Supervisors and topics

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Research thematic hubs

Research is carried out within our seven thematic hubs. These are:

Supervisors are affiliated with at least one thematic hub; some are affiliated with two or more hubs. You will find our supervisors grouped by hub below.

Advanced Quantitative Research in Education

Name	Available to supervise?	Areas of research interest
Dr Alice Dias Lopes	yes	Higher education Social stratification in education Data and education Quantitative methods Education expansion in Latin America
Dr Adriana Duta	yes	Welcomes PhD projects using quantitative data analysis for topics related to social inequalities, social mobility and social justice. These could include social inequalities and determinants of success in education and/or cognitive and non-cognitive skills OR the role of education in shaping individuals’ life chances, attitudes and behaviour.
Professor Cristina Iannelli	yes	Social stratification in education and the labour market Social mobility Youth transitions Cross-country comparative analyses Quantitative data analysis
Dr Kristina Lindemann	yes	Social and ethnic inequalities in education School-to-work transitions Parental separation and stepfamilies Comparative analysis of educational contexts Quantitative methods

Children and Young People

Name	Available to supervise?	Areas of research interest
Dr Kuang-Hsu Chiang	yes	Higher Education policies Knowledge production University-industry partnership, Doctoral education Research training, Disciplinary differences, European and international higher education systems, Interculturality and knowledge, Research on research Meta-analysis of research Nature of enquiry Research in different fields: Trust and Higher Education, University and industry, Research and Higher Education policies, Technocracy and administration, Research and teaching relationships, Comparative education studies
Dr Sarah Foley	yes	Welcomes ideas on projects around: parenting and families fathers family transitions (e.g., to parenthood, divorce/separation) new family forms mind-mindedness attachment theory of mind child social, emotional and cognitive development longitudinal methods quantitative methods.
Dr Samantha Friedman	yes	Autism (and neurodiversity more broadly) Neurodivergent children's school experiences Neurodivergent teachers Nature-based learning Connection to nature Qualitative methods
Dr Lauren Hammond	yes	Children’s geographies Geography education Curriculum Geographies of education and education spaces Children’s rights Participatory research methods
Dr Deborah Holt	yes	Positive mental health promotion in education Health and wellbeing Wellbeing promotion Pastoral care of pupils in schools and students in universities Anything related to promoting the social, emotional and mental wellbeing of learners, e.g. resilience, emotional literacy, co-operative learning, resolving conflict Metacognitive approaches in the classroom
Dr Marlies Kustatscher	no	Children and young people’s social identities and inequalities of race, class, gender etc. Children’s rights and participation in research, policy and practice Children's emotions and relationships, particularly in educational settings Intersectionality, feminist research, research with children, participatory action research
Dr Jennifer Lavoie	no	Children and the legal system Child maltreatment and child protection Commercial sexual exploitation of children Child-friendly justice models Forensic interviewing protocols Forensic disclosure Children Adolescents Developmental trajectories Lying Secrecy Theory of mind Justice Moral development Cognitive development Conduct problems Parent socialisation and parenting
Professor Catherine (Mary) Maternowska	yes	Children and young people Social justice and inclusion Medical anthropology Violence prevention Child rights and protection Sexual and reproductive health Mixed methods research Child sexual abuse and exploitation
Dr Sarah McGeown	no	Literacy/reading Sex/gender differences Mental toughness/resilience Motivation
Dr Lynn McNair	yes	Early childhood education Friedrich Froebel Transition Pedagogy Power Philosophy of education Scottish education Play
Dr Fiona Morrison	yes	I welcome PhD applications in the areas of children's rights and violence against children.
Dr Andie Reynolds	yes	Working with children and young people for social justice Children and young people’s participation in policymaking Youth work and mental health Refugee education / Education in Emergencies I am also very interested in working with doctoral students looking to use indigenous, decolonial, intersectional, feminist or post-structuralist methodologies and methods.
Dr Shari Sabeti	no	Arts education (including literature, graphic novels and the visual arts) Cultural heritage education Museum education Creative writing Anthropology of education Education in the global south Education and development Literacy in its social context Projects focused around ethnography as the primary approach to research Projects interested in using visual or arts-based methodologies
Dr Julie Smith	yes	Student learning in Higher Education Psychology of mathematics teaching & learning supporting mental health in education
Dr Tracy Stewart	yes	Child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing (including adolescents up to age 24) Cognition, executive functioning and emotion regulation in depression and anxiety Mental health in developmental disorders
Professor Kay Tisdall	yes	Children's human rights Children's participation in decision-making Children's and childhood policy Disabilities issues affecting children Education and schooling Related socio-legal analysis Methodologies of research and consultation with children and young people
Dr Martin Toye	yes	Inclusive education Cognitive development Executive functions and academic attainment Specific learning difficulties
Dr Sarah Ward	yes	Youth work and community development, including how to support high-poverty communities to have a voice in policy decisions that concern them, and in journeys towards collective agency. Research projects have included building a capabilities framework for social change with young people in Scotland, and a multi-site evaluation of community development using theory-based evaluation (Theory of Change and Realistic Evaluation).
Dr Laura Wright	no	Participatory methods (play and arts-based) Child rights Co-research/coproduction with children and young people Child and youth activism Outdoor play Mental health and psychosocial wellbeing Children and young people's mental health and wellbeing

