Leena Robertson

Dr. Leena Robertson is an Associate Professor at Middlesex University, specializing in Early Years/Foundation Stage Education. Her research focuses on multilingual education, translanguaging, critical pedagogy, and the intersection of policy with equality in early childhood education. She has extensively published in journals such as the Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies and Early Childhood Development and Care, addressing themes like translanguaging as a political act, child-initiated pedagogies, and the role of community language schools in teacher training.

Her work emphasizes social justice, advocating for transformative practices in the teacher education system and highlighting the importance of multilingual flexibility in literacy learning. She has presented at international conferences in Estonia, India, Norway, and the United States, and collaborated on projects examining the impact of early childhood qualifications and training policies in England. Her research outputs are accessible via ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0641-8286.