Peter Beresford OBE, FAcSS, FRSA was born on 1 May 1945 and is a British academic, writer, researcher and activist best known for his work in the field of citizen participation and user involvement, areas of study he helped to create and develop.
19 Facts About Peter Beresford
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Peter Beresford was awarded a PhD on Citizen Involvement in Public Policy by Middlesex University in 1997.
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Peter Beresford was senior social worker at St John's Hospice, London, until 2016, and subsequently a welfare rights worker.
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Peter Beresford is a member of the BSA Owners Club and has an ex-WD BSA M20 despatch rider's bike.
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Between 1975 and 1977 Beresford was lecturer in Social Administration at Lancaster University, but left because of his growing concerns about the non-participatory nature of public policy.
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Peter Beresford was appointed part-time senior lecturer in Social Policy at the West London Institute for Higher Education in 1990.
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Peter Beresford is a pioneer of a new participatory approach to social policy as both discipline and public policy based on inclusive public involvement, sustainability and valuing diversity.
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Peter Beresford has long term personal experience of using mental health services and of the welfare benefits system.
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Peter Beresford is actively involved in Disability Studies and Mad Studies.
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Peter Beresford's illustrated pamphlet 'It's Our Lives' anticipated subsequent discussion of 'epistemic injustice' and highlighted the way in which the devaluing of experiential knowledge added another layer of discrimination to that already facing groups experiencing oppression and marginalization.
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Peter Beresford was co-founder and chair of Shaping Our Lives, the independent, national disabled people's and service users' organisation and network that is committed to improving the quality of support available to service users and increasing their say and control over their lives.
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Peter Beresford has been a trustee of the Social Care Institute for Excellence, the National Skills Academy for Social Care and Skills For Care as well as being a member of government advisory groups and committees.
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Peter Beresford was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2008 New Year's honours list, 'for services to social care'.
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Peter Beresford was appointed Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in 2006.
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Peter Beresford is emeritus professor at Brunel University London, visiting professor at Edge Hill University and the University of East Anglia and Fellow of the School of Social Care Research.
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Peter Beresford was awarded the title of 'Adjunct Professor in Citizen Participation and User Involvement' at the University of Southern Denmark in May 2021.
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Peter Beresford is identified as an award-winning leader in social work and social care:.
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Peter Beresford has written and edited 30 books, over 110 journal articles and 130 book chapters.
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Peter Beresford has been a frequent contributor to The Guardian newspaper writing on social policy, social care and broader social issues.