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Dr Simon Warren

B.Ed., Ph.D

Contact Details

Lecturer Bar/College Lecturer
CELT
NUI Galway

T: Ext. 5717
E: SIMON.WARREN@nuigalway.ie
 
researcher

Biography

Dr Simon Warren arrived in academia after sojourning in community and adult education, and community arts for a number of years, as well as training to be a teacher.  Simon took up post at NUI Galway in January 2014 following work in various universities including the University of Sheffield, Birmingham University, South Bank University, Institute of Education (University of London), and Warwick University.  Simon’s research has focused on the interrelationship between education policy and identity formation, particularly that of professionals.  Simon’s current research focuses on two areas.  He is inquiring into the relationship between academic wellbeing and neoliberal reform in higher education. In particular, he is investigating how systems of research performance management and quality assurance impact on academic identity and practice.  This research places emphasis on linguistic, disciplinary, and epistemological impacts.  Simon is also involved in an ERASMUS Plus project that using the Decoding the Disciplines methodology to support the development of positive student dispositions towards diversity.  

Research Interests

My current research focuses on two areas. 

  • I am inquiring into the relationship between academic well-being and neoliberal reform in higher education. In particular investigating how systems of research performance management and quality assurance impact on academic identity and practice.  This research places emphasis on linguistic, disciplinary, and epistemological impacts.  
  • I am also involved in an ERASMUS Plus project that using the Decoding the Disciplines methodology to support the development of positive student dispositions towards diversity.

Research Projects

  Project Start Date End Date
DECODING THE DISCIPLINES IN EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION: INTERCULTURAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO TEACHING AND LEARNING 01-SEP-16 31-AUG-19

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2017) 'Struggling for visibility in higher education: caught between neoliberalism out there' and in here' - an autoethnographic account'
Warren, S (2017) 'Struggling for visibility in higher education: caught between neoliberalism out there' and in here' - an autoethnographic account'. Journal Of Education Policy, 32 :127-140 [DOI] [Details]
(2016) 'Struggling for visibility in higher education: caught between neoliberalism ‘out there’ and ‘in here’ - an autoethnographic account'
Simon Warren (2016) 'Struggling for visibility in higher education: caught between neoliberalism ‘out there’ and ‘in here’ - an autoethnographic account'. Journal Of Education Policy, [DOI] [Details]
(2016) 'The trouble of living with others': Language, community and the politics of belonging'
Warren, S (2016) 'The trouble of living with others': Language, community and the politics of belonging'. Policy Futures In Education, 14 :452-465 [DOI] [Details]
(2016) 'The trouble of ‘living with others’: Language, community and the politics of belonging'
Warren, Simon (2016) 'The trouble of ‘living with others’: Language, community and the politics of belonging'. Journal of Policy Futures in Education, 14 (4):452-465 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2015) 'A Careful Approach to digital Scholarship'
Laura Gogia; Simon Warren (2015) 'A Careful Approach to digital Scholarship'. Hybrid Pedagogy, [Details]
(2012) 'The making of Irish-speaking Ireland: The cultural politics of belonging, diversity and power'
Warren, Simon (2012) 'The making of Irish-speaking Ireland: The cultural politics of belonging, diversity and power'. Ethnicities, 12 (3):317-334 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2011) 'Trust Schools and the Politics of Persuasion and the Mobilisation of Interest'
Warren, S., Webb, D., Franklin, A., & Bowers-Brown, J. (2011) 'Trust Schools and the Politics of Persuasion and the Mobilisation of Interest'. Journal Of Education Policy, 26 (6):839-853 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2007) 'Migration, race and education: evidence-based policy or institutional racism?'
Warren, S. (2007) 'Migration, race and education: evidence-based policy or institutional racism?'. Race Ethnicity And Education, 10 (4):367-385 [DOI] [Details]
(2007) 'Challenging lifelong learning policy discourse: Where is structure in agency in narrative-based research?'
Warren, S.; Webb, S. (2007) 'Challenging lifelong learning policy discourse: Where is structure in agency in narrative-based research?'. Studies In The Education Of Adults, 39 (1):5-21 [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2006) 'Good boys are problems too!'
Warren, s. (2006) 'Good boys are problems too!'. Pedagogy, Culture & Society, 11 (2):201-213 [Details]
(2006) 'Emergent Family Support Practices in a Context of Policy Churn: An Example from the Children’s Fund'
Warren, S.; Apostolov, A.; Broughton, K.; Evans, R.; McNab, N.; Smith, Smith. (2006) 'Emergent Family Support Practices in a Context of Policy Churn: An Example from the Children’s Fund'. Child Care In Practice, 12 (4):331-346 [DOI] [Details]
(2005) 'Resilience and refusal: African- Caribbean young men’s agency, school exclusions, and school-based mentoring programmes'
Warren, s. (2005) 'Resilience and refusal: African- Caribbean young men’s agency, school exclusions, and school-based mentoring programmes'. Race Ethnicity And Education, 8 (3):243-259 [DOI] [Details]
(2003) 'Is That an Action Man in There? Masculinity as an Imaginative Act of Self-creation'
Warren, S. (2003) 'Is That an Action Man in There? Masculinity as an Imaginative Act of Self-creation'. Discourse - Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 24 (1):3-18 [DOI] [Details]
(2003) 'Family Resources and Community Social Capital as Routes to Valued Employment in the UK?'
Bruegel, I; Warren, S. (2003) 'Family Resources and Community Social Capital as Routes to Valued Employment in the UK?'. Social Policy And Society, 2 (4):319-328 [DOI] [Details]
(2001) 'This won't take long…: interviewing, ethics and diversity''
Warren, s.; Vincent, C. (2001) 'This won't take long…: interviewing, ethics and diversity''. International Journal Of Qualitative Studies In Education, 14 (1):39-53 [DOI] [Details]
(1998) 'Becoming a ‘Better’ Parent? Motherhood, Education and Transition'
Vincent, C; Warren, S. (1998) 'Becoming a ‘Better’ Parent? Motherhood, Education and Transition'. British Journal Of Sociology Of Education, 19 (2):177-193 [DOI] [Details]
(1997) 'A ‘different kind’ of professional? Case Studies of the work of parent-centred organisations'
Vincent, C. Warren, S. (1997) 'A ‘different kind’ of professional? Case Studies of the work of parent-centred organisations'. International Journal Of Inclusive Education, 1 (2):143-162 [DOI] [Details]

