Myfanwy Franks

Job title: Senior Researcher

Qualifications:

• CQSW Professional Qualification in Social Work, University of Bristol
• BA (Joint Hons) 1st Class, Theology and Religious Studies, University of Leeds
• MA Women's Studies, University of Bradford, Department of Social Studies
• PhD Thesis: 'Choosing a Gendered Solution: Why do some women embrace Islamic and Protestant Revivalisms in Britain today?' University of York

Research interests:

• Diversity and social inclusion
• Gender and ethnicity
• Children on the margins of society
• Runaway and street involved children
• Diasporic communities
• Religious diversity
• Gender, faith and empowerment
• Research methodologies and diversity
• Participation research
• Social research ethics

Myfanwy Franks' publications:

Peer reviewed journals - children and young people

Franks M (2011) 'Pockets of Participation: Revisiting Child-Centred Participation Research', Children and Society, vol 25, issue 1, pages 12-15.

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.

Franks M (2009) 'Pockets of Participation: Revisiting Child-Centred Participation Research', Children and Society (early view) DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2009.00261.x

Franks M & Medforth R (2005) 'Young helpline callers and difference: exploring gender, ethnicity and sexuality in helpline access and provision', Child and Family Social Work, vol 10, pages 77-85.

Peer reviewed journals - gender/faith/ethnicity

Franks M (2000) 'Crossing the borders of whiteness? White Muslim women who wear the hijab in Britain today', The Journal of Ethnic and Racial Studies, September 2000, pages 917-929.

Franks M (2001) 'Caught in the Crossfire: A case of mistaken identity among religious revivalists and secularists' Culture and Religion, vol 2, no 2, Autumn, pages 223-238.

Afshar H, Franks M, Maynard M, & Wray S (2002) 'Gender, Ethnicity and Empowerment in Later Life', Quality in Ageing, vol 3, issue 1, March 2002, pages 27-33.

Franks M (2002) 'Feminisms and Cross-ideological Feminist Social Research: Standpoint, Situatedness and Positionality - Developing Cross-ideological Feminist Research' Journal of International Women's Studies, vol 3, no 2, May - http://www.bridgew.edu/soas/jiws/June02/feministsocialresearch.pdf

Afshar H, Aitken R & Franks M (2005) ‘Feminisms, Islamophobia and Identities’ Political Studies, vol 53, issue 2, pages 262-284.

Franks M (2005) 'Islamic feminist strategies in the West: How feminist are they?', Comparative Islamic Studies, vols 1-2, December 2005, pages 197-224.

Knott K & Franks M (2007) 'Secular Values and the location of religion: A spatial analysis of an English medical centre', Health and Place, vol 13, issue 1, pages 224-237.

Books:

Franks M Women and Revivalisms in the West: Choosing 'Fundamentalism' in a Liberal Democracy, Houndsmills: Macmillan now Palgrave, 2001.

Afshar H, Franks M, Maynard M & Wray S Women in Later Life: Exploring Race and Ethnicity, Open University Press, 2008.

Chapters in books:

Afshar H, Aitken R & Franks M ‘Islamophobia and Women of Pakistani Descent in Bradford: The Crisis of Ascribed and Adopted Identities’ in H Moghissi (ed) The Making of the Islamic Diaspora, London: Routledge, 2006.

Alimos-Metcalfe & Franks M 'Gender and Leadership' in T Swanwick & McKimm (eds) ABC of Clinical Leadership, BMJ Books, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

Selected reports – children and young people:

Rees G, Franks M, Raws P & Medforth R Responding to Young Runaways: an Evaluation of 19 Projects, 2003-2004, Research Report 643, Department for Education and Skills, 2005. For the full report click here.

Franks M & Rees G Safe on our Streets – Manchester: Evaluation of CYPU-funded Runaways Work, April 2003 to June 2004, London: The Children’s Society, 2005.

Ureche H, Manning J & Franks M That’s Who I Am: Experiences of Young Romanian Rroma in London, London: The Children’s Society, 2005.

Franks M Safeguarding children in the African Refugee Community in Newcastle, The Children’s Society, 2006. For the full report click here.

Franks M Count Us In: Consultation with young refugees on inclusion in schools, The Children’s Society, 2006. For the full report click here.

Franks M Girls Only: a review of the work of Girls United, Tower Hamlets 2004-06: The Children’s Society, 2007. For the full report click here.

Ureche H & Franks M This is Who We Are: A Study of the experiences of Rroma, Gypsy and Traveller children throughout England, London: the Children’s Society, 2008. For the full report click here.

Rees G, Franks M, Medforth R & Wade J Commissioning, Delivery and Perceptions of Emergency Accommodation for Young Runaways, DCSF, 2009. For the full report click here.

Smeaton E & Franks M (Paradigm Research) Best Practice in the Commissioning and Delivery of Emergency Accommodation in Scotland for Children and Young People Who Run Away. Edinburgh: The Scottish Government, 2011. For full report click here.

Other

Franks M (2011) ‘The Worst Thing Was the Food: A Polish Girls Survival and Resistance', Peace x Peace, 9 February 2011. For full report click here.

Selected reports not publicly disseminated:

Franks M (2004) Evaluation on Rerun Project, Dorset (Report provided by The Children’s Society Research Unit to project but not publicly disseminated).

Franks M, Medforth R & Rees G (2003) The capacity and effectiveness of three national helplines in meeting the needs of young runaways: Final report on feasibility study, February to June 2003 (Report provided by The Children’s Society Research Unit to commissioning organisations – ChildLine, Message Home & Get Connected – but not publicly disseminated).

Franks M & Medforth R (2007) Review of the Work Of New Londoners (Report provided by The Children’s Society Research Unit to project but not publicly disseminated).

Franks, M and Medforth R (2009) STARS Birmingham and STARS Nottingham: Learning form Practice: (Report provided by The Children’s Society Research Unit to project but not publicly disseminated).

Contact details:

Dr Myfanwy Franks, Senior Researcher
The Children's Society Research Unit
2nd Floor, Atlas House
31 King Street
Leeds LS1 2HL

Email: myfanwy.franks@childrenssociety.org.uk

Tel: 0113 246 5131
Fax: 0113 243 6268