Lisa Bradley
مدرس ارشد · Academic cultures of knowledge production
University of Glasgowمعرفی
Dr. Lisa Bradley is a Senior Lecturer in Creative and Interdisciplinary Studies in Education at the University of Glasgow, affiliated with the Advanced Research Centre (ARC). Her academic role focuses on anti-disciplinary scholarship and methodological innovation, blending Education, Urban Studies, Philosophy, and Criminology. She holds a PhD in Urban Studies and has been awarded the University of Glasgow’s Best Community & Public Engagement Award (2021) for her Justice Journeys project. Her research centers on knowledge production, marginalized epistemologies, and transformative educational practices, often employing arts-based and post-qualitative methods.
Education & Background
Lisa completed her PhD in Urban Studies, exploring temporal structures in academic disciplines. She is PI/Co-PI on grants such as Kitchen Life (clean cooking in Bangladesh/Malawi), Diversifying Justice (domestic abuse pathways), and Researchers Don’t Cry?!. She leads the MSc program in Education for Sustainable Futures and teaches research methods courses.
Research Interests
Her work interrogates academic cultures, speculative worlding practices, and situated learning. Key themes include decolonizing education, queer temporality, and the intersection of AI and anti-colonial literacies. Methodologically, she advocates for arts-based approaches (e.g., zine-making, quilting) as critical tools for social critique.
Awards & Grants
- 2021: Best Community & Public Engagement Award (University of Glasgow)
- PI/Co-PI: Diversifying Justice (£48k), Kitchen Life (£74k), and multiple smaller grants
Supervision & Teaching
She supervises PhD students across topics like apprenticeship support, dementia arts programs, and academic assessment practices. Her teaching emphasizes culturally responsive research methods and sustainable pedagogies.
Labs & Collaborations
Lisa collaborates with SCCJR (Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research) and leads interdisciplinary projects like Justice Journeys and Quilting for Anti-Colonial Futures. She actively participates in grassroots improvement initiatives like HACK the ARC.
