Dr Giovanna Fassetta

  • Senior Lecturer in Social Inclusion (Culture, Literacies, Inclusion & Pedagogy)

telephone: 0141 3302431
email: Giovanna.Fassetta@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: She/her/hers

St Andrew's Building, (Room 680), 11 Eldon Street, Glasgow, G3 6NH

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429

Biography

I am a qualified teacher with over 20 years experience of working in schools before moving to academia. I taught in Italy, Eritrea and the UK both as a class teacher (primary) and as a specialist language teacher (early years, primary and secondary). I also taught literacy classes for adults from migrant backgrounds and trained primary teachers of modern languages on behalf of Edinburgh and Glasgow Local Authorities.

My current research focusses on: inclusion in education of children and young people from migrant, asylum seeking and refugee backgrounds; linguistic diversity and multilingualism in education; teaching/learning in situations of conflict and protracted crisis; the experiences of teachers from refugee backgrounds.

I currently teach topics that relate to social inclusion in two Master's degree programmes: the Education for Sustainable Future MSc programme, where I lead the course Approaches to Inclusive Learning (EDUC51008); and the Inclusive Education MEd programme, where I also lead the Dissertation course (EDUC5142P). 

Research interests

I am interested in research that explores:

  • the educational experiences of children and young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds, with a particular focus on the role that multilingualism and intercultural encounters can have on inclusion and belonging;
  • educational resilience and strategies for teaching and learning in contexts of emergency and (protracted) crisis;
  • approaches to social change that avoid perpetuating oversimplified solutions and that recognise interconnection and interdependence, and how these can be 'translated' into educational practices. 

I favour qualitative approaches and participatory methodologies, and my research expertise includes the use of visual and arts-based methods.

Publications

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2025

Imperiale, M. G. et al. (2025) LINEs4Palestine. Project Report. University of Glasgow.

2024

Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and Abubaker, Fatma (2024) Contextualising safeguarding in international development research: requirements and challenges. In: Yohannes, Hyab Teklehaimanot, Phipps, Alison and Sitholé, Tawona (eds.) Cultures of Sustainable Peace: Conflict Transformation, Gender-Based Violence, Decolonial Praxes. Multilingual Matters, pp. 227-247. ISBN 9781800418349 (doi: 10.21832/9781800418363-017)

Bradley, Lisa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8117-7649, Perry, Mia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0886-7093, Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Ryan, Sadie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2854-1741 and Nelson, Elizabeth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7375-5154 (2024) Denaturalizing “intelligence” in Higher Education: AI as a rupture to imagining and manifesting sustainable and anti-colonial literacies. Reading Research Quarterly, 59(4), pp. 579-589. (doi: 10.1002/rrq.540)

Moskal, Marta ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4483-9310, Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Imperiale, Maria Grazia and Spurway, Jamie (2024) ‘To translate feelings not words’. Humanitarian interpreting: challenging institutional and professional boundaries in interpreting for refugees. Language and Intercultural Communication, (doi: 10.1080/14708477.2024.2317138) (Early Online Publication)

2023

Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Ross, Damian and Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 (2023) Improving refugee teacher development in Lebanon and Jordan: nurturing teacher identity, relationships, and agency. In: Henderson, C. J. (ed.) Refugee Teachers: The Heart of the Global Refugee Response. Series: Policy Insights (#02). NORRAG, pp. 67-68.

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and Imperiale, Maria Grazia (2023) Language and integration of refugee children: reflections on delinking and decoloniality. L2 Journal, 15(1), pp. 1-19. (doi: 10.5070/L2.2466)

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Alshobaki, Sahar and Al-Masri, Nazmi (2023) Welcoming Languages: teaching a ‘refugee language’ to school staff to enact the principle of integration as a two-way process. Language and Intercultural Communication, 23(6), pp. 559-573. (doi: 10.1080/14708477.2023.2247386)

Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and Ross, Damian (2023) Reflections on the LINEs project. Other. LINEs.

Ross, Damian, Imperiale, Maria Grazia and Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 (2023) Learning for informal and nonformal educators in Lebanon and Jordan (LINEs). Project Report. LINEs.

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 and Alshobaki, Sahar (2023) Welcoming Languages. Project Report. School of Education, University of Glasgow (UK) and Arabic Center, Islamic University of Gaza (Palestine).

Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and Alshobaki, Sahar (2023) 'I need to know what to say when children are crying’: a language needs analysis of Scottish primary educators learning Arabic. Language and Intercultural Communication, 23(4), pp. 367-384. (doi: 10.1080/14708477.2023.2168010)

2021

Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Phipps, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5958-1207 and Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 (2021) On online practices of hospitality in higher education. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 40(6), pp. 629-648. (doi: 10.1007/s11217-021-09770-z)

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and Imperiale, Maria Grazia (2021) Revisiting indigenous engagement, research partnerships, and knowledge mobilisation: Think piece. In: Heritage, Paul (ed.) Indigenous Research Methods: Partnerships, Engagement and Knowledge Mobilisation. People's Palace Projects, pp. 21-41. ISBN 9781399907873

Moskal, Marta ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4483-9310, Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and Spurway, Jamie (2021) Ethics in humanitarian interpretation. In: Handbook: Interpreting for Refugees. Inter4Ref Consortium, pp. 52-77.

