Professor Dan Goodley
PhD, BSc (Hons)
School of Education
Professor of Disability Studies and Education
iHuman Co-director


+44 114 222 8185
Full contact details
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 (拢2.9 million). Disability Matters (September 2023 鈥 September 2029). PI: Goodley. CoIs. Tanya Titchkosky (乐竞体育 of Toronto, Canada), Anita Ghai and Sandeep Singh (Ambedkar 乐竞体育 Delhi, India), Meng Ee Wong (National Institute of Education/Nanyang Technological 乐竞体育, Singapore), Jackie Leach Scully (乐竞体育 of New South Wales, Australia).
- Economic and Social Research Council (拢731,114). ES/W003406/1. . PI: Goodley. Co-Is Katherine Runswick-Cole, Rebecca Lawthom (乐竞体育 of Sheffield), Rohit Shankar (乐竞体育 of Plymouth), Charlotte Lawthom (Aneurin Bevan 乐竞体育 Health Board), Speakup Self-advocacy, Sheffield Voices, Sunderland People First, Barod. September 2022 - August 2025.
- EPSRC-funded UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub Pump Priming. (拢147,414). PI; Goodley. CoIs: Lauren Brown, Kirsty Liddiard, Alison Buxton, James Law (乐竞体育 of Sheffield), Radu Calinescu, Colin Paterson, Beverley Townsend, Chiara Picardi (乐竞体育 of York), Harry Gordon (Greenacre School). April 2022 - March 2023.
- 乐竞体育 of Sheffield / Research England. (拢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 乐竞体育 Research Ethics Committee). April 2022 - July 2022
- Economic and Social Research Council (拢443,000 鈥 Grant No. ES/P001041/1). . PI: Goodley (乐竞体育 of Sheffield), Co-Is: Katherine Runswick Cole and Kirsty Liddiard (乐竞体育 of Sheffield). March 2017 - March 2020.
- Economic and Social Research Council (拢425,000 鈥 Grant No. RES-622-26-376). Principal Investigators; Dan Goodley (乐竞体育 of Sheffield), Co-Is: Katherine Runswick Cole (Manchester Metropolitan 乐竞体育), Toby Brandon (Northumbria 乐竞体育), Kelley Johnson (Bristol 乐竞体育). July 2013 - July 2015.
- SCOPE (拢51,500). Resilience in the lives of disabled people across the life course. Principal Investigators; Dan Goodley and Katherine Runswick Cole (Manchester Metropolitan 乐竞体育). October 2011 鈥 September 2012.
- British Association of Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) (拢8,500). Researching placement parties and child adoption. Principal Investigators: Goodley and Katherine Runswick-Cole (Manchester Metropolitan 乐竞体育). October 2011 鈥 September 2012.
- Economic and Social Research Council (拢255, 000 鈥 Grant No. RES-062-23-1138). Does every child matter, post Blair? The interconnections of disabled childhoods. Principal Investigators; Dan Goodley (Manchester Metropolitan 乐竞体育) and Janice McLaughlin (乐竞体育 of Newcastle); Research Fellow: Katherine Runswick Cole. September 2008 鈥 October 2010.
- Prime Minister鈥檚 Initiative 2 / UK Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) Research Co-operation Programme (拢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 乐竞体育); Dr Ling How Kee and Mr Dolly Paul Carlo (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia). August 2008 - August 2010.
- European Social Fund (拢425,000). Jobs not Charity. Dan Goodley (乐竞体育 of Sheffield) in association with Breakthrough UK Ltd and Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People. December 2003 鈥 December 2005.
- Economic and Social Research Council (拢300, 000 鈥 Grant No. RES-000-23-0129). Parents, Professionals and Disabled Babies: Identifying Enabling Care Dan Goodley (乐竞体育 of Sheffield) and Janice McLaughlin (乐竞体育 of Newcastle). June 2003 鈥 November 2006.
- Economic and Social Research Council (拢85, 000 鈥 Grant No. R000237697) Self-advocacy, Civil Rights and People with 鈥楲earning Difficulties. Dan Goodley (Bolton Institute) and Derrick Armstrong. September 1998 鈥 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
Edited books
Journal articles
- Self-advocacy, "learning difficulties," and the social model of disability.. Ment Retard, 41(3), 149-160.
- How do you understand "learning difficulties"? Towards a social theory of impairment.. Ment Retard, 39(3), 229-232.
Chapters
Book reviews
Conference proceedings papers
Website content
Dictionary/encyclopaedia entries
Other
Preprints
- 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, 乐竞体育 of Ghent, 2017-2018
- Visiting Research, 乐竞体育 of Toronto, 2018
- Professorial Visiting Fellow, 乐竞体育 of New South Wales, School of Social Sciences, 2011 鈥 2014
- Visiting Scholar, 乐竞体育 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 鈥楾he Learning Disability Magazine鈥: MENCAP publications (2001-2004)
- Columnist, Community Living Magazine (2002-2003)