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Dr Kim Hall

Assistant Professor

Department: Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing

Kim is an Assistant Professor in Children and Young People in the School of Communities and Education at Northumbria University. She serves as Year One Cohort Lead on the BA (Hons) Childhood and Early Years Studies programme and teaches across all three years. Her teaching focuses on children's play as a vehicle for learning, children’s and young people's literature, contemporary perspectives of childhood and youth, and employability skills development.

Kim also leads modules delivered at Northumbria’s partner institution, Kaplan Singapore, and acts as Academic Partnership Co-ordinator for Transnational Undergraduate Education for both the BA (Hons) Childhood and Early Years Studies and the BA (Hons) Guidance and Counselling programmes.

Her research explores issues of social justice and inclusion, with a particular focus on co-designed methodologies. Building on her doctoral work, Kim collaborates with marginalised communities to develop creative and participatory approaches to research and change-making. She is currently working with a local kinship care group to evaluate access to and the impact of holiday experiences for kinship families, aiming to raise awareness of everday challenges. Her broader research interests include anti-stigma interventions, mapping recovery services for people with substance use experience, and understanding children's and young people’s perspectives on climate change.

Before joining Northumbria, Kim worked in the voluntary sector, managing projects and working collaboratively with parents and families in marginalised communities to facilitate change.

Kim holds a PhD in Philosophy, a BA (Hons) in Young Children & Childhood Studies from Northumbria University, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Adult Education. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Kim Hall

Campus Address

Room H213, Coach Lane Campus (East)
Northumbria University
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE7 7XA, UK

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Community Asset Mapping: An Ethical Strengths-based Approach to Co-production and Inclusion, Hall, K., Lochhead, L., Alderson, H., Lhussier, M., McGovern, R., Sattar, Z., Watson, P., McGovern, W. 10 Nov 2025, Public Involvement and Community Engagement in Applied Health and Social Care Research, Leeds, United Kingdom, Emerald
  • ‘This unusual lifestyle is full of highs and lows’: exploring social harms with kinship carers in North East England, Hall, K., Grimshaw, L., Graham, P. 11 Apr 2025, In: Families, Relationships and Societies
  • Kinship Caring: Findings from an Arts-Based Participatory Study Exploring Stories of Family Practices, Hall, K. 20 Jun 2023, 16th International Family Nursing Conference

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Oral presentation: Children Growing up in Kinship Care: Understanding young children’s home and educational experiences 2024
  • Invited talk: Play as a Vehicle to Facilitate Learning for All Children 2024
  • Organising a conference, workshop, ...: North East Kinship Care Researchers' Network 2024
  • Oral presentation: Family Life – Troubling Family Relations and Practices, The 11th ESRF Conference 2023

  • Philosophy PhD February 28 2023
  • Childcare BA June 30 2010


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