Books

  Year Publication
(2002) Education in Deprived Areas: Outcomes, inputs and processes.
Power, S., Warren, S., Gillborn, D., Clark, A., Thomas, S., Coate, K. (2002) Education in Deprived Areas: Outcomes, inputs and processes. London: Institute of Education. [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2015) 'Writing of the Heart: Auto-ethnographic Writing as Subversive Story Telling - A Song of Pain and Liberation'
Warren, Simon (2015) 'Writing of the Heart: Auto-ethnographic Writing as Subversive Story Telling - A Song of Pain and Liberation' In: Identity-work in the Contemporary University: Exploring an Uneasy Profession. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. [DOI] [Details]
(2012) 'Private Sentiment and Public Issues - Irish Medium Education and Complex Linguistic and Political Identifi cation'
Warren, S. (2012) 'Private Sentiment and Public Issues - Irish Medium Education and Complex Linguistic and Political Identifi cation' In: Transnational Spaces and Regional Localization Social Networks, Border Regions and Local-Global Relations. Munster, Germany: Waxman. [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2009) '‘Who is the ‘responsible learner’? Viewing learning careers through social narratives and recursive methodology’'
Webb, S., Warren, S. (2009) '‘Who is the ‘responsible learner’? Viewing learning careers through social narratives and recursive methodology’' In: Researching Transitions in Lifelong Learning. London: Routledge. [Details]
(2009) 'Accounting for structure in agency: recursive methodology, social narratives and habitus'
Warren, S., Webb, S (2009) 'Accounting for structure in agency: recursive methodology, social narratives and habitus' In: Learning to Change? The Role of Identity and Learning Careers in Adult Education. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. [Details]
(2006) 'Integration of new migrants: education'
Warren, S. (2006) 'Integration of new migrants: education' In: Refugees and other new migrants: a review of the evidence on successful approaches to integration. Oxford: Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford. [Details]
(2002) 'Gender equity and reform for inclusive schooling'
Warren, S. (2002) 'Gender equity and reform for inclusive schooling' In: Developing Inclusive Schooling: Perspectives, Policies and Practices. London: Institute of Education. [Details]
(1999) 'Let's do it properly: inviting children to be researchers'
Warren, S. (1999) 'Let's do it properly: inviting children to be researchers' In: Researching Children’s Perspectives. Buckingham: Open University Press. [Details]
(1999) 'Class, Race and Collective Action'
Vincent, C., Warren, S. (1999) 'Class, Race and Collective Action' In: Gender, Policy and Educational Change Shifting Agendas in the UK and Europe. London: Routledge. [Details]
(2012) 'Súil Eile A Different Perspective on Migration, Language Acquisition, Belonging, and Multicultural Society'
Warren, S. (2012) 'Súil Eile A Different Perspective on Migration, Language Acquisition, Belonging, and Multicultural Society' In: Culture, Education, and Community Expressions of the Postcolonial Imagination. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details]
(2011) 'Against Cosmopolitanism? A theoretical exploration of the tensions between Irish-speaking Ireland and post-nationalist multicultural Ireland'
Warren, S. (2011) 'Against Cosmopolitanism? A theoretical exploration of the tensions between Irish-speaking Ireland and post-nationalist multicultural Ireland' In: Polish-Irish Encounters in the Old and New Europe. Frankfurt am Main:: Peter Lang. [Details]

