Jonathan’s research interests centre on social work and welfare, conflict and violence, and he has recently been conducting cross-cultural research with colleagues in Southeast Asia.
He was pivotal in developing the best-selling Transforming Social Work Practice series of text books and has published widely on disadvantage; marginalisation and violence; Southeast Asia; religion; social work; and welfare education internationally. Jonathan is also a visiting Professor at three Malaysian universities and has written opinion pieces for Times Higher Education and The Conversation.