol 33, no 4, pages 548-556.

Rees G, Pople L & Goswami H Understanding Children’s Well-being: Links between family economic factors and children’s subjective well-being—Initial findings from Wave 2 and Wave 3 quarterly surveys, London: The Children’s Society, 2011.

Goswami H (2011) 'Social Relationships and Children’s Subjective Well-being', Social Indicators Research, Online First, 26 May 2011.

Rees G, Goswami H & Bradshaw J Developing an Index of Children's Subjective Well-being in England. London: The Children's Society, 2010.

Rees G, Gorin S, Jobe A, Stein M, Medforth R & Goswami H Safeguarding Young People: Responding to young people aged 11 to 17 who are maltreated, London: The Children’s Society, 2010.

Bradshaw J, Rees G, Keung A & Goswami H 'The Subjective Well-being of Children', in McAuley C and Rose W (eds) Child Well-being: Understanding Children’s Lives, London: Jessica Kingsley, 2010.

Rees G, Bradshaw J, Goswami H & Keung A Understanding Children's Well-being: A national survey of young people's well-being, London: The Children’s Society, 2010.

Franks M & Goswami H (2010) 'Rural Runaways: Rurality and its Implications for Services to Children and Young People Who Run Away', Children and Society, vol 24, no 2, pages 123-135.

Goswami H (2004) 'Everyday Forms of Discrimination Experienced by the Minority: An Exploratory Study in a Village in Bangladesh', Journal of International Development and Cooperation, vol 10, no 2, pages 121-150.

Goswami H & Nasreen Z (2003) 'Discourses on Minority Representation: The Case of Hindu Religious Minority in Bangladesh', Himalayan and Central Asian Studies, vol 7, nos 3-4, pages 81-102.

Nasreen Z, Goswami H & Akhtar R (2003) 'Cultural Constructions of the Reproductive Health of Pregnant and Lactating Mothers: Experiences of Some Village Women in Bangladesh. Journal of Asian Women’s Studies, vol 12, pages 62-77.

Goswami H (2001) 'Division of Labour, Anomie and Social Disorganization: A Test of Durkheimian Model in the Context of Bangladesh', The Journal of Social Studies, vol 92, issue April-June, pages 38-60.

Contact details:

Haridhan Goswami, Researcher
The Children's Society Research Unit
2nd Floor, Atlas House
31 Kings Street
Leeds
LS1 2HL

Email: haridhan.goswami@childrenssociety.org.uk

Tel: 0113 246 5131
Fax: 0113 243 6268