Professor Dan Goodley
PhD, BSc (Hons)
School of Education
Professor of Disability Studies and Education
iHuman Co-director
d.goodley@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 8185
+44 114 222 8185
The Wave
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Professor Dan Goodley
School of Education
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
School of Education
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
- Research interests
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Critical disability studies
Dan is interested in theorising and challenging the conditions of disablism (the social, political, cultural and psycho-emotional exclusion of people with physical, sensory and/or cognitive impairments) and ableism (the contemporary ideals on which the able, autonomous, productive citizen is based). He draws on ideas from critical psychology, medical sociology, medical humanities, philosophy, sociology and education. A key intellectual project relates to exploring the ways in which critical disability studies can disrupt and change knowledge within education, medicine and science and technology.
Disability and Questions of the Human
Dan is interested in contesting narrow and orthodox conceptions of the human condition. Dan is working with colleagues in the School of Education and across the university to explore how we might understand the human in the 21st century in a time of technological and capitalist advance. He co-directs (with Professor Paul Martin, Sociological Studies) iHuman.
Current and a selection of previous research projects include:
- Wellcome Trust Discretionary Award (£2.9 million). Disability Matters (September 2023 – September 2029). PI: Goodley. CoIs. Tanya Titchkosky (University of Toronto, Canada), Anita Ghai and Sandeep Singh (Ambedkar University Delhi, India), Meng Ee Wong (National Institute of Education/Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Jackie Leach Scully (University of New South Wales, Australia).
- Economic and Social Research Council (£731,114). ES/W003406/1. . PI: Goodley. Co-Is Katherine Runswick-Cole, Rebecca Lawthom (University of Sheffield), Rohit Shankar (University of Plymouth), Charlotte Lawthom (Aneurin Bevan University Health Board), Speakup Self-advocacy, Sheffield Voices, Sunderland People First, Barod. September 2022 - August 2025.
- EPSRC-funded UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub Pump Priming. (£147,414). PI; Goodley. CoIs: Lauren Brown, Kirsty Liddiard, Alison Buxton, James Law (University of Sheffield), Radu Calinescu, Colin Paterson, Beverley Townsend, Chiara Picardi (University of York), Harry Gordon (Greenacre School). April 2022 - March 2023.
- University of Sheffield / Research England. (£17,000). . PI: Goodley. CoI: Barry Gibson (Dentistry), Elizabeth Croot (Health and Related Research) Dr Esme Cleall (History, Pirashanthie Vivekananda-Schmidt (Medical Education), Parveen Ali (Nursing and Midwifery), Lindsay Unwin (Research Ethics & Integrity Manager, Secretary to the University Research Ethics Committee). April 2022 - July 2022
- Economic and Social Research Council (£443,000 – Grant No. ES/P001041/1). . PI: Goodley (University of Sheffield), Co-Is: Katherine Runswick Cole and Kirsty Liddiard (University of Sheffield). March 2017 - March 2020.
- Economic and Social Research Council (£425,000 – Grant No. RES-622-26-376). Principal Investigators; Dan Goodley (University of Sheffield), Co-Is: Katherine Runswick Cole (Manchester Metropolitan University), Toby Brandon (Northumbria University), Kelley Johnson (Bristol University). July 2013 - July 2015.
- SCOPE (£51,500). . Principal Investigators; Dan Goodley and Katherine Runswick Cole (Manchester Metropolitan University). October 2011 – September 2012.
- British Association of Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) (£8,500). Researching placement parties and child adoption. Principal Investigators: Goodley and Katherine Runswick-Cole (Manchester Metropolitan University). October 2011 – September 2012.
- Economic and Social Research Council (£255, 000 – Grant No. RES-062-23-1138). Does every child matter, post Blair? The interconnections of disabled childhoods. Principal Investigators; Dan Goodley (Manchester Metropolitan University) and Janice McLaughlin (University of Newcastle); Research Fellow: Katherine Runswick Cole. September 2008 – October 2010.
- Prime Minister’s Initiative 2 / UK Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) Research Co-operation Programme (£40,000). Towards a culturally sensitive disability studies: Interconnections of disability studies in and across Malaysia and the UK. Principal Investigators: Dan Goodley and Rebecca Lawthom (Manchester Metropolitan University); Dr Ling How Kee and Mr Dolly Paul Carlo (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia). August 2008 - August 2010.
- European Social Fund (£425,000). Jobs not Charity. Dan Goodley (University of Sheffield) in association with Breakthrough UK Ltd and Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People. December 2003 – December 2005.
