CREID people

CREID's staff, associate members and PhD students.

Staff

Name	Position	Email
Professor Gillean McCluskey	Director of CREID (Acting) and Professor	gillean.mccluskey@ed.ac.uk
Dr Yvonne Foley	Senior Lecturer in Language Education	mailto:yvonne.foley@ed.ac.uk
Professor Lani Florian	Professor Emerita	lani.florian@ed.ac.uk
Dr Ian Fyfe	Senior Lecturer in Youth Studies	ian.fyfe@ed.ac.uk
Dr James MacAllister	Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Education	james.macallister@ed.ac.uk
Professor Gale Macleod	Professor of Interpersonal Relationships in Education	Gale.Macleod@ed.ac.uk
Dr Stuart Moir	Lecturer in Youth Studies	stuart.moir@ed.ac.uk
Dr Aline Nardo	Lecturer in Philosophy of Education	mailto:Aline.Nardo@ed.ac.uk
Dr Nataša Pantić	Senior Lecturer	natasa.pantic@ed.ac.uk
Professor Sheila Riddell	Professor of Inclusion and Diversity	sheila.riddell@ed.ac.uk
Dr Annie Taylor	Research Assistant	mailto:annie.taylor@ed.ac.uk
Professor Lyn Tett	Professor Emerita	lyn.tett@ed.ac.uk

Associated members

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

Name	Affiliation	Position	Email
Daisy Abbot	Glasgow School of Art	Research Developer, School of Simulation and Visualisation	D.Abbott@gsa.ac.uk
Professor Ellen Boeren	University of Glasgow	Professor of Education	Ellen.Boeren@glasgow.ac.uk Follow her on Twitter
Dr Dianne Cantali	University of Dundee	Senior Lecturer in Education	d.l.cantali@dundee.ac.uk
Professor Harry Daniels	University of Oxford	Professor Emeritus of Education	harry.daniels@education.ox.ac.uk
Professor Dragan Gašević	Monash University	Professor of Learning Analytics, Faculty of Information Technology and Director of the Centre for Learning Analytics	Dragan.Gasevic@monash.edu
Dr Cecilia Gialdini	Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh	Postdoctoral Fellow	mailto:cgialdin@ed.ac.uk
Dr Constanza Herrera Seda	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Aacadémica Departamento de Educación	constanza.herrera.s@usach.cl
Dr ‪Srećko Joksimović‬	University of South Australia	Senior Lecturer in Data Science, UniSA Education Futures, Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning	Srecko.Joksimovic@unisa.edu.au
Betsy King	Learning for Sustainability Scotland (LfS Scotland), Scotland's UN Regional Centre of Expertise in ESD	Development Manager	betsyking@lfsscotland.org
Professor Anna Lund	Stockholm University	Professor of Sociology, Deputy Head of Department	anna.lund@sociology.su.se
Dr Alan Mackie	University of Dundee	Lecturer in Youth and Community Work	amackie001@dundee.ac.uk
Dr Aja Murray	School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	Reader	mailto:Aja.Murray@ed.ac.uk
Dr Donna Murray	Institute for Academic Development, University of Edinburgh	Head of Taught Student Development	mailto:donna.murray@ed.ac.uk
Dr Ingrid Obsuth	School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh	Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology	mailto:ingrid.obsuth@ed.ac.uk
Professor Andrea Ohidy	Freiburg University of Education	Institute Director	andrea.ohidy@ph-freiburg.de
Dr Helen Packwood	School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh	Lecturer in Social Research Methods	mailto:helen.packwood@ed.ac.uk
Professor Michael Phillips	Monash University	Professor of Digital Transformation, Faculty of Education	Michael.Phillips@monash.edu
Dr Laura Robertson	The Poverty Alliance	Senior Research Officer	mailto:laura.robertson@povertyalliance.org
Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh	School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh	Senior Lecturer In Social Work	mailto:a.roeschmarsh@ed.ac.uk
Professor Mirja Tarnanen	University of Jyväskylä	Professor, Vice Dean of Education	mirja.tarnanen@jyu.fi
Professor Ian Thompson	University of Oxford	Associate Professor of English Education & Director of PGCE	ian.thompson@education.ox.ac.uk
Dr Yi-Shan Tsai	Monash University	Lecturer, Department of Data Science & AI	Yi-Shan.Tsai@monash.edu Personal webpage Follow her on Twitter
Dr Gil Viry	School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh	Senior Lecturer	mailto:gil.viry@ed.ac.uk

