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Dr Gwyther Rees

  • Associate Research Fellow
  • Research Director – Children’s Worlds

Areas of expertise

  • Child wellbeing
  • Child maltreatment
  • Looked-after children

Academic biography

From 1990 to 2013 Gwyther worked for The Children’s Society – a national children’s charity in England – most recently as Research Director. During this time he specialised in research on young runaways, adolescent maltreatment and children’s subjective wellbeing. A number of these research projects were undertaken in partnership with University of York.

He also managed a team doing a broader portfolio of research on issues related to disadvantaged and marginalised young people. Since 2013, Gwyther has been studying for a PhD at Cardiff University and has been involved, through an affiliation with University of York in the international Children’s Worlds project, for which he is currently Research Director.

Professional activities

Recent/current advisory positions and other similar activities are:

  • Member of expert panel, Santa Monica Wellbeing Index (funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies)
  • Member of advisory group, MyWEB project: feasibility of implementing a European Longitudinal Study for Children and Young People (EU-funded)
  • Advisory/consultative work for the Children’s Commissioner for Wales
  • Consultative work and member of advisory group for The Children’s Society’s research programme on the neglect of adolescents
  • Joint guest editor of special issue of Children & Youth Services Review

Gwyther Rees

Contact details

Dr Gwyther Rees
Associate Research Fellow
School for Business and Society