Academic/Research publications


Knight, R., Demkowicz, O., Sprecher, E., Gomez Bergin, A., Marzetti, H., Petersen, K., Kara, B., Sawrikar, V., White, H., Parsonage-Harrison, J., Wolstencroft, J., Reardon, T., March, A., McIver, L., Jones, H., Clarke, T., Breedvelt, J. and Chatburn, E. (2026) Meeting of minds: imagining the future of child and youth mental health research from an early career perspective. BJPsych Bulletin, 50(1), 49-55. 

Ottaway, H., Fowler, N., McIver, L. and Davidson, L. (2024). Towards modernising adoption in Scotland: A focused mapping review. CELCIS.

McIver, L. & Bettencourt, M. (2024) Virtual schools for care-experienced learners in Scotland: Reflections on an emerging concept in a new context. British Educational Research Journal, 50(3), 1495-1513.

Ottaway, H., McTier, A., Manole, M., Anderson, M., Porter, R., Scott, J., Young, E., Fowler, N., Soraghan, J., McIver, L., Anderson, C.A., and MacKinnon, K. (2023) Children's Services Reform Research: Learning and Implications for Scotland. Concluding Report. CELCIS. 

McTier, A., Manole, M. Scott, J. Young, E., Fowler, N., McIver, L., Anderson, C.A., Porter, R. and Ottaway, H. (2023) Children's Services Reform Research: Scotland’s children’s services landscape: The views and experiences of the children’s services workforce. CELCIS.

Porter, R., Young, E., Scott, J., McIver, L., Mackinnon, K., Fowler, N. and Ottaway, H. (2023) Children's Services Reform Research: Rapid Evidence Review. CELCIS. 

McIver, L. (2023) 'In both camps': Virtual School Head Teachers in Scotland connecting social work and education. Presentation at the Joint Social Work Education and Research Conference (JSWEC), June 2023. 

Giraldi, M., Mitchell., F., Porter, R.B., Reed, D., Jans, V., McIver, L., Manole, M. and McTier, A. (2022) Residential care as an alternative care option: A review of literature within a global context. Child and Family Social Work, 27(4), 825-837.

Leanne holds up a copy of her bound PhD thesis. She is smiling.


McIver, L. and O'Neill, L. (2021) 
Virtual School Head Teacher and Care Experienced Teams Phone Survey: Findings Summary Practice Paper.
CELCIS.