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 Shereen Benjamin	Senior Lecturer in Primary Education	shereen.benjamin@ed.ac.uk
Dr Hazel Christie	Lecturer (University Learning and Teaching), IAD	Hazel.Christie@ed.ac.uk
Dr Maureen Finn	Director of STEP, Moray House School of Education and Sport, IETL	maureen.finn@ed.ac.uk
Professor Lani Florian	Professor Emerita	lani.florian@ed.ac.uk
Dr Ian Fyfe	Senior Lecturer	ian.fyfe@ed.ac.uk
Professor Cristina Iannelli	Professor of Education and Social Stratification	c.iannelli@ed.ac.uk
Dr James MacAllister	Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Education	james.macallister@ed.ac.uk
Dr Justine MacLean	Lecturer in Physical Education / Programme Director: Year 3 MA (Hons) Physical Education	justine.maclean@ed.ac.uk
Dr Gale Macleod	Senior Lecturer, Moray House School of Education and Sport	Gale.Macleod@ed.ac.uk
Dr Geetha Marcus	Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education	geetha.marcus@ed.ac.uk
Dr Stuart Moir	Bicentennial Education Fellow	stuart.moir@ed.ac.uk
Dr Donna Murray	Head of Masters provision / Academic Developer, Institute for Academic Development	donna.murray@ed.ac.uk
Rachel O'Neill	Deputy Head of Institute for Education, Teaching and Leadership (IETL) / Senior Lecturer in Deaf Education	rachel.oneill@ed.ac.uk
Dr Helen Packwood	Lecturer in Social Research Methods	helen.packwood@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 Autumn Roesch-Marsh	Senior Lecturer in Social Work, School of Social and Political Science	a.roeschmarsh@ed.ac.uk
Professor Lyn Tett	Professor Emerita	lyn.tett@ed.ac.uk
Dr Martin Toye	Lecturer; Education, Teaching & Leadership	martin.toye@ed.ac.uk
Dr Wendy Ugolini	Senior Lecturer in History, Department of History	wendy.ugolini@ed.ac.uk
Dr Gil Viry	Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Political Science	gil.viry@ed.ac.uk
Dr Elisabet Weedon	Honorary Fellow	elisabet.weedon@ed.ac.uk
Dr Kevin Wright	Lecturer in Primary Education	kevin.wright@ed.ac.uk
Dr Annie Yang	Programme Director: MSc Language Education	cyang2@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 Personal webpage 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 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 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
Professor Andrea Ohidy	Freiburg University of Education	Institute Director	andrea.ohidy@ph-freiburg.de
Professor Michael Phillips	Monash University	Associate Professor of Digital Transformation, Faculty of Education	Michael.Phillips@monash.edu
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

PhD students

Current PhD students

Name	Supervisors	Degree and project title
Ghaleyah Alajmi	Dr Gale Macleod Dr Katie Cebula	PhD: Effectiveness of Behaviour Management Program for Students with Down syndrome under Inclusive Education in Kuwait
Enid Quesada Alfaro	Professor Sheila Riddell Dr Cathy Howieson	PhD: Policy transfer in higher education: the case of quality assurance mechanisms in Costa Rica
Anthea Coleman-Chan	Dr Jim Crowther Dr James MacAllister	EdD: Academic staff perspectives on community-engaged teaching and learning
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.
Robin Dallas-Childs	Dr Gale Macleod Dr James MacAllister	PhD: Exploring the impact of British educational policy on learners in alternative provision
Bethan Davies	Dr 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
Anthony Elloway	Dr James MacAllister Dr Gale Macleod Dr Masa Mrovlje	EdD: English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
Cagla Ergul	Prof 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	Prof Gillean McCluskey 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
Chad Lance Hemady	Dr Deborah Fry Dr Michael Gallagher	PhD: Using Children's Storybooks as a Prevention Strategy for Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation in the Philippines
Selin Korkmaz	Dr Nataša Pantić Dr Helen Packwood	PhD: Integration of Syrian refuges in Turkish education
Brendan Kwiatkowski	Dr Marlies Kustatscher Prof Gillean McCluskey	PhD: Healthy masculinity and adolescence: resilience to restrictive masculinity
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
Dorothy Muraya Neriah	Dr Deborah Fry Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh	PhD: Exploring Fostering Recruitment in England as a link to Permanence and Stability in Foster Care
Ian Normile	Dr James MacAllister Dr 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	Dr Gale Macleod Professor Mark Smith (Dundee University)	PhD: Social Pedagogy is residential schools in Spain
Susanne Paulus	Dr Gale Macleod Dr Simon Beames Dr Liliana Riga	PhD: Exploring outdoor activities for people with refugee and migrant biographies / Relational processes in an intercultural and inclusive community garden
Iain Philip	Dr Maria Dasli Dr Deborah Fry	PhD: Syrian refugees learning English in Scotland
Jack Reed	Dr Simon Beames Dr 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	Dr 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
Stephen Sowa	Dr Andrew Manches Dr Julie Smith	PhD: Primary school pupils’ career aspirations and job automation risks
Lewis Stockwell	Dr Robbie Nicol Dr James MacAllister	PhD: The Educational Aims of Canoeing
Xue Qin	Professor Sheila Riddell Dr Kevin Wright	PhD: Gender differences of the elderly in receiving lifelong learning in first-tier cities in China
Xiaomeng Tian	Dr Gale Macleod Dr Neil Lent (IAD)	PhD: A qualitative study on pedagogical relationships at PGT level in the UK
Shrikant Wad	Professor Sheila Riddell Kuang-Hsu Chiang	PhD: Social disparities amongst undergraduate disciplines: a realist inquiry into choice and affirmative action in India
Jaye Ware	Dr Jane Brown Dr Lynn Jamieson	PhD: Young people's perspectives on Queerphobia, gender and sexual diversity in Scottish secondary schools
Suqiong Zheng	Dr Nataša Pantić Professor Do Coyle	PhD: Teacher Agency for Professional Learning Communities in Schools
Qiyu Zhuang	Dr Gale Macleod Dr Donna Murray (IAD)	PhD: The investigation of transitions of Postgraduate taught (PGT) students

