Locating Social Justice in Higher Education Research

Jan McArthur is Senior Lecturer in Education and Social Justice at Lancaster University, UK. She has previously taught at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and Monash University, Australia.Paul Ashwin is Professor of Higher Education at Lancaster University, UK.

• Introduction: Locating Social Justice in Higher Education Research, Jan McArthur and Paul Ashwin (Lancaster University, UK)Part I: Locating Social Justice in Higher Education Research and Policies1. Bridging Near and Far Perspectives in Socially-Just Higher Education Research, Jan McArthur (Lancaster University, UK)2. New Public Management and Social Justice in Higher Education: A reflection over endogenous and exogenous effects, Teresa Carvalho (University of Aveiro, Portugal)3. Researching Social Justice in Higher Education Close-up and from the Inside Out, Vicki Trowler (University of Edinburgh, UK)Understanding Social Justice through the Lens of Research Impact across the Academy, Sharon McCulloch and Karin Tusting (Lancaster University, UK)Part II: Locating Social Justice in Higher Education Pedagogies5. Close-up Higher Education Research to Investigate Epistemic In/Justice, Monica McLean (University of Nottingham, UK)6. The Promise of Community-Based Research for greater Social Justice through Higher Education, Carolin Kreber (Cape Breton University, Canada)7. Social Media and Social (In)Justice in Higher Education: Twitter and Social Media as critical media pedagogy “tools”, Natasa Lackovic (Lancaster University, UK)Part III: Locating Social Justice in the Preparation of Graduates to Contribute to Societies8. Engaging the Normative with the Analytical in Higher Education Research, Jennifer M. Case (Virginia Tech, USA)9. Developing Socially-Responsible Graduates through Global Citizenship Programmes: A Review of the Literature, Sarah Goodier, Carren Duffy and Suki Goodman (University of Cape Town, South Africa)10. Developing Critical Citizens by Changing the Higher Education Curriculum, Langutani M. Masehela (University of Venda, South Africa)11. Human Flourishing and Child Protection in Teacher Education, Angela Fenton (Charles Sturt University, Australia)Part IV: Conclusions12. What is Different about Socially-Just Higher Education Research? Paul Ashwin and Jan McArthur (Lancaster University, UK)

This book is unashamedly passionate in its stance that higher education should foreground social justice as a practice, a focus of research, a methodology, and a pedagogy. The rich reflections on the responsibility universities, academics and students bear to challenge society’s unjust status quo comes with some clear directions on how to do so.