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Gurnam Singh

Position: Associate Professor of Sociology (Hon) (2019 to present)

Areas of research and scholarship:

  • Critical pedagogy, decolonisation and Higher Education.
  • Artificial intelligence, technology and inclusive pedagogy.
  • Critical and radical Social Work
  • Race, racism and anti-racism in social care, health and education.
  • Diversity, complexity and equity.
  • Sikh and comparative ethics and philosophy

Contact:

Email: gurnam.singh.1@warwick.ac.uk

Phone: Departmental Office +44 (0)24 7657 3671

Social Media:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gurnam-singh-phd-9b21901a/

Twitter/X: @gurnamskhela

Facebook: facebook.com/gurnam.s.khela

Profile

Dr. Gurnam Singh is a highly respected activist researcher, writer, educator and broadcast journalist who is dedicated to exposing and challenging systems of power, privilege, and violence that perpetuate human suffering and inequality. He is currently Associate Professor of Sociology (Hon) at the University of Warwick, a post he has held since 2019. He is a Visiting Professor of Social Work, at Liverpool Hope University. Previously he was Fellow in Race and Education at the University of Arts, London (2018-2024), Visiting Professor of Social Work, University of Chester (2015-2021), Associate Professor of Education and Post Graduate Research Degrees Lead (2017-2023) and Principal Lecturer in Social Work (2012-2019) at Coventry University.

Dr. Singh has over 30 years experience in research and teaching in Higher Education in various academic roles incorporating, teaching and research. He has contributed significantly to the field of social work and higher education policy and practice. Before joining academia, he worked for 10 years as a professional social worker and training and development officer with Bradford Social Services.

He embarked on an academic career in 1993 as a Lecturer in Social Work at Coventry University after completing an MSc in Race Relations and Community Studies at the University of Bradford in 1992. His dissertation, supervised by Prof Charles Husband was later published as a book entitled, "Race and Social Work from "Black Pathology" to "Black Perspectives"

Under the supervision of Professor Cathy Humphreys and the late Dr Eileen McLeod, Dr. Singh earned his PhD from the University of Warwick in 2004 where he focused on the history of anti-racist social work. He has since developed his teaching and research interests in critical pedagogy and critical practice, with a specific focus on issues of social justice, human rights, anti-oppression and practical ethics. In 2013 with Stephen Cowden he co-authored an edited collection published by Bloobmbury, entitled. "Acts of Knowing Critical Pedagogy in, Against and Beyond the University". And in 2019 with co-author, Shepard Masocha, he published "Anti-Racist Social Work: International Perspectives".(Bloomsbury)

Dr. Singh's contributions to pedagogy and higher education have earned him numerous accolades throughout his career. In 2009, he was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship from the UK Higher Education Academy, a prestigious annual prize given to the top 50 academics in all UK universities. And in 2018 Dr Singh was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA).

Throughout his career, Dr Singh has secured research projects worth over £500,000 and has presented over 200 papers at national and international conferences, many as an invited keynote speaker. He is the author of four books and over 60 book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles. He has also published numerous monographs, research reports, conference papers, blogs, and newspaper articles on a wide range of issues related to social justice and anti-racism in health, social care, and education.

Dr Singh has worked with numerous universities and public and private sector organisations providing consultancy focussing specifically on student recruitment, progression and attainment, anti-racism, decolonisation, and creative pedagogy.

In addition to his academic contributions, Dr. Singh is also active in minority TV media, where he has presented numerous educational programs covering a wide range of social, cultural, and political issues specifically related to diaspora South Asian Communities. He is also a regular columnist for the online magazine Asia Samachar, where he writes on social, philosophical, and political issues.

Research

Dr Singh has an extensive research profile and experience in both conducting and managing funded and unfunded research across a range of subjects associated with social justice, health, education and social care. He served on the Coventry and Warwick Research Ethics Committee for 7 years between 2010 and 2017.

Research and Scholarship:

Published Articles, Book Chapters, Conference and Webinar Papers

2026:

Singh, G (2026) Decolonizing citational practices in social work scholarship and research (accepted and in press), In: Fouche, Christa and Beddoe, Liz, (eds.) Elgar Encyclopaedia of Social Work. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK.

Stevenson, O. Morris, S. and Singh, G. (2026) Everyone’s welcome here: challenging instrumentalism and championing inclusion in Higher Education, in, The Flourishing Academic: Practicing with Our Head, Hand, and Heart, Edited By Camila Devis-Rozental. Routledge.

2025:

Singh, G (2025) Artificial Intelligence, Colonial Legacies and Anti-Racist Praxis: Reimagining Social Work in the Age of Algorithmic Power. Keynote Paper given at the GAPS Conference, Leeds, 20th July 2025. Available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I9k7nZPcfWERHO2LXIxC8ogRcO7l1qtX/view?usp=sharing.

Carey, M. and Singh, G. (eds.) (2025) Social Work and Social Control. Critical and Radical Social Work Special Edition. Bristol: Policy Press. Available at: https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/crsw/13/1/crsw.13.issue-1.xml

Singh, G and Patel, R (2025) Southall. Part of the Walking Pedagogies Series produced by Gemma Riggs, University Arts, London. Available at: https://walkingpedagogies.myblog.arts.ac.uk/southall-with-dr-gurnam-singh-and-rahul-patel/

Cowden, S. & Singh, G. (2025) Critical questions for contemporary anti-racist thinking and strategy. Post 16 Educator Issue 121: October to December 2025, pp16 - 20. Available at https://post16educator.org.uk/resources/archive/121/PSE-121-Cowden-&-Singh-only.pdf

Singh, G (2025) Diversity, equality and inclusion under siege, in, Post-16 Educator 120 pp6-8. Available at: https://post16educator.org.uk/resources/archive/120/PSE-120-Singh-only.pdf

Singh, G and Singh, A (2025) Myth, Reality and Human Consciousness: A Sikh Perspective.The Sikh Review, Vol. 73: 04. Date of Publication: 1st APRIL 2025 No. 856 p37-4. Available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1av-SkUqbJofMnDCA1QRfxMwCwnllWTi1/view

2024

Carey, M and Singh, G (2024) Introduction to the special issue: social work and social control. Critical and Radical Social Work, Policy Press, P1-5. From https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/downloadpdf/view/journals/crsw/aop/article-10.1332-20498608Y2024D000000058/article-10.1332-20498608Y2024D000000058.pdf

Hadwin, D., & Singh, G. (2024). Social work with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people: resisting the rhetoric. Critical and Radical Social Work (published online ahead of print 2024). Retrieved Nov 25, 2024, from https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/downloadpdf/view/journals/crsw/aop/article-10.1332-20498608Y2024D000000041/article-10.1332-20498608Y2024D000000041.pdf

Singh, G (2024) AI, race and racism: towards an anti-racist future? Paper given at the Roundtable on Decolonization, on May 28th 2024 Organised by: Higher Education Strategy Associates (HESA), Toronto, ON Canada. Available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zNX6x5ehGodJIjRgTWD1rdUyDQ9cC05d/view?usp=sharing

Singh, G (2024) Shifting paradigms: doing ‘anti-racism’ without doing ‘race’, in Post-16 Educator Issue 115: April to June 2024. p8-13. Available at: http://post16educator.org.uk/resources/archive/115/PSE-115-Singh-only.pdf

Singh, G (2024). Can AI be Anti-racist? in C. Rowel (Ed) AI Conversations: Critical discussions about AI, art, and eduction. (e book). University of the Arts, London. Available at: https://totallyrewired.wordpress.com/2023/10/21/recording-can-ai-be-anti-racist/

2023

Hadwin, D., Gizani, H., Singh, G (2023) Working with Unaccompanied Refugee Minors, Chapter 19, in, J, Parker (ed) 2nd Edition. Introducing Social Work. London, Sage/Learning Matters. https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/introducing-social-work/book278537

Singh, G (2023) Decolonisation, whiteness and anti-racist social work. Routledge Handbook of Critical Social Work - 2nd Edition Stephen Webb (ed.) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LKJgPoWk77QCy90Ezj736zKNEg0XVWZ-/view?usp=sharing

Singh, G (2023) AI: lessons from the history of Western imperialism. Post-16 Educator 113. Pp19-21. Available at: http://post16educator.org.uk/resources/archive/113/PSE-113-Singh-only.pdf

Singh, G (2023) Authentic anti-racism: from intellectual curiosity to embodied critical consciousness. Blog November 13, 2023. Available at: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/authentic-anti-racism-from-intellectual-curiosity-embodied-singh-sumfe

Singh, G (2023) Decolonising bibliographies, referencing and citational practices – Keynote at the CALC (Critical Approaches to Libraries Conference 24/25 May 2023. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPfrbE484I0

Singh, G (2023) The age of artificial intelligence (AI) – lessons from history, presentation at the ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI), Race and Racism and Critical Pedagogies’ webinar, University of Warwick 1st June 2023. Available at: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/academy/activities/seminar/ai-and-race-webinar

Singh, G. (2023) Has decolonisation of higher education reached a dead end? Lecture Series on Decolonising Academic Practice, 2023 Birmingham City University, 2nd May 2023. Online presentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFl-cD7v7WU&t=22s

Singh. G (2023) Decolonisation and Identity Politics. Post 16 Educator. 112 July -Sept 2023. Pp12-15. Available at: http://post16educator.org.uk/resources/archive/112/PSE-112-Singh-only.pdf

Singh, G (2023) Critical pedagogy and emancipation: a Festschrift in memory of Joyce Canaan, Book review,in, Educational Review, DOI: 10.1080/00131911.2023.2223834.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00131911.2023.2223834

Singh, G. and Singh, J. (2023) Sikhi, Sikhs and Colonialism – Critical Reflections.The Sikh Review Vol. 71: 07 JULY 2023 (Part 1 pages 41-48) and Vol. 72: 07 August (Part 2) pages 43-53). Available at:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cz_0O8onZ43SuADSu5Zv55iBpjWpFT63OxQOR1ATRto/edit

2020 - 2022

Singh, G. (2022). Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education. Post 16 Educator, 109. Downloadable from https://post16educator.org.uk/resources/archive/109/PSE-109-Singh-only.pdf

Singh, G. (2021) Anti-racist Social Work and the Present Moment, in, Outlanders: Hidden Narratives from Social Workers of Colour from Black and Other Global Majority Communities, by Wayne Reid and Siobhan Maclean (eds). Staffordshire, Kirwin MacLean Associates.

Singh, G. (2021) Being an academic activist in a neoliberal university. Post-16 Educator 105. Oct-Dec 2021. Available at: Post-16 Educator. http://post16educator.org.uk/resources/archive/105/PSE-105-Singh-only.pdf

DaCosta, C.C.; Dixon-Smith, S. and Singh, G. (2021) Beyond BAME: Rethinking the politics, construction, application, and efficacy of ethnic categorisation: Stimulus Paper. HERAG. April 2021 Available at: https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/publications/beyond-bame-rethinking-the-politics-construction-application-and-

Singh, G and Masocha, S (Eds) (2020) Anti-Racist Social Work: International Perspectives. London, Palgrave Macmillan. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/antiracist-social-work-9781352008159/

Singh, G. (2020) 'Dehumanisation and education' Article version of a talk given at a Coventry University UCU Teach-Out Event on 27/1/20. Post16 Educator. Issue 99, April to June 2020 http://post16educator.org.uk/resources/archive/99/PSE-99-Singh-only.pdf

Singh, G. (2020) Now you see me, now you don’t! Making sense of the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) experience of UK Higher Education: one person’s story, in, The Palgrave Handbook of Auto/Biography, Parsons, Julie M., Chappell, Anne (Eds.). London, Palgrave Macmillanhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1YtazaXt7M8hyWaqGNOIjzz2FclEe6gBR/view?usp=sharing

Hadwin, D., Singh, G., and Cowden, S (2020) Working with Unaccompanied Minors, Chapter 17, in J, Parker and S. A., Crabtree (Eds) Human Growth and Development in Children and Young People: Theoretical and Practice Perspectives (Volume I). Bristol, Policy Press.

Hadwin, D., Gizani, H., Singh, G. (2020) Working with Unaccompanied Refugee Minors, Chapter 19, in, J, Parker (ed) Introducing Social Work. London, Sage/Learning Matters.

