Dr Emma Maynard is a School Governor who joined King's as a Lecturer in Child & Family Health, specialising in safeguarding children at the Methodologies Research Division of the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care as well as the Department of Child & Family Health.

She researches complex child and family experiences including health issues and social  disadvantage, through qualitative and co-production methods.

Prior to becoming an Academic, she managed Early Help social care services and now aims for her research to positively impact practice. 

Research interests

• Child and family lived experience
• Qualitative psychology
• Public services
• Safeguarding
• Social complexity

Enquiring about potential PhD supervision

If you’re thinking of applying for one of our PhD programmes and are looking for potential supervisors, please email nmpc_pgr_enquiries@kcl.ac.uk listing the names of the supervisors you’ve identified as having expertise in your chosen area, along with your CV and a short research proposal. 

Our Postgraduate Research Team will contact supervisors on your behalf and get back to you. If you have any queries in the meantime, please use the email address above, rather than contacting potential PhD supervisors directly, because they are unable to respond to initial enquiries.

Research profile

Emma Maynard Family Research website