CAREER

EDUCATION

PhD Social Policy, Open University, UK (Oct 2005-Feb 2009)
MRes Social Science Research Methods, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK (Oct 2004-July 2005)
BA Sociology, University of Leeds, UK (Oct 2000-July 2003)

EMPLOYMENT

Reader, Department of Educational Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London (Nov 2019-Present)
Reader, Cass School of Education and Communities, University of East London (July 2016-Oct 2019)
Senior Lecturer, Cass School of Education and Communities, University of East London (Feb 2015-June 2016)
Research Fellow, School of Education, University of Roehampton (Sept 2012-Jan 2015)
Research Associate, School of Education, University of Roehampton (July 2011-June 2012)
Research Assistant, School of Education, University of Roehampton (July 2010-June 2011)

LEADERSHIP

Director of Research, Department of Educational Studies, Goldsmiths (Nov 2021-Present)
Chair of Secondary PGCE examination board, Department of Educational Studies, Goldsmiths (Nov 2021-Present)
Co-Director of Research, Department of Educational Studies, Goldsmiths (Dec 2020-Oct 2021)
Convenor for the Writing Group, Department of Educational Studies, Goldsmiths (Oct 2020-present)
Coordinator for Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-East England (CHASE), Department of Educational Studies, Goldsmiths (June 2020-present)
Departmental Ethics Lead, Department of Educational Studies, Goldsmiths (Aug 2020-Present)

PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION

Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA) (Oct 2013-Present)

SCHOLARSHIPS AND FUNDING

Impact Fund; Funder: Readiness for REF, University of East London; Amount: £2,581 (July 2016)
Future Research Leaders Grant; Funder: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC); Amount: £206,231 (Oct 2012-Jan 2015)
PhD Studentship; Funder: Centre for Citizenship, Identity and Governance (CCIG), The Open University; Amount: £51,168 (Oct 2005-Jan 2009)

AWARDS

BERA Conference 2023 – SIG Best Presentation prize. Paper: Markets, morals and education reform: A policy history of parents as consumers, governors and producer (Oct 2023)
BERA Conference 2023 – SIG Best Presentation prize. Paper: The rise of technocracy and the challenge to deliberative democracy: Using political theory to rethink spaces and practices of school governance (with Janet Hetherington) (Oct 2023)
Joint-second prize for books published in 2016. Book: Modernising school governance: Corporate planning and expert handling in state education (Routledge). Awarding body: Society for Educational Studies (SES). Prize: £1000 (Nov 2017)

NOMINATIONS

Nominated for a University of East London (UEL) Student Led Teaching Award (SLTA) (May 2018)
Nominated for ‘Editor’s Choice’ in Discourse: Studies in Cultural Politics of Education. Nominated journal article: ‘Governing through parents: a genealogical enquiry of education policy and the construction of neoliberal subjectivities in England’, co-authored with Antonio Olmedo (May 2017)

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

Journal of Education Policy (JEP); Co-Editor in Chief (Jan 2024-Present)
Culture, Education and Future; Editorial Board Member (April 2023-Present)
Critical Perspectives on Education and Public Policy; Policy Press Book Series; Editorial Board Member (Jan 2023-Present)
Critical Studies in Education; Editorial Board Member (Nov 2022-Present)
Australian Educational Researcher (AER); International Editorial Board Member (March 2021-Present)
Journal of Education Policy (JEP); Associate Regional Editor – Europe (Sept 2018-Dec 2023)
Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies (JCEPS); Editorial Advisory Board Member (Sept 2017-Present)
British Journal of Sociology of Education (BJSE); Editorial Advisory Board Member (June 2017-Present)
Social Theory and Methodology in Education Research; Bloomsbury Book Series; Editorial Board Member (June 2016-Present)
Pedagogy, Psychology and Professional Education (Ukrainian); Editorial Board Member (Feb 2016-Present)
Journal of Applied Social Theory; Editorial Board Member (Nov 2015-Present)
Journal of Pedagogy (JoP) (Slovak); Executive Editor Panel Member (March 2014-Present)

