Transformative research and social inclusion: an educational research‐policy dialogue

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dc.contributor.authorHughes, Ian
dc.contributor.authorRochford, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorO'Neill, Maggie
dc.contributor.authorGallachóir, Brian Ó
dc.contributor.authorHernandez, Ariel
dc.contributor.authorMullally, Gerard
dc.contributor.authorByrne, Edmond
dc.contributor.funderEnvironmental Protection Agency, EPA
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Ireland MaREI Centre, SFI
dc.contributor.funderGerman Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), GIGA
dc.contributor.funderLeibniz-Gemeinschaft
dc.date.accessioned2026-09-16T16:45:01Z
dc.date.available2026-09-16T16:45:01Z
dc.date.issued2026-09-16
dc.description.abstractThis article presents the outcome of an interdisciplinary co‐creative research‐policy dialogue between senior policymakers in education and scholars in transformative research about what it means to create a caring society in the face of persistent inequalities. The article is based on an innovative collaboration between policymakers in the Department of Education and Youth in Ireland and researchers working on deep whole‐of‐society transformation. The participating policymakers within the Department of Education and Youth cover a wide range of issues across the Department’s policy portfolio, including quality, wellbeing, workforce planning, inclusion, curriculum development, and teacher education. Three key future‐oriented ideas with potentially transformative potential were presented by the research group to the policymakers and responses were gathered through a follow‐up questionnaire and in‐depth conversations. The ideas presented were (a) the idea of the polycrisis, (b) a generative framework for transformation, and (c) social duality and the “sacred ordinary.” The article presents the findings of this dialogue, focusing on the challenges and opportunities of implementing such far‐reaching ideas in practice, including the deep structural changes needed to address issues of social inclusion in education.en
dc.description.sponsorshipGovernment of Ireland|2023‐CE‐1193|The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Ireland
dc.description.sponsorshipScience Foundation Ireland (SFI)|12/RC/2302_P2
dc.description.sponsorshipGerman Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)|T95/2021|Leibniz Competition Grant
dc.description.sponsorshipLeibniz‐Gemeinschaft|T95/2021|Leibniz Competition Grant
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dc.identifier.articleid12038
dc.identifier.authororcidHughes, Ian§0000-0003-4046-9770
dc.identifier.authororcidRochford, Sarah
dc.identifier.authororcidO'Neill, Maggie§0000-0002-4616-3388
dc.identifier.authororcidGallachóir, Brian Ó§0000-0002-6608-5997
dc.identifier.authororcidHernandez, Ariel
dc.identifier.authororcidMullally, Gerard§0000-0003-2166-8491
dc.identifier.authororcidByrne, Edmond
dc.identifier.citationHughes, I, Rochford, S, O'Neill, M, Gallachóir, B Ó, Hernandez, A, Mullally, G & Byrne, E 2026, 'Transformative research and social inclusion: an educational research‐policy dialogue', Social Inclusion, vol. 14, no. 0, 12038, pp. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.12038
dc.identifier.doi10.17645/si.12038
dc.identifier.endpage19
dc.identifier.issn2183-2803
dc.identifier.issued0
dc.identifier.journaltitleSocial Inclusion
dc.identifier.otherBibtex: SI12038
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-6608-5997/work/226977595
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-4046-9770/work/226977799
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-2166-8491/work/226977943
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-4616-3388/work/226978059
dc.identifier.startpage1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/19267
dc.identifier.volume14
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCogitatio Press
dc.relation.urihttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/12038
dc.rights© 2026, authors. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction of the work without further permission provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
dc.rights.accessrightsopen access
dc.rights.licensenameAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.statusPeer reviewed
dc.subjectEducation policy
dc.subjectFutures thinking
dc.subjectHuman flourishing
dc.subjectPolycrisis
dc.subjectResearch‐policy dialogue
dc.subjectSocial inclusion
dc.subjectSocietal transformation
dc.subject[ERI]
dc.subject[MaREI]
dc.subject[SocietyPoliticsEthics]
dc.subject[SocialStudies]
dc.subject[SEFSOffice]
dc.subject[EngineeringArchitecture]
dc.titleTransformative research and social inclusion: an educational research‐policy dialogueen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)
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