Race and Education Research Cluster

The Race and Education Research Cluster aims to develop a theorised and practice-based understanding of the role of race in education, and ultimately to challenge race inequality in education in all its forms. The work of this cluster focuses on education at all levels, both formal and informal. The Race and Education Research Cluster is a respectful space for research, knowledge exchange, teaching and participation in critical and reflexive discussions about race and racial inequalities in education.

Our aims

The cluster aims to:

Lead in the development of theory to better understand and address racial inequalities in education, including (post)colonialism, Critical Race Theory, intersectionality, Critical Whiteness Studies
Lead methodological discussions and developments around research on race and race inequality in order to avoid the reinscription of white dominance in research and challenge interventionist/saviour approaches. These include participatory/co-produced research and decolonial and critical race methods
Explore and promote anti-racist practices and pedagogies, racial literacy and race equality in education via teaching and CPD
Analyse the impact of education policy, practices and dominant Western-centric ideologies as well as geopolitical and global movements and moments, on the positioning and perception of racialised groups in education
Conduct empirical research which enables us to better understand and to challenge race inequality in education
Explore the spaces for activism for race equality in education

Research Cluster Lead

“Race and racism play a role in all kinds of educational spaces, impacting on policies, systems, practices, pedagogies, attitudes, identities and outcomes, often in complex and barely visible ways. In this cluster we conduct research which enables us to better understand how race and racism operate, and explore ways to challenge inequalities.” - Charlotte Chadderton

Charlotte Chadderton

Charlotte is a Professor of Education and Head of Research in the Institute of Education. She oversees research and doctoral provision at the Institute and leads on the Research Excellence Framework (...

Research Cluster Team

Cluster Members

Join us

Whether you would like to find out more about the research we are doing, apply for a PhD in this area or discuss a collaboration opportunity, please email Professor Charlotte Chadderton.

Publications

Published works

Chadderton, C. (2023) Covid, schooling and race in England: a case of necropolitics. Race, Ethnicity and Education, Vol. 26 (1), pp. 112-128.
Kaur, B (2022) Connecting the racial to the spatial; migration, identity and educational settings as a third space, Journal of Vocational Education & Training, DOI: 10.1080/13636820.2022.2139747
Kaur, B. (2022), "Creating diversification through hybrid identities and educational encounters: the power of a third space", Qualitative Research Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. DOI: 10.1108/QRJ-02-2022-0032
Jackson-Cole, D. and Chadderton, C. (2021) White supremacy in postgraduate education at elite universities in England: the role of the gatekeepers. Whiteness and Education. 10.1080/23793406.2021.2013131.
Chadderton, C. (2020) A longitudinal study of young women’s transitions in Tower Hamlets in an age of austerity. Report for the Aldgate and Allhallows Foundation, London.
Chadderton, C. (2019) Race, ethnicity and education in England. In Ward, S. and Simon, C. A student’s guide to Education Studies (4th ed.). London and New York: Routledge.
Chadderton, C. (2019) Career education and guidance and race (in)equality in England. In Hooley, T., Sultana, R. Thomsen, R. (eds.) Career Guidance for Emancipation: Reclaiming Justice for the Multitude. Routledge, pp. 81-97.
Chadderton, C. (2018) Towards a research framework for race in education: critical race theory and Judith Butler. In Youdell, D. (ed.) Judith Butler and education. Routledge
Chadderton, C. (2018) Judith Butler, race and education. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan