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The objective of the International Conference is to bring together scholars interested in the critical, relational and reflexive analysis of educational inequality from a Bourdieusian perspective, comprising a wide range of areas of inquiry:

  • Theoretical approaches to unpick the complexities of contemporary mechanisms of educational inequalities
    • Classical Bourdieusian conceptual tools to study educational inequalities (e.g. habitus, capital, field)
    • Expansion of less frequently explored Bourdieusian concepts (e.g. doxa, hysteresis, social magic)
    • Combination of Bourdieu’s theory with other theoretical perspectives (e.g. intersectional approaches, postcolonial theories, affect studies)
  • Methodological approaches to examine the utility of the Bourdieusian analytical tools for the study of educational inequalities
    • Relational thinking in the study of educational inequalities
    • Methodological challenges for the Bourdieusian study of experiences, practices and processes
    • Qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches to study educational inequalities
  • Empirical approaches to explore the relationships between educational and social inequalities across different national educational systems, political and institutional contexts
    • Experiences of educational opportunities and inequalities (e.g. subjectivities, embodiment, aspirations)
    • Practices of educational opportunities and inequalities (e.g. schooling, pedagogical practices, elite production)
    • Politics of educational opportunities and inequalities (e.g. policies, institutions, discourses)

Key Dates

  • Abstract submission deadline: Friday, 7 February 2025 *extended deadline*
  • Abstracts notification:  Friday, 14 March 2025
  • Presenter booking deadline:  Saturday, 19 April 2025
  • Initial Programme sent to participants:  Thursday, 1 May 2025
  • Final Programme sent to participants:  Thursday, 15 May 2025
  • Registration deadline:  Tuesday, 1 July 2025
  • Conference:  3-5 September 2025

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Tel: 0191 383 0839

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