The EducEight Group and Northumbria University are pleased to announce the:
6th EducEight International Conference on
Ethnicity and Education: Old Issues, New Insights
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (4-6 July 2012)
We aim to showcase leading‐edge research in the area of ethnic inequalities in education, focussing on key conceptual, methodological and empirical debates, while providing an opportunity for researchers from a range of countries to present and discuss their research, exchange ideas and network in a supportive environment.
Keynote speakers(in alphabetical order):
6th EducEight International Conference on
Ethnicity and Education: Old Issues, New Insights
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (4-6 July 2012)
We aim to showcase leading‐edge research in the area of ethnic inequalities in education, focussing on key conceptual, methodological and empirical debates, while providing an opportunity for researchers from a range of countries to present and discuss their research, exchange ideas and network in a supportive environment.
Keynote speakers(in alphabetical order):
Louise Archer
Professor of Sociology of Education, King’s College London
Louise's research expertise lies in understanding how ‘identity’ and social inequalities shape people’s aspirations and their engagement with - and experiences of - education. In particular, she has explored how ‘race’/ethnicity, social class and gender affect young people’s lives, their identities and their educational choices. She has conducted research on Muslim pupils, the minority ethnic middle classes, British Chinese pupils, urban young people and schooling and on widening participation in HE.
Professor of Sociology of Education, King’s College London
Louise's research expertise lies in understanding how ‘identity’ and social inequalities shape people’s aspirations and their engagement with - and experiences of - education. In particular, she has explored how ‘race’/ethnicity, social class and gender affect young people’s lives, their identities and their educational choices. She has conducted research on Muslim pupils, the minority ethnic middle classes, British Chinese pupils, urban young people and schooling and on widening participation in HE.
Kalwant Bhopal
Reader in Education, Director of the Social Justice & Inclusive Education Research Centre,
University of Southampton
Kalwant’s areas of interest and expertise are centred around the achievements and experiences of minority ethnic groups in education. She has a great deal of research experience in examining the lives of South Asian women and Gypsy and Traveller groups, focussing on social justice and inclusion and has published several books and papers on the educational experiences of marginalised groups.
Reader in Education, Director of the Social Justice & Inclusive Education Research Centre,
University of Southampton
Kalwant’s areas of interest and expertise are centred around the achievements and experiences of minority ethnic groups in education. She has a great deal of research experience in examining the lives of South Asian women and Gypsy and Traveller groups, focussing on social justice and inclusion and has published several books and papers on the educational experiences of marginalised groups.
Hector Cebolla Boado
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, UNED, Madrid, Spain
Hector's research focuses on the comparative analysis of integration policies in main European immigration countries and the explanation of the educational disadvantage of immigrant-origin students. His recent publications include: 'Primary and Secondary effects in the explanation of immigrant’s educational disadvantage', 'The impact of immigrant concentration in Spanish schools: school, class, and composition effects' and 'The school careers of ethnic minority youth in France'.
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, UNED, Madrid, Spain
Hector's research focuses on the comparative analysis of integration policies in main European immigration countries and the explanation of the educational disadvantage of immigrant-origin students. His recent publications include: 'Primary and Secondary effects in the explanation of immigrant’s educational disadvantage', 'The impact of immigrant concentration in Spanish schools: school, class, and composition effects' and 'The school careers of ethnic minority youth in France'.
Norma Fuentes-Mayorga
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Fordham University, New York, US
Norma's research interests include the immigrant and work integration of first-generation Dominican and Mexican women in New York City. She is also studying the relationship between school and labor market integration among second generation Dominican and Moroccan girls living in Amsterdam and New York. This research is part of a larger, multi-national and longitudinal study on the Children of Immigrants in School (CIS) in Europe and the United States sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Fordham University, New York, US
Norma's research interests include the immigrant and work integration of first-generation Dominican and Mexican women in New York City. She is also studying the relationship between school and labor market integration among second generation Dominican and Moroccan girls living in Amsterdam and New York. This research is part of a larger, multi-national and longitudinal study on the Children of Immigrants in School (CIS) in Europe and the United States sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
Anthony Heath
Professor of Sociology, Professorial Fellow of Nuffield College, University of Oxford
Anthony is interested in ethnic inequalities in education and the labour market, and the wider implications of ethnic diversity. Currently he works on the effects of ethnoreligious diversity on social perceptions and experiences (funded by Leverhulme Trust). He is also the principal investigator of a study of ethnic minority political attitudes and behaviour (ESRC), and works on the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (Norface).
Professor of Sociology, Professorial Fellow of Nuffield College, University of Oxford
Anthony is interested in ethnic inequalities in education and the labour market, and the wider implications of ethnic diversity. Currently he works on the effects of ethnoreligious diversity on social perceptions and experiences (funded by Leverhulme Trust). He is also the principal investigator of a study of ethnic minority political attitudes and behaviour (ESRC), and works on the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (Norface).
Louise Ryan
Reader in Migration and Gender, Co-director of the Social Policy Research Centre, Middlesex University
Louise's research interests centre around ethnicity, migration, gender, identity, social networks and transnational families. Currently she is involved in a number of funded research projects, such as 'Polish children in London Primary Schools' (ESRC), 'British minority ethnic parents and the British educational system' (Action for Social Integration), 'Economic activity among Bangladeshi women' (Barnet council), 'Enhancing Evidence Based Policy Making in Gender and Migration' (EU FP7).
Reader in Migration and Gender, Co-director of the Social Policy Research Centre, Middlesex University
Louise's research interests centre around ethnicity, migration, gender, identity, social networks and transnational families. Currently she is involved in a number of funded research projects, such as 'Polish children in London Primary Schools' (ESRC), 'British minority ethnic parents and the British educational system' (Action for Social Integration), 'Economic activity among Bangladeshi women' (Barnet council), 'Enhancing Evidence Based Policy Making in Gender and Migration' (EU FP7).