CREID people

CREID's staff, associate members and PhD students.

Staff

NamePositionEmail
Professor Gillean McCluskeyDirector of CREID (Acting) and Professorgillean.mccluskey@ed.ac.uk
Dr Yvonne FoleySenior Lecturer in Language Educationyvonne.foley@ed.ac.uk
Professor Lani FlorianProfessor Emeritalani.florian@ed.ac.uk
Dr Ian FyfeSenior Lecturer in Youth Studiesian.fyfe@ed.ac.uk
Dr James MacAllisterSenior Lecturer in Philosophy of Educationjames.macallister@ed.ac.uk
Professor Gale MacleodProfessor of Interpersonal Relationships in EducationGale.Macleod@ed.ac.uk
Dr Stuart MoirLecturer in Youth Studiesstuart.moir@ed.ac.uk
Dr Aline NardoLecturer in Philosophy of EducationAline.Nardo@ed.ac.uk
Dr Nataša PantićSenior Lecturer natasa.pantic@ed.ac.uk
Professor Sheila RiddellProfessor of Inclusion and Diversitysheila.riddell@ed.ac.uk
Dr Annie TaylorResearch Assistantannie.taylor@ed.ac.uk
Professor Lyn TettProfessor Emeritalyn.tett@ed.ac.uk

Associated members

We collaborate with a wide range of partners across the world to achieve our research aims.

NameAffiliationPositionEmail
Daisy AbbotGlasgow School of ArtResearch Developer, School of Simulation and VisualisationD.Abbott@gsa.ac.uk
Professor Ellen BoerenUniversity of GlasgowProfessor of Education

Ellen.Boeren@glasgow.ac.uk

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Dr Dianne CantaliUniversity of DundeeSenior Lecturer in Educationd.l.cantali@dundee.ac.uk
Professor Harry DanielsUniversity of OxfordProfessor Emeritus of Educationharry.daniels@education.ox.ac.uk
Professor Dragan GaševićMonash UniversityProfessor of Learning Analytics, Faculty of Information Technology and Director of the Centre for Learning AnalyticsDragan.Gasevic@monash.edu
Dr Cecilia GialdiniMoray House School of Education and SportPostdoctoral Fellowcgialdin@ed.ac.uk
Dr Constanza Herrera SedaUniversidad de Santiago de ChileAacadémica Departamento de Educaciónconstanza.herrera.s@usach.cl
Dr ‪Srećko Joksimović‬University of South AustraliaSenior Lecturer in Data Science, UniSA Education Futures, Centre for Change and Complexity in LearningSrecko.Joksimovic@unisa.edu.au
Betsy KingLearning for Sustainability Scotland (LfS Scotland), Scotland's UN Regional Centre of Expertise in ESDDevelopment Managerbetsyking@lfsscotland.org
Professor Anna LundStockholm UniversityProfessor of Sociology, Deputy Head of Departmentanna.lund@sociology.su.se
Dr Alan MackieUniversity of DundeeLecturer in Youth and Community Workamackie001@dundee.ac.uk
Dr Aja MurraySchool of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of EdinburghReaderAja.Murray@ed.ac.uk
Dr Donna MurrayInstitute for Academic Development, University of EdinburghHead of Taught Student Developmentdonna.murray@ed.ac.uk
Dr Ingrid ObsuthSchool of Health in Social Science, University of EdinburghSenior Lecturer in Clinical Psychologyingrid.obsuth@ed.ac.uk
Professor Andrea OhidyFreiburg University of EducationInstitute Directorandrea.ohidy@ph-freiburg.de
Dr Helen PackwoodSchool of Social and Political Science, University of EdinburghLecturer in Social Research Methodshelen.packwood@ed.ac.uk
Professor Michael PhillipsMonash UniversityProfessor of Digital Transformation, Faculty of EducationMichael.Phillips@monash.edu
Dr Laura RobertsonThe Poverty AllianceSenior Research Officerlaura.robertson@povertyalliance.org
Dr Autumn Roesch-MarshSchool of Social and Political Science, University of EdinburghSenior Lecturer In Social Worka.roeschmarsh@ed.ac.uk
Professor Mirja TarnanenUniversity of JyväskyläProfessor, Vice Dean of Educationmirja.tarnanen@jyu.fi
Professor Ian ThompsonUniversity of OxfordAssociate Professor of English Education and Director of PGCEian.thompson@education.ox.ac.uk
Dr Yi-Shan TsaiMonash UniversityLecturer, Department of Data Science and AI

Yi-Shan.Tsai@monash.edu

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Dr Gil VirySchool of Social and Political Science, University of EdinburghSenior Lecturergil.viry@ed.ac.uk

Current PhD students

NameSupervisorsDegree and thesis title
Enid Quesada Alfaro
  1. Professor Sheila Riddell
  2. Dr Cathy Howieson
PhD: Policy transfer in higher education: the case of quality assurance mechanisms in Costa Rica
Amy Auckland
  1. Dr James MacAllister
  2. Dr Jack Lee
  3. Professor Gert Biesta
PhD: Spotlight on Teachers: Policy and Practice in Scotland and Wales
Gangli Cao
  1. Dr James MacAllister
  2. Professor Gale Macleod
PhD: Policy Borrowing in International Higher Education
Fiona Couper-Kenney
  1. Professor Sheila Riddell
  2. Professor Kay Tisdall
PhD: How do young people, parents and professionals understand school non-attendance? Exploring tensions in policy and practice in Scotland.
Bethan Davies
  1. Professor Deborah Fry
  2. Dr Deborah Holt
PhD: The challenges of providing an inclusive environment within registered childminders' settings
Barbara Dzieciatko
  1. Dr Nataša Pantić
  2. Professor Dragan Gasevic
  3. Dr Gil Viry
PhD: Making Sense of Teachers' Communities of Practice with Social and Epistemic Network Analysis
Cagla Ergul
  1. Professor Sheila Riddell
  2. Dr Kevin Wright
PhD: Investigating inclusive education for children identified as having special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) by focusing on social communication and participation for the educational and sociological domain
Neil Hume
  1. Professor Gillean McCluskey
  2. Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh
PhD: Positive Secondary School Transitions: Improving multi-agency working with school pupils identified as being at risk of making a poor transition
Selin Korkmaz
  1. Dr Nataša Pantić
  2. Dr Helen Packwood
PhD: Integration of Syrian refuges in Turkish education
Pei-Yu (Joy) Lan
  1. Professor Sheila Riddell
  2. Dr Huw Davies
PhD: The use of digital learning with SEN students in Scotland and Taiwan
Yan Liang
  1. Professor Sheila Riddell
  2. Dr Jack Lee
PhD: Gender Inequality in Higher Education in China: A Comparative Analysis between Eastern and Western China
Chang Liu
  1. Dr Ramsey Affifi
  2. Dr James MacAllister
PhD: Education for a meaningful life in the Chinese higher education context
Keren Miguel
  1. Professor Lani Florian
  2. Professor John Ravenscroft
PhD: Inclusion within the classroom – Transition Planning for Youths with Special Education Needs in Trinidad and Tobago
Gabriella Njie
  1. Dr Kuang-Hsu Chiang
  2. Dr Nataša Pantić
PhD: How do educational leadership professionals implement equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) into qualification design and policy
Ian Normile
  1. Dr James MacAllister
  2. Professor Gale Macleod
PhD: Chinese students' conceptions of critical thought on a UK postgraduate program and beyond: Philosophical and practical implications for policy and practice
Victor Olivia Paz
  1. Professor Gale Macleod
  2. Professor Mark Smith (Dundee University)
PhD: Social Pedagogy in residential schools in Spain
Xue Qin
  1. Professor Sheila Riddell
  2. Dr Kevin Wright
PhD: Gender differences of the elderly in receiving lifelong learning in first-tier cities in China
Jack Reed
  1. Dr Simon Beames
  2. Professor Gale Macleod
PhD: The Influence of Mobile Devices and Social Media on the Transfer of Learning in Residential Outdoor Experiences
Sonia Sjollema
  1. Dr Nataša Pantić
  2. Professor Gert Biesta
PhD: Dealing with diversity in Makerspaces: a social pedagogical approach
Jiyuan Song
  1. Professor Gale Macleod
  2. Dr Jingyi Li
  3. Dr Donna Murray (IAD)
PhD: Parental investment in education: An ethnographic case study of first and second generation Chinese immigrant families in Scotland
Lewis Stockwell
  1. Professor Robbie Nicol
  2. Dr James MacAllister
PhD: The Educational Aims of Canoeing
Xiaomeng Tian
  1. Professor Gale Macleod
  2. Dr Neil Lent (IAD)
PhD: A qualitative study on pedagogical relationships at PGT level in the UK
Shrikant Wad
  1. Professor Sheila Riddell
  2. Dr Kuang-Hsu Chiang
PhD: Social disparities amongst undergraduate disciplines: a realist inquiry into choice and affirmative action in India
Laura Weiner
  1. Professor Kay Tisdall
  2. Dr Ian Fyfe
PhD: Understanding American Out-of-School Youth Development Policies and Practice through Young People, Practitioners, and Discourse Theory
Zoe (Rong) Yan
  1. Professor Gale Macleod
  2. Dr Martin Toye
PhD: Peer Rejection, Teacher-Children Relationships and ADHD in the Classroom
Suqiong Zheng
  1. Dr Nataša Pantić
  2. Professor Do Coyle
PhD: Teacher Agency for Professional Learning Communities in Schools
Qiyu Zhuang
  1. Professor Gale Macleod
  2. Dr Donna Murray (IAD)
PhD: The investigation of transitions of Postgraduate taught (PGT) students

