Research

Inclusion, Society and Education Research Group

This research group is interested in research on inclusion.

We adopt a social scientific approach to a broad range of inclusion-based issues in society and education-based settings.

Members of the group have published extensively in humanities, social science and policy-based journals, as well as contributing to prominent book publications in their areas of expertise.

In addition, the group has successfully acquired external research funding to investigate a broad array of social issues pertaining to inclusion in education, narrative methodologies, youth wellbeing, educational policy and the social return on policy investments for people with disabilities.

Finally, members of the group have also undertaken academic leadership by helping to nominate panel members for the 2021 Research Excellence Framework and fellowships to the Academy of Social Sciences.

Our areas of interest are:

Inclusive education
Disability and sport
Marginalised youth
Migration, diaspora, and hybridity
Decoloniality
Youth leisure cultures
Families and parenting
Life course outcomes
Social, political, and epistemic justice

Get in touch

If you are an organisation that would benefit from our expertise or a researcher who wishes to be part of this group, please email s.swain@yorksj.ac.uk or s.kumar@yorksj.ac.uk.

Research activity

NextGenLeaders (2023)

'I want to make the biggest difference': A case study of project-based learning through the NextGenLeaders programme.

Download report: NextGen Leaders Report (PDF, 2.1 MB)

Leisure Studies Association (2023)

Investigating the impact and value of anti-racist pedagogy within the undergraduate sport and leisure curriculum.

Download report: LSA Research Project Report (PDF, 1.3 MB)

Goalball UK (2020)

The 'Goalball Family': An Exploration of the Social Value of Goalball Amongst Players and Communities in the UK.

Download report: Goalball Final Report (PDF, 4.7 MB)

Office for Students (2019)

Youth, Community and Social Wellbeing: Investigating the Role of Youth Groups in the Health and Social Wellbeing of Young People in Semi-Rural Areas in the North of England.

Download report: Social Wellbeing Final Report (PDF, 5.8 MB)

NCOP (National Collaborative Outreach Programme) (2018)

Service children's thoughts on applying for university: a qualitative study exploring why young people from military families in North Yorkshire are under-represented in higher education institutions.

Download report: Service Children's Thoughts Final Report (PDF, 609 kB)

NCOP (National Collaborative Outreach Programme) (2018)

Barriers to Accessing University in Coastal Communities: A qualitative study exploring why young people living along the North Yorkshire Coast are underrepresented in Britain's Higher Education institutions.

Download report: Barriers to Accessing University Final Report (PDF, 4.6 MB)