Alison Halford
Biographic Data
| ID | 313636 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison Halford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison |
| FAMILY NAME | Halford |
| SIGNATURE | HALFORD A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Coventry University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6129-6544 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Your Lord has not forsaken you”: Interrogating socio-political and theological reasons for the lack of adopters and foster carers from Muslim backgrounds in Britain
Irish Mormonism: Reconciling Identity in Global Mormonism, by Hazel O’BRIEN
Review of Irish Mormonism: Reconciling Identity in Global Mormonism, by HAZEL O’BRIEN Get access Arrow Irish Mormonism: Reconciling Identity in Global Mormonism, by HAZEL O’BRIENChicago: University of Illinois Press, 2023, 209 pp.; $26.00.
Clogs and Shawls: Mormons, Moorlands, and the Search for Zion
Despite the oldest continuous Mormon congregations being in Britain, when recruiting for my study on British Mormon women, I found few British Latter-day Saint families that went beyond fifth-generation members. The institutional Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may have stopped the systemic dismantling of wards and branches through migration to Utah by the turn of the twentieth century, but the consequences of asset-stripping British …
From Theory to Practice: A review of co-design methods for humanitarian energy ecosystems
Our planet is currently in the midst of a global humanitarian crisis. Yet, there is a widening gap between over 80 million displaced people and the political will to meet their needs. Improving energy access in the displaced setting to build capacity and resilience requires meaningful integration of the needs of communities throughout the design, delivery and evaluation process within the socio-technical energy system. This paper aims to explore …
Off the boil? The challenges of monitoring cooking behaviour in refugee settlements
To address the need for improved access to energy and meet the United Nations Clean Energy Challenge (2019), humanitarian agencies require robust, valid, and meaningful data that documents the everyday energy practices of displaced people. Collecting data through sensor monitoring is one way of providing quality energy data that will aid humanitarian actors in designing and delivering sustainable affordable energy solutions. Using the case of the…
The Politics of Matching: Ethnicity, Religion and Muslim-heritage Children in Care in the UK
In 2014, in order to improve outcomes for children from ethnic minority backgrounds and to speed up the adoption process, the UK government changed the Children and Families Act. The legal requirement on adoption agencies to consider ethnicity in the decision around ‘matching’ was removed, thus clearing the way for transracial placements. This article interrogates the impact of the change in law on social work practice around adoption, using the …
Unpacking Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Mormonism
Come, Follow Me’, The Sacralising of the Home, and The Guardian of the Family: How Do European Women Negotiate the Domestic Space in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
In October 2018, the Prophet Russell M. Nelson informed members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that the Church teaching curriculum would shift focus away from lessons taught on Sunday. Instead, members were now asked to engage with ‘home-centred, church-supported’ religious instruction using the Church materials ‘Come, Follow Me’. In a religion where Church leaders still defend the idealised family structure of a stay-at-home …
The Salience of Islam to Muslim Heritage Children's Experiences of Identity, Family, and Well-Being in Foster Care
All children need permanent and secure homes in which they can explore their identities and evolve as human beings, citizens, and family members, and within which can they have a sense of security, continuity, stability, and belonging. There are approximately 4500 children of Muslim heritage in the care system in England and Wales, and this number is increasing. Using case studies that emerged from qualitative fieldwork, this article examines the…
The Salience of Islam to Muslim Heritage Children's Experiences of Identity, Family, and Well-Being in Foster Care
All children need permanent and secure homes in which they can explore their identities and evolve as human beings, citizens, and family members, and within which can they have a sense of security, continuity, stability, and belonging. There are approximately 4500 children of Muslim heritage in the care system in England and Wales, and this number is increasing. Using case studies that emerged from qualitative fieldwork, this article examines the…
The Politics of Matching: Ethnicity, Religion and Muslim-heritage Children in Care in the UK
In 2014, in order to improve outcomes for children from ethnic minority backgrounds and to speed up the adoption process, the UK government changed the Children and Families Act. The legal requirement on adoption agencies to consider ethnicity in the decision around ‘matching’ was removed, thus clearing the way for transracial placements. This article interrogates the impact of the change in law on social work practice around adoption, using the …
Unpacking Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Mormonism
Come, Follow Me’, The Sacralising of the Home, and The Guardian of the Family: How Do European Women Negotiate the Domestic Space in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
In October 2018, the Prophet Russell M. Nelson informed members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that the Church teaching curriculum would shift focus away from lessons taught on Sunday. Instead, members were now asked to engage with ‘home-centred, church-supported’ religious instruction using the Church materials ‘Come, Follow Me’. In a religion where Church leaders still defend the idealised family structure of a stay-at-home …
The Salience of Islam to Muslim Heritage Children's Experiences of Identity, Family, and Well-Being in Foster Care
All children need permanent and secure homes in which they can explore their identities and evolve as human beings, citizens, and family members, and within which can they have a sense of security, continuity, stability, and belonging. There are approximately 4500 children of Muslim heritage in the care system in England and Wales, and this number is increasing. Using case studies that emerged from qualitative fieldwork, this article examines the…
Clogs and Shawls: Mormons, Moorlands, and the Search for Zion
Despite the oldest continuous Mormon congregations being in Britain, when recruiting for my study on British Mormon women, I found few British Latter-day Saint families that went beyond fifth-generation members. The institutional Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may have stopped the systemic dismantling of wards and branches through migration to Utah by the turn of the twentieth century, but the consequences of asset-stripping British …
From Theory to Practice: A review of co-design methods for humanitarian energy ecosystems
Our planet is currently in the midst of a global humanitarian crisis. Yet, there is a widening gap between over 80 million displaced people and the political will to meet their needs. Improving energy access in the displaced setting to build capacity and resilience requires meaningful integration of the needs of communities throughout the design, delivery and evaluation process within the socio-technical energy system. This paper aims to explore …
Off the boil? The challenges of monitoring cooking behaviour in refugee settlements
To address the need for improved access to energy and meet the United Nations Clean Energy Challenge (2019), humanitarian agencies require robust, valid, and meaningful data that documents the everyday energy practices of displaced people. Collecting data through sensor monitoring is one way of providing quality energy data that will aid humanitarian actors in designing and delivering sustainable affordable energy solutions. Using the case of the…
The Politics of Matching: Ethnicity, Religion and Muslim-heritage Children in Care in the UK
In 2014, in order to improve outcomes for children from ethnic minority backgrounds and to speed up the adoption process, the UK government changed the Children and Families Act. The legal requirement on adoption agencies to consider ethnicity in the decision around ‘matching’ was removed, thus clearing the way for transracial placements. This article interrogates the impact of the change in law on social work practice around adoption, using the …
Irish Mormonism: Reconciling Identity in Global Mormonism, by Hazel O’BRIEN
Review of Irish Mormonism: Reconciling Identity in Global Mormonism, by HAZEL O’BRIEN Get access Arrow Irish Mormonism: Reconciling Identity in Global Mormonism, by HAZEL O’BRIENChicago: University of Illinois Press, 2023, 209 pp.; $26.00.
Your Lord has not forsaken you”: Interrogating socio-political and theological reasons for the lack of adopters and foster carers from Muslim backgrounds in Britain
Sociology (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Mormonism, Religion, and History (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (2 works)