Professor Paul Willis

Paul is Professor of Adult Social Care, a registered social worker, and the inaugural Director of CARE - the Centre for Adult Social Care Research, based in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University. He qualified as a social worker in Tasmania, Australia and has been a social work educator for 15 years. His research background is in social gerontology and his research focuses on issues of social inclusion and care in later life, particularly for older people belonging to minoritised groups with care and support needs. Areas of research interest and expertise: housing, ageing and social inclusion; unpaid carers and social isolation; loneliness, ageing and later life; older men's social connections; sexuality, gender identity and ageing; LGBTQ+ ageing; social work with older people; inclusive social care practices and services.

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Director of new Cardiff University research centre appointed (28 September 2023)