Melanie Nind

Co-director

Email:  M.A.Nind@soton.ac.uk
Tel:     +44 (23) 8059 5813

Centre Activities

• Aligning the training and capacity building activities of the Centre with the Centre’s research, working to enhance the research-informed quality of the training of NCRM and beyond
• Leading a package of research on the teaching and learning of research methods including a focus on methodological and pedagogical innovation (WP5&6)
  

Research Interests

• Pedagogy, particularly inclusive pedagogy
• Politics, ethics, practicalities and boundaries of inclusive research
• Learning disability
• Quality and innovation in qualitative research
• Communication, interaction, emotional well-being and mental health in schools
  

Recent publications

• Nind, M., & Lewthwaite, S. (2019). A conceptual-empirical typology of social science research methods pedagogy. Research Papers in Education. DOI: 10.1080/02671522.2019.1601756
  
  
• Nind, M. (2019). A new application for the concept of pedagogical content knowledge: Teaching advanced social science research methods. Oxford Review of Education. DOI:10.1080/03054985.2019.1644996
  
  
• Nind, M., Holmes, M. M., Insenga, M., Lewthwaite, S., & Sutton, C. (2019). Student perspectives on learning research methods in the social sciences. Teaching in Higher Education. DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2019.1592150
  
  
• Nind, M., & Lewthwaite, S. (2018). Hard to teach: inclusive pedagogy in social science research methods education. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 22(1), 74-88. DOI: 10.1080/13603116.2017.1355413
  
  
• Nind, M., & Lewthwaite, S. (2018). Methods that teach: developing pedagogic research methods, developing pedagogy. International Journal of Research and Method in Education, 1-23. DOI: 10.1080/1743727X.2018.1427057
  
  
• Nind, M. (2018). Thinking inclusively, acting inclusively, researching inclusively. REACH Journal of Special Needs Education in Ireland, 32(1).
  
  
• Nind, M., Armstrong, A., Cansdale, M., Collis, A., Hooper, C., Parsons, S., & Power, A. (2017). TimeBanking: towards a co-produced solution for power and money issues in inclusive research. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 20(4), 387-400. DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2016.1179469
  
  
• Nind, M., & Vinha, H. G. (2016). Creative interactions with data: using visual and metaphorical devices in repeated focus groups. Qualitative Research, 16(1), 9-26. DOI: 10.1177/1468794114557993
  
  
• Lewthwaite, S., & Nind, M. (2016). Teaching research methods in the social sciences: expert perspectives on pedagogy and practice. British Journal of Educational Studies, 64(4), 413-430. DOI: 10.1080/00071005.2016.1197882
  
  
• Nind, M. (2017). The practical wisdom of inclusive research. Qualitative Research, 17(3) 278-288.
  
  
• Nind, M. (Accepted/In press). Inclusive research as a site for lifelong learning: participation in learning communities. Studies in the Education of Adults, 48(1), 1-14.
  
  
• Rowell, C. R., Dytham, S., Ingham, N., & Nind, M. (2015). Inequality in education – innovation in methods introduction with reflections by Dr Nicola Ingram and Professor Melanie Nind. Exchanges: The Warwick Research Journal, 2(2), 224-233.
  
  
• Seale, J., Chapman, R., Nind, M., & Tilley, L. (2015). Negotiating a third space for participatory research with people with learning disabilities: an examination of boundaries and spatial practices. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 28(4). DOI: 10.1080/13511610.2015.1081558
  
  
• Nind, M., Chapman, R., Seale, J., & Tilley, L. (Accepted/In press). The conundrum of training and capacity building for people with learning disabilities doing research. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 1-23.
  
