Dr Kirsty Liddiard

BA Hons, MA, PhD

School of Education

Senior Research Fellow

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead

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Dr Kirsty Liddiard
School of Education
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
Profile

I have taught Sociology, Critical Sexuality Studies, Disability Studies, Education Studies and Womens and Gender Studies at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in a number of universities in the UK and Canada. These include the University of Sheffield; the University of Warwick (UK); the University of Toronto (Canada); Ryerson University (Canada); and Trent University (Canada).

Research interests

My research spans disability, gender, sexuality and intimacy, and more recently, childhood and youth, with a particular interest in how disablism and ableism both inform and shape these experiences in the everyday lives of disabled people.

I centre disability activism, arts and culture in my work and make use of arts-informed methodologies because of the ways in which they push the boundaries of traditional social scientific thinking and enable multiple ways of thinking and knowing.

I am currently exploring these interests in my project , which seeks to forge new understandings of the lives, hopes, desires and contributions of children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening impairments (hereby LL/LTIs).

Research Projects

  • Life, Death, Disability and the Human: Living Life to the Fullest. ESRC. Kirsty Liddiard, Dan Goodley and Katherine Runswick-Cole. (2017-2020).
  • Arts, Architecture, Activism and Access: Taking Around the Toilet to New Spaces. AHRC. Kirsty Liddiard, Jen Slater (Sheffield Hallam), Jill Smith (Sheffield Hallam), Lisa Procter (Manchester Metropolitan University). (2017-2018).
  • Touretteshero: Disability Arts, Engagement and Possibility. Wellcome Trust. Jess Thom, Matthew Pountney, Kirsty Liddiard (2017-2020)
  • Storying Our Chemical Lives: A Design Fiction Workshop Social Science and Humanities Research of Canada (SSHRC) Esther Ignagni (Ryerson University), Eliza Chandler (Ryerson University), Kirsty Liddiard 
  • Learning disabled peoples intimate lives: Accounting for Austerity. Wellcome Trust. Kirsty Liddiard. (2016).
  • Making Space for Developmental Disability and Intimate Citizenship. Social Science and Humanities Research of Canada (SSHRC) Esther Ignagni (Ryerson University), Ann Fudge-Schormans (McMaster University). (2015).
Publications

Books

  • Liddiard K, Whitney-Mitchell S, Evans K, Mbe LW, Spurr R, Vogelmann E, Runswick-Cole K & Goodley D (2022) Living life to the fullest: Disability, youth and voice.
  • Liddiard K (2017) The Intimate Lives of Disabled People. Routledge.
  • Liddiard K, Curran T & Runswick-Cole K (2017) .

Edited books

  • (Ed.) (2022) BEING HUMAN DURING COVID- 19..
  • Runswick-Cole K, Curran T & Liddiard K (Eds.) (2017) The Palgrave Handbook of Disabled Children's Childhood Studies. Springer.

