Staff profile

Dr Liam Maloy


He/him

Senior Lecturer in Education (Research)

Staff member Liam Maloy smiling at the camera

College

College of Arts, Humanities and Education

ORCiD ID

0000-0002-9862-4078

Email

l.maloy@derby.ac.uk

About

I am a Senior Lecturer (Research) in the Institute of Education at the University of Derby.

I currently lead the innovative Young Researchers Young Voices project which employs five young people with special needs and disabilities as co-researchers to gather data about children and young people with special needs and disabilities. The main research focus is on how much they are involved in the decisions made about the support they receive.

I was the lead researcher on the three-year Researching Arts in Primary Schools (RAPS) project led by Professor Pat Thomson at the University of Nottingham which examined 40 arts-rich primary schools.

Teaching responsibilities

My teaching experience includes:

  • Eighteen years as an HE in FE lecturer and degree course leader in Popular Music Performance
  • Lecturing in the Department of Culture, Media & Visual Studies, University of Nottingham
  • Lecturing in Popular Music at Nottingham Trent University
  • Music workshops for Primary PGCE students (School of Education, University of Nottingham)
  • Music and Mental Health workshops (School of Education, University of Nottingham)
  • Workshops on Shakespeare's plays to primary and SEND students as an Associate Artist (Music)

I welcome potential doctoral candidates in the intersectional areas of education, childhood, music, the arts, SEND, inclusion and student voice.

Research interests

My main research interests include:

With co-author Professor Pat Thomson, I have published a number of journal articles and a report on the benefits of arts, crafts and design education. I have worked on other research projects with Pat concerning arts education, student voice, student progression and corruption in the education system.

I am an experienced mixed methods researcher and have interviewed and surveyed thousands of children, young people, teachers, heads, arts leads, visiting artists and outreach people from arts and music institutions and organisations.

My PhD was on music made for children. My book 'Spinning the Child: Musical Constructions of Childhood through Records, Radio and Television' (Routledge 2021) and other publications examine how a range of case studies of music made for children construct discourses and ideals of childhood.

My publications include journal articles and chapters on the quantitative analysis of children’s music, children’s singing voices (‘Autotuning Hannah Montana’), humour in children's music, issues of authorship and originality in music, and the music of the Joy Division biopic ‘Control’ on which I worked directly with the actors on their music performances.

Membership of professional bodies

Qualifications

Recent conferences

Additional interests and activities

Recent publications

For a full list of my publications, visit: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Liam-Maloy/research