Personal profile
Biography
I am a qualified teacher with a specialism of working with young children aged 3 to 7 years. I have held roles as a Deputy Headteacher, Early Years Advisory Teacher, Maintained Nursery School Senior Teacher and pedagogue to Children's Centres.
Research interests
My current research focuses on early childhood education documentation practices through posthuman, feminist materialism and post qualitative theories. I have wider research interests in affective theories, rights and agency narratives along with resistance practices to dominant discourses.
I am currently funded with Dr Nathan Archer from the Froebel Trust where we are researching children's right to play.
Froebel Trust | Resistance stories: Telling and sharing stories about…
Research Group(s)
Bag lady storytelling feminist collective Dr Liz Latto, Louise Hawxwell and Dr Julie Ovington (2020-present)
Resistance in early childhood education Dr Nathan Archer, Leeds University (2020-present)
Teaching
I teach across undergraduate and postgraduate early years programmes. I lead the Early Years pathway of the MA programme MA Education (Early Years) | Edge Hill University and supervise Masters and PhD students.
Education/Academic qualification
Educational Doctorate , EdD, ‘What forms of Material-Discursive Intra-Action are generated through Documentation Practices in Early Childhood Education?, University of Sheffield
1 Sept 2014 → 1 Aug 2019
Award Date: 1 Aug 2019
Other positions
External Examiner, Leeds Beckett University
1 Sept 2016 → 20 Jun 2019
Keywords
- L Education (General)
- early childhood education
Research Groups
- Children's Rights and Wellbeing Research Network
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Becoming-with response-ability: How does diffracting posthuman ontologies with multi-modal sensory ethnography spark a multiplying femifesta/manifesta of noticing, attentiveness and doings in relation to mundane politics and more-than-human pedagogies of response-ability?
ALBIN-CLARK, J., Latto, L., Hawxwell, L. & Ovington, J., 21 Dec 2021, In: Entanglements. 4, 2, p. 21-31 10 p., 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review
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Baglady Collective Mentor-ship: Theoretical, Caring, and Disruptive Acts.
Ovington, J., Liz, L., Albin-Clark, J. & Hawxwell, L., 5 Mar 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) Rethinking Mentorship in Early Childhood Education and Care: Diverse Perspectives for Transforming Practice and Policy. Pytka, B. & Kelly, T. (eds.). 1st ed. London: Routledge, p. 218-229 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Billy’s car at tidy up time: How children’s rights happen everyday in ECEC
Albin-Clark, J. & Archer, N., 7 Mar 2025, Linkedin.Research output: Other contribution › Blog
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Children’s rights and participation
Archer, N. & Albin-Clark, J., 1 May 2025, A Manifesto for Early Childhood. Bradbury, A., Swailes, R. & Thompson, P. (eds.). SAGE Publications LtdResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Data-ghost playing: Becoming vulnerable with the hauntings of early childhood education and care.
Albin-Clark, J., 8 Jan 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
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Resistance stories: Telling and sharing stories about children's right to play
Albin-Clark, J. (PI) & Archer, N. (PI)
1/09/24 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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Exploring the potential of music education pedagogies for student teachers in primary music education - reflections upon research collaboration
Shirley, I. (PI), MARIGUDDI, A. (CoI) & Albin-Clark, J. (CoI)
2/12/24 → 31/01/25
Project: Research
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What forms of Material-Discursive Intra-Action are generated through Documentation Practices in Early Childhood Education?.
Albin-Clark, J. (PI)
1/09/14 → 1/07/19
Project: Doctoral
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Introducing Resistance Stories
Albin-Clark, J. (Participant) & Archer, N. (Participant)
2 May 2025Activity: Other activity types › Other
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How did we get here? A life-history examination of two music education researchers and their perspectives on collaborative research
Shirley, I. (Speaker), MARIGUDDI, A. (Speaker) & Albin-Clark, J. (Speaker)
17 Jul 2025Activity: Dissemination › Oral presentation
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Editorial Board Member
Albin-Clark, J. (Participant)
10 Dec 2024Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Special Issue of Journal (Event)
Albin-Clark, J. (Reviewer)
20 May 2024Activity: Peer-review & editorial work › Editorial work
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NRN - Just here for the LOLs: how we raise our more-than-human voices through collective bag lady story telling
LEWIS, C. (Organiser), Hawxwell, L. (Participant), ALBIN-CLARK, J. (Participant), Latto, L. (Participant) & Ovington, J. (Participant)
23 Sept 2021Activity: Events › Organising a conference, workshop, etc.