Ep 2: Neoliberalism, inequality and the future of education policy
Episode notes
In this episode we are joined by Dr Sonia Exley, an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Policy at LSE and an expert in education policy. Sonia discusses various concepts of education policy, including amongst others open policymaking, private tutoring and shadow education, neoliberal notions and the influence of the OECD, as well as epistemic injustice across policymaking spaces. She reflects on the role that universities can play to drive social change across the education policy landscape and on current priorities for education policy.
Access Sonia’s research
Article: Private tutoring and government policy: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02680939.2025.2474935
Article: Open policy making in the UK: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-social-policy/article/abs/open-policy-making-in-the-uk-to-whom-might-policy-formulation-be-opening-up/709FFC8AD0E0C7D0BDC2DE18097BACBC
Article: Quantifying privatisation in education: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/14749041241312274
Connect with Sonia
Academic profile: https://www.lse.ac.uk/people/sonia-exley