Convenor
Operating at the nexus of practice, theory and policy making, I have worked in the multiple disadvantage, homeless and youth and community work sectors and concurrently within higher education for over 35 years My overall aim is to develop an enhancing synthesized praxis across these fields. I am a participatory and co-productive researcher and foreground critical and queer pedagogy. I am currently exploring a re-imagining of the doctorate and the emancipating potential of the concept of pracademia. I publish where it has the greatest impact.
I have two primary roles. I am Director of the Centre for Research into the Education of Marginalised Children and Young Adults (CREMCYA) and Professor of Youth and Community Education at St Mary's University Twickenham. I am also Professor of Critical Pedagogy at Birmingham City University, attached to the Centre for the Study of Practice and Culture in Education (CSPACE).
This online event explores the potential overlaps and intersections in services provided to children and young people in the UK, focusing on the perspectives of playworkers and youth workers....
This was a joint event between the Higher Education SIG, Youth Studies and Informal Education SIG & Early Career Researcher Network. This event shared narratives of starting points and strategies...
Online registration for this event has now closed, to register please email events@bera.ac.uk #BERA_LifelongLearning @BERANews Questions of the knowledge that students acquire through...
Online registration for this event has now closed, please email events@bera.ac.uk to register. #BERA_PostCompulsory Online event – pre-registration essential After decades of uncertainty...
The special interest of the SIG is in research and scholarship relating to theory, policy and practice issues in Youth Studies and Youth and Community Work. These include: youth transitions and...
