Personal profile
Biography
I'm a PhD researcher specializing in gender, sexuality, and education, with over 8 years of experience in gender advocacy and sexuality education in Vietnam and the UK. Holding an MA in Education, Gender and International Development at UCL and pursuing a Doctoral Degree in Educational Research at Edge Hill University, my work is rooted in a queer materialist and intersectional feminist framework.
My research looks at how the sociomaterial conditions and politics of desire shape young people's learning sexuality via "alternative sexuality curricula". Through my inquiries, I hope to critically examine and challenge intersectional inequalities that impact young people's lived experience, as well as reflect on pedagogical practices that promotes social justice and equality. I have also presented my research at several academic conferences held by the British Association for International and Comparative Education (BAICE) and British Educational Research Association (BERA).
In addition to research, I am passionate about teaching and have designed and delivered courses on sexuality education with young people, using arts-based, experiential learning and critical pedagogy methods. I'm also a Teaching Assistant at Edge Hill's Faculty of Education, facilitating critical discussions around the social, economic and historical dimensions of education with undergraduate students.
Education/Academic qualification
Education, Gender and International Development, MA, Vietnamese high school students’ engagement with gender discourses in the Literature classroom: a phEmaterialist study, University College London
Sept 2021 → Sept 2022
Award Date: 1 Dec 2022
Other positions
Graduate Teaching Assistant
30 Sept 2023 → …
Active Bystander Workshop Leader, University College London
… → Nov 2022
Sex-ed Teacher and Curriculum Developer, WeGrow Education Vietnam
Research Groups
- Inclusion, Diversity and Identity Research Network (Education)
- Children's Rights and Wellbeing Research Network
- Pedagogy and Curriculum Research Network
- Higher Education 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 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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SDG 5 Gender Equality
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Travelling with comprehensive sexuality education (CSE): critical reflections on the historical geography of the CSE curriculum
NGUYEN, P. T., 18 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Irish Educational Studies. p. 1-19 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review
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Reimagining national identity in neoliberal education: Truyện Kiều, femininity and discourse in Vietnamese textbooks
Nguyen, P. T., 3 Dec 2024, In: Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. 46, 4, p. 417-432 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review
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Between what-is and what-could-be: Participatory Theatre as Transgressive Pedagogy in Sexuality Education
NGUYEN, P. T., 30 Jun 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Doing privatised sexuality education with children in Vietnam: territorialised knowledge and contested futures
NGUYEN, P. T., 29 Feb 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Knowing and doing children’s rights: How do rights agendas become entangled and embodied in higher education pedagogy and curriculum?
Albin-Clark, J., BLANCO-BAYO, A., BOARDMAN, K., Jefferies, V., NGUYEN, P. T. & WOOLHOUSE, C., 24 Jun 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
Projects
- 1 Active
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Learning the desire-able: a critical geography of Vietnamese young people's alternative sexuality education
NGUYEN, P. T. (PI)
30/09/23 → …
Project: Doctoral
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Walking together:weaving the tapestry of PGR community, research culture, and collective journey through the grass-roots collaborative Walk ‘n’ Talk initiative
STURT, C.-A. (Speaker), COLOMBO, C. (Speaker), NGUYEN, P. T. (Speaker), ECCLES-PADWICK, J. (Speaker), STEWART, K. (Speaker), WRIGHT, D. (Speaker), TISHENINA, M. (Speaker), GREENHALGH, M. (Speaker) & ERNEST-SHAY, A. (Speaker)
26 Jun 2024 → 28 Jun 2024Activity: Dissemination › Oral presentation
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Ethics and Education (Journal)
NGUYEN, P. T. (Reviewer)
2024 → …Activity: Peer-review & editorial work › Publication Peer-review
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Re-interpreting feminism through classic Vietnamese texts: a critical discourse analysis of Truyện Kiều and its presence in Vietnamese secondary textbooks.
NGUYEN, P. T. (Speaker)
Apr 2022Activity: Dissemination › Oral presentation
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Comparative and International Education - the chance to promote equality via reimagining knowledge production
NGUYEN, P. T. (Speaker)
29 Nov 2021Activity: Dissemination › Oral presentation