Journal articles

  • Peat G, Glover S, Radu C, Jones S, Binney G, Parkin J, Fraser L, Abbott D & Liddiard K (2025) . Journal of Long-Term Care, 231-244.
  • Ellis J, Atkinson L, Glover S, Kettle J, Joseph G, Hale J, Jones A, Coles M, Bligh L, Bridgens R , O'Kane C et al (2025) . Frontiers in Sociology, 10.
  • White L, Buxton A, Liddiard K, Goodley D, Qarni S, Jansen E, Gordon H & Gillard S (2025) . Journal of Disability Studies in Education.
  • Liddiard K & Lawthom R (2025) . Feminism & Psychology, 35(2), 125-137.
  • Goodley D, Liddiard K & Lawthom R (2025) . Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 27(1), 120-133.
  • Liddiard K, Atkinson L, Evans K, Gibson B, Goodley D, Hale J, Lawson R, Runswick-Cole K, Spurr R, Vogelmann E , Watts L et al (2024) . Research in Education.
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole K (2023) . Sociology of Health and Illness, 45(6), 1187-1204.
  • Martin P, De Saille S, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) Introduction. Being Human During Covid 19, 1-9.
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole K (2021) . International Journal of Disability and Social Justice, 1(1), 27-49.
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole-Cole K (2021) . Journal of Disability Studies in Education, 1(1-2), 125-144.
  • Goodley D, Cameron D, Liddiard K, Parry R, Runswick-Cole K, Whitburn B & Wong ME (2020) . Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 9(5), 515-549.
  • Liddiard K, Whitney S, Evans K, Watts L, Vogelmann E, Spurr R, Aimes C, Runswick-Cole K & Goodley D (2019) . Sociology of Health & Illness, 41(8), 1473-1487.
  • Daly A, Heah R & Liddiard K (2019) . Global Studies of Childhood, 9(3), 235-248.
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole K (2019) . Disability & Society, 34(6), 972-997.
  • Liddiard K, RunswickCole K, Goodley D, Whitney S, Vogelmann E & Watts L (2019) . Children & Society, 33(2), 154-167.
  • Rice C, Chandler E, Liddiard K, Rinaldi J & Harrison E (2018) . Gender and Education, 30(5), 663-682.
  • Liddiard K & Slater J (2018) . Sexualities, 21(3).
  • Goodley D, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole K (2018) . Disability and Society, 33(2), 197-217.
  • Liddiard K (2016) Imagining Disability Futurities. Hypatia.
  • Liddiard K & Goodley D (2016) . Community Dental Health, 33(2), 152-155.
  • Ignagni E, Fudge Schormans A, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole K (2016) . Disability and Society.
  • Goodley D, Runswick Cole K & Liddiard K (2015) . Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education.
  • Liddiard K (2015) . Disability and Society , 30(9), 1445-1448.
  • Rice C, Chandler E, Harrison E, Liddiard K & Ferrari M (2015) . Disabiltiy and Society, 30(4), 513-527.
  • Liddiard K (2014) Liking for Likes Sake The Commodification of Disability on Facebook. Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 20(3), 94-101.
  • Liddiard K (2014) . Sexualities, 17(7), 837-855.
  • Liddiard K (2014) . Disability & Society, 29(1), 115-128.
  • Liddiard K (2013) . Sociological Research Online, 18(3), 105-117.
  • Ignagni E, Chandler E, Collins K, Darby A & Liddiard K () . Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 8(4), 293-320.
  • Slater T & Liddiard K () . Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 7(2), 83-93.

