Projects overview
A list of current research projects being undertaken in the School of Education.
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Current projects |
Lead staff member |
Research Cluster |
Funder |
Start date |
End date |
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| Improving teacher awareness and understandings of paediatric OCD | Dr Lauren Powell/ Dr Anna Weighall |
Education and Psychology | ESRC White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership (WRDTP) | Oct 2023 | Oct 2027 |
| Re-Emerge: Arts and Health | Dr Jessica Bradley | Literacies and Language | Leeds Hospital Charities/NHS Charities Together, Arts Council England, Research England | Jan 2022 | Dec 2023 |
| Responsible Innovation in Technology and Ethics for Children (‘RITEC’) | Dr. Fiona Scott | Literacies and Language | The LEGO Foundation | October 2021 | December 2023 |
| Digiware: Knowledge Exchange in Education and Internet of Things | Dr Katherine Easton | Education and Psychology | HEIF | December 2022 | December 2023 |
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Humanising the healthcare experiences of people with learning disabilities |
Professor Dan Goodley | Education and Psychology / Identity and Marginalised Communities | ESRC | September 2022 | August 2025 |
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Reimagining Trustworthy Autonomous Systems with Disabled Young People |
Dr Lauren White and Professor Dan Goodley | Education and Psychology / Identity and Marginalised Communities | EPSRC / TAS Hub | March 2022 | March 2023 |
| Dan Goodley | Education and Psychology / Identity and Marginalised Communities | TBA | |||
| Dr Heather Ellis | Childhood and Youth / Knowledge and Systems | ESRC | Oct 2022 |
Oct 2024 |
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| Tired of spinning plates: an exploration of the mental health experiences of adults and/or older carers of adults with learning disabilities | Professor Katherine Runswick-Cole | Education and Psychology | NIHR/HSDR | Oct 2022 | Nov 2024 |
| A positive early education: Theory, intervention modelling, and evaluation (PECE-TIME) | Dr Anna Weighall | Education and Psychology | The Nuffield Foundation | April 2022 | February 2024 |
| Professional development for educational change: building inclusive and culturally responsive practices | Dr Liz Chesworth | Early Childhood Education | ESRC | September 2021 | October 2022 |
| How do D/deaf people experience suspense in film? | Dr Kirsty Liddiard/ Dr Ryan Bramley |
Literacies and Language | Sheffield Innovation Programme and Paper | Jan 2022 | July 2022 |
| Gender Diversity and Game Avatar Designs | Dr Aneesh Barai | Childhood and Youth | HEIF | March 2022 | Sep 2022 |
| Maker{futures} | Dr Alison Buxton | Literacies and Language | Multiple funders | Jan 2020 | Open ended |
| Capturing relational practice in educational psychology | Dr Harriet Cameron/Dr Penny Fogg | Education and Psychology | Funding provided by The University of Sheffield | Jan 2022 | Jan 2023 |
| WorldBuilders: Digital Literacies and Media Arts in Primary Education | Dr Alison Buxton/Becky Parry | Literacies and Language | Paul Hamlyn Foundation | July 2021 | July 2023 |
| A National Observatory of Children’s Play Experiences During COVID-19 | Yinka Olusoga | Literacies and Language | ESRC | Nov 2020 | Jan 2022 |
| Autistic adults' constructions and experiences of autism | Dr Harriet Cameron | Education and Psychology | British Academy | March 2020 | March 2023 |
| Missing a diagnosis? | Dr Harriet Cameron | Education and Psychology | Supported by The University of Sheffield and Manchester Metropolitan University - not externally funded | Sept 2018 | Sept 2021 |
| Professor Dan Goodley and Dr Kirsty Liddiard | Centre for Critical Psychology and Education | TUOS | Jan 2015 | Ongoing | |
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Childhoods and Play British Academy |
Professor Jackie Marsh | Centre for Research in Early Childhood Education | The British Academy | April 2012 |
