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ɫ Annual Conference 2025 – SIG Best Presentation Award

The SIG convenors shortlisted then attended sessions for their SIG and judged these presentations. The ‘ɫ Annual Conference – SIG Best Presentation’ is then awarded.

You can view the full abstracts on the programme here.

Research Methodologies

Exploring Informal Learning in Disaster Preparedness through Webscraping: A Qualitative Approach to Online Educational Resources in the DACH Region 

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Sophie Lacher, Ms

Research Assistant at University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU)

Sophie Lacher, M.A., is a research assistant and doctoral candidate at the Chair of Adult Education at the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU). She studied Integrative Social Sciences at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern (B.A.,...

Other Topics

Improving Prosocial Behaviour in the Primary Classroom Through a School-Based Mindfulness Programme 

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Katie Compton, Dr

Research Fellow at University of Warwick

Katie is a Research Fellow at the University of Warwick, where she is currently leading work on the impact of small-group tutoring on GCSE resit attainment. Her research seeks to better understand how targeted interventions can improve outcomes...

Sexualities and Gender

Collaboration, Community and Commitment: How 37 authors wrote The Guide to LGBTQ+ Research in just 6 months 

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Catherine Lee, Professor

PVC Dean at Anglia Ruskin University

Professor Catherine Lee MBE (she/her) is Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University in the East of England. As Professor of Inclusive Education and Leadership and a...

Arts Based Educational Research

Pracademics in transition: an arts-based exploration of the lived experience of second career academics

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Laura Minogue, Mrs

Head of Academic Professional Development at St. Marys University

Laura’s doctoral research is an exploration of the lived experience of second career academics or ‘pracademics’, focusing on the transition to academia, professional identity and future possible selves. The research draws on arts based...

Teacher Education and Development

‘I feel constantly judged against a system that wants perfect’: Navigating Perfectionism within the Education Sector 

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Lucy Kelly, Dr

Associate Professor in Education (PGCE English) at University of Bristol

Lucy Kelly is an Associate Professor in Education in the School of Education at the University of Bristol. Lucy has been at the School of Education for eleven years and, alongside teaching on the PGCE English programme and other Master’s...

Post-Compulsory and Lifelong Learning

Evaluating Access to Higher Education in Wales: A Critical Analysis of Regulatory and Delivery

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John Whitcher, Mr

University of South Wales

I am a Lecturer in Integrated Health, Social Care, and Post-Registration Nursing at the University of South Wales. I have extensive experience teaching and assessing across further and higher education settings in Wales, with a particular focus...

Educational Leadership

Towards a School-Community Based Approach to Addressing Student Absenteeism: School Leaders’ Perspectives 

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Martin Mills, Professor

Research Professor at Queensland University of Technology

Martin Mills is a Research Professor in the School of Education at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia. He is also an Emeritus Professor of Education at University College London, where he was the Director of the Centre for...

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Debby Lynch, Dr

Senior Lecturer at The University of Queensland

Dr Deborah Lynch is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work at The University of Queensland (UQ). She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and has published widely on systems,...

Comparative and International Education

Constructing Citizenship: Education as a Tool of Americentric Colonialism 

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Olivia Lutwak, Ms

University of Oxford

Olivia Lutwak is a doctoral student in education at the University of Oxford. Her research examines the securitization of schools and the criminalization of students in the United States as a policy response to gun violence, with particular...

Social Justice

Schools as sites of activism? Activist reflections on their political socialisation at school 

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Esther Muddiman, Dr

Lecturer at Cardiff University

I'm a lecturer in Sociology of Education focussing on youth activism, intergenerational justice and sustainability. I am inspired by bell hooks and Paulo Friere, believing that all education is political and that teacher/learners have an...

Inclusive Education

: “…They played a lot of, kind of, language games with what they would call the course to get numbers in…”: ‘The Name Game’ amidst marketisation pressures for Disability and Inclusion-related courses. 

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Sana Rizvi, Dr

Senior Lecturer in Education and Early Childhood Studies at Liverpool John Moores University

Dr Sana Rizvi is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Early Childhood Studies at Liverpool John Moores University. Her research centres on racial inequalities, exclusionary mechanisms, disabilities, higher education, and qualitative methodologies....

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Clara Kassem, Miss

Senior Lecturer in Education and Early Childhood Studies at Liverpool John Moores University

Clara Kassem is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Early Childhood Studies at Liverpool John Moores University. Her research interests include: dis/ability in popular culture; children and the media; communication, language and literacy;...

English in Education

Secondary English teachers’ perspectives on their responsibility for health and wellbeing: creating the capability and functioning of Affiliation 

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Louise Barrett, Dr

Senior Lecturer at University of the West of Scotland

I am a Senior Lecturer at the University of the West of Scotland with lead responsibility for initial teacher education. Prior to joining UWS in April 2006, I taught English and worked as a Support for Learning teacher in Ayrshire secondary...

Mathematics Education

Putting TIMSS to work in mathematics classrooms across the globe 

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Rachel Marks, Dr

Associate Professor at U C L

Dr Rachel Marks is a Principal Lecturer at the University of Brighton. Her research interests are in primary mathematics education, equity and social justice, assessment and policy. She completed her doctorate examining ability grouping in...

Educational Effectiveness and Improvement

The Lasting Impact of School Closures: Cognitive, Motor, and Socio-Emotional Development in Preschool Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic 

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Tiago Bartholo, Dr

Associate Professor at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Tiago Lisboa Bartholo holds a Ph.D. in Education from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), where he is currently a Full Professor at the Laboratory School (Colégio de Aplicação) and a faculty member of the Graduate Program in...

