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Charlie Owen

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Established · publishing since 1978Rising activity
Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentHealthcare innovation and challengesEducation Systems and PolicyWork-Family Balance ChallengesChild Welfare and Adoption

Publications

136

Citations

2,297

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

49

Publishing since 1978

Research summary
AI-generated

This publication record appears to mix several unrelated fields, including early childhood education and social policy in the UK, alongside fisheries biology, clinical trials for Crohn's disease, laser manufacturing, and anatomy education—suggesting the name may be associated with multiple distinct researchers rather than one coherent research program. The clearest thread within the social sciences area concerns childcare policy, family welfare, and children's wellbeing in England and the UK, including topics like childcare workforce quality, food poverty, and pathways through education for young people who have been in care., Prospective students interested in social policy should note the apparent overlap with unrelated technical and biomedical topics in this record, which may indicate a data attribution issue.

Early childhood education and childcare policyFamily welfare and food poverty in the UKCare workforce and social policyChildren and young people's wellbeingEducation pathways for care-experienced youth

Publication output has been irregular over the last decade, with gaps (e.g., 2021, 2024) followed by upticks (e.g., 2023, 2025), rather than a clear steady or growing trend.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.2/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 2 publications182019: 1 publication192020: 2 publications20212022: 2 publications222023: 3 publications23242025: 4 publications4252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Primary Health Care Research & Development×2
  • UCL Discovery (University College London)×2
  • Social Policy and Society×1
  • Anatomical Sciences Education×1
  • Journal of Social Policy×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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