Liddiard, Kirsty, Dr

Dr Kirsty Liddiard

BA Hons, MA, PhD

School of Education

Senior Research Fellow

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead

k.liddiard@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 8111

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Dr Kirsty Liddiard
School of Education
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
91̽��
S10 2AH

Profile: I have taught Sociology, Critical Sexuality Studies, Disability Studies, Education Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in a number of universities in the UK and Canada. These include the University of 91̽��; the University of Warwick (UK); the University of Toronto (Canada); Ryerson University (Canada); and Trent University (Canada).

Research interests

My research spans disability, gender, sexuality and intimacy, and more recently, childhood and youth, with a particular interest in how disablism and ableism both inform and shape these experiences in the everyday lives of disabled people.

I centre disability activism, arts and culture in my work and make use of arts-informed methodologies because of the ways in which they push the boundaries of traditional social scientific thinking and enable multiple ways of thinking and knowing.

I am currently exploring these interests in my project , which seeks to forge new understandings of the lives, hopes, desires and contributions of children and young people with ‘life-limiting’ or ‘life-threatening’ impairments (hereby LL/LTIs).

Research Projects

Life, Death, Disability and the Human: Living Life to the Fullest. ESRC. Kirsty Liddiard, Dan Goodley and Katherine Runswick-Cole. (2017-2020).
Arts, Architecture, Activism and Access: Taking Around the Toilet to New Spaces. AHRC. Kirsty Liddiard, Jen Slater (91̽�� Hallam), Jill Smith (91̽�� Hallam), Lisa Procter (Manchester Metropolitan University). (2017-2018).
Touretteshero: Disability Arts, Engagement and Possibility. Wellcome Trust. Jess Thom, Matthew Pountney, Kirsty Liddiard (2017-2020)
Storying Our Chemical Lives: A Design Fiction Workshop Social Science and Humanities Research of Canada (SSHRC) Esther Ignagni (Ryerson University), Eliza Chandler (Ryerson University), Kirsty Liddiard
Learning disabled people’s intimate lives: Accounting for Austerity. Wellcome Trust. Kirsty Liddiard. (2016).
Making Space for Developmental Disability and Intimate Citizenship. Social Science and Humanities Research of Canada (SSHRC) Esther Ignagni (Ryerson University), Ann Fudge-Schormans (McMaster University). (2015).

Publications

Books

Liddiard K, Whitney-Mitchell S, Evans K, Mbe LW, Spurr R, Vogelmann E, Runswick-Cole K & Goodley D (2022) Living life to the fullest: Disability, youth and voice.
Liddiard K (2017) The Intimate Lives of Disabled People. Routledge.
Liddiard K, Curran T & Runswick-Cole K (2017) .

Edited books

Martin P, de Saille S, Liddiard K & Pearce W (Eds.) (2022) Being Human During Covid-19. Bristol: Bristol University Press.
Runswick-Cole K, Curran T & Liddiard K (Eds.) (2017) The Palgrave Handbook of Disabled Children's Childhood Studies. Springer.

