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Dr Cindy Corliss
(she/her)
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Research Associate, CASCADE
Overview
I am a researcher in CASCADE, the Children's Social Care Research and Development Centre, here at Cardiff University.
Other research interests include cyberbullying, childhood mental health, young people and social media, and LGBT+ identities.
Publication
2025
- Purcell, C. et al., 2025. Understanding the impact of regulatory reforms in children’s residential care: Findings from an evidence review. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care 24 (1), pp.123-147. (10.17868/strath.00092783)
2024
- Maxwell, N. and Corliss, C. 2024. I am not going to lie; some people do not even want to talk: Co-design with vulnerable groups affected by child criminal exploitation. Children & Society 38 (5), pp.1692-1713. (10.1111/chso.12833)
- Westlake, D. et al. 2024. Social workers in schools: A feasibility study of three local authorities. Journal of Social Work 24 (5), pp.607-626. (10.1177/14680173241258927)
2023
- Corliss, C. 2023. Selfies, Snapchat and keeping safe: Impressions of social media and cyberbullying from looked after children and young people with care experience in Wales. Adoption & Fostering 47 (3), pp.262-276. (10.1177/03085759231204060)
- Rees, A. et al. 2023. Fostering wellbeing: placing foster carers centre stage. Adoption and Fostering 47 (4), pp.453-470. (10.1177/03085759231208460)
- Roberts, L. M. et al. 2023. Exploring online experiences, cyberbullying and wellbeing for young people looked after in Wales: An analysis of the school health research network 2017/18 survey. Developmental Child Welfare 5 (4), pp.204-222. (10.1177/25161032231204967)
2022
- Corliss, C. et al. 2022. The views of local authorities in England on how to prevent children being in care. Child Care in Practice 28 (4), pp.576-592. (10.1080/13575279.2021.1975648)
- Westlake, D. et al. 2022. Devolved budgets in Children’s Social Care: A logic model based on three pilot evaluations. British Journal of Social Work 52 (7), pp.3999-4020. (10.1093/bjsw/bcac019)
2021
- Roberts, L. et al. 2021. ‘It’s been a massive struggle’: Exploring the experiences of young people leaving care during COVID-19. Young 29 (4S), pp.S81-S99. (10.1177/11033088211025949)
- Roberts, L. et al. 2021. Corporate parenting in a pandemic: Considering the delivery and receipt of support to care leavers in Wales during Covid-19. Children and Youth Services Review 128 106155. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106155)
2020
- Maxwell, N. and Corliss, C. 2020. Good practice in youth violence prevention: A mapping and horizon scanning review.
- Maxwell, N. and Corliss, C. 2020. Implementing co-productive practice with public services: messages from the research.
- Roberts, L. et al. 2020. Young people leaving care, practitioners and the coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic: experiences, support, and lessons for the future. Project Report.CASCADE/Cardiff University.
- Westlake, D. et al. 2020. Devolved budgets: an evaluation of pilots in three local authorities in England. Project Report.[Online].London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC_Devolved_Budgets_Full_Report_March_2020_FINAL.pdf.
- Westlake, D. et al. 2020. Social workers in schools: an evaluation of pilots in three local authorities in England. Project Report.[Online].London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC_Social-Workers-in-Schools_pilot-study_full-report_May-2020.pdf.
2019
- Rees, A. et al. 2019. Final Report for Evaluation of Fostering Wellbeing Programme 2019.
- Scourfield, J. et al. 2019. Overview of administrative data on children's social care in England. Project Report.[Online].London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC_Overview_of_administrative_data_Oct_2019.pdf.
2018
- Addis, S. et al. 2018. Reducing the need for children to enter into care: a survey of approaches used by local authorities in England. Project Report.[Online].London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Reducing_the_number_of_children_in_statutory_care_a_survey_of_local_authorities.pdf.
