Tania de St Croix

Dr. Tania de St Croix is a Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Youth and Childhood at King's College London, affiliated with the School of Education, Communication & Society. She holds a PhD from King's (2016) focusing on grassroots youth work in policy contexts. Her research critiques policy impacts on youth services, emphasizing anti-oppressive practices, radical education, and evaluation frameworks. She teaches MA Education, Policy and Society and oversees the programme. Notable works include Grassroots Youth Work: Policy, Passion and Resistance in Practice (2016) and co-authored research on youth work evaluation in austerity contexts. She leads projects like Re-thinking Impact (2018–2021), exploring youth work accountability. Her work bridges academia and practice, advocating for grassroots perspectives.

Education:

• PhD: King's College London (2016)

Research Interests: Youth work policy, community education, anti-oppressive practices, radical pedagogy, and the sociological analysis of childhood/youth in inequitable systems. She employs critical theory, intersectional feminism, and anarchist frameworks.

Recent Articles: Focus on youth work evaluation, policy haunting, spatial analysis of youth spaces, and resistance to performativity. Her 2024 work critiques policy networks' haunting effects on youth work, while 2023 studies place-making in open youth work.

Awards: None explicitly listed, but recognized for impactful contributions to youth policy discourse.

Advising & Grants: Supervises doctoral students in youth work and radical education. Led ESRC-funded projects on youth work during Brexit and post-Covid evaluations. Co-organized global workshops on youth work practices.

Labs/Teams: Member of the Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR), focusing on social justice and policy analysis. Collaborates internationally on youth work frameworks.