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John Barker is Senior Lecturer in Education Studies/Early Childhood Studies in the Department of Education at Middlesex University. An established researcher in social sciences, he has generated over £300,000 in grant funding and published extensively on educational sociology, youth mobility, care studies, and parental engagement. His international research portfolio includes collaborations with government agencies and local authorities.
Barker's teaching spans Education Studies and Early Childhood programs, covering historical-social perspectives, research methods, youth studies, and professional practice. His research examines care dynamics in educational contexts, urban tutoring economies, and geographies of youth mobility. Recent publications analyze parental activism, institutional misrecognition, and intersectional challenges facing student caregivers.
His auto/biographical research methodologies uncover lived experiences of educational inequality, particularly regarding gender, care responsibilities, and spatial constraints. Articles published in leading sociology and education journals demonstrate consistent theoretical engagement with recognition theory, affective labor, and spatial justice.
