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Paul Horton
@paulhortonse.bsky.social
Bullying researcher, ethnographer, traveller, surfer.
Last week I had the pleasure of spending a week at Oulu University in Finland as part of an Erasmus+ mobility exchange. Among other things, I got to hang out with the wonderful folks at the SAFE research group, give a couple of lectures to students, and discuss ethnography and wicked problems.
October 14, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I have just returned from Malta, where I was participating in the Cost Action, ORBIT: Religious Identity, Bullying and Well-being at School: A Transnational Collaboration. An enjoyable and engaging few days @orbitcostaction.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Last week I had the privilege of attending the World Anti-Bullying Forum @wabf.bsky.social in Stavanger, Norway, where I presented findings from two projects, my doctoral student’s project, listened to interesting presentations, and participated in engaging symposia discussions. A great conference!
June 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My latest article about inclusive education and the bullying involvement of boys with special educational needs, co-authored by Camilla Forsberg and @drthornberg.bsky.social, is now freely available online in the International Journal of Inclusive Education: doi.org/10.1080/1360...
Inclusive education and the bullying involvement of boys with special educational needs at a Swedish elementary school
Previous research has found that students with special educational needs (SEN) are at increased risk of involvement in school bullying, that they tend to have fewer friends than non-SEN peers, and ...
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April 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I have just spent the past few days in Seville, participating in the Orbit Cost Action, Religious Identity, Bullying and Well-being at School: A Transnational Collaboration. I thoroughly enjoyed discussing these important issues with colleagues from around the world! @orbitcostaction.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Back home again after some engaging days at the Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA) conference at Helsinki University in Helsinki, Finland …
March 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I’m happy to have contributed to this important ethnographic study of school bullying, LGBTQI+ subjectivities and the institutional context of schooling in Sweden: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
An ethnographic study of school bullying, LGBTQI+ subjectivities and the institutional context of schooling in Sweden
While the connection between schooling and spatial factors has been emphasised in studies of bullying, few investigations have explored how these factors contribute to the marginalisation and bully...
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February 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Our recent article about how school-built factors and organisational dimensions contribute to bodily exposure, degrading treatment and bullying in school changing rooms is now available in the latest issue of Sport, Education and Society: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
How school-built factors and organisational dimensions contribute to bodily exposure, degrading treatment and bullying in school changing rooms
This paper explores how school-built factors and organisational dimensions contribute to bodily exposure, degrading treatment and bullying in school changing rooms. The findings in this study stem ...
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February 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
A welcoming first impression when visiting an elementary school today …
#bullying #research #inclusion
February 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I’m happy to have contributed to this figurational social-ecological analysis of anti-bullying tensions in Chile co-authored with Andrew Webb in the journal Research Papers in Education: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #school #bullying #research #chile #education
Anti-bullying tensions in Chile: a figurational social-ecological analysis of policies, schools and families
In this paper we use the idea of tensions to describe the ways the Chilean Ministry of Education, schools, and families fail to converge over the enactment of anti-bullying policies and the demands...
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January 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My latest article, The caring adult role: ethical reflections from an ethnographic study of school bullying, co-authored by Camilla Forsberg and @drthornberg.bsky.social is now freely available online in the journal Ethnography and Education www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#bullying #ethnography
The caring adult role: ethical reflections from an ethnographic study of school bullying
In this article, we contribute to a discussion of ethics within school bullying research by reflecting on our own recent ethnographic study into the relations between school bullying and the instit...
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December 16, 2024 at 8:24 AM
I’m currently attending the Australian Association of Research in Education (AARE) conference at Macquarie University in Sydney. Great reception and fantastic location.
#AARE #conference #sydney
December 2, 2024 at 6:12 AM
My latest article, What’s school got to do with it? Critically addressing the school in school bullying, has now been published open access in the journal Educational Psychology: e-psychologiawychowawcza.pl/article/5484...
#bullying #school #research
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November 27, 2024 at 5:49 PM
I’m happy to have contributed to the chapter ‘School design and its relation to bullying and student well-being’ in the newly published anthology ‘International perspectives on migration, bullying, and school’. It was a pleasure collaborating with these authors: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
School Physical Design and Its Relation to Bullying and Student Well-b
The school environment profoundly influences children’s development, behaviours, and attitudes. This chapter delves into the relationship between school design
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November 23, 2024 at 10:19 PM