Dr Fadi Baghdadi

Research Officer

Health Data Science

+44 (0) 1792 513409

fadi.baghdadi@swansea.ac.uk

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

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About

Dr Fadi Baghdadi is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Swansea University's Medical School. His research adopts the principles of Participatory Action Research (PAR) to strengthen child protection systems in North Africa. He also manages the NIHR funded study "BE SURE," exploring ethnic minorities' emergency care service use for injuries compared to that of white British patients in the United Kingdom.

Dr Baghdadi was awarded a PhD from the University of Sydney, focusing on migration and settlement experiences within a Lebanese community in Australia. During this time, he also taught 58 modules across 25 courses at the University of Sydney and the University of Technology Sydney. Following his doctoral studies, Dr Baghdadi gained practical experience supporting NGOs in Taroudant, Southern Morocco, working on child safeguarding projects funded by the EU, UN, UNICEF, and other INGOs.

Dr Baghdadi currently collaborates with researchers and third sector organisations working in child health and safeguarding in Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, and the UK as well as other key international experts. His research aims to support local stakeholders develop interventions to reduce child maltreatment and institutionalisation.

Areas Of Expertise

Participatory Action Research
Global Child Health
Child Protection & Social Work in LMICs
Qualitative Research Methods
Sociology
Migration Studies
Gender & Cultural Studies
Citizenship, Ethnicity, & Nationalism

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Postgraduate Teaching: Contemporary Issues in Medical Science.

Dr Baghdadi teaches a module on global child health aiming to enhance postgraduate students understanding of implementing PAR in real-world contexts. This module asks students to design community-driven interventions that could make a meaningful impact on global child health.

Research Award Highlights Collaborations

Publications

Research Highlights

Baghdadi, F., Evans, B., Goodacre, S., John, P., Hettiarachchi, T., John, A., Lyons, R., Porter, A., Safari, S., Siriwardena, A., Snooks, H., Watkins, A., Williams, J., & Khanom, A. (2023). Building an understanding of Ethnic minority people’s Service Use Relating to Emergency care for injuries: the BE SURE study protocol. BMJ Open, 13(4), e069596
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069596, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069596
Baghdadi, F., Rauktis, M., Hands, C., John, A., Khanom, A., Mhamdi, S., Soussi, A., & Snooks, H. (2024). Using a systems perspective to examine child protection systems and practice: A scoping review on child abandonment and institutionalisation in the Maghreb. Children and Youth Services Review, 157, 107382
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107382, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65248

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Journal Articles

Baghdadi, F., Rauktis, M., Hands, C., John, A., Khanom, A., Mhamdi, S., Soussi, A., & Snooks, H. (2024). Using a systems perspective to examine child protection systems and practice: A scoping review on child abandonment and institutionalisation in the Maghreb. Children and Youth Services Review, 157, 107382
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107382, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65248
Baghdadi, F., Evans, B., Goodacre, S., John, P., Hettiarachchi, T., John, A., Lyons, R., Porter, A., Safari, S., Siriwardena, A., Snooks, H., Watkins, A., Williams, J., & Khanom, A. (2023). Building an understanding of Ethnic minority people’s Service Use Relating to Emergency care for injuries: the BE SURE study protocol. BMJ Open, 13(4), e069596
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069596, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069596

Taught Modules

PMNM14 Contemporary Issues in Medical Science

This module will allow students to choose from a range of short contemporary topics in Medical Sciences including screening for new therapeutic compounds, using model systems to understand human disease and disorders, using behavioral tools and open-source analysis software to answer contemporary questions in neuroscience such as how defects in genes or drugs influence behavior. There will also be the opportunity to select introductory journal club or lean sessions with potential dissertation supervisors. The focus on techniques is complemented by seminars on the ethics of human and animal studies. Each topic will be approximately 1 day and students will be able to pick 4-5 topics.
PMNM19J Contemporary Issues in Medical Science

This module will allow students to choose from a range of short contemporary topics in Medical Sciences including screening for new therapeutic compounds, using model systems to understand human disease and disorders, using behavioral tools and open-source analysis software to answer contemporary questions in neuroscience such as how defects in genes or drugs influence behavior. There will also be the opportunity to select introductory journal club or lean sessions with potential dissertation supervisors. The focus on techniques is complemented by seminars on the ethics of human and animal studies. Each topic will be approximately 1 day and students will be able to pick 4-5 topics.