Book chapters

  • Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Cole KR (2025) , The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Social Psychology (pp. 531-545). Springer Nature Switzerland
  • Runswick-Cole K, Goodley D & Liddiard K (2023) Inviting disability: disabled children and studies of childhood In Balagopalan S, Wall J & Wells K (Ed.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Theories in Childhood Studies (pp. 85-95). Bloomsbury
  • Runswick-Cole K, Goodley D, Liddiard K & Whitney S (2023) , Research Handbook on Disability Policy (pp. 636-652). Edward Elgar Publishing
  • Runswick-Cole K, Goodley D & Liddiard K (2023) (pp. 85-95). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • Goodley D, Liddiard K, Runswick-Cole K, Watts L, Whitney S, Dobbin H & Moss C (2022) , Palgrave Handbook of Critical Posthumanism (pp. 793-822). Springer International Publishing
  • (2022) , Living Life to the Fullest: Disability, Youth and Voice (pp. i-xii). Emerald Publishing Limited
  • (2022) , Living Life to the Fullest: Disability, Youth and Voice (pp. 115-124). Emerald Publishing Limited
  • Evans K, Whitney-Mitchell S & Liddiard K (2022) , Living Life to the Fullest: Disability, Youth and Voice (pp. 125-145). Emerald Publishing Limited
  • Evans K, Whitney-Mitchell S & Liddiard K (2022) , Living Life to the Fullest: Disability, Youth and Voice (pp. 79-98). Emerald Publishing Limited
  • Goodley D, Runswick-Cole K & Liddiard K (2022) , Living Life to the Fullest: Disability, Youth and Voice (pp. 11-23). Emerald Publishing Limited
  • Liddiard K, Runswick-Cole K, Goodley D, Spurr R, Whitney S, Vogelmann E, MBE LW & Evans K (2022) (pp. 60-66). Bristol University Press
  • Arthur KNA, Amanatidou E, Saille SD, Birabi T & Pandey P (2022) (pp. 117-123). Bristol University Press
  • R繪stvik CM, Kennedy H, Aiello G & Anderson CW (2022) , Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 28-35). Bristol University Press
  • Martin P, Saille SD, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) (pp. 1-10). Bristol University Press
  • Martin P, Saille SD, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) (pp. 147-155). Bristol University Press
  • Liddiard K, Runswick-Cole K, Goodley D, Spurr R, Whitney S, Vogelmann E, Watts MBE L & Evans K (2022) , Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 60-66). Policy Press
  • Liddiard K, Runswick-Cole K, Goodley D, Spurr R, Whitney S, Vogelmann E, Watts L & Evans K (2022) , Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 60-66). Bristol University Press
  • Martin P, Saille SD, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) , Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 1-10). Policy Press
  • Martin P, de Saille S, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) , Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 1-10). Bristol University Press
  • Martin P, Saille SD, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) , Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 147-155). Policy Press
  • Martin P, Saille SD, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) , Being Human During COVID-19 (pp. 147-155). Bristol University Press
  • Liddiard K & Mbe LW (2022) Co-production, participatory and emancipatory disability research, Living Life to the Fullest Disability Youth and Voice (pp. 25-42).
  • Goodley D, Liddiard K, Runswick-Cole K, Watts L, Whitney S, Dobbin H & Moss C (2022) , Palgrave Handbook of Critical Posthumanism (pp. 1-30). Springer International Publishing
  • Vicari S & Yang Z (2022) Humans, COVID- 19 and Platform Societies, Being Human During Covid 19 (pp. 36-43).
  • Williams R (2022) Ive Got Peoples Spit All over Me!: Reflections on the Future of Life- Saving Stem Cell Donor Recruitment, Being Human During Covid 19 (pp. 100-107).
  • Martin P, de Saille S, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) Marginalized Humans, BEING HUMAN DURING COVID-19 (pp. 51-51).
  • Martin P, de Saille S, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) Knowing Humans, BEING HUMAN DURING COVID-19 (pp. 11-11).
  • Martin P, de Saille S, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) Human Futures, BEING HUMAN DURING COVID-19 (pp. 115-115).
  • Martin P, de Saille S, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) Biosocial Humans, BEING HUMAN DURING COVID-19 (pp. 83-83).
  • Martin P, de Saille S, Liddiard K & Pearce W (2022) BEING HUMAN DURING COVID-19 Introduction, BEING HUMAN DURING COVID-19 (pp. 1-9).
  • Liddiard K (2020) , The Routledge Handbook of Disability and Sexuality (pp. 39-52). Routledge
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole K (2019) , The Palgrave Handbook of Disability and Citizenship in the Global South (pp. 211-222). Springer International Publishing
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole K (2018) POSTHUMAN DISABILITY AND DISHUMAN STUDIES, Posthuman Glossary (pp. 342-345).
  • Jones L & Liddiard K (2018) , The Palgrave Handbook of Disabled Childrens Childhood Studies (pp. 389-408). Palgrave Macmillan UK
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Cole KR (2017) , The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Social Psychology (pp. 491-505). Palgrave Macmillan UK
  • () In Ellis K, Garland-Thomson R, Kent M & Robertson R (Ed.) Routledge
  • () In Thomas GM & Sakellariou D (Ed.) Routledge

Digital content

  • Mishra A, White L & Liddiard K Participatory research poses challenges to postgraduate researchers heres how were tackling the issue.
  • White L, Liddiard K & Goodley D On building trust: Co-producing what it means to be trustworthy.

Dictionary or encyclopaedia entries

  • Runswick-Cole K, Goodley D & Liddiard K (2023) . In International Encyclopedia of Education(Fourth Edition) Elsevier.
  • Liddiard K & Goodley D (2017) . In The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of social theory Wiley-Blackwell.

Preprints

  • White L, Picardi C, Paterson C, Towsend B, Wang J, Buxton A, Hallam-Bowles S, Liddiard K, Law J, Calinescu R & Goodley D (2023) , Center for Open Science.
  • Daly A, Heah R & Liddiard K () .
Research group

I undertake a range of supervisory roles within the School and am currently supervising four PhD students. I welcome PhD students across a number of social science disciplines that wish to undertake research in the areas of disability, education, gender, sexuality and childhood and youth.

Teaching activities

Last year, I was the convenor of Globalising Education (EDU309), a third-year undergraduate module within the School of Educations BA Education, Culture and Childhood here at the University of Sheffield. Due to my research schedule, this year I am only guest lecturing across a number of modules in the School of Education.

Professional activities and memberships
  • Editor at large for the leading journal Disability and Society and regular peer reviewer for Gender and Education; Community Development Journal; Sexualities; Emotion, Space and Society; and Girlhood, as well as for the publishers Palgrave, Routledge, and Jessica Kingsley.
  • Member of the Faculty of Social Sciences Equality and Diversity Committee; the Sexuality Alliance (Open University); Co-Founder of the Faculty of Social Sciences Early Career Researcher Forum; and founding member of the Centre for Critical Psychology and Education and iHuman.