Professor Heather Lynch
Professor
Department of Social WorkHeather Lynch is Professor of Social Work at Glasgow Caledonian University UK. Her research interests are in biopolitical theory, environmental philosophy and more than human communities. She is the Principal Investigator of Muir is Tir, a NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) funded project that explores community adaptation to coastal change in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides.
She has also led projects that explore community in Swedish suburbs, precarity in Glasgow Housing schemes, and Roma and gender. She has co-edited special editions for the European Journal of Social Theory, Ethics and Welfare and Social Work and Society. She is co-editor of Elgar’s book series, Social Work Futures and co-convenes the More-than-human significant interest group for the European Social Work Research Association.
She has published numerous articles on topics such as multi-species community, ethics in criminal justice, policy and desire, the politics of digital storytelling and precarity in public health.