Digital Education

Name	Available to supervise?	Areas of research interest
Dr Serdar Abaci	no	Digital literacy for teachers Data literacy in education Online and blended learning Technology-enabled assessment and feedback Use of technology for teaching and learning
Professor Sian Bayne	no	Higher education Lifelong learning Open education Digital education
Dr Huw Davies	yes	Critical/digital/media/information/data literacies Structured digital inequalities Political economy of edtech and AIEd Politics of education Culture wars and education
Dr Alice Dias Lopes	yes	Higher education Social stratification in education Data and education Quantitative methods Education expansion in Latin America
Dr Peter Evans	no	Digital education Higher Education Digital education policy and strategy Organisational theory Informal and non-formal digital learning Alternative credentials
Dr Rory Ewins	yes	IT and its political, social, cultural and educational impact Intellectual property Online identity Digital education in developing countries
Dr Michael Gallagher	no	Digital education in the Global South Education in Emergencies Education in forced displacement contexts Mobilities frameworks Policy and practice around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Emerging pedagogies Educational futures
Dr James Lamb	yes	Learning spaces Multimodality in education Assessment practice and digital technology Sonic methods in education research
Professor Andrew Manches	yes	Children (<12 years) and technology Embodied cognition Early numerical development Computing education
Professor Velda McCune	no	Higher education for wicked problems Learning, teaching and curricula in higher education Inclusive higher education Academic identities
Professor Judy Robertson	no	Computer science education schools, particularly data literacy
Dr Jen Ross	no	Digital-related topics with a critical and well-theorised perspective as they relate to Higher Education, cultural sector (museums and galleries), lifelong and informal learning Reflective practices MOOCs Open education Online distance learning
Dr Philippa Sheail	yes	Digital education Distance education Libraries Organisational theory Temporality Ethnography
Dr ML White	yes	Issues related to: social justice ethnographic educational research visual research methods multimodal perspectives on urban schooling Specifically, I am interested in how we prepare beginner teachers to work in areas of socio-economic disadvantage, reaching and teaching students in poverty and the consequences of what Ladson-Billings (2006) calls the educational debt. In addition to my work in teacher education, I am interested in and have written about developing civic media pedagogies, social geography and how young people experience space and place in education and learning.
Dr Ben Williamson	yes	Social scientific analyses of digital technologies, data, metrics, and the organizations that produce and promote them, in the field of education: Critical social scientific studies of data or metrics in education policy and governance, in the schools and HE sectors Education policy studies on digital technologies, technology companies, education businesses, think tanks, consultancies Social science studies of data-centred sciences in education (e.g. digital psychometrics, biometrics, neuroscience, genetics) Empirical studies of educational data use in practice

