Dr William McGovern

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• Cultivating safe spaces for critical reflection and staff care: Lessons learned through a study exploring lived experiences of child and family social workers, Cavener, J., Lochhead, L., McGovern, W. 1 Feb 2026, In: Child and Family Social Work
• Navigating between spaces: faith based stigma among South Asian and Muslin carers of individuals with problematic drug and alcohol use, Sattar, Z., Shrimpton, L., Alderson, H., Sahito, A., McGovern, R., McGovern, W. 12 Jan 2026, In: Global Discourse
• A qualitative exploration of the implications of a differential multi-agency understanding and interpretation of Domestic Abuse, Sarma, K., McGovern, W., McGovern, R., Smart, D., Barrett, S., Kaner, E., Cooling, V., Hackett, S., Alderson, H., Thomason, P. 31 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Family Violence
• A reply to ‘Perceptions of a UK Bangladeshi community on accessing dementia health and care services within the context of the English National Dementia Strategy’ by Hussain et al, McGovern, W. 4 Dec 2025, In: Global Discourse
• Community asset mapping: An ethical, strength-based approach to co-production and inclusion, Hall, K., Shrimpton, L., Alderson, H., Lhussier, M., McGovern, R., Sattar, Z., Watson, P., McGovern, W. 10 Nov 2025, Public Involvement and Community Engagement in Applied Health and Social Care Research, Leeds, Emerald
• Community Asset Mapping: Promoting Inclusion and Equity and Countering Stigma in Applied Substance Use Research, McGovern, W., Shrimpton, L., Alderson, H., Hall, K., Lhussier, M., Sattar, Z., Watson, P., McGovern, R. 28 Sep 2025, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• Introduction to PICE Work and Themes Within the Collection, McGovern, W., Lhussier, M., Alderson, H., Bareham , B. 10 Nov 2025, Public Involvement and Community Engagement in Applied Health and Social Care Research, Leeds, Emerald
• Public Involvement and Community Engagement in Applied Health and Social Care Research: Critical Perspectives and Innovative practice, McGovern, W., Alderson, H., Bareham, B., Lhussier, M. 1 Dec 2025
• Putting the Onus on the Offenders: Implementing Project Cautioning and Relationship Abuse Awareness Raising Workshops for Alleged First-Time Offenders of Domestic Violence and Abuse, Alderson, H., Morgan, S., Roy , J., Armitage, R., McGovern, R., McGovern, W., Shrimpton, L., Hazan, E., Scott, S. 23 Dec 2025, In: Violence Against Women
• Seen and heard: Women and mother’s experiences of navigating a drug and alcohol recovery community, Shrimpton, L., Alderson, H., Hall, K., Lhussier, M., McGovern, R., Sattar, Z., McGovern, W. 22 Dec 2025, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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• Substance Misuse Support for Military Veterans in Newcastle, Graham, P. (Principal Investigator), McGovern, W. (Co Investigator), Newcastle City Council, 02/09/24 - 31/03/25, £25,000.00
• Making every community asset count: improving health and reducing inequalities for people experiencing homelessness, Cooper, C. (Principal Investigator), McGovern, W. (Co Investigator), Arts & Humanities Research Council, 01/02/24 - 31/01/27, £1,255,235.00
• Half Day CPD event, McGovern, W. (Principal Investigator), Newcastle City Council, 27/11/23 - 27/11/23, £2,744.00
• Exploring Non-clinical Drug and Alcohol harm and service access experiences of British South Asian youth, Sattar, Z. (Principal Investigator), McGovern, W. (Co Investigator), Newcastle City Council, 01/04/23 - 31/03/24, £24,211.00
• Community Asset Mapping the Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Services, Organisations and Recovery Groups in the Newcastle Area, McGovern, W. (Principal Investigator), Newcastle City Council, 01/02/23 - 31/01/24, £49,971.00
• Building and Evidencing Community Asset Partnerships in Housing and Health to address Health Disparities in North East North Cumbria, Lhussier, M. (Principal Investigator), McGovern, W. (Co Investigator), UK Research and Innovation, 01/11/22 - 31/07/23, £195,356.00

Paris Selby-Grace TBC ***JWh 11/09/2025*** Start Date: 01/10/2025

• Sociology PhD December 08 2017
• Professional Development PGCert September 26 2014
• Community Work MA September 01 2004
• BA (Hons) July 31 2003
• Youth and Community Worker DipYCW 2000
• Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2014

Addison, M.; Stockdale, K.; McGovern, R.; McGovern, W.; McKinnon, I.; Crowe, L.; Hogan, L.; and Kaner, E. (2017 submitted) Exploring the intersections between Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) and other substance use in a police custody suite setting in the North East of England, Special issue of Drugs, Education, Policy and Practice

Addison M, Stockdale K, McGovern R, McGovern W, McKinnon I, Crowe L, Hogan L, Kaner E. Exploring Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS) use and its consequences for police practitioners and substance users in the North East of England. N8 Policing Research Partnership, 2017

James, D. Hall, A. Lombardo, C. and McGovern, W. (2014) "A video feedback intervention for workforce development: exploring staff perspective using longitudinal qualitative methodology" Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities.

McKenna, L., Graham, P., Goss, J., Gallagher. J. Robson, I., McGovern, W. (2012) “Social Impact Assessment of SAFC Foundation of Light’s Wider Family Learning Programme”, Evaluation Report, for the SAFC Foundation of Light (Unpublished)

McGovern, W. (2012) Guide to the toxic trio: Managing multiple parental problems, substance use, mental health and domestic abuse, Community Care Inform.

McGovern, R. and McGovern, W. (2011) Voluntary risk-taking and heavy-end crack cocaine use: An edgework perspective. Health, Risk & Society, 13 (5). pp. 487-500. ISSN 1369-8575.