RESEARCH COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP

Australian Research Council (ARC); Assessor (Nov 2022-Present)
Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS); Expert (March 2021-Present)
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC); Peer Review College Member (Oct 2012-Present)

EDUCATION

PhD Social Policy, Open University, UK (Oct 2005-Feb 2009)

MRes Social Science Research Methods, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK (Oct 2004-July 2005)

BA Sociology, University of Leeds, UK (Oct 2000-July 2003)

EMPLOYMENT

Reader, Department of Educational Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London (Nov 2019-Present)

Reader, Cass School of Education and Communities, University of East London (July 2016-Oct 2019)

Senior Lecturer, Cass School of Education and Communities, University of East London (Feb 2015-June 2016)

Research Fellow, School of Education, University of Roehampton (Sept 2012-Jan 2015)

Research Associate, School of Education, University of Roehampton (July 2011-June 2012)

Research Assistant, School of Education, University of Roehampton (July 2010-June 2011)

LEADERSHIP

Director of Research, Department of Educational Studies, Goldsmiths (Nov 2021-Present)

Chair of Secondary PGCE examination board, Department of Educational Studies, Goldsmiths (Nov 2021-Present)

Co-Director of Research, Department of Educational Studies, Goldsmiths (Dec 2020-Oct 2021)

Convenor for the Writing Group, Department of Educational Studies, Goldsmiths (Oct 2020-present)

Coordinator for Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-East England (CHASE), Department of Educational Studies, Goldsmiths (June 2020-present)

Departmental Ethics Lead, Department of Educational Studies, Goldsmiths (Aug 2020-Present)

PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION

Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA) (Oct 2013-Present)

SCHOLARSHIPS AND FUNDING

Impact Fund; Funder: Readiness for REF, University of East London; Amount: £2,581 (July 2016)

Future Research Leaders Grant; Funder: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC); Amount: £206,231 (Oct 2012-Jan 2015)

PhD Studentship; Funder: Centre for Citizenship, Identity and Governance (CCIG), The Open University; Amount: £51,168 (Oct 2005-Jan 2009)

AWARDS

BERA Conference 2023 – SIG Best Presentation prize. Paper: Markets, morals and education reform: A policy history of parents as consumers, governors and producer (Oct 2023)

BERA Conference 2023 – SIG Best Presentation prize. Paper: The rise of technocracy and the challenge to deliberative democracy: Using political theory to rethink spaces and practices of school governance (with Janet Hetherington) (Oct 2023)

Joint-second prize for books published in 2016. Book: Modernising school governance: Corporate planning and expert handling in state education (Routledge). Awarding body: Society for Educational Studies (SES). Prize: £1000 (Nov 2017)

NOMINATIONS

Nominated for a University of East London (UEL) Student Led Teaching Award (SLTA) (May 2018)

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

Journal of Education Policy (JEP); Co-Editor in Chief (Jan 2024-Present)

Culture, Education and Future; Editorial Board Member (April 2023-Present)

Critical Perspectives on Education and Public Policy; Policy Press Book Series; Editorial Board Member (Jan 2023-Present)

Critical Studies in Education; Editorial Board Member (Nov 2022-Present)

Australian Educational Researcher (AER); International Editorial Board Member (March 2021-Present)

Journal of Education Policy (JEP); Associate Regional Editor – Europe (Sept 2018-Dec 2023)

Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies (JCEPS); Editorial Advisory Board Member (Sept 2017-Present)

British Journal of Sociology of Education (BJSE); Editorial Advisory Board Member (June 2017-Present)

Social Theory and Methodology in Education Research; Bloomsbury Book Series; Editorial Board Member (June 2016-Present)

Pedagogy, Psychology and Professional Education (Ukrainian); Editorial Board Member (Feb 2016-Present)

Journal of Applied Social Theory; Editorial Board Member (Nov 2015-Present)

Journal of Pedagogy (JoP) (Slovak); Executive Editor Panel Member (March 2014-Present)

RESEARCH COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP

Australian Research Council (ARC); Assessor (Nov 2022-Present)

Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS); Expert (March 2021-Present)

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC); Peer Review College Member (Oct 2012-Present)