Language, Interculturalities and Literacies

Name	Available to supervise?	Areas of research interest
Dr Farah Akbar	no	English language learning and teaching Evaluation and design of ELT materials Individual differences in language learning Language and identity
Dr Dario Banegas	no	Language teacher education Language curriculum development CLIL Materials development Learner and teacher identity Language learning/teaching motivation Social justice and diversity (gender & sexuality) in language education Action research Content analysis Mixed methods Ethnography
Dr Florence Bonacina-Pugh	yes	Language policy and practice in education Bilingualism/multilingualism in education Discourse analysis (Conversation Analysis) The Internationalisation of higher education
Dr Ania Byerly	yes	Bi/multilingualism English as an Additional Language (EAL) Anti-racism Critical multiculturalism Pedagogy for antiracism in the Early Years and beyond Social justice and inclusion Teacher education and development related to all the areas above
Dr Madeleine Campbell	yes	Multimodality and language education Translation and language education Transdisciplinarity in language education
Dr Seongsook Choi	yes	Interaction (classroom interaction, professional interaction, interdisciplinary/intercultural interaction/communication) Spoken, institutional, and professional discourse Constructing identity Interdisciplinary research engagements in Higher Education
Dr Sal Consoli	no	Psychology of language education Language practitioner research Narrative inquiry Applications of 'life capital' to educational research and practice Internationalisation of (Higher) Education
Professor Do Coyle	yes	Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in school and tertiary sectors Ecological frameworks for learning and Educational Linguistics Immersion and bilingual education in classrooms including transdisciplinary studies, language-medium learning PluriLiteracies and the role of language in meaning-making, conceptual development and intercultural understanding Academic literacies (discourse, conceptual and intercultural thinking) in different disciplines, e.g. science, history, social sciences Transformative pedagogies and shared learning spaces for deeper learning Pupils as researchers, teachers as researchers, student teachers as researchers Theories of Practice Classroom discourse
Dr Maria Dasli	yes	Intercultural education Intercultural communication Intercultural citizenship Intercultural dialogue and peacebuilding Critical multiculturalism Critical pedagogy Social justice, inclusion and democracy Ethics of responsibility and hospitality Deconstruction Ethnography critical discourse analysis anti-racist discourse
Dr Kenneth Fordyce	no	Learner corpus research Interlanguage pragmatics Intercultural pragmatics Internationalisation of higher education (linguistic and cultural issues) Academic literacies
Dr Lorna Hamilton	yes	Identity - personal and professional Teacher beliefs and values (early professional development) Behaviour in schools and developing professional identity Intercultural education and multicultural citizenship Inclusion - critical approaches to giftedness - gifted and talented youth Ability and ability grouping The organization of learning Pupil voice – absent voices
Dr Mike Lynch	no	Modern language learning and teaching Second language acquisition L2 learning and teaching Communicative language teaching Language teacher cognition
Professor Velda McCune	no	Higher education for wicked problems Learning, teaching and curricula in higher education Inclusive higher education Academic identities
Dr Fiona O'Hanlon	no	Bilingual education Languages education Attitudes to language Language policy Language planning
Dr Claudia Rosenhan	yes	Language and literature Pedagogy Ecocriticism/ecolinguistics
Dr Ashley Simpson	no	Language Education: Intercultural education Intercultural communication Multilingualism Discourses, identities and diversities in education Social Justice and Inclusion: Critical approaches to democracy Equality and human rights in education Critical approaches and theories of Global Education Methodologies: Discourse analysis Conversation analysis Dialogism
Dr Csabo Szabo	yes	Emotion vocabulary testing and learning Vocabulary knowledge, learning and testing in multilingual contexts Language assessment Academic achievement in HE Cognate recognition, processing and production
Dr Vander Viana	yes	Teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) English for academic purposes (EAP) Corpus linguistics Data-driven learning Language teacher education Academic/pedagogical discourse analysis
Dr Isobel Kai-Hui Wang	yes	Language learner strategies Vocabulary learning strategies Strategy-based instruction Second/foreign vocabulary teaching and learning
Dr Samaneh Zandian	yes	Second/ foreign language acquisition and learning for children of all ages Innovative participatory research methodologies with children Intercultural communication, social psychology and cross-cultural adaptation processes I am currently interested in exploring international students’ educational, social and linguistic experiences in UK Higher Education.

