Ian F. ShawIan Shaw works part-time in York as Professor of Social Work where he arrived in 2003, following a long career in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University. He has links with universities in Portugal and Denmark. His most cited book s Qualitative Evaluation (1999, SAGE). He was lead editor for the SAGE Handbook of Social Work Research (2010, SAGE) A major revision of an earlier book, Evaluating in Practice (Ashgate) was published in 2011, and, for the same publishers he has completed "Practice and Research: a retrospective collection of essays" (2012). The former is the most original argument he has accomplished in his career. He is contracted to write a book provisionally titled "Social Work, Science and Technology" for Columbia University Press, and is co-authoring "Doing Qualitative Research in Social Work" with Sally Holland, due out in 2014. Read More Read Less