Children, Childhoods and Early Education

Exploring ‘Graduateness’ in Early Childhood Studies Degrees: Identity, Employability and Social Value

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Zoe Lewis, Dr

Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University

Dr Zoe Lewis is a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education, teaching across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at Birmingham City University. Her doctoral research explored young children’s creativity in an art gallery and forest...

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Tim Clark, Dr

Director of Research - Education and Childhood at University of the West of England

Dr Timothy Clark is Director of Research Enterprise for the School of Education and Childhood at the University of the West of England, Bristol. His research interests include doctoral pedagogy and researcher development in education as well as...

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Karen Vincent, Mrs

Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood and Primary Education at Canterbury Christ Church University

Dr Karen Vincent is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at Canterbury Christ Church University. Her experiences as a teacher in early years settings are at the root of her pedagogical research interests. She is currently...

Practitioner Research

The Practitioner Research Programme (PRP): Research in, of and for Education 

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Daniel Gregson, Dr

Lecturer at University of Sunderland

I am a recent graduate of the University’s PhD “Class of 2024” , and a member of the University’s lecturing staff. The title of my thesis is, "What Can Education Learn from the Arts?: an exploration of the role of aesthetic experience in...

Youth Studies and Informal Education

Britishness is not whiteness ‘youth poets ‘bite back’ at the education survival complex: Killjoy call and response towards creative abolition.

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Dita N Love, Dr

Junior Research Fellow in Education at Homerton College

Dita N Love (she/her) is an interdisciplinary social scientist, educator and creative writer exploring abolitionist, generational and healing justice approaches in youth education and university together with, by and for often marginalised,...

STEAM Education Research

Developing a VR-based LEGO interactive learning system for STEAM education 

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Zih-jia Huang, Miss

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Ms. Zih-Jia Huang is a first-year master’s student at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, focusing on immersive technology and technology-enhanced learning. Her research explores how virtual reality (VR) can be used to support STEAM...

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Cheng-huan Chen, Associate Professor

Associate Professor at National Tsing Hua University

Dr. Cheng-Huan Chen is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Learning Sciences and Technologies (ILST) at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan. He earned his PhD in Information and Computer Education, and his research interests...

Literacy and Language

Opportunities to Talk: Student Voices and Perspectives on Language Use in English and French Lessons in England, France and Norway 

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Sarah M Eiene, Mrs

PhD Candidate at University of Oslo, Department of Teacher Education and School Research

Sarah M. Eiene is a PhD candidate and project coordinator at the Department of School Research and Teacher Education at the University of Oslo. She is part of a large-scale international research project LANGUAGES, which is a collaboration...

Mental Health, Wellbeing and Education

What is a Curriculum for Life? Using Participatory Action Research and Applied Arts to Understand and Amplify Undergraduate Students’ Wellbeing in Education 

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Helen Young, Miss

Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University

I am an Early Years specialist, researcher, and Forest School Practitioner whose work explores how education can nurture belonging, voice, and wellbeing from early childhood through to young adulthood. With a professional background as an Early...

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Lisa Stephenson, Dr

Reader (Associate Professor equivalent) at Leeds Beckett University

Dr Lisa Stephenson is a Reader in Creative Pedagogies, at the School of Education, Leeds Beckett University. She is the director of Story Makers: a research center which champions creative pedagogies, creative methodologies and...

Educational Research and Educational Policy-Making

Pupil School Mobility – preliminary findings from a mixed-methods study into mobility types, pathways and implications for education 

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Laurence Lessard-Philips, Doctor

University of Birmingham

Laurence Lessard-Phillips is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology, School of Social Policy & Society at the University of Birmingham. She has held posts at the University of Manchester and the...

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Thomas Perry, Dr

Reader at University of Warwick

Dr Thomas Perry is a social scientist, education researcher and educator. He works at the intersection of research, policy and practice, with a focus on generating and applying robust social science evidence to address real-world challenges in...

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Clara Jorgensen, Dr

Associate Professor at University of Birmingham

Clara R. Jørgensen is Associate Professor within the Department of Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs at the School of Education, University of Birmingham. She is a social anthropologist of background and has done qualitative and...

Philosophy of Education

Reclaiming the moral creativity of education: Empowering the civic teacher 

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Emily Lau, Dr

Senior Lecturer Childhood Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University

I am a Course Director of Childhood Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University. I just completed post-doctoral research working on a ESRC project looking at Philanthropic Citizenship and Primary School Children. I completed my PhD in 2022 and...

History

A Portrait of the Teaching of the British Empire, migration and belonging in Secondary Schools: Students’ and Teachers’ Perspectives from Seven Case-Study Schools across England 

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Amy Smail, Dr

Programme Research Fellow at IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society

Amy Smail is a comparative educationist working across primary and secondary education, with a research focus on pedagogy, citizenship and decolonising history education. Most recently, at IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, she led...

Socio-Cultural and Cultural-Historical Activity Theory

From evidence-based practice to using research to facilitate educators’ transformative agency: challenges, change mechanisms and puzzles 

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Riikka Hofmann, Professor

Professor of the Learning Sciences at University of Cambridge

Riikka Hofmann is Professor of the Learning Sciences at Cambridge University and Fellow of Hughes Hall. She also holds the Title of Docent in Psychology of Education at Helsinki University. As Co-Chair of the Psychology, Education and Learning...