Outputs, papers and events

Fathers Together shares learning through academic publications, reports, briefings, podcasts, blogs, public events, conference presentations and media engagement. This page brings together formal outputs from the study and will be updated as new papers, briefings and resources become available.

Media outputs

Fathers Together Podcast: all five episodes available on Spotify, Apple, Audible and Acast
BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour feature (available here, segment starts at 14:50)
YouTube: videos on "Introducing Fathers Together", "Why Do Prisons Need Parenting Programmes?", and "Co-Production in Prison Research"
Visual notes illustrating reflections from our lived experience group (Artist: Tamara-Jade Kaz)

Visual notes by Tamara-Jade Kaz

Papers, reports and briefings

Mehay, A., Duncan, R., Butt, J., Box, L., O’Brien, J., Charles, J., Ali, T., Abbott, L., Baldwin, L., & Watt, R. (2027). Reframing young fatherhood in prison: Co-production and race equity in parenting programmes. Prison Service Journal (Accepted).
Mehay, A., Duncan, R., Butt, J., Box, L., O’Brien. Julian, Charles, J., Ali, T., Abbott, L., Baldwin, L., & Watt, R. (2026). Suspended fatherhood: young men, prison, and intersectional health inequalities (Submitted).

Dr Mehay at Tampere University, Finland (Oct 25)

Workshop at the Race Equality Foundation Conference (Sept 25)

Recent conferences and events

July 2026 – Fathers Together: rethinking young fatherhood, race and imprisonment. Invited talk at Exploring the Current State of Play in Fatherhood Research.
June 2026 – Fathers Together: co-developing parenting support for Black and racially minoritised young fathers in prison. Invited talk at Clinks’ What Works: Building Better Support for Fathers Involved in the Criminal Justice System, UK.
March 2026 – Invisible fathers, invisible children: young fatherhood in prison as a neglected public health issue. NIHR Prevention Research Conference, UK.
December 2025 – From tokenism to transformation: running inclusive and equitable research. Foundations Lunch and Learn session, UK.
October 2025 – The English context and young fathers in prison. Invited talk at Tampere University, Finland.
September 2025 – Prevention focused on families affected by incarceration: how can research be brought to practice with at-risk families? Experiences from the international context. Symposium at the European Society for Prevention Research Conference, Germany.
September 2025 – Amplifying the voices of parents in studies and services. Workshop at the Race Equality Foundation Annual Conference, UK.
July 2025 – Power, partnerships and inclusion: the critical third sector link for inclusive social research. Social Research Association, UK.
April 2025 – Fathers Together: exploring the intersectional experiences of young ethnically minoritised fathers in prison. European Society of Criminology Prison Working Group, Romania.

Fathers Together poster [Phase 1]