Profile

Dr George Palattiyil is a Senior Lecturer & Head of Social Work at the University of Edinburgh and a Senior Fellow of the UK’s Higher Education Academy. His teaching and research interests are in the area of forced migration and refugees, human rights, individuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS and older people. He is the founding Convenor of the Global Refugee Health Research Network, which aims to promote collaborative research and knowledge exchange activities. He has published widely in international journals and coedited ‘Social Work in a Global Context – Issues and Challenges (Routledge, 2016).