Key Grants and Projects

IMPact: Improving Child Welfare in Southern Morocco: engaging with local families and stakeholders to develop safeguarding and fostering policies 2021 - 2022

Chief-Investigator. Funded by Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)., £45,000
Strengthening relationships for child protection in the Maghreb: Promoting Knowledge-sharing and building capacity for research between the United Kingdom, Morocco, and Tunisia 2021 - 2022

Co-applicant. Funded by Higher Education Funding Council Wales., £5,000
Proposal development and partnership strengthening in Tunisia. Chief-Investigator. 2023

Funded by Taith Researcher Mobility Scheme., £2,980
Himaya+: Agir pour prévenir les risques & renforcer la protection des enfants en contact avec la loi 2022 - 2023

Co-applicant. Funded by UNICEF Maroc / EU Commission., £75,000
SECURE - StrengtEning Child Safeguarding Research through knowledge Exchange and collaboration between Wales and the Maghreb 2022 - 2023

Chief-Investigator. Funded by Higher Education Funding Council Wales., £50,000
PROMOTE: Promoting Research to improve child health Outcomes in the Maghreb: Outreach, Translation and Engagement. 2024

Chief-Investigator. Funded by Higher Education Funding Council for Wales., £25,000
STRONG: Strengthening Third Sector Research capacity: sharing gOvernance practices aNd strategic Goal setting across the Maghreb and the United Kingdom. 2024

Chief-Investigator. Funded by UKRI Economic and Social Research Council. , £15,000

Career History

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

2022 - Present
Programmes Officer, Moroccan Children’s Trust (MCT) in partnership with Fondation Amane pour la Protection de l’Enfance (FAPE) – Taroudant, Morocco

2019 - 2022
Faculty Member, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

2013 - 2019
Faculty Member, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia

2017 - 2018

Public Engagements

By adopting the principles of PAR, Dr Baghdadi actively includes and engages with children and families in the research process, along with local Third Sector organisations and other relevant stakeholders. This inclusive way of working extends to his UK-based research, specifically the BE SURE study, where Dr Baghdadi engages regularly with UK based Third Sector organisations.

Invited Presentations, Lectures and Conferences

Workshop on research methods and developing a research grant

2023

Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Ibn Zhor University, Agadir, Morocco
Public involvement in BE SURE

2022

South East Coast Ambulance Services United Kingdom
IMPact: Improving child welfare in Southern Morocco

2022

Health Services Research Conference UK, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Workshop: Mixing Methods to answer research questions.

2022

999 EMS Research Forum, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Keynote address on Child Safeguarding in LMICs

2022

Strengthening Children and Families Annual Gala Leeds United Kingdom
Two Part Seminar Series: Civil Society for Child Protection in Taroudant

2021

Al Akhawayn University, Irfan, Morocco
Adapting and Understanding Child Protection Systems and Practice within Morocco

2021

School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Three Part Seminar Series: Being Active Citizens through Social Work in Taroudant

2020

Al Akhawayn University, Irfan, Morocco
Rejecting the Reductionism of Muslim Women

2018

Agency of Muslim Women in the Australian Context, Sydney, Australia.
My Name is Ameena Abou-Halak: Names Under Erasure in Regional Australia

2016

The Annual Australian Sociological Association Conference, Melbourne, Australia
Liberation: With or Without the Headscarf

2013

Australian Association for the Study of Religions, Adelaide, Australia

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Research Highlights

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PMNM14 Contemporary Issues in Medical Science

PMNM19J Contemporary Issues in Medical Science

IMPact: Improving Child Welfare in Southern Morocco: engaging with local families and stakeholders to develop safeguarding and fostering policies 2021 - 2022

Strengthening relationships for child protection in the Maghreb: Promoting Knowledge-sharing and building capacity for research between the United Kingdom, Morocco, and Tunisia 2021 - 2022

Proposal development and partnership strengthening in Tunisia. Chief-Investigator. 2023

Himaya+: Agir pour prévenir les risques & renforcer la protection des enfants en contact avec la loi 2022 - 2023

PROMOTE: Promoting Research to improve child health Outcomes in the Maghreb: Outreach, Translation and Engagement. 2024

STRONG: Strengthening Third Sector Research capacity: sharing gOvernance practices aNd strategic Goal setting across the Maghreb and the United Kingdom. 2024

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

Programmes Officer, Moroccan Children’s Trust (MCT) in partnership with Fondation Amane pour la Protection de l’Enfance (FAPE) – Taroudant, Morocco

Faculty Member, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Faculty Member, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Workshop on research methods and developing a research grant

Public involvement in BE SURE

IMPact: Improving child welfare in Southern Morocco

Workshop: Mixing Methods to answer research questions.

Keynote address on Child Safeguarding in LMICs

Two Part Seminar Series: Civil Society for Child Protection in Taroudant

Adapting and Understanding Child Protection Systems and Practice within Morocco

Three Part Seminar Series: Being Active Citizens through Social Work in Taroudant

Rejecting the Reductionism of Muslim Women

My Name is Ameena Abou-Halak: Names Under Erasure in Regional Australia

Liberation: With or Without the Headscarf