- Economic and Social Research Council (£300, 000 – Grant No. RES-000-23-0129). Parents, Professionals and Disabled Babies: Identifying Enabling Care Dan Goodley (University of Sheffield) and Janice McLaughlin (University of Newcastle). June 2003 – November 2006.
- Economic and Social Research Council (£85, 000 – Grant No. R000237697) Self-advocacy, Civil Rights and People with ‘Learning Difficulties. Dan Goodley (Bolton Institute) and Derrick Armstrong. September 1998 – June 2001.
- Publications
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- Books
- Edited books
- Journal articles
- Chapters
- Book reviews
- Conference proceedings papers
- Website content
- Dictionary/encyclopaedia entries
- Other
- Preprints
Books
- Living life to the fullest: Disability, youth and voice.
- Foreword.
- Disability and Other Human Questions. Emerald Publishing Limited.
- . Emerald Publishing Limited.
- Critical Educational Psychology. Wiley-Blackwell..
- Disability Studies An Interdisciplinary Introduction. Sage Publications Limited.
- Qualitative methods in psychology. A research guide. London: McGraw Hill.
- Disability Studies. Sage Publications Limited.
- Foreword.
- . Palgrave Macmillan.
- Another Disability Studies Reader?. Garant Uitgevers N V.
- Self-Advocacy in the Lives of People With Learning Difficulties. Open University Press.
- . Routledge.
- . Routledge.
Edited books
- Creating a Society for All: Disability and Economy. Disability Press..
- . Palgrave Macmillan UK.
- Disability and psychology: Critical introductions and reflections.. Palgrave.
- Researching Life Stories: Method, Theory and Analysis in a Biographical Age..
- Arts against Disability: The Performing Arts of People with Learning Difficulties. BILD.
Journal articles
- . Qualitative Research in Psychology.
- . Research in Education.
- . British Journal of Learning Disabilities.
- . Pedagogy, Culture & Society.
- PREFACE. The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Disability Studies, xii-xiii.
- Disability and the Medical Posthumanities. interconnections, 2(2), 14-32.
- . Journal of Intellectual Disability Research.
- . Subjectivity, 30(2), 167-184.
- . Sociology of Health and Illness.
- . JMIR Research Protocols, 11(5).
- . International Journal of Disability and Social Justice, 1(1), 27-49.
- . Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 9(5), 515-549.
- . Journal of Disability Studies in Education.
- . British Journal of Special Education, 47(2), 134-151.
- . International Journal of Inclusive Education.
- . International Journal of Inclusive Education, 1-20.
- . Sociology of Health & Illness.
- . Rethinking History, 23(2), 233-251.
- . Qualitative Research Journal.
- . Disability & Society.
- . Children & Society.
- . Adapted physical activity quarterly : APAQ, 35(3), 308-319.
- . DiGeSt. Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, 5(1), 5-22.
- . Disability & Society, 33(2), 197-217.
- . Disability and Society, 32(2), 160-175.
- . Community Dental Health, 33(2), 152-155.
- . Community, Work & Family, 19(2), 257-260.
- . Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 17(1), 1-13.
- . Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 20(1), 51-63.
- . Disability & Society, 30(4), 645-649.
- . Discourse.
- . Subjectivity, 7(4), 342-361.
- . Disability and Society, 29(6), 980-984.
- . Disability & Society, 29(5), 844-846.
- . Disability & Society, 29(4), 659-661.
- . Discourse.
- . Disability and Society, 28(5), 631-644.
- . Critical Sociology, 39(3), 369-384.
- . Disability & Society, 28(3), 431-433.
- The talk of impairment: A Rapleyian deconstruction of intellectual disability. Clinical Psychology Forum(243), 39-42.
- . Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 15(1), 1-19.
- . Clinical Psychology Forum, 1(243), 34-42.
- . Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 7(2), 67-78.
- Reading Rosie: The postmodern disabled child. Educational and Child Psychology, 29(2), 53-66.
- Reading Rosie: The Postmodern disabled child. Journal of Educational and Child Psychology, 2(29), 53-66.
- . Disability and Society, 26(7), 881-885.
- Does Every disabled Child Matter? Hannah's story. Learning Disability Today, 11(6), 30-33.
- . Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 16(1), 75-91.
- . International Journal of Inclusive Education, 15(1), 71-85.
- . International Journal of Inclusive Education, 15(1), 101-115.
