Dr Peter Selman
Visiting Fellow
- Email: p.f.selman@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)191 284 3488
- Fax: 0191 222 5421
- Address: Sociology
Claremont Bridge Level
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
I first came to Newcastle University in 1968 and was Head of Department of Social Policy 1994-1999.I took early retirement in 2002 and have held a Visiting Fellowship since then. My early research concentrated on human fertility behaviour and more recently I have focused my interests on the issue of teenage pregnancy, carrying out two studies of the education of young mothers for DfES. Today my main area of research is international adoption on which I have published widely. I am currently Chair of the Network for Intercountry Adoption and a Trustee of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering.
Research Interests
Intercountry Adoption;the demography of adoption; teenage pregnancy and motherhood;
Other Expertise
comparative social policy; demographic change and public policy
Current Work
Trends in international adoption 1998-2006
Selected Publications
- Selman PF. Trends in intercountry adoption: Analysis of data from 20 receiving countries, 1998-2004. Journal of Population Research 2006, 23(2), 183-204.
- Selman PF. Intercountry adoption in the new millennium: the “quiet migration” revisited. Population Research and Policy Review 2002, 21(3), 205-225.
- Selman PF. Scapegoating and moral panics: teenage pregnancy in Britain and the United States. In: Sarah Cunningham-Burley and Lynn Jamieson, ed. Families and the state: changing relationships. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, pp. 159-186.
- Selman PF. Adoption: a cure for (too) many ills?. In: Bowie, Fiona, ed. Cross-cultural approaches to adoption. London: Routledge, 2004, pp. 257-273.
- Hosie ACS; Selman PF. Teenage pregnancy and social exclusion: an exploration of disengagement and re-engagement from the education system. In: Holgate, Helen S.; Evans, Roy; Yuen, Francis K.O, ed. Teenage pregnancy and parenthood: global perspectives, issues and interventions. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2006, pp. 77-94.
- Selman PF. Area-based initiatives in the UK under New Labour: policy-making, implementation and evaluation. Korean Comparative Government Review 2003, 7(2), 1-28.
Projects
- Education for Pregnant Young Women and Young Mothers
Project Leaders: Dr Peter Selman - Evaluation of ESRC Population and Household Change Programme
Project Leaders: Professor Diane Richardson - Evaluation of Local Teenage Pregnancy Strategy - With Particular Reference to Support of Young Mothers
Project Leaders: Dr Dave G. Passmore - Evaluation of the Standards Fund Teenage Pregnancy Grant
Project Leaders: Professor Diane Richardson - Research Project on Intercountry Adoption in Scotland
Project Leaders: Dr Peter Selman - Scottish Executive Adoption Policy Review - Phase 2; Research Consultant
Project Leaders: Dr Peter Selman - Teenage Conceptions in Northumberland
Project Leaders: Professor Diane Richardson - Working with Boys & Young Men - Phase 1
Project Leaders: Professor Diane Richardson - Working with Boys & Young Men - Phase 2
Project Leaders: Professor Diane Richardson
Future Research
Comparison of adoption policy in Spain and the UK;
Intercountry Adoption from Ethiopia
Qualifications
PhD. University of Newcastle, 1977
BA Literae Humaniores, Oxford University, 1964
Undergraduate Teaching
S0C3041: Adoption: a Worldwide Perspective