Social Justice and Inclusion

Name	Available to supervise?	Areas of research interest
Dr Fatih Aktas	yes	Comparative and International Education Higher Education from a comparative and international perspective Creativity, innovation, global citizenship in Higher Education Education Financing
Dr Simon Beames	no	Outdoor adventure education Outdoor adventure recreation/leisure Learning outside the classroom
Dr Shereen Benjamin	yes	Gender and education (particularly schooling) Inclusive education Intersections of gender, disability and social class Developing feminist poststructuralist and Marxist theories/methodologies
Professor Catherine Bovill	yes	Co-created curriculum Student-staff partnership in learning, teaching Higher education curriculum conceptualisation Relational pedagogy, belonging, mattering and student engagement
Dr Katie Cebula	no	Social-cognitive and social-emotional development Children with additional support needs (particularly Down’s syndrome, Williams syndrome and autism) Family (e.g. sibling relationships) Children’s play
Dr Hazel Christie	yes	Student identities in HE Widening participation and access to university Student transitions into and through university Student agency and student voice in the curriculum
Dr Kirsten Darling-McQuistan	yes	Inclusive education Early years education Sustainability Arts-based methods
Dr Jacqueline Dohaney	yes	University and higher education University STEM education Geosciences and climate change education Student being-and-becoming Using Bourdieu to unpack access, belonging, and retention in higher education Philosophy of education
Dr Omolabake Fakunle	Please contact	Internationalisation of higher education (including policy development in different global regions) International student/staff mobility Intercultural experiences in education Inclusive internationalisation Internationalising the curriculum Digitilisation of international higher education Graduate employability
Dr Lisa Fernandes	yes	Autism Inclusion Teacher education Learning support assistants
Dr Gary Fraser	yes	Informal education Community learning and development Adult education
Professor Deborah (Debi) Fry	yes	Safe and inclusive education Burden of violence on educational and learning outcomes Violence in childhood Child protection Bullying Corporal punishment/discipline Gangs Conflict-affected societies, insecurity and education Refugees, forced migration, asylum seekers, unaccompanied and separated children & education Education and development Teacher training for social justice Peacebuilding
Dr Ian Fyfe	yes	Youth studies/sociology of youth Youth work Education for citizenship
Dr Jule Hildmann	yes	Personal and social development Experiential learning Outdoor environmental education Outdoor learning (and taking the curriculum outdoors), leadership (theory, styles, etc.) in education Facilitation of individual and group processes Creative approaches to learning Emotions and learning
Dr Deborah Holt	yes	Positive mental health promotion in education Health and wellbeing Wellbeing promotion Pastoral care of pupils in schools and students in universities Anything related to promoting the social, emotional and mental wellbeing of learners, e.g. resilience, emotional literacy, co-operative learning, resolving conflict Metacognitive approaches in the classroom
Dr Lindsey Horner	yes	Education and development Peacebuilding education Peace education Education and conflict Postdevelopment approaches: Popular education/community organising (in developing contexts) Arts-based research methods Participatory research methods Ethnography
