Se Kwang Hwang

Dr Se Kwang Hwang

Assistant Professor

Department: Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing

I joined 51�� in August 2010 and am working as a senior lecturer. I currently teach across the pre and post qualified social work programmes and Integrate Health & Social Care Programme. I also lecture on disability issues and leading modules on social research. I have a professional background in social work with disabled people and their families as a practitioner, activist and manager in South Korea. I had worked with a wide range of organisations in faith-based sectors in these roles. As part of my role as department PGR lead, I have been actively involved in the design and provision of doctoral research programme. I also have been involved in various funded research projects on disability issues.

Campus Address

Coach Lane East Campus (room H016)
Benton
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE7 7XA

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Key Publications

Challenging ableist welfare systems: a reply to ‘Basic Income as a preventive, health-promoting and motivating resource in the psychosocial welfare environment’ by Anna-Carin Fagerlind Ståhl, Hwang, S. 2 Jun 2025, In: Global Discourse: An interdisciplinary journal of current affairs
Middle-aged adults' perspectives on caregiving for their siblings with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Hwang, S., Kim, K., Lee, C. 24 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
We were hired, but not employed: the formation and challenges of the Korea Hamkke Labour Union of Disabled Teachers, Hwang, S., Kim, K. 27 May 2025, In: Disability & Society
Autistic Parents, Rudd, D., Hwang, S. 8 Feb 2024, Beyond Stereotypes, Ammanford, Open House Press
Current debates regarding deinstitutionalisation for disabled people in South Korea, Hwang, S., Kim, K., Lee, C. 20 Oct 2024, In: Disability & Society
Autistic Parents’ Personal Experiences of Parenting and Support: Messages from an Online Focus Group, Hwang, S., Heslop, P. 1 Jan 2023, In: The British Journal of Social Work
Enterprising? Disabled? The status and potential for disabled people's microenterprise in South Korea, Hwang, S., Roulstone, A. 25 Oct 2022, Research Handbook on Disability and Entrepreneurship, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar
Participatory research in a pandemic: The impact of Covid-19 on co-designing research with autistic people, Rudd, D., Hwang, S. Sep 2022, In: Qualitative Social Work: Research and Practice
The Challenges Faced by Korean Social Workers at the Community Welfare Centres for People with Disabilities during COVID-19 Pandemic, Mee Kim, K., Hwang, S. 1 Oct 2022, In: The British Journal of Social Work
Emergence and clashes in disabled service user organisations in South Korea, Hwang, S. 10 Aug 2020, The Routledge Handbook of Service User Involvement in Human Services Research and Education, London, Taylor & Francis

Current and Recent Projects

Perceptions of vulnerability of clinical populations involved in biomedical research, Barkus, E. (Principal Investigator), Hwang, S. (Co Investigator), Institute of Medical Ethics, 01/01/25 - 31/12/25, £8,031.00

PGR Supervision

Carol Morgan Examining the health care professionals’ experiences in undertaking autistic spectrum condition assessments for children with complex needs. Start Date: 01/10/2019
Danielle Rudd 'Not in our remit’: autistic parents’ experiences of services and support Start Date: 01/10/2018