2016 - 2019:

Singh, G. (2019) Anti-oppressive Social Work, Neoliberalism and Neoeugenics, in, M, Lavalette and I Ferguson, What is the future of social work?: Austerity, welfare transformations and alternative futures. Bristol, Policy Press

Singh, G. (2019).Book Review: Karim Murji, Racism, Policy and Politics. Critical Social Policy, First Published March 4, 2019, 330-332.https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0261018318825321e

Singh, G. (2016) Post-racial pedagogy - challenges and possibilities, Race Ethnicity and Education. 25th Oct 2016 DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2016.1248830http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/6c65df88-1f2a-4e53-a981-a106fd2a63c0/1/

Cowden, S., & Singh, G. (2016).Community cohesion, communitarianism and neoliberalism.Critical Social Policy, Oct 2016, DOI: 0261018316670252.http://csp.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/10/18/0261018316670252.full

Singh, G. and Cowden, S. (2016) Intellectuality, student attainment and the contemporary higher education system, in, G., Steventon, D., Cureton and L., Clouder (eds), Student Attainment in Higher Education: Issues, controversies and debates. Abington, Taylor & Francis/Routledge.

2013 - 2015:

Cowden, S and Singh, G (2015) Critical Pedagogy: Critical Thinking as a Social Practice. In, M. Davies and R. Barnett (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Thinking in Higher Education. London, Palgrave MacMillan.

Singh, G. and Kwhali, J. (2015) How can we make not break black and minority ethnic leaders in higher education? Stimulus paper. June 2015 ISBN: 978-1-906627-77-5. London: Leadership Foundation for Higher Education. http://www.academia.edu/13685908/How_can_we_make_not_break_black_and_minority_ethnic_leaders_in_higher

Singh, G. (2015) The neo-liberalisation of higher education in, Post - 16 Educator. Issue 81 October –Dec 2015. ISSN 0459-2026, pp13-18. Available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B85Q6ra99jkNZFRVc2hKU3FLRnM/view?usp=sharing

Singh, G. and Cowden, S. (2015) The intensification of neoliberalism and the commodification of human need – a social work perspective. Critical and Radical Social Work. Available online: September 9, 2015.http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/crsw/pre-prints/content-PP_CRSW-D-15-00005R1

Singh, G. (2014).Rethinking anti-racist social work in a neoliberal agein Lavalette, M., & Penketh, L., (eds.) Race, racism and social work: Contemporary issues and debates, Policy Press, Bristol. 17-33.

Singh, G and Cowden, S (2014)“A Critical Analysis of Service Users Struggles.In, Cocker, C., & Hafford-Letchfield, T. Rethinking anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive theories for social work practice. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.

Cowden, S, and Singh, G, (eds) (2013). Acts of Knowing: Claiming Critical Pedagogy in, against and beyond the university, Continuum Books. London and NY. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/acts-of-knowing-9781441105318/

Singh, G. and Cowden, S. (2013) Part two Response to Tariq Modood - Accommodating religions: Who's accommodating whom?A three-part debate about multiculturalism and religion. Critical Social Policy published online 22 Oct 2013. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275005797_Part_two_Response_to_Tariq_Modood_-_Accommodating_religions_Who's_accommodating_whom

Singh, G and Cowden, S (2013) Is Cultural Sensitivity Always a Good Thing? Arguments for a Universalist Social Work,In M. Carey and L. Green eds. Practical Social Work Ethics: Complex Dilemmas within Applied Social Care. London, Ashgate.

Singh, G and Cowden, S (2013)The New Radical Social Work Professional, in Professional Social Work Practice, J. Parker and M. Doel (Editors), London, Sage/Learning Matters. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/364736182_The_new_Radical_Social_Work_Professional

Pre 2012:

Singh, G. (2011). Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) student participation and success in Higher Education: improving retention and success - A Synthesis of Research Evidence.York, Higher Education Academy.https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/black-and-minority-ethnic-bme-students-participation-higher-education-improving

Fazil, Q., P. Bywaters, P., Ali, Z., Wallace, L., Singh.G. (2010).Disadvantage and discrimination compounded; The experience of Pakistani and Bangladeshi families with disabled children, chapter no 13 (In Inclusive Education: Learners and Learning Context 2, M Nind, K Sheehy, K Simmons (Editors), London, David Fulton,

Singh, G. (2010) Social Research and ‘Race’: Developing a critical paradigm, in J. Schostak and J. Schostak, Researching Violence, Democracy and the Rights of People. London, Routledge.