Articles
- Corliss, C. 2023. Selfies, Snapchat and keeping safe: Impressions of social media and cyberbullying from looked after children and young people with care experience in Wales. Adoption & Fostering 47 (3), pp.262-276. (10.1177/03085759231204060)
- Corliss, C. et al. 2022. The views of local authorities in England on how to prevent children being in care. Child Care in Practice 28 (4), pp.576-592. (10.1080/13575279.2021.1975648)
- Maxwell, N. and Corliss, C. 2024. I am not going to lie; some people do not even want to talk: Co-design with vulnerable groups affected by child criminal exploitation. Children & Society 38 (5), pp.1692-1713. (10.1111/chso.12833)
- Purcell, C. et al., 2025. Understanding the impact of regulatory reforms in children’s residential care: Findings from an evidence review. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care 24 (1), pp.123-147. (10.17868/strath.00092783)
- Rees, A. et al. 2023. Fostering wellbeing: placing foster carers centre stage. Adoption and Fostering 47 (4), pp.453-470. (10.1177/03085759231208460)
- Roberts, L. M. et al. 2023. Exploring online experiences, cyberbullying and wellbeing for young people looked after in Wales: An analysis of the school health research network 2017/18 survey. Developmental Child Welfare 5 (4), pp.204-222. (10.1177/25161032231204967)
- Roberts, L. et al. 2021. ‘It’s been a massive struggle’: Exploring the experiences of young people leaving care during COVID-19. Young 29 (4S), pp.S81-S99. (10.1177/11033088211025949)
- Roberts, L. et al. 2021. Corporate parenting in a pandemic: Considering the delivery and receipt of support to care leavers in Wales during Covid-19. Children and Youth Services Review 128 106155. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106155)
- Westlake, D. et al. 2022. Devolved budgets in Children’s Social Care: A logic model based on three pilot evaluations. British Journal of Social Work 52 (7), pp.3999-4020. (10.1093/bjsw/bcac019)
- Westlake, D. et al. 2024. Social workers in schools: A feasibility study of three local authorities. Journal of Social Work 24 (5), pp.607-626. (10.1177/14680173241258927)
Monographs
- Addis, S. et al. 2018. Reducing the need for children to enter into care: a survey of approaches used by local authorities in England. Project Report.[Online].London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Reducing_the_number_of_children_in_statutory_care_a_survey_of_local_authorities.pdf.
- Maxwell, N. and Corliss, C. 2020. Good practice in youth violence prevention: A mapping and horizon scanning review.
- Maxwell, N. and Corliss, C. 2020. Implementing co-productive practice with public services: messages from the research.
- Rees, A. et al. 2019. Final Report for Evaluation of Fostering Wellbeing Programme 2019.
- Roberts, L. et al. 2020. Young people leaving care, practitioners and the coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic: experiences, support, and lessons for the future. Project Report.CASCADE/Cardiff University.
- Scourfield, J. et al. 2019. Overview of administrative data on children's social care in England. Project Report.[Online].London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC_Overview_of_administrative_data_Oct_2019.pdf.
- Westlake, D. et al. 2020. Devolved budgets: an evaluation of pilots in three local authorities in England. Project Report.[Online].London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC_Devolved_Budgets_Full_Report_March_2020_FINAL.pdf.
- Westlake, D. et al. 2020. Social workers in schools: an evaluation of pilots in three local authorities in England. Project Report.[Online].London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC_Social-Workers-in-Schools_pilot-study_full-report_May-2020.pdf.
Research
My current research project focuses on the online lives of looked after children, and is the first of its kind in Wales. This mixed-methods research study seeks to understand what the online lives of looked after children are like and whether they experience cyberbullying at a different rate than their peers. In addition, what risk factors they face and what advantages going online has for this population will also be explored.
Previous research:
Devolved budgets: An Evaluation of Pilots in Three Local Authorities in England
Social Workers in Schools: An Evaluation of a Pilot in Three Local Authorities in England
Biography
Education
- University of Glasgow (2012-2016) PhD in Education
- University of Glasgow (2010-2011) MSc in Education
- Anna Maria College (2000-2004) MEd in Elementary Education
- Clark University (1993-1997)- BA in Sociology
Academic Positions
- Research Associate- CASCADE, Cardiff University 2017-present
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- children's social care
- Social Media
- cyberbullying
- bullying