Dr Jennifer Kirkwood	yes	Sociology of education elites Power and inequalities Social mobility and educational strategies Elite education and education of elites International education
Dr Kristina Konstantoni	yes	Children's and young people's social identities and attitudes Diversity, equity/fairness/social justice practices Children's and young people's rights and participation in research, policy and practice Intersectionality Partnerships between research, policy and practice Methodologies of research with children and young people Ethical issues in research with children and young people Early years and professionalism Early learning and care
Dr Jingyi Li	no	Education Policy development International education Globalisation
Professor Gillean McCluskey	no	Exclusion from school Youth at risk Behaviour and relationships in school Troubled and troublesome pupils Restorative approaches in school Relationships between youth crime and education Pupil voice Marginalised groups in education
Professor Velda McCune	no	Higher education for wicked problems Learning, teaching and curricula in higher education Inclusive higher education Academic identities
Dr Callum McGregor	Please contact
Dr Stuart Moir	yes	Citizenship education and learning for democracy Critical pedagogy Marxist analysis and critique of education Adult education and popular/radical education Youth political participation and activism Youth work in schools Critical social research and professional practice learning
Dr Rachel O'Neill	no	Deaf education Language policies at any level in relation to signed languages Science discussion and deaf learners Online reading and deaf learners Monitoring deaf children's early language acquisition in speech and sign Transition of deaf young people from school to college, university and work
Dr Nataša Pantić	yes	Teacher agency Educational change Relationships in an education setting Mixed-method social network analysis
Dr Margaret Petrie	yes	The role of informal education in promoting or inhibiting social justice and participatory democracy Community engagement Community-based research Co-constructing knowledge with communities
Professor John Ravenscroft	yes	Visual impairment Adaptive sport Sensory impairment Hearing impairment Inclusion Philosophy of education/ Virtue epistemology
Dr Andie Reynolds	yes	Working with children and young people for social justice Children and young people’s participation in policymaking Youth work and mental health Refugee education / Education in Emergencies I am also very interested in working with doctoral students looking to use indigenous, decolonial, intersectional, feminist or post-structuralist methodologies and methods.
Professor Sheila Riddell	yes	Additional support needs Higher education Equality and social justice
Dr Heidi Smith	yes	Outdoor Environmental Education with particular interest in: pedagogy leadership transculturality international perspectives nature connection learning communities initial teacher education
Dr William Smith	no	Education and international development Comparative education Global governance and international organisations Testing and accountability in education Note that I focus on the primary and secondary level.
Dr Laura Wright	no	Participatory methods (play and arts-based) Child rights Co-research/coproduction with children and young people Child and youth activism Outdoor play Mental health and psychosocial wellbeing Children and young people's mental health and wellbeing

