Position/Status

Professor of Sociology of Education, Faculty of Education

Professorial Fellow (Jesus College)

E-mail Address

jaa80@cam.ac.uk

Phone

+ 44 (0)1223 767600

Qualifications

• PhD Education (Liverpool John Moores University)
• MA Education Studies (Liverpool John Moores University)
• MA Education and Pedagogy (St Mary’s University, London)
• BA Hons Education Studies and Physical Education (University of Surrey)

Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations

• Trustee of the Runnymede Trust
• Trustee of the British Sociological Association (BSA)
• NHS Race and Health Observatory Academic Reference Group Member
• ITV Cultural Advisory Council Member
• Fellow of Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
• Lead Editor with Prof Vikki Boliver and Prof Paul Warmington: Palgrave Studies in Race, Inequality and Social Justice in Education (Palgrave)
• Co-Editor with Dr Meredith D Clark: Social Science for Social Justice Series (SAGE Publications)

Profile

Professor Arday is the 2002 Professorial Chair in the Sociology of Education at the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education. Previously, Jason was Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Glasgow in the School of Education, College of Social Sciences.

Professor Arday has also held the position of Associate Professor in Sociology at Durham University in the Department of Sociology and Deputy Executive Dean for People and Culture in the Faculty of Social Science and Health. He is a Visiting Professor at The Ohio State University in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, University of Glasgow in the School of Education and an Honorary Professor at Durham University in the Department of Sociology.

He is a Trustee of the Runnymede Trust, the UK’s leading Race Equality Thinktank and the British Sociological Association (BSA). Jason sits on the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS) National Advisory Panel, the NHS Race and Health Observatory Academic Reference Group and the ITV Cultural Advisory Council.

Professor Arday’s research focuses on the areas of race and higher education, intersectionality and education, mental health and education, neurodiversity and cultural studies.

Academic Area/Links

• Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Committee (Faculty of Education)

Research Topics

• Race and Higher Education
• Education and Policy
• Education and Mental Health
• Race and Neurodiversity
• Cultural Studies and Music
• Autoethnography

Current Research Project(s)

• UKRI Diversity and Inclusion Caucus- Balancing the Politics and Evidence. Led by Professor Kate Sang (Heriot-Watt University); Co-Investigator: Professor Jason Arday (University of Cambridge). Funded by UKRI.
• National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)- Experience Based Co-Design for Psychosis Intergrated Care Services: Serving Ethnically Diverse People with Multimorbidity (CoPICS). Led by: Professor Kam Bhui (University of Oxford); Co-Investigator: Professor Jason Arday (University of Cambridge). Funded by NIHR.
• National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)- Optimising cultural expeRIences for mental health in marGinalised young people onlINe (ORIGIN). Principal Investigators: Dr Rebecca Sheriff and Professor Kam Bhui (University of Oxford); Co-Investigator: Professor Jason Arday (University of Cambridge). Funded by NIHR.

Teaching

• Postgraduate
  • Doctoral (PhD/EdD) and Masters (MPhil/MEd) student supervision
  • Education and Social Justice
  • Designing Educational Research

Principal and Recent Publications

Lewis, C. J., & Arday, J. (2023) We See Things They’ll Never See: Sociological Reflections on Race, Neurodiversity and Higher Education, The Sociological Review.

Arday, J., & Jones, C. (2022) Same Storm, Different Boats: The impact of Covid-19 on Black students and academic staff in UK and US Higher Education, Higher Education.

Arday, J. (2022) Covid-19 and Higher Education: The Times They Are A’Changin, Educational Review

Arday, J. (2022) ‘More to prove and more to lose’ Race, Racism and Precarious Employment in Higher Education, British Journal of Sociology of Education.

Stoll, N., Yalipende, Y., Arday, J., Smithies, D., Byrom, N., Lempp, N., & Hatch, S. (2022) Protocol for Black Student Wellbeing Study: A multi-site qualitative study on the mental health and wellbeing experiences of Black UK university students, BMJ Open

Arday, J., Boliver, V., & Branchu, C. (2021) Understanding the Bigger Picture: Exploring the BAME Experience in Higher Education, Social Policy and Society.

Arday, J. (2021) No One Can See Me Cry: Understanding Mental Health Issues for Black and Ethnic Minority Academic Staff in Higher Education, Higher Education.

Arday, J., Belluigi, D., & Thomas, D. (2020) Breaking the Chain: Reimaging Inclusive Pedagogy and Decolonising the Curriculum within the Academy, Educational Philosophy and Theory.

Arday, J. (2019) Dismantling Power and Privilege through reflexivity: Negotiating Normative Whiteness, the Eurocentric Curriculum and Racial Micro-aggressions within the Academy, Whiteness and Education.

Arday, J. (2018) Race and Educational Leadership: Where do we start? Understanding the lived experience, Management in Education (Race and Leadership, Special Issue).