  
• Nind, M., Kilburn, D., & Luff, R. (2015). The teaching and learning of social research methods: developments in pedagogical knowledge. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 18(5), 1-9. DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2015.1062631
  
  
• Nind, M., Kilburn, D., & Wiles, R. (2015). Using video and dialogue to generate pedagogic knowledge: teachers, learners and researchers reflecting together on the pedagogy of social research methods. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 18(5), 1-15. DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2015.1062628
  
  
• Seale, J., Nind, M., & Parsons, S. (2014). Editorial. Inclusive research in education: contributions to method and debate. International Journal of Research and Method in Education, 37(4). DOI: 10.1080/1743727X.2014.935272
  
  
• Nind, M. (2014). Inclusive research and inclusive education: why connecting them makes sense for teachers’ and learners’ democratic development of education. Cambridge Journal of Education, 1-16. DOI: 10.1080/0305764X.2014.936825
  
  
• Kilburn, D., Nind, M., & Wiles, R. (2014). Learning as researchers and teachers: the development of a pedagogical culture for social science research methods. British Journal of Educational Studies, 62(2), 191-207. DOI: 10.1080/00071005.2014.918576
  
  
• Sherwood, G., & Nind, M. (2014). Parents’ experiences of support: co-constructing their stories. International Journal of Early Years Education. 22(4), 457-470DOI: 10.1080/09669760.2014.970520
  
  
• Nind, M., & Vinha, H. G. (2014). Doing research inclusively: bridges to multiple possibilities in inclusive research. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 42(2), 102-109. DOI: 10.1111/bld.12013
  
  
• Nind, M., & Vinha, H. G. (2013). Building an inclusive research community: the challenges and benefits. Learning Disability Today. 13(3) 22-24
  
  
• Wiles, R., Bengry-Howell, A., Crow, G., & Nind, M. (2013). But is it innovation? The development of novel methodological approaches in qualitative research. Methodological Innovations Online, 8(1), 18-33. DOI: 10.4256/mio.2013.002
  
  
• Nind, M. (2013). Inclusive research: where does it leave people with PMLD? PMLD Link. 25(1), 23-25
  
  
• Nind, M., Wiles, R., Bengry-Howell, A., & Crow, G. (2013). Methodological innovation and research ethics: forces in tension or forces in harmony? Qualitative Research Journal, 13(6), 650-667. DOI: 10.1177/1468794112455042
  
  
• Seale, J., Nind, M., & Simmons, B. (2013). Transforming positive risk taking practices: the possibilities of creativity and resilience in learning disability contexts. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. 15(3), 233-248
  
  
• Clarke, G., Boorman, G., & Nind, M. (2011). ‘If they don’t listen I shout, and when I shout they listen’: hearing the voices of girls with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties. British Educational Research Journal, 37(5), 765-780. DOI: 10.1080/01411926.2010.492850
  
  
• Nind, M., Boorman, G., & Clarke, G. (2011). Creating spaces to belong: listening to the voice of girls with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties through digital visual and narrative methods. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2011 i-First, 1-14.
  
  
• Nind, M. (2011). Inclusive Education Research. Research Intelligence, 115, 18.
  
  
• Nind, M., & Edwards, R. (2011). Journal special issues and methodological debates. Methods News, p.6.
  
  
• Weare, K., & Nind, M. (2011). Mental health promotion and problem prevention in schools: what does the evidence say? Health promotion international, 26, 29-69. DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dar075
  
  
• Nind, M. (2011). Participatory data analysis: a step too far? Qualitative Research, 11(4), 349-363. DOI: 10.1177/1468794111404310
  
  
• Weare, K., & Nind, M. (Accepted/In press). Identifying evidence-based work on mental health promotion in schools in Europe: An interim report on the DataPrev project. Advances in School Mental Health Promotion, 3(2), 36-44.
  
  
• Theodorou, F., & Nind, M. (2010). Inclusion in play: a case study of a child with autism in an inclusive nursery. Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 10(2), 99-106. DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-3802.2010.01152.x
  
  
• Nind, M., Flewitt, R., & Payler, J. (2010). The social experience of early childhood for children with learning disabilities: inclusion, competence and agency. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 31(6), 653-670. DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2010.515113
  
  
• Flewitt, R., Nind, M., & Payler, J. (2009). ‘If she’s left with books she’ll just eat them’: considering inclusive multimodal literacy practices. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 9(2), 211-233. DOI: 10.1177/1468798409105587
  