Sport-related Research

Name	Available to supervise?	Areas of research interest
Dr Mike Ashford	yes	My current research has included a number of key themes: player decision making in rugby union and team sports talent identification and development the role of challenge and emotional disturbance in player development coach planning and decision making coaching practice skill acquisition coach development Presently, I am undertaking a number of projects which include: developing and implementing shared mental models of performance the impact of law modifications on coach, player and referee behaviour team coordination, player decision making, coach expertise, and understanding athletes' true experiences in Olympic sports Generally, my research explores a wide array of concepts central to the role of a coach and/or coach developer.
Dr Graham Baker	yes	Physical activity Walking Cycling Active travel/transport Interventions Health inequalities Ethnicity Exercise prescription Exercise Rehabilitation Behaviour change Prevention, management of overweight and obesity Health psychology Measurement of health behaviours
Dr Davies Banda	yes	Sport and international development Sport and social inclusion African political settings and sport
Dr Ray Bobrownicki	yes	Coaching instruction/practice Performing under pressure Motor learning/control Impact of sporting structures and policies on athlete identity, welfare, and rights
Dr Josie Booth	no	My research seeks to understand and support how children learn and the relationships with their health behaviour (e.g. physical activity and obesity). Much of my research involves school-based programmes which are often co-created with teachers and pupils and includes neurodiverse populations, such as ADHD. I use a range of methodology in my research, such as Randomised Controlled Trials, Secondary data analysis of longitudinal data sets, and systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Dr Neil Buchanan	Please contact
Dr Nicola Carse	no	Primary physical education Teacher education Teacher professional learning Educational change Curriculum development Complexity thinking Methodologically, I am interested in self-study and the use of observation and interview as research methods.
Dr Howie Carson	yes	Sports coaching Motor learning and control
Dr Pippa Chapman	yes	Elite sport policy, with a particular focus on Olympic and Paralympic sports Keen interest in leadership and governance in sport and the relationship between sport policy and health policy
Professor Dave Collins	yes	Performance enhancement and support Coach development Talent development Expertise
Dr Loel Collins	yes	Theory and practice of coaching, coach development and education in outdoor activities, action and adventure sports Judgement and decision-making in complex and consequential environments
Dr Samantha Fawkner	no	Young people Physical activity Sedentary behaviour Body composition
Dr Claire Fitzsimons	no	Sedentary behaviour and older adults Physical activity and older adults
Dr Shirley Gray	yes	Physical education Health and wellbeing (health, the body and healthism discourse) PE pedagogy and curriculum Motivation, self-regulation and self-determination Student engagement in PE Girls' participation in PE Team games pedagogy and decision-making Masculinity and PE Teacher learning and research
Dr Andrew Horrell	no	Teacher professional learning Curriculum development Educational policy and curriculum enactment Physical education curriculum, pedagogy and assessment Physical education teacher education I specialise in areas of enquiry which draw on qualitative research methods.
Professor Grant Jarvie	yes	Sport, social sciences, politics Sports policy Sport diplomacy and cultural relations Social inequality Scottish sport and physical education Sport and international development Physical Education Sport for health The role universities and higher education Political economy
Dr Mike Jess	yes	Complexity thinking Curriculum and pedagogy Policy Physical education, particularly primary physical education
Dr John Kelly	yes	Sport and culture/fandom Media analyses and sport Militarism (civil-military relations) and sport 'Sectarianism' and sport PE and the body (socio-cultural issues) Symbolic interactionism (sociological theory) Sub-cultures in sport Offensiveness, language and discourse in sport
Dr Paul Kelly	yes	Walking, cycling and active travel Health behaviour measurement Health behaviour change
Dr Jung Woo (Jay) Lee	yes	Sport media and communication Sport and globalisation Sports mega-events studies Sports and international relations Sociology of sport Sport and social identities Sport and social theories Sport and semiotics
Dr Linda Linton	no
