Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR)

We are an interdisciplinary research centre, committed to using research to inform national and international public policy debate and to support professional practice. As well as conducting research, we organise seminars and research meetings, and run innovative policy-relevant teaching programmes. We are also interested in promoting and supporting research by, and in collaboration with, our students.

Scholarship in CPPR draws on a range of humanities and social science perspectives and methodologies. With particular strengths in sociology and applied philosophy, our work critically analyses and illuminates policy processes and effects in a range of global and local contexts and policy and practice settings. These include education, health and social care, youth work and the cultural sector.

Our research is organised around four overlapping programmes of research and knowledge exchange:

Equality and social justice
Knowledge, values and ethics at work
Governance, accountability and public service quality
Children, youth and society

Members

L. Philip Barnes

Emeritus Reader in Religious and Theological Education

Nuala Burgess

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Peter Burgess

PhD candidate

Bob Burstow

Visiting Research Fellow

Simon Christmas

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Alan Cribb

Professor of Bioethics and Education

Antonia Dawes

Lecturer in Social Justice

Tania de St Croix

Lecturer in the Sociology of Youth and Childhood

Louise Doherty

Research Associate

Jenny Driscoll

Senior Lecturer in Child Studies Programme Director, MA Child Studies

Maren Elfert

Lecturer in Education and Society

Imogen Feld

Visiting post-doctoral fellow

Sharon Gewirtz

Professor of Education

Eleanor Gurney

Lecturer in International Education

Yen-Hsiang Huang

PhD candidate

Aisha Hutchinson

Lecturer in the Social Sciences

Chae-Young Kim

Visiting Research Fellow

Gerard Lum

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Education Management

Meg Maguire

Professor of Sociology of Education

Pat Mahony

Visiting Professor

Ayo Mansaray

Lecturer in Sociology of Education & Policy

Ada Mau

Research Associate

Francesca Meloni

Lecturer in Social Justice

Mili

Postdoctoral Fellow in Education

Polly Mitchell

Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Bioethics and Public Policy

John Owens

Lecturer in Ethics and Public Policy

David Pepper

Lecturer in International Education

Duna Sabri

Visiting Research Fellow

Diego Santori

Senior Lecturer in Education and Society

Beatrice Szczepek Reed

Head of School and Professor of Language and Education

Anwar Tlili

Senior Lecturer

Emma Towers

Teaching Fellow

Thornchanok Uerpairojkit

PhD candidate

Christopher Winch

Professor of Educational Philosophy and Policy

'But why is that better?'

''But why is that better?' An investigation of what applied philosophy and ethics can bring to quality improvement work in healthcare'.

Opportunity, equality and agency in England's new VET landscape: a longitudinal study of post-16 transitions

How England's vocational education and training (VET) system could better support the school to work transitions of young people who don’t go to university.

Rethinking Impact, Evaluation and Accountability in Youth Work

The project investigates how impact tools and processes are experienced and enacted by young people and practitioners in youth work settings.

The History of Educational Planning in Developing Countries Through the Lens of the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)

This study traces the history of educational planning in developing countries through the lens of the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP).

Academics 'staying on' post retirement age in English Universities Departments of Education: Opportunities, threats and employment policies
George, R. & Maguire, M., 21 Aug 2020, In : British Journal of Educational Studies . Research output: Contribution to journal - Article. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2020.1814951
Trying to do Socially Just Educational Research: Doing Things Differently
Maguire, M., 21 Mar 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : SCOTTISH EDUCATIONAL REVIEW. 52, 1 Research output: Contribution to journal - Article
A Citizen Enquiry into the Lives of Youth Workers in the time of Covid-19
Batsleer, J., Beever, E., de St Croix, T., Jones, K., McVeigh, G., Smith, C. & Amin, H., 1 Sep 2020, In : Youth and Policy. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article
When assessment validation neglects any strand of validity evidence: An instructive example from PISA
Pepper, D., 15 Jul 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article
Researching Education: Perspectives from Winch's Approach to the Social Sciences
Winch, C., 22 Jun 2020, Ethics, Society and Politics: Themes from the Philosophy of Peter Winch. Campbell, M. & Reid, L. (eds.). 1 ed. London: SpringerLink, Vol. 6. p. 231-249 (Nordic Wittgenstein Studies; vol. 6). Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding - Chapter. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40742-1
Becoming a Teacher: Issues in Secondary Education
Maguire, M., Gibbons, S., Glackin, M., Pepper, D. & Skilling, K., 22 Mar 2018, 5th ed. Open University Press. 464 p. Research output: Book/Report - Book
Investing ourselves: the role of space and place in being a working-class female academic
Jones, L. & Maguire, M., 9 Jun 2020, In : Discourse (Abingdon): studies in the cultural politics of education. p. 1-15 Research output: Contribution to journal - Article. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2020.1767937
Overcoming diverse approaches to vocational education and training to combat climate change: the case of low energy construction in Europe
Winch, C., Clarke, L. & Sahin-Dikmen, M., 12 Jun 2020, In : Oxford Review of Education. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2020.1745167
Reconceptualizing mirroring: Sound imitation and rapport in naturally occurring interaction
Szczepek Reed, B., 28 May 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : JOURNAL OF PRAGMATICS. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article
Navigating justice in practice: An exercise in grounding ethical theory
Cribb, A. & Gewirtz, S., 1 Nov 2005, In : Theory and Research in Education. 3, 3, p. 327 342 p. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article

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CPPR Lunchtime Seminar Series

A new set of lunchtime seminars is coming up for the academic year 2019/20.

View the events in the CPPR Lunchtime Seminar Series

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Radical Education Group

The Radical Education Group (REG) is for anyone and everyone with an interest in radical education. We meet monthly to discuss issues of radical educational theory and practice, and the challenges involved in bringing about radical educational change. For further information about REG please contact: Freya Aquarone: freya.aquarone@kcl.ac.uk, Nuala Burgess: nualaburgess@gmail.com, or Peter Burgess: peter.burgess@kcl.ac.uk

Theory and Methods Workshops

This group provides an opportunity for CPPR doctoral students and staff to come together in an informal and supportive atmosphere to grapple with methodological and theoretical issues of common interest. Each meeting is usually based on a methodological or theoretical topic or the ideas of one thinker. A relevant text is circulated in advance, with the participants taking turns to choose the reading and introduce the topic or thinker and possible themes for discussion. As far as possible we aim to choose texts and themes that have widespread relevance and significance. For further information, please contact: Alan Cribb: alan.cribb@kcl.ac.uk, or Sharon Gewirtz: sharon.gewirtz@kcl.ac.uk