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British Journal of Sociology of Education Best Early Career Article: Shortlisted Papers

Created 01 Jan 2018| Updated 28 May 2024 | 24 articles

Every year the Executive Editors of British Journal of Sociology of Education pick a winning article from a shortlist of articles by early career researchers. You can read the shortlisted articles below.

The journal and publisher offer their warm congratulations, and wish all shortlisted authors every success as they continue their research careers in the sociology of education.

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Peer preferences and educational decisions: heterogeneous associations across student socioeconomic status
Emil Smith

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 44, Number: 2 (17 Feb 2023)

Published online: 28 Dec 2022
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Complex reflexivity: practices of women full professors in neoliberalised academia
Isaura Castelao-Huerta

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 44, Number: 4 (19 May 2023)

Published online: 20 Apr 2023
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“Miss, can you speak English?”: raciolinguistic ideologies and language oppression in initial teacher education
Ian Cushing

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 44, Number: 5 (04 Jul 2023)

Published online: 02 May 2023
Abstractfor“Miss, can you speak English?”: raciolinguistic ideologies and language oppression in initial teacher education | Full Text | References | PDF (908.4 KB) | EPUB
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Upskilling the workforce? A critical analysis of national skills policies in China’s Reform Era
Geng Wang

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 44, Number: 6 (18 Aug 2023)

Published online: 01 Jun 2023
AbstractforUpskilling the workforce? A critical analysis of national skills policies in China’s Reform Era | Full Text | References | PDF (1 MB) | EPUB
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Giving space to the subject’s potential present: Zemelman’s contributions to Sociology of Education
Felipe Acuña & Francisca Corbalán

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 44, Number: 8 (17 Nov 2023) Expanding the Sociological Imagination: Reckoning for Other Sociologies of Education; Guest Editors: Francesca Peruzzo; Sara Joiko; Julie Allan; María Teresa Rojas

Published online: 04 Jun 2023
AbstractforGiving space to the subject’s potential present: Zemelman’s contributions to Sociology of Education | Full Text | References | PDF (1.4 MB) | EPUB
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Data infrastructures and the governance of their accompanying narratives
Jennifer Clutterbuck

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 43, Number: 1 (02 Jan 2022)

Published online: 18 Nov 2021
AbstractforData infrastructures and the governance of their accompanying narratives | Full Text | References | PDF (989.7 KB) | EPUB
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Internalising externalisation: utilisation of international knowledge in education policymaking
Chanwoong Baek

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 43, Number: 1 (02 Jan 2022)

Published online: 22 Nov 2021
AbstractforInternalising externalisation: utilisation of international knowledge in education policymaking | Full Text | References | PDF (967.6 KB) | EPUB
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For whom is mathematical success compatible with ‘physical’ masculinity? Social class, ethnicity, and imagined futures
David Pomeroy

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 42, Number: 3 (03 Apr 2021)

Published online: 01 Mar 2021
AbstractforFor whom is mathematical success compatible with ‘physical’ masculinity? Social class, ethnicity, and imagined futures | Full Text | References | PDF (860.9 KB) | EPUB
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Trends in ethnic inequality in the attainment of vocational degrees: a cohort study in Germany
Karin Schuller

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 39, Number: 4 (19 May 2018)

Published online: 20 Sep 2017
AbstractforTrends in ethnic inequality in the attainment of vocational degrees: a cohort study in Germany | Full Text | References | PDF (1.1 MB)
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‘No fear’: privilege and the navigation of hierarchy at an elite boys’ school in England
Emma Taylor

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 42, Number: 7 (03 Oct 2021)

Published online: 28 Jul 2021
Abstractfor‘No fear’: privilege and the navigation of hierarchy at an elite boys’ school in England | Full Text | References | PDF (870.1 KB) | EPUB
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The curriculum as a site of counter politics: theorising the ‘domain of the sayable’
Laura Teague

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 39, Number: 1 (02 Jan 2018)

Published online: 11 Apr 2017
AbstractforThe curriculum as a site of counter politics: theorising the ‘domain of the sayable’ | Full Text | References | PDF (916.6 KB)
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Article
Class acts? Working class student officers in students’ unions
Ruth Squire

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 41, Number: 3 (02 Apr 2020)

Published online: 30 Dec 2019
AbstractforClass acts? Working class student officers in students’ unions | Full Text | References | PDF (830.6 KB) | EPUB
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Teacher evaluation as an onto-epistemic framework
Jessica Holloway