Journal articles

Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole K (2021) . International Journal of Disability and Social Justice, 1(1), 27-49.
Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole-Cole K (2021) . Journal of Disability Studies in Education, 1(1-2), 125-144.
Goodley D, Cameron D, Liddiard K, Parry R, Runswick-Cole K, Whitburn B & Wong ME (2020) . Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 9(5), 515-549.
Daly A, Heah R & Liddiard K (2019) . Global Studies of Childhood, 9(3), 235-248.
Liddiard K, Whitney S, Evans K, Watts L, Vogelmann E, Spurr R, Aimes C, Runswick-Cole K & Goodley D (2019) . Sociology of Health & Illness.
Goodley D, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole K (2019) . Disability & Society.
Liddiard K, Runswick‐Cole K, Goodley D, Whitney S, Vogelmann E & Watts L (2018) . Children & Society.
Rice C, Chandler E, Liddiard K, Rinaldi J & Harrison E (2018) . Gender and Education, 30(5), 663-682.
Liddiard K & Slater J (2018) . Sexualities, 21(3), 319-333.
Goodley D (2018) . Disability & Society, 33(2), 197-217.
Rice C, Chandler E, Rinaldi R, Changfoot N, Liddiard K, Mykitiuk R & Mündel I (2017) . Hypatia, 32(2), 213-229.
Liddiard K & Goodley D (2016) . Community Dental Health, 33(2), 152-155.
Igagni E, Fudge Schormans A, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole K (2016) . Disability and Society, 31(1), 131-135.
Liddiard K (2015) . Disability & Society, 30(9), 1445-1448.
Goodley D, Runswick Cole K & Liddiard K (2015) . Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education.
Rice C, Chandler E, Harrison E, Liddiard K & Ferrari M (2015) . Disability & Society, 30(4), 513-527.
Liddiard K (2014) Liking for Like’s Sake – The Commodification of Disability on Facebook. Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 20(3), 94-101.
Liddiard K (2014) . Sexualities, 17(7), 837-855.
Liddiard K (2014) . Disability & Society, 29(1), 115-128.
Liddiard K (2013) . Sociological Research Online, 18(3), 105-117.
Liddiard K, Goodley D, Gibson B, Runswick-Cole K & Weiner K () “No-one’s contribution is more valid than another’s”: Committing to inclusive democratic methodologies. Research in Education.
Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole K () . Sociology of Health and Illness.
Ignagni E, Chandler E, Collins K, Darby A & Liddiard K () . Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 8(4), 293-320.
Slater J & Liddiard K () . Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 7(2), 83-93.

Chapters

Runswick-Cole K, Goodley D & Liddiard K (2023) Inviting disability: disabled children and studies of childhood In Balagopalan S, Wall J & Wells K (Ed.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Theories in Childhood Studies (pp. 85-95). Bloomsbury
Runswick-Cole K, Goodley D, Liddiard K & Whitney S (2023) , Research Handbook on Disability Policy (pp. 636-652). Edward Elgar Publishing
Runswick-Cole K, Goodley D & Liddiard K (2023) (pp. 85-95). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Goodley D, Liddiard K, Runswick-Cole K, Watts L, Whitney S, Dobbin H & Moss C (2022) , Palgrave Handbook of Critical Posthumanism (pp. 1-30). Springer International Publishing
Liddiard K, Whitney-Mitchell S, Evans K, Watts L, Spurr R, Vogelmann E, Runswick-Cole K & Goodley D (2022) , Living Life to the Fullest: Disability, Youth and Voice (pp. i-xii).
Liddiard K, Whitney-Mitchell S, Evans K, Watts L, Spurr R, Vogelmann E, Runswick-Cole K & Goodley D (2022) , Living Life to the Fullest: Disability, Youth and Voice (pp. 115-124).
Evans K, Whitney-Mitchell S & Liddiard K (2022) , Living Life to the Fullest: Disability, Youth and Voice (pp. 125-145).
Evans K, Whitney-Mitchell S & Liddiard K (2022) , Living Life to the Fullest: Disability, Youth and Voice (pp. 79-98).
Goodley D, Runswick-Cole K & Liddiard K (2022) , Living Life to the Fullest: Disability, Youth and Voice (pp. 11-23). Emerald Publishing Limited
Liddiard K, Runswick-Cole K, Goodley D, Spurr R, Whitney S, Vogelmann E, MBE LW & Evans K (2022) (pp. 60-66). Bristol University Press
Williams R (2022) “I’ve Got People’s Spit All over Me!” Reflections on the Future of Life-Saving Stem Cell Donor Recruitment In Martin P, Liddiard K, Pearce W & de Saille S (Ed.), Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 100-107). Bristol: Bristol University Press.
Arthur KNA, Amanatidou E, de Saille S, Birabi T & Pandey P (2022) Where Will an Emerging Post-COVID-19 Future Position the Human? In Martin P, de Saille S, Liddiard K & Pearce W (Ed.), Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 117-123). Bristol: Bristol University Press.
(2022) , Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 28-35). Bristol University Press
Martin P, Saille SD, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) (pp. 1-10). Bristol University Press
Martin P, Saille SD, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) (pp. 147-155). Bristol University Press
Liddiard K, Runswick-Cole K, Goodley D, Spurr R, Whitney S, Vogelmann E, Watts MBE L & Evans K (2022) , Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 60-66). Policy Press
Liddiard K, Runswick-Cole K, Goodley D, Spurr R, Whitney S, Vogelmann E, Watts L & Evans K (2022) , Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 60-66). Bristol University Press
Martin P, Saille SD, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) , Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 1-10). Policy Press
Martin P, de Saille S, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) , Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 1-10). Bristol University Press
Martin P, Saille SD, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) , Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 147-155). Policy Press
Martin P, Saille SD, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) , Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 147-155). Bristol University Press
Liddiard K & Mbe LW (2022) Co-production, participatory and emancipatory disability research, Living Life to the Fullest: Disability, Youth and Voice (pp. 25-42).
Vicari S & Yang Z (2022) Humans, COVID-19 and Platform Societies In Martin P, de Saille S, Liddiard K & Pearce W (Ed.), Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 36-41). Bristol: Bristol University Press.
Goodley D, Liddiard K, Runswick-Cole K, Watts L, Whitney S, Dobbin H & Moss C (2022) , Palgrave Handbook of Critical Posthumanism (pp. 793-822). Springer International Publishing
Martin P, de Saille S, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) Marginalized Humans, BEING HUMAN DURING COVID-19 (pp. 51-51).
Martin P, de Saille S, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) Knowing Humans, BEING HUMAN DURING COVID-19 (pp. 11-11).
Martin P, de Saille S, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) Human Futures, BEING HUMAN DURING COVID-19 (pp. 115-115).
Martin P, de Saille S, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) Biosocial Humans, BEING HUMAN DURING COVID-19 (pp. 83-83).
Martin P, de Saille S, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) BEING HUMAN DURING COVID-19 Introduction, BEING HUMAN DURING COVID-19 (pp. 1-9).
Liddiard K (2020) , The Routledge Handbook of Disability and Sexuality (pp. 39-52). Routledge
Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole K (2019) , The Palgrave Handbook of Disability and Citizenship in the Global South (pp. 211-222). Springer International Publishing
Lawthom R, Liddiard K, Runswick-Cole K & Goodley D (2018) Posthuman Disability and Dishuman Studies In Braidotti R & Hlavajova M (Ed.), Posthuman Glossary (pp. 342-345). Bloomsbury Publishing
Jones L & Liddiard K (2018) , The Palgrave Handbook of Disabled Children’s Childhood Studies (pp. 389-408). Palgrave Macmillan UK
Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Cole KR (2017) , The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Social Psychology (pp. 491-505). Palgrave Macmillan UK
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Website content