  
• Nind, M., & Seale, J. (2009). Concepts of access for people with learning difficulties: towards a shared understanding. Disability & Society, 24(3), 273-287. DOI: 10.1080/09687590902789446
  
  
• Nind, M., Flewitt, R., & Payler, J. (2009). Social constructions of young children in ‘special’, ‘inclusive’ and home environments. Children & Society, 25(5), 359-370. DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2009.00281.x
  
  
• Watson, J., Nind, M., Humphris, D., & Borthwick, A. (2009). Strange new world: applying a Bourdieuian lens to understanding early student experiences in higher education. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 30(6), 665-681. DOI: 10.1080/01425690903235144
  
  
• Rix, J., Hall, K., Nind, M., Sheehy, K., & Wearmouth, J. (2009). What pedagogical approaches can effectively include children with special educational needs in mainstream classrooms? a systematic literature review. Support for Learning, 24(2), 86-94. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9604.2009.01404.x
  
  
• Samuel, J., Nind, M., Volans, A., & Scriven, I. (2008). An evaluation of Intensive Interaction in community living settings for adults with profound intellectual disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 12(2), 111-126. DOI: 10.1177/1744629508090983
  
  
• Nind, M. (2008). Learning difficulties and social class: exploring the intersection through family narratives. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 18(2), 87-98. DOI: 10.1080/09620210802351326
  
  
• Nind, M., & Seale, J. (2008). The hard work of access: lessons for education from a smeinar series on concepts of access. The SLD Experience, 51, 11-18.
  
  
• Flewitt, R., & Nind, M. (2007). Parents choosing to combine special and inclusive early years settings: the best of both worlds? European Journal of Special Needs Education, 22(4), 425-441. DOI: 10.1080/08856250701650045
  
  
• Nind, M. (2007). Supporting lifelong learning for people with profound and multiple learning difficulties. Support for Learning, 22(3), 111-115. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9604.2007.00457.x
  
  
• Nind, M. (2006). Conducting systematic review in education: a reflexive narrative. London Review of Education, 4(2), 183-195. DOI: 10.1080/14748460600855500
  
  
• Nind, M., & Wearmouth, J. (2006). Including children with special educational needs in mainstream classrooms: implications for pedagogy from a systematic review. Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 6(3), 116-124. DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-3802.2006.00069.x
  
  
• Nind, M. (2005). Inclusive education: discourse and action. British Educational Research Journal, 31(2), 269-275. DOI: 10.1080/0141192052000340251
  
  
• Nind, M., Benajamin, S., Sheehy, K., Collins, J., & Hall, K. (2004). Methodological challenges in researching inclusive school cultures. Educational Review, 56(3), 259-270. DOI: 10.1080/0013191042000201172
  
  
• Culham, A., & Nind, M. (2003). Deconstructing normalisation: clearing the way for inclusion. Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 28(1), 65-78. DOI: 10.1080/1366825031000086902
  
  
• Nind, M. (2003). Enhancing the communication learning environment of an early years unit through action research. Educational Action Research, 11(3), 347-363. DOI: 10.1080/09650790300200226
  
  
• Benjamin, S., Nind, M., Hall, K., Collins, J., & Sheehy, K. (Ed.) (2003). Moments of inclusion and exclusion: pupils negotiating classroom contexts. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 24(5), 547-558. DOI: 10.1080/0142569032000127125
  
  
• Nind, M. (2002). Early childhood education and special needs education: some neglected common ground? Westminster Studies in Education, 25(1), 77-90. DOI: 10.1080/01406720220121219
  
  
• Nind, M., & Kellett, M. (2002). Responding to individual with severe learning difficulties and stereotyped behaviour: challenges for an inclusive era. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 17(3), 265-282. DOI: 10.1080/08856250210162167
  
  
• Kellett, M., & Nind, M. (2001). Ethics in quasi-experimental research on people with severe learning disabilities: dilemmas and compromises. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 29(2), 51-55. DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3156.2001.00096.x
  
  
• Nind, M. (1996). Efficacy of intensive interaction: developing sociability and communication in people with severe learning difficulties using an approach based on caregiver-infant interaction. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 11(1), 48-66. DOI: 10.1080/0885625960110104