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 40, Number: 2 (17 Feb 2019)

Published online: 16 Nov 2018
AbstractforTeacher evaluation as an onto-epistemic framework | Full Text | References | PDF (864.7 KB) | EPUB
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Competing for privilege –aspirational youth at a Chinese high school entrepreneurship competition
Siyu Chen

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 41, Number: 8 (16 Nov 2020)

Published online: 02 Nov 2020
AbstractforCompeting for privilege –aspirational youth at a Chinese high school entrepreneurship competition | Full Text | References | PDF (878.9 KB) | EPUB
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‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’: examining the illegalization of undocumented students in Toronto, Canada
Francisco J. Villegas

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 39, Number: 8 (17 Nov 2018)

Published online: 04 May 2018
Abstractfor‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’: examining the illegalization of undocumented students in Toronto, Canada | Full Text | References | PDF (908.3 KB)
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Missionaries or mercenaries? How teachers in elite private schools embrace privilege
George Variyan

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 40, Number: 8 (17 Nov 2019)

Published online: 06 Sep 2019
AbstractforMissionaries or mercenaries? How teachers in elite private schools embrace privilege | Full Text | References | PDF (777.7 KB) | EPUB
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Does outsourcing school systems degrade education workforces? Evidence from 18,000 English state schools
Nicholas Martindale

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 40, Number: 8 (17 Nov 2019)

Published online: 13 Aug 2019
AbstractforDoes outsourcing school systems degrade education workforces? Evidence from 18,000 English state schools | Full Text | References | PDF (1.3 MB) | EPUB
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Demystifying Oxbridge: a qualitative video analysis of information sharing strategies by student vloggers for prospective applicants
Lindsay Hirst

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 43, Number: 7 (03 Oct 2022)

Published online: 27 Jun 2022
AbstractforDemystifying Oxbridge: a qualitative video analysis of information sharing strategies by student vloggers for prospective applicants | Full Text | References | PDF (1.2 MB) | EPUB
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Self-abandonment or seeking an alternative way out: understanding Chinese rural migrant children’s resistance to schooling
Jiaxin Chen

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 41, Number: 2 (17 Feb 2020)

Published online: 19 Nov 2019
AbstractforSelf-abandonment or seeking an alternative way out: understanding Chinese rural migrant children’s resistance to schooling | Full Text | References | PDF (850.9 KB) | EPUB
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Schooling as a positional good: the Brazilian metropolitan regions in recent decades
Andre Salata

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 40, Number: 3 (03 Apr 2019)

Published online: 31 Jan 2019
AbstractforSchooling as a positional good: the Brazilian metropolitan regions in recent decades | Full Text | References | PDF (1.4 MB) | EPUB
  • 463 Views
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Internships and the graduate labour market: how upper-middle-class students ‘get ahead’
Ewan Wright & Benjamin Mulvey

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 42, Number: 3 (03 Apr 2021)

Published online: 03 Mar 2021
AbstractforInternships and the graduate labour market: how upper-middle-class students ‘get ahead’ | Full Text | References | PDF (1 MB) | EPUB
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‘I don’t think you’re going to have any aborigines in your world’: Minecrafting terra nullius
Ligia (Licho) López López, Lars de Wildt & Nikki Moodie

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 40, Number: 8 (17 Nov 2019)

Published online: 12 Aug 2019
Abstractfor‘I don’t think you’re going to have any aborigines in your world’: Minecrafting terra nullius | Full Text | References | PDF (1.2 MB) | EPUB
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Classroom as heterotopia: English lessons as a space to problematise war
Anna Liddle

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 42, Number: 7 (03 Oct 2021)

Published online: 30 Aug 2021
AbstractforClassroom as heterotopia: English lessons as a space to problematise war | Full Text | References | PDF (934.4 KB) | EPUB
  • 1865 Views
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Heterogeneous middle-class and disparate educational advantage: parental investment in their children’s schooling in Dehradun, India
Achala Gupta

Originally published in British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume: 41, Number: 1 (02 Jan 2020)

Published online: 09 Sep 2019
AbstractforHeterogeneous middle-class and disparate educational advantage: parental investment in their children’s schooling in Dehradun, India | Full Text | References | PDF (821.1 KB) | EPUB
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