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Last updated 21st August 2025
Biography
Jim Reid is a Reader in the School of Education and Director of the Huddersfield Centre for Research in Education and Society (HudCRES). He also co-ordinates the taught Doctor of Education (EdD) programme.
In May 2025 he completed a Leverhulme International Research Fellowship investigating a new concept of family capabilities and was subsequently appointed an Extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. He collaborates closely on a South African National Research Foundation funded project with Professor Nicky Roman. He was recently Academic Lead on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership and two Impact Accelerator Account projects - developing a curriculum for training and employment in the sustainable energy sector, and developing Our Future in North East Lincolnshire. He was previously Co-I on the the award winning AHRC funded Life-Saving Lullabies project to reduce infant and maternal mortality in Zambia. He is also working closely with the National Education Union on a project exploring school inspection.
He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a peer reviewer for EU Horizon.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Research Expertise and Interests
- Social Justice
- ethic of care
- Children and childhood
- Education and wellbeing
- Voice
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Developing Our Future in North-East Lincolnshire
Reid, J. (PI), McCamley, C. (CoI) & Brown, P. (CoI)
1/09/24 → 31/07/25
Project: Research
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LSL: Life-Saving Lullabies: Reducing adolescent maternal and neonatal deaths in Zambia
Swann, D. (PI), Reid, J. (CoI) & Doyle, B. (CoI)
21/02/20 → 20/02/21
Project: Research
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To develop the capacity and sustainability of East Marsh Community (EMU) to purchase, renovate, and manage homes as an ethical community landlord for community wellbeing. This means being resident and community led, putting the voices of local people first, and re-imagining the East Marsh as a place of human flourishing.
Reid, J. (PI), Brown, P. (CoI), McCamley, C. (CoI), Dasein, B. (Company Owner) & Graves, P. (Company Supervisor)
1/07/24 → 30/03/27
Project: Research
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A Conceptual Model for Strengthening Family Capabilities Through a Process of Care
Reid, J., Johannes, C., Wareley, S., Ngadhi, C., Nginase, A. & Roman, N., 20 Jul 2025, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 22, 7, 27 p., 1150.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Voices in Motion: Using I-Poems to Uncover Undergraduate University Students' Psychosocial Journey and Physical Activity Behaviours
Johannes, C., Reid, J. & Roman, N., 5 Jun 2025, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 22, 6, 28 p., 901.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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School Inspection: Unconscionable Acts of Reason
Reid, J. (Producer), 19 Jun 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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Life-Saving Lullabies: The conception, development and adaptation of a cultural heritage tool for good
Swann, D., Reid, J. & Doyle, B., 1 May 2022, In: Strategic Design Research Journal. 15, 2, p. 218-231 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Love in a Time of Colic: Mobilizing Professional Love in Relationships with Children and Young People to Promote Their Resilience and Wellbeing
Purcell, M., Page, J. & Reid, J., 1 Jul 2022, In: Child and Youth Services. 43, 1, p. 3-27 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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Exploring and Problematising Family Resilience
Reid, J. (Speaker)
9 Jul 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Families, the process of care, and inequalities: Working towards supporting family capabilities.
Reid, J. (Speaker)
25 Nov 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Thematic Analysis in Qualitative Research
Reid, J. (Speaker)
12 Nov 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Interviewing in Research
Reid, J. (Speaker)
10 Oct 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Towards a (More) Ethical School Inspection Process
Reid, J. (Speaker) & Potter, I. (Speaker)
12 Sept 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Academic set to study families’ ‘Cape-abilities’ in South Africa.
8/10/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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School inspection: Unconscionable acts of reason?
Potter, I. & Reid, J.
19/07/24
1 Media contribution
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SNP accused of ignoring evidence-based policy making after quietly renewing £56m baby box deal.
Reid, J. & Blair, P.
4/04/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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