- . Sociology of Health & Illness, 33(4), 602-617.
- . International Studies in Sociology of Education, 20(4), 273-290.
- . Disability and Society, 25(4), 499-512.
- . International Journal of Inclusive Education, 14(2), 115-131.
- . Disability and Society, 26, 715-728.
- . Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies, 3(3), 257-272.
- . Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 9(3), 219-222.
- . Nursery World, 2009(11).
- . Sociology, 42(2), 317-335.
- . Disability and Society, 23(2), 191-192.
- . Intellect Dev Disabil, 45(5), 323-334.
- . Disability and Society, 22(2), 145-160.
- . International Journal of Inclusive Education, 11(3), 317-334.
- . Sociol Health Illn, 29(1), 66-81.
- . Qual Health Res, 16(5), 630-646.
- . International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 8(5), 363-374.
- . J Intellect Disabil, 9(4), 333-343.
- Community psychology Towards an empowering vision of disability. Psychologist, 18(7), 423-425.
- Implementing the social model of disability: Theory and research.. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS, 27(3), 416-418.
- . Disability and Society, 20(2), 135-151.
- . British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 32(2), 49-51.
- . International Journal of Inclusive Education, 8(4), 331-351.
- Advocacy and learning disability. DISABILITY & SOCIETY, 18(5), 702-704.
- Self-advocacy, "learning difficulties," and the social model of disability.. Ment Retard, 41(3), 149-160.
- Disability, self and society. DISABILITY & SOCIETY, 18(7), 975-977.
- The social psychology of stigma. DISABILITY & SOCIETY, 17(2), 225-227.
- How do you understand "learning difficulties"? Towards a social theory of impairment.. Ment Retard, 39(3), 229-232.
- . British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 29(2), 45-50.
- . Disability and Society, 16(2), 207-231.
- . Critical Social Policy, 20(4), 503-532.
- . Disability and Society, 15(6), 861-882.
- . Qualitative Inquiry, 5(1), 24-46.
- . Health Soc Care Community, 6(6), 438-446.
- . Disability and Society, 12(3), 367-379.
- All individuals. PSYCHOLOGIST, 9(11), 491-491.
- . Disability and Society, 11(3), 333-348.
- DISABILITY ISSUE. PSYCHOLOGIST, 8(11), 488-488.
- . Développement Humain, Handicap et Changement Social, 19(2), 43-55.
- . The Sociological Review Magazine.
- . Balkan Journal of Philosophy, 12(1), 5-16.
- tretrtet. Disability and Society.
- . Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 4(2), 162-162.
- The Dis/Human Child: Thinking about the Child through Disability. Discourse.
- The (be)comings and goings of
‘developmental disabilities’: the
cultural politics of ‘impairment’. Discourse: studies in the cultural politics of education, 29, 239-255.
Chapters
- , The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Disability Studies (pp. 3-12). Routledge
- , The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Disability Studies (pp. 339-350). Routledge
- Inviting disability: disabled children and studies of childhood In Balagopalan S, Wall J & Wells K (Ed.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Theories in Childhood Studies (pp. 85-95). Bloomsbury
- , Research Handbook on Disability Policy (pp. 636-652). Edward Elgar Publishing
- (pp. 85-95). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- In Milton D & Ryan S (Ed.), The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Autism Studies (pp. 218-225). Routledge
- , Palgrave Handbook of Critical Posthumanism (pp. 793-822). Springer International Publishing
- , The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Autism Studies (pp. 218-226). Routledge
- , Researching Disability Sport (pp. 171-184). Routledge
- , Palgrave Handbook of Critical Posthumanism (pp. 1-30). Springer International Publishing
- , Living Life to the Fullest: Disability, Youth and Voice (pp. i-xii). Emerald Publishing Limited
- , Living Life to the Fullest: Disability, Youth and Voice (pp. 115-124). Emerald Publishing Limited
- , Living Life to the Fullest: Disability, Youth and Voice (pp. 11-23). Emerald Publishing Limited
- (pp. 60-66). Bristol University Press
- (pp. 53-59). Bristol University Press
- , Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 53-59). Policy Press
- , Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 53-59). Bristol University Press
- , Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 60-66). Bristol University Press
- , Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 60-66). Policy Press
- , The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible (pp. 1-8). Springer International Publishing
- , The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible (pp. 407-414). Springer International Publishing
- , Routledge International Handbook of Critical Issues in Health and Illness (pp. 209-220). Routledge
- WHAT IS HUMAN DESIRE?, DISABILITY AND OTHER HUMAN QUESTIONS (pp. 41-56).
- WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN IN A DIGITAL AGE?, DISABILITY AND OTHER HUMAN QUESTIONS (pp. 91-109).
- WHO'S ALLOWED TO BE HUMAN?, DISABILITY AND OTHER HUMAN QUESTIONS (pp. 21-39).
- DISABILITY AND OTHER HUMAN QUESTIONS CONCLUSION, DISABILITY AND OTHER HUMAN QUESTIONS (pp. 111-127).
- ARE WE ABLE TO BE HUMAN?, DISABILITY AND OTHER HUMAN QUESTIONS (pp. 75-90).
- ARE HUMAN BEINGS DEPENDENT?, DISABILITY AND OTHER HUMAN QUESTIONS (pp. 57-73).
- WHAT BRINGS US TO DISABILITY AND OTHER HUMAN QUESTIONS?, DISABILITY AND OTHER HUMAN QUESTIONS (pp. 1-19).
- , Critical Readings in Interdisciplinary Disability Studies (pp. 41-51). Springer International Publishing
- THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DISABILITY, ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF DISABILITY STUDIES, 2ND EDITION (pp. 362-376).
- , The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible (pp. 1-8). Springer International Publishing
- , The Palgrave Handbook of Disability and Citizenship in the Global South (pp. 211-222). Springer International Publishing
- , Children and Young People's Worlds (pp. 41-56). Policy Press
- Posthuman Disability and Dishuman Studies In Braidotti R & Hlavajova M (Ed.), Posthuman Glossary (pp. 342-345). Bloomsbury Publishing
- , The Palgrave Handbook of Disabled Children’s Childhood Studies (pp. 425-442). Palgrave Macmillan UK
- , The Palgrave Handbook of Disabled Children’s Childhood Studies (pp. 231-246). Palgrave Macmillan UK
- , Teaching Critical Psychology (pp. 64-81). Routledge
- , The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Social Psychology (pp. 491-505). Palgrave Macmillan UK
- THE ETHICS OF RESEARCHING AND REPRESENTING DIS/ABILITY, ROUTLEDGE INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK ON NARRATIVE AND LIFE HISTORY (pp. 481-492).
- Dis/entangling Critical Disability Studies, CULTURE - THEORY - DISABILITY: ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN DISABILITY STUDIES AND CULTURAL STUDIES (pp. 81-97).
- , Disability in the Global South (pp. 69-83). Springer International Publishing
- (pp. 43-51). Wiley
- , Critical Health Psychology (pp. 275-290). Macmillan Education UK
- , Disability Studies (pp. 241-253). SensePublishers
- Thinking about schooling through dis/ability: A dishuman approach, Disability Studies: Educating for Inclusion (pp. 241-253).
- Normalcy, A Companion to Criminal Justice, Mental Health & Risk
- , Disability, Culture and Identity (pp. 119-144). Routledge
- , Disability Studies: A Student's Guide (pp. 126-128). SAGE Publications Ltd
- , Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies (pp. 320-333). Routledge
- , Men, Masculinities and Methodologies (pp. 142-156). Palgrave Macmillan UK
- In Curran T & Runswick-Cole K (Ed.) Palgrave Macmillan UK
- , Disabled Children's Childhood Studies (pp. 164-179). Palgrave Macmillan UK
- In Azzopardi A & Grech S (Ed.), Inclusive Communities: A Critical Reader (pp. 215-232). Rotterdam: SensePublishers.
- Conclusion: Disability and Social Theory, DISABILITY AND SOCIAL THEORY: NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND DIRECTIONS (pp. 308-317).
- , Deleuze and Sex (pp. 89-104). Edinburgh University Press
- , Deleuze and Sex (pp. 89-105). Edinburgh University Press
- , Working with Children and Young People (pp. 69-79). Macmillan Education UK
- , Key Concepts in Learning Disabilities (pp. 243-247). SAGE Publications Ltd
- Methodology, FAMILIES RAISING DISABLED CHILDREN: ENABLING CARE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (pp. 21-35).
- Community Practices, FAMILIES RAISING DISABLED CHILDREN: ENABLING CARE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (pp. 105-134).
- Values of Enabling Care and Social Justice, FAMILIES RAISING DISABLED CHILDREN: ENABLING CARE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (pp. 183-198).
- Unmaking Children, FAMILIES RAISING DISABLED CHILDREN: ENABLING CARE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (pp. 53-77).
