Publications
Selected Journal Articles
Gallagher, S. and Stobbs, N. (2023) Creating hope in dystopia: Utopia as Method as social pedagogy in early childhood studies, International Journal of Social Pedagogy, 12(1) DOI: https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.ijsp.2023.v12.x.005.
Stobbs, N., Solvason, C., Gallagher, S. and Baylis, S. (2023) A human approach to restructuring the education system: why schools in England need social pedagogy, International Journal of Social Pedagogy, 12(1), DOI: https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.ijsp.2023.v12.x.008
Selected Book Chapters
Dornan, S., Gallagher, S., Gibson, L., Griffin, M., Harris, N. and Jones, J. (2026) Why don’t they teach education at school? Listening to learners’ voices and resisting polarisation to restore education as common ground throughout our lifetimes, in S. Taylor and S. Bracken (eds) Learner Voices, Perspectives, and Positionings: Providing agency to empower learning, Abingdon (Oxon): Routledge, pp 15-25, DOI: 10.4324/9781003406334-2.
Gallagher, S. (2026) The next chapter, in C. Solvason, N. Stobbs and G. Elliott (eds) Social Pedagogy in Education: Re-establishing relationships and enriching learner experience, Abingdon (Oxon): Routledge, pp 165-70, DOI: 10.4324/9781003533276-16.
Gallagher, S. (2023) Early Childhood Studies in a polarised dystopia: pedagogy as ethical leadership in education, in C. Solvason and G. Elliott (eds) Ethics in Education: Contemporary Perspectives on Research, Pedagogy and Leadership, Bradford: Ethics International Press, pp 43-65.
Richards, C.M and Gallagher, S. (2018) Common vigilance: a perspective on the role of the community in safeguarding children, in Z. Brown and S. Ward (eds) Contemporary Issues in Childhood: A bio-ecological approach, London: Routledge, pp 84-93.
Selected Presentations
Gallagher, S. (2026) Masters of uncertainty: coaching safeguarding leaders through ambiguity and complexity, Education: An Act of Hope. Institute of Education Research Conference, University of Worcester, 08 July.
Gallagher, S. and Webster, N. (2026) Safeguarding in education: micro-processes of sharing responsibility, Institute of Education Research Conference, University of Worcester, 08 July.
Gallagher, S. and Garcia-Sangil, A. (2025) Consistency in isolation: a case study of Local Authority Designated Safeguarding Officers for Safeguarding (LADOs) and continuous professional development, Institute of Education Research Conference, University of Worcester, 21 May.
Gibson, L., Griffin, M., Sundari, S., Tully, E., Purcell, S., Hill, E. and Gallagher, S. (2024) Resource lists as liberation: Amplifying Lesser Heard Voices in Education, A Community of Learners: Learning and Teaching Conference, University of Worcester, 18 June.
Prowle, A. and Gallagher, S. (2024) Social pedagogy research and anti-oppressive practice: researching disability service delivery and finding a fight for resources, Institute of Education Research Conference, University of Worcester, 15 May.
Local Authority-Commissioned Research
Unwin. P. and Gallagher, S. (2023) An assessment of the effectiveness of Early Help services in Worcestershire, Report for Worcestershire Safeguarding Children Partnership, (Unpublished).
Prowle, A. and Gallagher, S. (2021) Evaluation of Blaenau Gwent Disability Service Part 2, (Unpublished).
Prowle, A., Walker, R., Gallagher, S. and Duncan, M. (2020) Evaluation of Blaenau Gwent Strategy for Safe Reduction of Looked After Children, (Unpublished).
Student as Academic Partners Project
Gibson, L., Griffin, M., Sundari, S., Tully, E., Purcell, S., Courage, K., Hill, E. and Gallagher, S. (2024) Resource Lists as Liberation: Amplifying Lesser-Heard Voices in Education, Department for Education and Inclusion, Library Services and Decolonising the Curriculum Group, University of Worcester.
Conference Organised as Part of a Steering Group
Education Beyond Covid: Reality, resilience and renewal, Quaker Values in Education with Woodbrooke Learning, 15 May 2021.