Marian Barnes

University of Brighton

Marian Barnes is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the University of Brighton. Now retired, her research has focused on care, ageing, and mental health. She is well known for her use of participatory research methods and studies of user involvement and collective action by service users. She has been published widely with titles such as ‘Taking Over the Asylum: empowerment and mental health’ (2001, with Ric Bowl, Palgrave), and ‘Care in Everyday Life’ (2012, Policy Press).

Books published with us

Title Re-Imagining Old Age: Wellbeing, care and participation [Hardback]
Edition 1st
ISBN 978-1-62273-071-1
Published in February 2018