- Theorising Parents, Professionals and Disabled Babies, FAMILIES RAISING DISABLED CHILDREN: ENABLING CARE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (pp. 1-20).
- The Gender Dynamics, Transformative Potential and Boundaries of Care, FAMILIES RAISING DISABLED CHILDREN: ENABLING CARE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (pp. 160-182).
- Research Encounters, FAMILIES RAISING DISABLED CHILDREN: ENABLING CARE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (pp. 36-52).
- Professional, Institutional and Ethical Practices, FAMILIES RAISING DISABLED CHILDREN: ENABLING CARE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (pp. 135-159).
- Productive Parental Alliances, FAMILIES RAISING DISABLED CHILDREN: ENABLING CARE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (pp. 78-104).
- , Disability and Psychology (pp. 187-204). Macmillan Education UK
- , Disability and Psychology (pp. 1-16). Macmillan Education UK
- Enabling futures for people with learning difficulties? Exploring employment realities behind the policy rhetoric, Working Futures?: Disabled People, Policy and Social Inclusion (pp. 219-231).
- , Researching Life Stories: Method, Theory and Analyses in a Biographical Age (pp. 3-14).
- In Clough P, Goodley D, Lawthom R & Moore M (Ed.), Researching Life Stories: Method, Theory and Analyses in a Biographical Age (pp. ix-x). Taylor & Francis
- , The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Disability Studies (pp. 3-12). Taylor & Francis
- Routledge
- Routledge
- (pp. 401-405). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- , Disabled Children's Childhood Studies Palgrave Macmillan
- , Men, Masculinities and Methodologies Palgrave Macmillan
- , Disability and Social Theory Palgrave Macmillan
- , Disability and Social Theory Palgrave Macmillan
- , Disability and Social Theory Palgrave Macmillan
- , Researching Life Stories (pp. 3-14). Taylor & Francis
Book reviews
- . African American Review, 50(2), 246-248.
Conference proceedings papers
- HUMANISING HEALTHCARE AND PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES: A CO-PRODUCED NARRATIVE STUDY. JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY RESEARCH, Vol. 68(7) (pp 815-815)
- Humanity Under Duress. Humanity Under Duress. Sheffield, 2019 - 2019.
Website content
- 'Do you need a designer?' Centring co-researchers as designers and makers from Reimagining TAS with DYP.
- On building trust: Co-producing what it means to be trustworthy.
- Reimagining Trustworthy Autonomous Systems with Disabled Young People: Our Project Launch!.
Dictionary/encyclopaedia entries
- . In The Wiley-Blackwell Encylopedia of Social Theory. West Sussex: John Wiley and Sons.
- Disability Studies in a Posthuman Age. In International Encyclopedia of Education 4th Edition Elsevier.
Other
- Theorizing Culture and Disability: Interdisciplinary Dialogues. Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal, 6(3).
Preprints
- , Center for Open Science.
- , JMIR Publications Inc..
- Research group
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Dan supervises undergraduate, masters and doctoral students in the areas of:
- Critical disability studies;
- Qualitative research including ethnography, narrative inquiry, discourse analysis, Inclusive education;
- Queer, Feminist, Postcolonial and Crip studies, Critical Psychology, Sociology of Education, Sociology of the Body, Sociology of Emotions/Affect;
- Posthuman and DisHuman studies.
- Teaching activities
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Dan has taught psychology, education, sociology and research methodology at A level, undergraduate, masters and doctoral levels. He has led and contributed to a number of undergraduate modules:
- EDU206 Psychology and Learning Communities
- EDU309 Globalising Education
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Visiting Professor, University of Ghent, 2017-2018
- Visiting Research, University of Toronto, 2018
- Professorial Visiting Fellow, University of New South Wales, School of Social Sciences, 2011 – 2014
- Visiting Scholar, University of Iceland, Centre for Disability Studies, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, 2010 - 2013
- Editorial Advisory Board member for NASEN journals, 2012 - 2014
- Editorial board member: Disability & Society; Educational Action Research; Skandinavian Journal of Disability Research; Ethnographica Journal of Culture and Disability; The Journal of Inclusive Practice in Further and Higher Education; Disability and the Global South.
- ESRC Peer Review College member, 2010 -
- Illustrator, Viewpoint ‘The Learning Disability Magazine’: MENCAP publications (2001-2004)
- Columnist, Community Living Magazine (2002-2003)