Dr Georgios Machtsiras	yes	Swimming Sports biomechanics Dance biomechanics
Dr Sarah MacIsaac	no	Health and the body from a sociological perspective Social media and the body Embodied identities Young people's experiences of, and engagements with, the PE environment Ethnographic research methods
Dr Justine MacLean	yes	Social sciences and policy Curriculum Agency Identity Resilience
Dr Alan MacPherson	yes	Rhythm for expertise Instructional technique/coaching Sources of information for movement
Dr Amanda Martindale	yes (on sabbatical Jan-Jul 2024)	Professional judgement and decision-making Accelerating expertise (individuals and teams) Mindfulness Performance psychology Please note - the context of research can be diverse and involve an element of risk (e.g., sport, medicine, emergency services, military, business)
Dr Matthew (Matt) McDowell	yes	‘Second-order’ sporting events The history of football Sport on the North Atlantic Rim The patronage of sport by industrialists, politicians and landowners Sport, material culture and the politics of representation Scottish/British sport, Empire, and decolonisation Lifestyle sports in Scotland The history of education (including physical education) North American sport The Scottish diaspora and sport The history and politics of baseball Hillwalking, land politics and environmentalism
Dr Paul McMillan	yes	Physical education, particularly in secondary schools The 'Sport Education' model Curriculum Pedagogy Teachers' everyday practices Teacher-pupil interaction, qualitative classroom research Naturalistic inquiry Qualitative research methods, self-study
Dr Marie Murphy	Please contact
Dr Christine Nash	yes	Sport coaching Coach education Talent development Development of expertise Mentoring
Professor Ailsa Niven	no	Psychological determinants and consequences of physical activity and sedentary behaviour Walking for health Health in adolescents
Dr Deborah (Debbie) Palmer	yes	Sports injury and illness epidemiology, risk and prevention Longer-term consequences of injury (e.g. osteoarthritis) Retired athlete health Sport-related concussion Elite, recreational, community and youth sport cohorts Trauma and orthopaedics Clinical cohorts
Dr Shaun Phillips	no	Fatigue mechanisms in sport and exercise Self-regulation of sport and exercise performance Perceptions of high-intensity interval exercise Sport and exercise interventions for individuals with neurological impairment
Dr Stelios Psycharakis	yes	Biomechanics of swimming and other aquatic sports Aquatic rehabilitation, in particular for chronic low back pain patients, sufferers of other MSDs and the elderly Clinical biomechanics Applied biomechanics in sports Human performance science Physical activity and health
Dr Gavin Reid	no	Sport and the city Sport and social enterprise Sport and event legacies Sport and the politics of dissent/protest Sport and local government austerity Sport and social exclusion
Dr Hugh Richards	yes	Coping Talent Individual differences and professional development related to sport, military and music
Dr Walker Ross	yes	Climate change Olympic Games Environmental justice Space utilization and land development
Dr Shari Sabeti	no	Arts education (including literature, graphic novels and the visual arts) Cultural heritage education Museum education Creative writing Anthropology of education Education in the global south Education and development Literacy in its social context Projects focused around ethnography as the primary approach to research Projects interested in using visual or arts-based methodologies
Dr Dave Saunders	yes	Life after stroke Physical activity Systematic review
Professor John Sproule	yes	Self-regulated learning Transformational teaching Physical education curriculum Physical education pedagogy Coach education Environmental physiology
Dr Jamie Taylor	Please contact
Dr Wendy Timmons	yes	I am interested in supervising Doctoral work related to the application of dance science and education to dance practice. For example: Digital technology that supports teaching and learning in the dance studio Dance, health and wellbeing Dance and dementia Dance education
Dr Tony Turner	no	Human performance science Motorsport physiology & performance Cardio-respiratory systems’ responses during exercise Physiology of strength & conditioning Concussion
Dr Vander Viana	yes	Teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) English for academic purposes (EAP) Corpus linguistics Data-driven learning Language teacher education Academic/pedagogical discourse analysis
Dr Martine Verheul	yes	Motor Control Motor coordination Perception and movement Motor development Disability sport
Dr Matthew (Matt) Weston	yes	Applied sports science