Published Reports

  Year Publication
(2003) Race Equality and Education in Birmingham.
Warren, S., Gillborn, S. (2003) Race Equality and Education in Birmingham. b:RAP, Birmingham. [Details]
(2000) Mainstream Public Sector Education Services in Deprived and Non-deprived Areas.
Power, S.; Warren, S.; Gillborn, D.; Thomas, S.; Coate, K. (2000) Mainstream Public Sector Education Services in Deprived and Non-deprived Areas. Institute of Education, University of London, London. [Details]

Conference Contributions

  Year Publication
(2016) International Irish Narrative Inquiry Conference,
Simon Warren, Anne Byrne, Bonnie Thomson Long, Kathy Reilly (2016) 3rd International Irish Narrative Inquiry Conference. [Conference Organising Committee Member], International Irish Narrative Inquiry Conference, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland , 10-MAR-16 - 11-MAR-16. [Details]
(2017) Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference,
Simon Warren (2017) Sociology of Irish Higher Education or An Irish Sociology of Higher Education? The Challenge of Southern Theory. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference, Ulster University Belfast, Northern Ireland , 05-MAY-17 - 06-MAY-17. [Details]
(2016) European Conference on Educational Research,
Lisa Moran & Simon Warren (2016) ‘Biographies of Internationalisation’: Methodological Reflections on the Biographical Narrative Interpretive Method (BNIM) to Capture International Student’s Knowledge, Narratives and Experiences. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], European Conference on Educational Research, UCD, Dublin , 29-AUG-16 - 02-SEP-16. [Details]
(2017) RGS-IBG Annual International Conference,
Simon Warren (2017) Súil Eile/an-other-thinking: epistemic decolonization, border thinking and Irish higher education. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, Imperial College & RGS, London , 29-AUG-17 - 01-SEP-17. [Details]
(2016) European Conference on Educational Research,
Simon Warren, Marcin Starnawski & Marcin Gołębniak (2016) Research Selectivity and the Destruction of Authentic Scholarship? The View from the (semi) Periphery. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], European Conference on Educational Research, UCD, Dublin , 23-AUG-16 - 26-AUG-16. [Details]

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Member /
Society for Research in Higher Education Member /

Current Postgraduate Students (Research)

  Student Degree Type Type
Shauna Garry Doctorate - Ph.D.(Arts) Co-supervisor (1)
Eileen Gillen Doctorate - Structured Ph.D. in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Supervisor

Modules Taught

  Term/Year Module Title Module Code Subject / Desc
Semester 1/2017 Introduction to Teaching and Learning in Higher Education CEL260
Semester 2/ 2018 Course Design, Assessment and Evaluation CEL261
Semester 1 & 2/2017-18 Reflective Practice & Professional Development CEL262
Semester 1 & 2/2017-18 Teaching and Learning in Context CEL266
Semester 2/2018 Research Supervision and Development CEL6103
2017-18 MA in Academic Practice CEL274/275

External Collaborators

  Name Organisation / Institute Country Description of Collaboration
Marcin Gołebniak University of Lower Silesia POLAND
Co-development of research project
Marcin Starnawski University of Lower Silesia POLAND
Co-development of research project