Educational Research for Social Justice Evidence and Practice from the UK

Alistair Ross is an Emeritus Professor at London Metropolitan University, holds a personal Jean Monnet chair, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (UK). After a career in teaching in primary schools, he lectured in teacher education, and then in education policy research. He established and directed IPSE (2000-09) and a Jean Monnet Academic Network on children’s identity and citizenship in Europe (1998-2008). After retiring he has been conducting a one-person study on young European’s constructions of political identities and their participation in political action. Other research interests include citizenship and refugee education, particularly with reference to social inclusion; the nature and diversity of the educational workforce; and access and achievement in education for all social groups.  Recent publications include Understanding the Construction of Identities by New Europeans (Routledge 2015) and Finding Political Identities: Young people in a changing Europe  (Palgrave Macmillan 2019).