Dr Ashley Simpson
Lecturer in Language Education/ Co-Head: Institute for Language Education
- Moray House School of Education and Sport, ILE
- University of Edinburgh
Contact details
- Email: ashley.simpson@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Moray House School of Education and Sport, CH
- City
- University of Edinburgh (Holyrood Campus)
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
Background
Dr Ashley Simpson is currently Co-Head: Institute for Language Education.
Dr Ashley Simpson specialises in Intercultural Education, Intercultural Communication, Critical approaches to Democracy and Human Rights in Education, and, Critical studies in Education amongst other aspects. Simpson has experience of working in higher education institutions in China, Finland and Russia.
Simpson has published extensively on Intercultural Communication Education. He is the co-author (with Fred Dervin) of Interculturality and the Political within Education (London: Routledge). Simpson has also co-edited the volumes The Meaning of Criticality in Education Research: Reflecting on Critical Pedagogy (2020: Palgrave Macmillan), and, Intercultural Competence in the Work of Teachers: Confronting Ideologies and Practices (London: Routledge).
Simpson has published research articles on Intercultural Communication Education in top international journals such as, British Journal of Educational Studies; Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education; Frontiers of Education in China; Intercultural Communication Education; International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism; Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development; and, Palgrave Communications, amongst others.
He currently holds visiting academic positions in China and in Canada.
Qualifications
BA in Politics (University of Leeds)
MA in International Politics - International Relations (University of Manchester)
PhD in Education (University of Helsinki)
Responsibilities & affiliations
Co-Head: Institute for Language Education.
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Areas of interest for supervision
My PhD supervison areas are:
Intercultural Education
Intercultural Communication
Language and Political Economy
Critical approaches to Democracy, Equality and Human Rights in Education
Discourse analysis
Dialogism
Research summary
Intercultural Education
Intercultural Communication
Discourses, Identities and diversities in Education
Critical approaches to Democracy, Equality and Human Rights in Education
Critical approaches and theories of Global Education
Critical Discourse Analysis
Dialogism