Runswick-Cole, Katherine, Professor

Professor Katherine Runswick-Cole

BSc(Hons) Open (Psych), MA (Hons), PGCE, PhD

School of Education

Chair in Education

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k.runswick-cole@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 8101

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Professor Katherine Runswick-Cole
School of Education
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
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Research interests

Katherine has extensive experience of working alongside children, young people and adults with learning disabilities, their families and allies in research. She has published widely in the areas of: critical disability studies; disabled children's childhood studies; inclusive education and care. She is the mother of two adult children, one of whom has the label of learning disability.

Current projects

NIHR, HSDR) 1st October, 2022 - 31st December, 2024: a coproduced project with family carers of people with learning disabilities, the project is exploring the meanings of mental health and care, and of access services and support;
(ESRC Standard Grant) (September, 2022 - August 2025): a co-produced research project dedicated to finding and sharing healthcare practices that enhance the lives of people with learning disabilities;
(NIHR, RfPB: Mental Health in the North) (February, 2022- March, 2024): a co-produced project about the use of mental health medications in the lives of people with learning disabilities;
(NIHR) (January, 2022- September, 2023): a project exploring the potential of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) and Supported Employment to remove the barriers to work;
(NIHR, RfSC) (April, 2023 - February, 2025): a coproduced project exploring access to support for people with learning disabilities on the margins of social care.
(NIHR) (October, 2023-June, 2024)
Reigniting debate and stimulating a momentum for change: the role of research findings in engaging policy makers with current priorities for people with a learning disability (SSCR, NIHR) (October, 2023 - March, 2024)

Recent projects

Publications

Journal articles

Douglas P, Runswick-Cole K, Ryan S & Fogg P (2021) . Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies: Volume 15, Issue 1, 15(1), 39-56.
Runswick-Cole K (2019) . British Journal of Special Education.
Runswick-Cole K & Ryan S (2019) . Disability & Society.
Frigerio A, Benozzo A, Holmes R & Runswick-Cole K (2018) . Qualitative Inquiry, 24(6), 390-402.
Goodley D (2018) . Disability & Society, 33(2), 197-217.
Bates K, Goodley D & Runswick-Cole K (2017) . Disability and Society, 32(2), 160-175.
Runswick-Cole K, Lawthom R & Goodley D (2016) . Community, Work & Family, 19(2), 257-260.
Igagni E, Fudge Schormans A, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole K (2016) . Disability and Society, 31(1), 131-135.
Goodley D & Runswick-Cole K (2016) . Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 37(1), 1-15.
Goodley D, Runswick Cole K & Liddiard K (2015) . Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education.
Goodley D & Runswick-Cole K (2015) . Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 17(1), 1-13.
Goodley D & Runswick Cole K (2015) . Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 20(1), 51-63.
Runswick-Cole K & Goodley D (2015) . Disability & Society, 30(4), 645-649.
Curran T & Runswick-Cole K (2014) . Disability & Society, 29(10), 1617-1630.
Runswick-Cole K (2014) . Disability & Society, 29(7), 1117-1129.
Goodley D, Lawthom R & Runswick-Cole K (2014) . Disability & Society, 29(6), 980-984.
Runswick-Cole K (2014) . Sociology of Health & Illness, 36(3), 478-479.
Hodge N & Runswick-Cole K (2013) . Children's Geographies, 11(3), 311-325.
Goodley D & Runswick-Cole K (2013) . Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 15(1), 1-19.
Runswick-Cole K & Goodley D (2013) . Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 7(2), 67-78.
Goodley D & Runswick-Cole K (2012) Reading Rosie: The postmodern disabled child. Educational and Child Psychology, 29(2), 53-66.
Goodley D & Runswick-Cole K (2011) . Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 16(1), 75-91.
Goodley D & Runswick‐Cole K (2011) . International Journal of Inclusive Education, 15(1), 71-85.
Goodley D & Runswick-Cole K (2011) . Sociology of Health & Illness, 33(4), 602-617.
Goodley D & Runswick‐Cole K (2010) . Disability & Society, 25(4), 499-512.
Runswick‐Cole K (2010) . Disability & Society, 25(7), 813-826.
Runswick-Cole K & Hodge N (2009) . British Journal of Special Education, 36(4), 198-203.
Hodge N & Runswick‐Cole K (2008) . Disability & Society, 23(6), 637-647.
Ryan S & Runswick‐Cole K (2008) . Disability & Society, 23(3), 199-210.
Runswick‐Cole K (2007) . Disability & Society, 22(3), 315-328.
Runswick-Cole K () Dis/entangling disability, mental health and the cultural politics of care. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research.
Collins G, Fyson R, Morgan G, Runswick-Cole K & Steel J () The Power Threat Meaning Framework: Development of a document for use in intellectual disabilities services. The Bulletin of the Faculty for People with Intellectual Disabilities.
Runswick-Cole K () . British Journal of Special Education, 35(3), 173-180.
Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole K () Key Concerns for Critical Disability Studies in Covid-19 Times. International Journal of Disability and Social Justice.

Teaching interests: Katherine teaches on the BA Education, Culture and Childhood; the MA Education, the MA Education and Psychology and the MSc Education and Psychology (Conversion) programmes as well as supervising students on the EdD and PhD programmes. She particularly welcomes doctoral supervisions in the areas of disability, education, health and care.

Professional activities and memberships: She is a trustee at Beyond Words - a charity working with people with lived experience to co-create that help people understand and communicate their feelings, learn about new experiences and tell their own stories.