Social Justice Research Methodologies: Sharing Stories for Social Justice

Event details

The Centre for Research for Educational Impact (REDI) is proud to host visiting scholar Professor Vicky Duckworth (Edge Hill University, UK). Professor Duckworth's research and teaching spans over two decades. In this time, she has developed a national and international reputation for research in adult education and literacy. Professor Duckworth is committed to challenging inequality through critical and emancipatory approaches to education, widening participation, inclusion, community action and engaging in research with a strong social justice agenda.

This seminar and workshop explores the power of sharing stories as a catalyst for validation, empowerment and hope. Indeed, the stories we tell are tied to identity, they link to our history, our present and our future. Exchanging stories is not an inconsequential activity, the ripple created reaches beyond the rise and fall of our words.

Teachers, researchers and activists are increasingly drawing on the practice of collecting, archiving and sharing stories to progress social justice. Drawing on examples, this session explores how printed and digital storytelling is an empowering methodology, especially when curating and disseminating life stories of marginalised groups.

The seminar is taking place at Deakin Downtown and online via Zoom.

Speaker profile

Professor Vicky Duckworth
Edge Hill University, UK

Professor Vicky Duckworth has a national and international reputation for research in adult education and literacy. Vicky is committed to challenging inequality through critical and emancipatory approaches to education, widening participation, inclusion, and community action. Her key works include addressing the personal/public and intergenerational impact of trauma and violence on learners’ lives and their communities. Alongside Rob Smith, Professor Duckworth led the ground-breaking Transforming Lives project (Smith and Duckworth, 2022) which demonstrated the benefits of education throughout life. Vicky was a member of the 2019 Lifelong Learning Commission and is a founder member of Right2Learn. She has worked with the Helena Kennedy Foundation to document the impact of their funding on marginalised young people.