Mishra A, White L & Liddiard K Participatory research poses challenges to postgraduate researchers – here’s how we’re tackling the issue.
White L, Liddiard K & Goodley D On building trust: Co-producing what it means to be trustworthy.

Dictionary/encyclopaedia entries

Runswick-Cole K, Goodley D & Liddiard K (2023) . In International Encyclopedia of Education(Fourth Edition) Elsevier.
Liddiard K & Goodley D (2017) . In The Wiley-Blackwell Encylopedia of Social Theory. West Sussex: John Wiley and Sons.

Preprints

White L, Picardi C, Paterson C, Towsend B, Wang J, Buxton A, Hallam-Bowles S, Liddiard K, Law J, Calinescu R & Goodley D (2023) , Center for Open Science.
Daly A, Heah R & Liddiard K () .

Research group: I undertake a range of supervisory roles within the School and am currently supervising four PhD students. I welcome PhD students across a number of social science disciplines that wish to undertake research in the areas of disability, education, gender, sexuality and childhood and youth.

Teaching activities: Last year, I was the convenor of Globalising Education (EDU309), a third-year undergraduate module within the School of Education’s BA Education, Culture and Childhood here at the University of 91̽��. Due to my research schedule, this year I am only guest lecturing across a number of modules in the School of Education.

Professional activities and memberships

Editor at large for the leading journal Disability and Society and regular peer reviewer for Gender and Education; Community Development Journal; Sexualities; Emotion, Space and Society; and Girlhood, as well as for the publishers Palgrave, Routledge, and Jessica Kingsley.
Member of the Faculty of Social Sciences Equality and Diversity Committee; the Sexuality Alliance (Open University); Co-Founder of the Faculty of Social Sciences Early Career Researcher Forum; and founding member of the Centre for Critical Psychology and Education and iHuman.