Recently completed PhD students

NameSupervisorsDegree and project title
Anthea Coleman-Chan
  1. Dr Jim Crowther
  2. Dr James MacAllister
EdD: Academic staff perspectives on community-engaged teaching and learning
Robin Dallas-Childs
  1. Professor Gale Macleod
  2. Dr James MacAllister
Title: Exploring the impact of British educational policy on learners in alternative provision
Lucy Hunter Blackburn
  1. Professor Sheila Riddell
  2. Professor Cristina Iannelli
Title: Factors affecting the distribution of student borrowing in Scotland: From universal entitlements to unequal outcomes
Chad Lance Hemady
  1. Professor Deborah Fry
  2. Dr Michael Gallagher
Title: Using Children's Storybooks as a Prevention Strategy for Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation in the Philippines
Brendan Kwiatkowski
  1. Dr Marlies Kustatscher
  2. Professor Gillean McCluskey
Title: Healthy masculinity and adolescence: resilience to restrictive masculinity
Jian Liao
  1. Professor Gillean McCluskey
  2. Professor Rowena Arshad
Title: Post-compulsory educational opportunities for migrant pupils in urban China: Listening to the voices of migrant pupils and those close to them (parents, teaching staff and local pupils) – towards a social justice approach
Susanne Paulus
  1. Professor Gale Macleod
  2. Dr Simon Beames
  3. Dr Liliana Riga
Title: Exploring outdoor activities for people with refugee and migrant biographies / Relational processes in an intercultural and inclusive community garden
Stephen Sowa
  1. Professor Andrew Manches
  2. Dr Julie Smith
Title: Understanding the complexities of supporting children’s career aspirations and preparedness for the changing world of work
Xiaomeng Tian
  1. Professor Gale Macleod
  2. Dr Neil Lent (IAD)
Title: Multiple case study of pedagogical relationships in different disciplinary areas in a research-intensive university in the UK

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