Singh, G G.(2009) Racism, in N. Thompson (ed.) Promoting Wellbeing in the Workplace. Palgrave/McMillan.

Singh, G (2006) Anti-racist Social Work and Postmodernism, in, M, Todd and M Farrar (eds.) ‘Teaching ‘Race’ in Social Sciences – New Contexts, New Approaches’, Birmingham, BSA/C-SAP

Banton, M and Singh, G (2004) Race, Disability and Oppression, in, J Swain, S French, C Barnes and C Thomas (Eds) Disabling Barriers, Enabling Environments. (Second Edition) London, SAGE

Bywaters P.; Ali Z.; Fazil Q.; Wallace L.M.; Singh G.(2003) Attitudes towards disability amongst Pakistani and Bangladeshi parents of disabled children in the UK: considerations for service providers and the disability movement,in, Health & Social Care in the Community, November 2003, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 502-509(8)

Fazil, Q., Bywaters, Ali, Z., P.W., Wallace, L.M. and Singh, G. (2002) Disadvantage and Discrimination Compounded: The experience of Pakistani and Bangladeshi parents of disabled children in the UK. Disability and Society, 17(3) May 2002 pp237-253.

Singh, G (2002) (Review) Beyond Racial Divides: Ethnicities in Social Work PracticeDominelli, L, Lorenz, W and Soydan, H (eds.) British Journal of Social Work 2002 32: pp251-254

Singh, G (2002) The Political Challenge of Anti-racism in Health and Social Care,in, Tomlinson, D & Trew, W, Equalising Opportunities, Minimising Oppression, London, Routledge.

Singh, G and Johnson, M.R.D (2001) 'Research with ethnic minority groups in health and social welfare' in (Eds) Williams C, Soydan H, Johnson M Social Work and Minorities Routledge1998:231-246 reprinted in Race and Ethnicity: Critical Concepts (Ed: H Goulbourne) Routledge 2001 Volume IV Chapter 77 pp 250-266.

Singh, G (2001) (Review) Tackling Institutional Racism: Anti-racist Policies and Social Work Education and Training. Penketh, L, Policy Press, Bristol, 2000 Critical Social Policy, November 2001, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 552-555

Ali, Z., Bywaters, P.W., Fazil, Q., Wallace, L.M. and Singh, G. (2001) Disability, Ethnicity and childhood: a critical literature review,Disability and Society, 16 (7) (pp. 949-968).

Singh, G (2000) (Review) Working with black children and adolescents in need. Barn_R (Ed.) BAAF, London, 1999. British Journal of Social Work, Feb 2000, Vol.30, No.1, pp.139-142

Singh, G (1996) (Review) `Race' and Community Care. Journal of Nursing Management. 4(6):375, November 1996.

Singh, G. (1999) ‘Race’ and The Child Protection System. In, 'Children, in, Child Abuse and Child Protection: placing children centrally', Violence Against Children Group (ed.'s). London, Pavilion Publishing.

Singh, G. (1996) Anti-Racist and Black Perspectives in Practice Teaching, Social Work Education, Vol 15, No.2.

Singh, G. (1994) Anti-racist Social Work - Political Correctness or Political Action, Social Work Education April, Spring 1994 edition,

Research Funding:

Dr Singh has secured over £500,000 of funding over his career. Significant past projects include:

Disparities in student attainment: Improving student attainment through an understanding of structures, spaces and people: Funding body:The Higher Education Academy with matched funding from Coventry University Sept 2012 – Sept 2015 £20,000

Disparities in Student Attainment: National Teaching Fellowship project, Higher Education Academy. London. With Glynis Cousin,2010 – 2013 - £190,000.

