Raya Al Maamari

Contact

• workRoom A35 Law and Social Sciences
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• Raya.AlMaamari@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

I am currently undertaking a PhD in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Nottingham. I hold a BA degree in Social Work from the Sultan Qaboos University in Oman, and an MA in International Social Work and Community Development from the University of Durham in the UK.

Expertise Summary

• (2016 - 2018) a lecturer at the sociology and social work department, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman.

• (2013 - 2016) a demonstrator at the sociology and social work department, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman.

Research Summary

Current Status

PhD (full-time) - currently registered

Research Topic Title

Social Wor; Practice in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters: A Qualitative Inquiry in the Sultanate of Oman

Research Summary

My PhD research is a qualitative project aims to explore social work practice in the aftermath of natural disasters in Oman, in order to provide a response framework.

Research Supervisors

Siobhan Laird - Associate Professor in Social Work

Lisa Warwick - Assistant Professor of Social Work

Recent Publications

• ELSHERBINY, MOHAMED MOHAMED K. and AL MAAMARI, RAYA HAMED H., 2020. Game-based learning through mobile phone apps: effectively enhancing learning for social work students SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION.
• ELSHERBINY, MOHAMED MOHAMED K. and AL MAAMARI, RAYA H., 2018. The Effectiveness of Logotherapy in Mitigating the Social Isolation of neglected Institutionalised Older People BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK. 48(4), 1090-1108
• HASSAN, SAMIR IBRAHIM, AL-AWADI, TALAL BIN YUSUF, AL-KINDI, ABDULLAH BIN KHAMIS and AL MAAMARI, RAYA, 2016. The higher education Opportunities for The Deaf and The Mute : A case study of Al Amal School in Muscat Journal of Social Affairs: A Refereed Quarterly Journal. 33(129), 761132

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Past Research

Research Topic Title:

Exploring and mitigating the causes of Islamophobia in the UK from the perspective of social work practitioners in the North East of England.

Research Supervisor:

Vasilios Ioakimidis - Professor in Social Work

• ELSHERBINY, MOHAMED MOHAMED K. and AL MAAMARI, RAYA HAMED H., 2020. Game-based learning through mobile phone apps: effectively enhancing learning for social work students SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION.
• ELSHERBINY, MOHAMED MOHAMED K. and AL MAAMARI, RAYA H., 2018. The Effectiveness of Logotherapy in Mitigating the Social Isolation of neglected Institutionalised Older People BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK. 48(4), 1090-1108
• HASSAN, SAMIR IBRAHIM, AL-AWADI, TALAL BIN YUSUF, AL-KINDI, ABDULLAH BIN KHAMIS and AL MAAMARI, RAYA, 2016. The higher education Opportunities for The Deaf and The Mute : A case study of Al Amal School in Muscat Journal of Social Affairs: A Refereed Quarterly Journal. 33(129), 761132