Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Inclusive education -theory~practice
- Critical disability studies
- Co-design
- Student Voice
- Policy enactment
Publications
Biography
Ben joined the University of Southampton in 2022, having held the position of Senior Lecturer of Inclusive Education at Deakin University in Australia from 2015-2022.
Qualifications:
Graduate Certificate of Higher Education, Deakin University, 2017
Doctor of Philosophy, Deakin University, 2015
Master of Education, Griffith University, 2002
As a disabled scholar, Ben’s core interest in educational inclusion is centred on the ethics of being and relating to difference, in light of the emotional labour of living with the conditions that permit prevalent and deficit knowledge about disability and difference to persist within institutions of education. Ben finds generative potential in giving primacy to theoretical conceptions that support a proactive approach to difference, and the affordances of heterogeneous connections between students, accessible pedagogies and resources, technologies, smart devices, AI and alternative media, to transform education systems into the 21st century. It is from this angle, underpinned by principles of disability studies, Ben engages research and teaching, and he welcomes inquiries about research supervisions, collaborations, and knowledge exchange.
Ben is a member of the British Educational Research Association (BERA), and the Society for Research in Higher Education (SRHE).