March 2022 |
| Decolonising Geography | Dr Christine Winter | Education and Psychology | |||
| Why Can't We Dream | Dr Kirsty Liddiard | Education and Psychology | ESRC | ||
| Sheffield Anti Racist Education SHARE | Dr Christine Winter | Education and Psychology | |||
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Psychoeducation for Young People with Neurodisabilities |
ESRC Impact Accelerator fund | ||||
| Re•Storying Autism in Education | Dr Harriet Cameron/Professor Katherine Runswick-Cole | Education and Psychology | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grant | ||
| Mad Mothers | Professor Katherine Runswick-Cole/Dr Penny Fogg | Education and Psychology | SSHRCH Insight Grant | ||
| IPS Beyond SMI: maximising individual placement and support (IPS) beyond severe mental illness (SMI) | Professor Katherine Runswick-Cole | Education and Psychology | NIHR | ||
Recent projects |
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| My Media, My Power, My World: Designing a New Interdisciplinary Primary School Subject | Dr Ryan Bramley/ Dr Sabine Little |
Literacies and Language | Holistic Think Tank | Feb 2022 | Aug 2022 |
| Mental Health and Technology at Sheffield | Dr Katherine Easton | Education and Psychology | eNurture - UKRI mental health network funded project | July 2021 | July 2022 |
| Storyland | Dr Aneesh Barai and Dr Becky Parry | Childhood and Youth | XR Stories | Oct 2020 | Dec 2021 |
| Lost Wor(l)ds: On language, heritage, and forgetting | Dr Sabine Little | Early Childhood Research | Knowledge Exchange and Impact Opportunities’ award | Oct 2020 | Dec 2021 |
| Project Title: Evaluating Trespass Prevention (in partnership with Network Rail, Barnsley College, and the National Railway Museum) | Dr Ryan Bramley | Childhood and Youth | UKRI National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) | March 2021 | Sept 2021 |
| Learning-rich leadership for quality improvement in early childhood education | Professor Elizabeth Wood | Early Childhood Research | Sept 2019 | July 2021 | |
| Multilingual Streets: Translating and Curating the Linguistic Landscape | Dr Jessica Bradley | Literacies Research | AHRC | April 2019 | August 2021 |
| Communities' languages, identities and belonging in participatory health care interventions | Dr Sabine Little | Early Childhood Research | Global Challenges Research Fund | July 2019 | July 2021 |
| Understanding practitioners' decision-making to support complexity in children's play | Liz Chesworth | Early Childhood Research | Froebel Trust | Sept 2019 | July 2021 |
| Cross-language dynamics: reshaping community | Dr Sabine Little | Centre for Research in Early Childhood Education | AHRC-Funded OWRI Programme | August 2018 | May 2021 |
| Nurturing Slovak Roma children at secondary school: A longitudinal study | Dr Mark Payne | Centre for the Study of Literacies | Academies Enterprise Trust | Sept 2015 | Oct 2020 |
| Living Life to the Fullest | Prof Dan Goodley | Centre for Critical Psychology and Education | ESRC | April 2017 | March 2020 |
| Heritage language families – Identity and well-being | Dr Sabine Little | Early Childhood Research | BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant SRG 2018 | Oct 2018 | Oct 2019 |
| Children, Technology and Play | Professor Jackie Marsh | Literacies and Language | LEGO Foundation | Sept 2019 | March 2020 |
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The digital literacy and multimodal practices of young children (DigiLitEY) |
Professor Jackie Marsh | Centre for the Study of Literacies |
COST |
Oct 2015 |
Oct 2019 |
| Makerspaces in the early years: Enhancing digital literacy and creativity (MakEY) | Professor Jackie Marsh | Centre for the Study of Literacies | European Commission Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) | Jan 2017 | June 2019 |
| Imagine | Professor Kate Pahl | Centre for the Study of Literacies | AHRC, ESRC, | Dec 2013 | Dec 2017 |