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Ripple effects: From the ‘auto’ to wider narratives of social purpose

Historically, self-reflective work has been disparaged as narcissistic or uncritical. In this blog post, I outline two ways, drawn from my own research and practice, in which starting from an...

Autoethnography and stakeholder engagement

In this blog post I report on my Winston Churchill Foundation research fellowship study on the adultification of Black girls in state care in 2023 (Ikomi, 2024). Adultification can occur in a...

Narrating self, narrating us: Autoethnography in Black women’s storytelling

Telling stories has been part of my upbringing since birth. My Jamaican immigrant grandparents used stories to shape my identity, build character, and share their histories – stories of arriving...

Editorial: Beyond ‘navel gazing’: Autoethnography as a catalyst for change

Autoethnography holds significant relevance as a methodology in social justice work within educational research and practice (Boylorn, 2006; Ellis, 2002; Skousen, 2022). It is defined as a...

Beyond ‘navel gazing’: Autoethnography as a catalyst for change

In April and July of 2023, the �鶹��Ժ Social Justice special interest group (SIG) held an event titled ‘Beyond “Navel-gazing”: Autoethnography as a catalyst for change’. This event brought...

Reframing health and wellbeing in schools: As pedagogy and as teacher identity

Curriculum: Theory, policy and practice

Since the publication of WHO guidance in 1998, policymakers around the world have sought to include health promotion within education, with schools in many countries now taking a Health Promoting...

Mel Green

Mel Green is a Lecturer in Education Studies and EdD doctoral researcher at the Open University (OU). Her EdD research explores the complexity of the identity-work of online distance educators and...

Claire Tupling

Dr Claire Tupling is a sociologist. Having worked as a senior lecturer in a number of universities she now works for the exam board AQA as a Research and Development Manager where she supports...

Abiola Odunro

Abiola Odunro is an educator from Manchester, his interest in education derives from his positive educational experiences and high hopes for all through the premise of education. His current focus...

Deborah Holt

Dr Deborah Holt is a lecturer in Mental Health Promotion and Health and Wellbeing at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests include positive mental health promotion in education...

Aleksander Blaszko

Dr Aleksander Blaszko is a lecturer in education at Nottingham Trent University. His research explores the intersections of educational policy, assessment design and emerging technologies, with a...

Conference Abstract Reviewers

Would you be willing to act as a reviewer for abstracts submitted to the �鶹��Ժ Conference 2025? To be involved, you will need to: be available to referee abstracts online between the 13...