Contract to develop and deliver a Practice-Based Masters level social work qualificationfor the West Midlands Regional Partnership Step Up to Social Work Programme – Sept 2010 – Sept 2012: £140,000

‘Making A Difference: Action Research of Advocacy for Bangladeshi and Pakistani Families with Severely Disabled Children’. (1999) With P Bywaters L Wallace and East Birmingham FSU. National Lottery Charities Board. £150,000.

PhD Supervision/Examination.

Successful PhD Completions:

Evaluation of the Implementation of the Indonesia Social Insurance Model of Health Care. Author: Rosyidah, R., 2022

Supervisor: Daly, G. (Supervisor) & Singh, G. (Supervisor)

Urban Gun Crime from the Margins: An auto/biographical study of African Caribbean communities’ understanding and responses to ‘urban gun crime’. Author: Brown, G., 2014

Supervisor: Singh, G. (Supervisor), Bywaters, P. (Supervisor) & Letherby, G. (External person) (Supervisor)

Exploring learner identity in virtual worlds in higher education: narratives of pursuit, embodiment and resistance. Author: Steils, N., 2013

Supervisor: Savin-Baden, M. (Supervisor), Wimpenny, K. (Supervisor) & Singh, G. (Supervisor)

Advancing inclusive research practices and media discourses: representations of learning disabled adults by the contemporary, print version of English national newspapers. Author: Durell, S., 2013

Supervisor: Singh, G. (Supervisor), Brady, G. (Supervisor) & Bywaters, P. (Supervisor)

'The Educational Performance of BME students: Factors affecting their attainment” Author: Jaswinder Seikhon., 2015.

Supervisor: Singh, G. (Supervisor), Broughan, C. (Supervisor)

Student Attainment and Progression. Institutional case study. Richard Hillier (2019)

Supervisor: Singh, G. (Supervisor), Broughan, C. (Supervisor)

“We are human too” : Social work and social care practitioners working with unaccompanied young people leaving care in England: navigating practical and ethical challenges. Author: Hadwin, D. C., 5 Aug 2022

Supervisor: Singh, G. (Supervisor), Cowden, S. (Supervisor) & Crawley, H. (Supervisor)

The wholistic experiences of knowing as Black South African women at university: the untold stories from the margins in STEM. Author: Solomons, Z., Jan 2024

Supervisor: Clisby, S. (Supervisor), Singh, G. (Supervisor), Crawford, M. (Supervisor) & Orsini-Jones, M. (Supervisor)

PhD Examinations

1. Shepard Masocha (2013) How do social work professionals construct asylum seekers as objects of knowledge? University of Dundee.

2. Kim Wonseok (2018) A Critical Investigation into the discourse of educational neutrality in South Korea (1987-2017), University of Warwick.

3. Jaspal Sangha (2019) What are the experiences of Black and Minority Ethnic students in relation to their progression on an undergraduate social work course in one University in England? Anglia Ruskin University.

4. Ian Calliou (2019) The Words for what you are feeling: articulating reconciliation in Canada from an Indigenous Research Paradigm. Coventry University.

5. Zaheer Ali (2021) Sikh and Hindu religious minorities in Pakistan: An exploratory study of state discourse and demotic practices, Royal Holloway, University of London.

6. Rajinder Kaur (2023) The Criminalisation of Forced Marriage: Impacts on Britain’s Sikh and Muslim Community Members and On Their Traditions of Arranged Marriage. Liverpool Hope University.

7. Mary Francis (2024) “So, you want to go to the deep end when you can’t swim? Bringing Fanon into conversation with Black African Social Workers in the struggle against racial microaggressions”. Professional Doctorate in Advanced Practice and Research: Social Work and Social Care. Essex University.

8. Stephen Emeka Okoli (2024) Decolonising Psychology Curricula in the University: A Global Participatory Action Research Project. PhD. Nottingham Trent University

9. Rehana Awan (2025) What's the story: Exploring inequality in outcomes through the narratives of Black and Brown students in online learning. Professional Doctorate, Open University.

Teaching

Ethics in social research.

Social Work theory, ethics and philosophy

Social Research methods

Sociology of race and ethnicity

Adult learning theories - including critical pedagogy.

Sikh Studies

Areas of expertise

  • Critical Pedagogy
  • Critical and Radical Social Work
  • Race, racism and anti-racism
  • Decolonisation and Higher Education.

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