Completed PhD students

Name	Supervisors	Degree and project title
Siti Abdul Latif	Dr Jo WIlliams Dr Elisabet Weedon	PhD: In Education: Designing a culturally sensitive screening tool in identifying students with Emotional and Behavioural difficulties in Brunei Darussalam
Colin Brough	Dr Gale Macleod Dr Mark Smith	PhD: What do the stories, told by boys and young men from one foster home, tell us about their upbringing with a single male foster carer?
Ania Byerly	Professor Sheila Riddell Dr Rowena Arshad	PhD: Scottish primary school teacher perspectives on multicultural and anti-racist education
Dana Dabbous	Dr Rowena Arshad Dr Deborah Fry	PhD: A Critical Inquiry into the Education for Refugee and Migrant Pupils: the construction of primary teachers' practices in one city in Scotland
Katherine Friend	Professor Sheila Riddell Dr Gale Macleod	PhD: Assessing the intersections of masculinity, social class, and underrepresented student transition during the first year of university at three peer institutions: Edinburgh, Scotland; Durham, England; Madison, Wisconsin
Lucy Hunter Blackburn	Professor Sheila Riddell Professor Cristina Iannelli	PhD: Factors affecting the distribution of student borrowing in Scotland: From universal entitlements to unequal outcomes
Anne Kent	Dr Deborah Fry Dr Martin Toye	PhD: The Self - Reported Health and Well-being of the Children of Scottish Prisoners
Lorele Mackie	Professor Lyn Tett Dr Rosemary Mulholland	PhD: Mentoring primary education student teachers: understandings of mentoring and perceptions of the use of formative assessment within the mentoring process
Geetha Marcus	Dr Akwugo Emejulu Prof Gillean McCluskey	PhD: From The Margins to the Centre: The Educational Experiences of Gypsy/Traveller Girls in Scottish Schools
Dulce Mendoza	Professor Cristina Ianelli Dr Ellen Boeren	PhD: Social inequalities in young people's educational outcomes. A comparative study among upper secondary schools in Mexico
Sarah Minty	Professor Sheila Riddell Dr Cathy Howieson	PhD: Young people’s higher education decisions in Scotland: the influence of social class and family attitudes to higher education costs (completed in 2021)
Raheleh Mir Eslami	Professor Stephen McKinney Dr Gale Macleod	PhD: Approaches to critical thinking in religious education in Scotland: analysis of teachers' accounts and curriculum documents in non-denominational and Roman Catholic sectors
Melissa Moncrieffe	Dr Elisabet Weedon Professor Lynn Tett	PhD: Interpretations of a model of Non-Formal Education: A critical, comparative case study analysis of national US and Scottish programs for young people
Karina Padilla Malca	Professor Kay Tisdall Dr Deborah Fry	PhD: Lived citizenship in early childhood in a flood-prone area in Amazonian Peru (Completed in 2021)
Lakshmi Neelakantan	Dr Deborah Fry Professor Lani Florian Dr Franziska Meinck	PhD: Understanding young people’s experiences of the ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool (ICAST-C): An investigation in Romania, South Africa, and the Philippines (Completed in 2021)
Tina Stones	Dr Gale Macleod Professor Ellen Boeren Dr Amanda Martindale	EdD: What does wellbeing mean to young people and how does this relate to policy discourses? A study of teenagers in one secondary school in Scotland
Graham Thomson	Dr Gale Macleod Dr Christine Nash	PhD: The leadership for learning of Scottish secondary school Head Teachers
Dorothea Vincent	Dr Deborah Fry Dr Jingy Li	PhD: The United Nations' Relationship with Civil Society - Development of the 2nd Charter 'The United Peoples' and The United Nations' Principled Decision-Making Policy through The Naber Model
Yuchen Wang	Professor Lani Florian Dr Jane Brown	PhD:Imagining inclusive schooling: an ethnographic inquiry into disabled children's participation in regular schools in urban Shanghai
Jenestar Wanjiru	Dr Gale Macleod Prof Gillean McCluskey Dr Deirdre Torrance	PhD: Towards sustainable inclusion/retention of marginalised and vulnerable children: exploring leadership practices and perspectives in one primary school in Kenya
Zoe (Rong) Yan	Dr Gale MacLeod Dr Martin Toye	PhD: Peer Rejection, Teacher-Children Relationships and ADHD in the Classroom
Sujin Yoon	Prof Gillean McCluskey Dr Deborah Fry	PhD: Help or Hinder?: The Role of Alternative Education for Young North Korean Refugees’ Integration into South

This article was published on 26 Oct, 2023