Su Corcoran

Su Corcoran is a Research Associate at the School of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University, and a member of the university’s cross faculty Institute for Childrens Futures. She is also the Research Advisor at the Enabling Education Network, where she is lead editor of the Enabling Education Review. Su’s research focuses on inclusive education and social justice. She is one of very few researchers specifically researching the interplay of education and street-connectedness, prioritising the importance of practice-led and informed research and young people’s voices. She is a member of the Consortium for Street Children’s working group on education and the MENA Education Working Group of NGOs focused on education in emergencies. Su is currently leading the BA-funded project “Histories of practice za kujiinua*: co-designing across boundaries for youth resilience in Kenya” focused on young people’s resilience in contexts of crisis.