Members of CIER are all involved in international work, whether in teaching on the International Studies in Education programme or researching in a range of international contexts (see International Research and Consultancy).
Lecturer
Danielle’s research is situated at the interface of security and development, currently focusing on how states rebuild political identity after conflict and the strategies developing states use to increase their agency in relationships with aid donors.
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 7976
Email d.beswick@bham.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer
Tom started his career as a high school teacher in economics and accountancy. He was a member of the academic staff of the following tertiary institutions: University of South Africa (Pretoria, South Africa), Central University of Technology (Bloemfontein, South Africa), Vista University (Sebokeng, South Africa) and the University of Johannesburg before joining the University of Birmingham in ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 4804
Email t.c.bisschoff@bham.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Education
Marion is Senior Lecturer in Education in the School of Education. Early in 2009, she returned from three years’ leave of absence in Aotearoa New Zealand where she was Senior Lecturer in Adult and Community Education at the University of Canterbury and Manager of the University’s Adult and Community Education Teaching and Research Team.
She is a ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 4380
Email m.bowl.1@bham.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor of International Education
Lynn Davies is Emeritus Professor of International Education in the Centre for International Education and Research of the School of Education.
Her central interests are in the fields of education and conflict, education and extremism and education in fragile states. She has published major books and reports in these areas, for example Education and Conflict: Complexity and Chaos ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 4823
Email l.davies@bham.ac.uk
Lecturer
Laura became Lecturer at the School of Education in 2011 after completing a Birmingham Research Fellowship. Prior to that she worked as a member of a team on a large-scale research programme, the National Evaluation of the Children's Fund (DfES) at the University of Birmingham. She joined the University of Birmingham from the University of Oxford where she held an ESRC research studentship and ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 4827
Email l.dayashley@bham.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor of International Education
Clive Harber is Professor of International Education and a member of the Centre for International Education and Research (CIER). He was formerly a social science teacher in secondary schools and an initial teacher educator, but now works primarily with post-graduate taught and research students.
From 1995-9, he was head of the school of Education at the then University of Natal, ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 7364
Email c.r.harber@bham.ac.uk
Research Fellow
Paul joined the School of Education 2006 to take up a three-year research post as a research fellow in VICTAR. He is working on a Sightsavers International funded project studying the educational inclusion of children with visual impairment in developing countries. This involves establishing an evidence base demonstrating the effectiveness of different educational models of education for children ...
Telephone +44(0)121 414 6735
Email p.lynch@bham.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Governance
Personal website: http://heathermarquette.wordpress.com
Heather joined IDD in 2002 as Lecturer and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2008. Previously, she lectured in IR, IPE and development in the Department of Politics, University of Durham, where she did her PhD on the World Bank's anti-corruption programme.
She is Senior Lecturer in ...
Telephone +44 (0)121 414 2296
Email h.a.marquette@bham.ac.uk