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Charlie Davis

Associate Professor in Higher Education, Faculty of Social Sciences

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Biography

Charlie Davis is an Associate Professor in Higher Education at the University of Nottingham since January 2020. He is the current course leader on the Postgraduate Certificate of Higher Education (PGCHE), module convenor on the BA Ed and teaches research methods on the Professional Doctorate. Charlie's research focuses on inclusion and epistemic access in HE contexts, particularly by under-represented social groups. He uses a range of creative narrative methods in co-production contexts to generate knowledge which can be accessed by audiences within, and beyond HE contexts. His most recent work used storytelling methods to create a series of composite web-based comics representing transitions into and through academia by academics from working-class backgrounds. This work was funded by the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Newer Researcher Award, 2021. He is currently co-authoring a book based on research carried out to understand the affective dimensions of becoming a new teacher in HE contexts. Charlie is a co-convenor of the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Newer Researcher Network and a committee member of the Alliance for Working-Class Academics (AWCA).

Expertise Summary

  • Access to and inclusion in Higher Education
  • Creative Arts-based research methods
  • Narrative research approaches
  • Participatory research approaches
  • Approaches to learning and teaching in HE
  • Teacher/academic identity in HE Contexts

Teaching Summary

Charlie is interested in research-engaged approaches which foster creative opportunities to learn through inquiry, particularly where the focus is on challenging forms of exclusion and social… read more

Research Summary

Charlie's main research are the development of socially just pedagogies to support learners from marginalised backgrounds gain access to higher education. He is particularly interested in:

  • the development of research-engaged pedagogies in widening access contexts to support learners transitioning into higher education;
  • participatory (action) research methodologies aimed at providing learners with opportunities to create communities of inquiry in educational contexts;
  • creative research approaches utilising multimodal methods;
  • storytelling as method, object and representation of research
  • research as a convivial Arts-based inter-disciplinary approach

Recent Publications

Charlie is interested in research-engaged approaches which foster creative opportunities to learn through inquiry, particularly where the focus is on challenging forms of exclusion and social injustice. He is the Postgraduate in Higher Education (PGCHE) course leader, Inclusive Education Module Convener on the BA Education and teaches research methodologies and methods on the Professional Doctorate (EdD).

Future Research

Charlie is building on previous work to develop conceptual and methodological understanding of conviviality as part of Arts-based research approaches aimed at supporting people live well together with difference. This work develops the application of education fiction as a methodology through which people might imagine more inclusive educational futures.

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