Current PhD students

Name	Supervisors	Degree and project title
Enid Quesada Alfaro	Professor Sheila Riddell Dr Cathy Howieson	PhD: Policy transfer in higher education: the case of quality assurance mechanisms in Costa Rica
Amy Auckland	Dr James MacAllister Dr Jack Lee Professor Gert Biesta	PhD: Spotlight on Teachers: Policy and Practice in Scotland and Wales
Gangli Cao	Dr James MacAllister Professor Gale Macleod	PhD: Policy Borrowing in International Higher Education
Fiona Couper-Kenney	Professor Sheila Riddell 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	Professor Deborah Fry Dr Deborah Holt	PhD: The challenges of providing an inclusive environment within registered childminders' settings
Barbara Dzieciatko	Dr Nataša Pantić Professor Dragan Gasevic Dr Gil Viry	PhD: Making Sense of Teachers' Communities of Practice with Social and Epistemic Network Analysis
Cagla Ergul	Professor Sheila Riddell 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	Professor Gillean McCluskey 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	Dr Nataša Pantić Dr Helen Packwood	PhD: Integration of Syrian refuges in Turkish education
Pei-Yu (Joy) Lan	Professor Sheila Riddell Dr Huw Davies	PhD: The use of digital learning with SEN students in Scotland and Taiwan
Yan Liang	Professor Sheila Riddell Dr Jack Lee	PhD: Gender Inequality in Higher Education in China: A Comparative Analysis between Eastern and Western China
Chang Liu	Dr Ramsey Affifi Dr James MacAllister	PhD: Education for a meaningful life in the Chinese higher education context
Keren Miguel	Professor Lani Florian Professor John Ravenscroft	PhD: Inclusion within the classroom – Transition Planning for Youths with Special Education Needs in Trinidad and Tobago
Gabriella Njie	Dr Kuang-Hsu Chiang Dr Nataša Pantić	PhD: How do educational leadership professionals implement equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) into qualification design and policy
Ian Normile	Dr James MacAllister 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	Professor Gale Macleod Professor Mark Smith (Dundee University)	PhD: Social Pedagogy in residential schools in Spain
Xue Qin	Professor Sheila Riddell Dr Kevin Wright	PhD: Gender differences of the elderly in receiving lifelong learning in first-tier cities in China
Jack Reed	Dr Simon Beames Professor Gale Macleod	PhD: The Influence of Mobile Devices and Social Media on the Transfer of Learning in Residential Outdoor Experiences
Sonia Sjollema	Dr Nataša Pantić Professor Gert Biesta	PhD: Dealing with diversity in Makerspaces: a social pedagogical approach
Jiyuan Song	Professor Gale Macleod Dr Jingyi Li 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	Professor Robbie Nicol Dr James MacAllister	PhD: The Educational Aims of Canoeing
Xiaomeng Tian	Professor Gale Macleod Dr Neil Lent (IAD)	PhD: A qualitative study on pedagogical relationships at PGT level in the UK
Shrikant Wad	Professor Sheila Riddell Dr Kuang-Hsu Chiang	PhD: Social disparities amongst undergraduate disciplines: a realist inquiry into choice and affirmative action in India
Laura Weiner	Professor Kay Tisdall Dr Ian Fyfe	PhD: Understanding American Out-of-School Youth Development Policies and Practice through Young People, Practitioners, and Discourse Theory
Zoe (Rong) Yan	Professor Gale Macleod Dr Martin Toye	PhD: Peer Rejection, Teacher-Children Relationships and ADHD in the Classroom
Suqiong Zheng	Dr Nataša Pantić Professor Do Coyle	PhD: Teacher Agency for Professional Learning Communities in Schools
Qiyu Zhuang	Professor Gale Macleod Dr Donna Murray (IAD)	PhD: The investigation of transitions of Postgraduate taught (PGT) students

Recently completed PhD students

Name	Supervisors	Degree and project title
Anthea Coleman-Chan	Dr Jim Crowther Dr James MacAllister	EdD: Academic staff perspectives on community-engaged teaching and learning
Robin Dallas-Childs	Professor Gale Macleod Dr James MacAllister	Title: Exploring the impact of British educational policy on learners in alternative provision
Lucy Hunter Blackburn	Professor Sheila Riddell Professor Cristina Iannelli	Title: Factors affecting the distribution of student borrowing in Scotland: From universal entitlements to unequal outcomes
Chad Lance Hemady	Professor Deborah Fry Dr Michael Gallagher	Title: Using Children's Storybooks as a Prevention Strategy for Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation in the Philippines
Brendan Kwiatkowski	Dr Marlies Kustatscher Professor Gillean McCluskey	Title: Healthy masculinity and adolescence: resilience to restrictive masculinity
Jian Liao	Professor Gillean McCluskey 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	Professor Gale Macleod Dr Simon Beames 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	Professor Andrew Manches Dr Julie Smith	Title: Understanding the complexities of supporting children’s career aspirations and preparedness for the changing world of work
Xiaomeng Tian	Professor Gale Macleod Dr Neil Lent (IAD)	Title: Multiple case study of pedagogical relationships in different disciplinary areas in a research-intensive university in the UK

This article was published on 2024-10-07