Meet LSRI’s faculty and students. Together we strive for a rich and interdisciplinary understanding of learning.

Faculty

Our StaffResearch Interests
Shaaron Ainsworth Representational learning; Technology Enhanced Learning
Charlie Davis Pedagogies of story telling and discomfort, Working class academics
Pryce DavisLearning in informal settings; sense-making in the public engagement of science
Jonathan HallsScience education; early years education
Tim Jay Psychology of Education, particularly Maths Education
Mary OliverScience education, engagement and learning
Lenka Schnaubert Collaborative learning in small groups; self regulation; AI
Sarah SpeightTeaching and learning in higher education; online learning
Denise SweeneyLearning and teaching in higher education; learning design
Ngee Derk TiongDialogic and social dimensions of learning; teacher professional development; teacher education
Peter Woods Creative production, arts-based education, situated technologies
Gabriela Zapata Multiliteracies-based second language education; computer supported collaborative learning

 

Honorary Professors

Our Associates
Charles CrookUniversity of Nottingham
Colin Harrison University of Nottingham

Nikkol Rummel
Ruhr-Uni­ver­si­tät Bo­chum

Nikkol Rummel
University of Potsdam
Mike StieffUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
Wouter Van JoolingenFreudenthal Institute, Utrecht University

Current Phd and EdD students

StudentThesis Topic
Adityo AdityoUnderstanding learners' perception and interaction with AI-generated feedback in writing education
Yanwenjen LiuEscape rooms games in history education
Ying LuoThe Impact of Teacher-Student Interaction via Diverse Social Media Features on Students' Learning Motivation in Live-Streaming Classes
Galuh C.W. PrabowaMulti-representational learning in chemistry
Gemma RolfePrimary Computing Three Years On: How can we change the teaching of computational thinking within a primary school?
Zhanetta Romaniuk Unravelling Barriers to Fostering Communication Skills among EFL Undergraduate students during Wartime: Ukrainian University Teachers’ Perspectives on Digital Education and AI Integration
Kriengkrai Sakulprasertsriloring the effects of multimodal assignments on Thai undergraduate students’ English skill development and their perceptions of the integration of multimodality in English through a social media course
Emma StringfellowProfessional Vision in fMRI interpretation

Some of our graduated doctoral students and their topics can be found here