Dr Mostafa Gamal is a Co-Programme Leader and Lecturer in the Psychology, Sociology and Education division.
- Overview
- Research Interests
- Research Publications
- Teaching & Learning
Having obtained a First Class Honours Degree in Sociolinguistics from Kadi Ayad University (Marrakech, Morocco), I undertook a Postgraduate Certificate in Tertiary Education (TQFE) at The University of Stirling and went on to obtain an MSc in Professional Learning from the same university. Following this I undertook part-time doctoral studies and obtained a PhD from The University of Stirling.
For a number of years, I worked as an Associate Lecturer at the Open University as well as contributing to research projects while I was there. I also worked as a lecturer in the Further Education sector, leading initiatives on internationalisation. I have since worked at QMU as a lecturer in the Division of Psychology, Sociology and Education.
Affiliations (including memberships) to other organisations:
My doctoral studies brought together critical rhizomatic narrative, postcolonial and decolonial theories, indigenous, critical race theory, post-structuralist ethics and posthumanism in order to critically reflect on the prevailing discourses and practices of internationalisation. Subsequently, I have fostered a broader research agenda which addresses the following strands:
- The post/decolonial context of education: In reading education and curricula practices, including internationalisation of education through a post/decolonial lens, I am interested in exploring the pervasive saturation of knowledge, academic practices and subjectivities with colonial logic.
- Global Citizenship Education: I am interested in exploring some of the tensions inherent in the current discourses of global citizenship. In particular, what happens when we locate the discussion of global citizenship within a broader context of coloniality and the securitisation of immigration, crimmigration and the ensuing drive to delegitimise the mobility of others (variously constituted as the refugee, the asylum seeker, the illegal immigrant, the non-citizen).
- Decolonial Ecology: I am interested in situating the issues of sustainability and Education for Sustainability within the context of colonialism. I explore some of the ways in which coloniality has and continues to structure the production of ecological knowledge that occludes other ways of knowing and being.
Active Research Interests:
- Global citizenship education
- Critique of post-ecological and post-political approaches to sustainability
- Refugee and Asylum seekers education
- Education and the empire
- Post/decolonial approaches
- Posthumanism
- Coloniality
- Ecology
- Sustainability
- Internationalisation
Research Methods:
- Qualitative research methods
- Post qualitative research methods
- Arts-based research methods
I teach across a range of areas and levels in the division of Psychology, Sociology and Education. In particular, I teach modules on Psychology, Sociology, Race, Ethnicity and Education and modules in Public Sociology. I also supervise level 4 dissertations in Education and Sociology, as well as Masters and doctoral students.