Teacher Education, Curriculum and Pedagogy

Name	Available to supervise?	Areas of research interest
Dr Ramsey Affifi	yes	Environmental, sustainability and outdoor education Philosophy of education Environmental humanities "Ecologising" education Integrating art into science education Re-imagining STEAM education Aesthetics Emotions and contemplative approaches to education (especially in response to the ecological crisis) Post-qualitative and arts-informed research methods
Professor Gert Biesta	no	Educational theory Education policy Curriculum Teaching Teacher education Citizenship education Arts education Religious education
Professor Catherine Bovill	yes	Co-created curriculum Student-staff partnership in learning, teaching Higher education curriculum conceptualisation Relational pedagogy, belonging, mattering and student engagement
Dr Mary Bovill	yes	Conceptions of texts and textual practices in English and history Philosophy in prisons Philosophy with children Critical thinking
Dr Audrey Cameron	yes	I am available to supervise deaf, deafblind and hard-of-hearing students on topics related to science education and sign languages.
Dr Sue Chapman	yes	Teacher wellbeing Teacher professional learning Teacher identity Initial teacher education Teacher/student teacher mentoring
Dr Beth Christie	no	Practical, theoretical and philosophical aspects of outdoor learning and learning for sustainability The developing policy landscape in Scotland in relation to outdoor learning, learning for sustainability and the curriculum
Dr David Clarke	yes	Environmental and sustainability education (formal and informal) practice, policy, philosophy and research methodology with a focus on the following approaches: Practitioner inquiry and participatory action research Narrative, autobiographical, and autoethnographic inquiry Philosophical inquiry, writing as inquiry, thinking/living with theory, creative-relational and post-qualitative inquiry Immanent ontologies, including animisms, affect theory, feminist new materialisms and posthumanism
Dr Laura Colucci-Gray	yes	Science education Sustainability education Outdoor learning STEAM education Citizen science Interactive and participatory research methodologies
Dr Maria Dasli	yes	Intercultural education Intercultural communication Intercultural citizenship Intercultural dialogue and peacebuilding Critical multiculturalism Critical pedagogy Social justice, inclusion and democracy Ethics of responsibility and hospitality Deconstruction Ethnography Critical discourse analysis Anti-racist discourse
Dr Andrea English	yes	Philosophy of education, especially Dewey, and the classical German tradition Phenomenology and pragmatism Topics of moral education Dialogic teaching Pupil voice Critical thinking
Dr Yvonne Foley	no	Language teacher education Teachers' beliefs and identities Literacy development for pupils learning English as an additional language (EAL) Critical literacies Second/additional language learning and teaching
Dr Lauren Hammond	yes	Children’s geographies Geography education Curriculum Geographies of education and education spaces Children’s rights Participatory research methods
Professor Peter Higgins	no	Theory, philosophy and practice of outdoor education/outdoor learning Theory, philosophy and practice of environmental and sustainability education International comparative approaches to outdoor, environmental and sustainability education Coaching and skill acquisition in outdoor activities
Dr Hui-Chuan (Jane) Li	Please contact	Curriculum materials design and development, particularly in relation to mathematics Social constructivism in mathematics teaching and learning Development of students’ mathematical proficiency with meaningful grounding Learning for sustainability in mathematics education Learning, teaching and assessment Classroom discussion and communication International and comparative education
Dr Holly Linklater	Please contact	Autoethnography Ethnography Practitioner research Teacher research Inclusion Pedagogy (especially primary schools/ early years); Teachers' creative/imaginative thinking (with regard to pedagogic decision-making)
Dr James MacAllister	yes	Philosophical inquiries into any educational issue/s Ethics, values and moral education Epistemology and education - what types of knowledge and curricula are valuable and why Issues concerning discipline and/or punishment in educational settings Alternative schooling
Dr Ann MacDonald	yes	Gender Religious culture and experience Gender and feminism in religion Religion and schooling Teacher culture Women teachers Primary teaching as work Schooling in Scotland Social justice
Professor Gale Macleod	yes	Social, emotional and behavioural problems School disaffection Behaviour Exclusion/inclusion Authority relationships Medicalisation of behaviour
Dr Geetha Marcus	yes	Experiences: BAME teachers and student teachers Gypsy/Travellers "Migrant" and/or "refugee" women and girls Also: Culturally relevant pedagogies for teaching the new century child Translingualism and Translanguaging Black feminist methodology (otherwise known an intersectionality) Oral history
Dr Donna Murray	no	Taught postgraduate student experience Masters provision Self-efficacy
Dr Aline Nardo	yes	Philosophy of Education, in particular topics connected to Dewey, Vygotsky, Marxism and Critical Theory Topics at the intersection of Evolution and Education Philosophical/conceptual/historical work on ‘learning’ and ‘development’ Theory and design related to ‘ethics and play’ (digital and analogue) in educational contexts
Professor Robbie Nicol	yes	Outdoor environmental education (theory and practice) Environmental philosophy Epistemological diversity (different ways of knowing) Experiential learning Sustainable development Education Learning for sustainability Cultural perspectives on environmental education
Dr David Overend	yes	Contemporary theatre and performance Artistic/creative research Creative approaches to space and place Interdisciplinary learning and teaching
Dr Zoe Robertson	no	Teacher education Teacher professional learning and development School leadership and leadership development/preparation
Dr Dimitra Tsakalou	yes	Inclusive education Equality and social justice Perceptions and practices on inclusion Inclusive practices