2020

Fassetta, G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Al-Masri, N., Attia, M. and Phipps, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5958-1207 (2020) Gaza teaches Arabic online: opportunities, challenges and ways forward. In: Fassetta, Giovanna, Al-Masri, Nazmi and Phipps, Alison (eds.) Multilingual Online Academic Collaborations as Resistance: Crossing Impassable Borders. Series: Researching Multilingually. Multilingual Matters. ISBN 9781788929585 (pbk) 9781788929592 (hbk)

Phipps, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5958-1207, Fassetta, G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and Al-Masri, N. (2020) Prologue: Collaborating under siege: a WhatsApp tale. In: Fassetta, Giovanna, Al-Masri, Nazmi and Phipps, Alison (eds.) Multilingual Online Academic Collaborations as Resistance: Crossing Impassable Borders. Series: Researching Multilingually. Multilingual Matters. ISBN 9781788929585 (pbk) 9781788929592 (hbk)

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Al-Masri, Nazmi and Phipps, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5958-1207 (Eds.) (2020) Multilingual Online Academic Collaborations as Resistance: Crossing Impassable Borders. Series: Researching multilingually. Multilingual Matters: Bristol. ISBN 9781788929592

2019

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Aldegheri, Esa and Al-Masri, Nathmi (2019) The role of stories in the design of an online language course: ethical considerations on a cross-border collaboration between the UK and the Gaza Strip. Language and Intercultural Communication, 20(2), pp. 181-192. (doi: 10.1080/14708477.2020.1722145)

2018

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and Imperiale, Maria Grazia (2018) Indigenous Engagement, Research Partnerships, and Knowledge Mobilisation: Think Piece. Other. UKRI.

Sime, Daniela, Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and McClung, Michele (2018) ‘It’s good enough that children are accepted’: Roma migrant mothers’ views of their children’s education post-migration. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 39(3), pp. 316-332. (doi: 10.1080/01425692.2017.1343125)

2017

Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Phipps, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5958-1207, Al-Masri, Nazmi and Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 (2017) Pedagogies of hope and resistance: English language education in the context of the Gaza Strip, Palestine. In: Erling, Elizabeth J. (ed.) English Across the Fracture Lines. British Council: London, pp. 31-38. ISBN 9780863558788

McPake, Joanna, McLeod, Wilson, O'Hanlon, Fiona, Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and Wilson, Mona (2017) Professional development programmes for teachers moving from majority to minoritised language medium education: lessons from a comparative study. Language Policy, 16(1), pp. 79-105. (doi: 10.1007/s10993-015-9395-6)

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Frimberger, Katja, Attia, Mariam and Al-Masri, Nazmi (2017) Online teacher training in a context of forced immobility: the case of Gaza, Palestine. European Education, 49(2-3), pp. 133-150. (doi: 10.1080/10564934.2017.1315538)

2016

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Phipps, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5958-1207 and Imperiale, Maria Grazia (2016) Review essay. Hospitality and Society, 6(2), pp. 183-192. (doi: 10.1386/hosp.6.2.183_7)

Santoro, Ninetta, Sosu, Edward and Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 (2016) 'You have to be a bit brave': barriers to Scottish student-teachers' participation in study-abroad programmes. Journal of Education for Teaching, 42(1), pp. 17-27. (doi: 10.1080/02607476.2015.1131364)

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 (2016) Using photography in research with young migrants: addressing questions of visibility, movement and personal spaces. Children's Geographies, 14(6), pp. 701-715. (doi: 10.1080/14733285.2016.1190811)

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Da Lomba, Sylvie and Quinn, Neil (2016) A healthy start? Experiences of pregnant refugee and asylum seeking women in Scotland. Documentation. British Red Cross.

2015

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 (2015) Communicating attitudes: Ghanaian children's expectations and experiences of Italian educational institutions. Childhood, 22(1), pp. 23-38. (doi: 10.1177/0907568213512691)

Phipps, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5958-1207 and Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 (2015) A critical analysis of language policy in Scotland. European Journal of Language Policy, 7(1), pp. 5-28. (doi: 10.3828/ejlp.2015.2)

2014

Fassetta, G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Siebelt, L. and Mitchell, I. (2014) Transforming Lives: The First 18 Months of the MCR Pathways Mentoring Programme. Project Report. MCR Pathways, Glasgow.

Fassetta, G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 (2014) Children’s agency in research: does photography empower participants? In: Smyth, G. and Santoro, N. (eds.) Methodologies for Researching Cultural Diversity in Education: International Perspectives. Institute of Education Press: London. ISBN 9781858565231

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 (2014) The social and symbolic aspects of languages in the narratives of young (prospective) migrants. Language and Intercultural Communication, 14(3), pp. 322-338. (doi: 10.1080/14708477.2014.898733)

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Pietka-Nikaza, E. and Smyth, G. (2014) Cultural diversity in popular culture: two case studies from a UK school based television drama. IJE4D-Journal: The International Journal of Education for Diversities, 3, pp. 101-118.

Sime, D., Fassetta, G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and McClung, M. (2014) Children On the Margins: A study on Roma children’s Engagement with Schooling and Other Services in Glasgow. Project Report. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

2013

McPake, J., McLeod, W., O'Hanlon, F., Fassetta, G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and Wilson, M. (2013) Gaelic For Teachers: Design Options For A Sabbatical Course Of Intensive Gaelic Language And Pedagogies For Qualified Teachers Wishing To Work In Gaelic Medium Classrooms. Project Report. Bòrd na Gàidhlig (Gaelic Board), Glasgow. (Unpublished)

2012

Fassetta, G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and Sime, D. (2012) At Home Abroad: A Guide for Migrant Parents on Services in Scotland. Other. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

2010

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 (2010) Without a safety net: participatory techniques in research with young migrants. Enquire(5), pp. 95-116.

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Articles

Bradley, Lisa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8117-7649, Perry, Mia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0886-7093, Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Ryan, Sadie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2854-1741 and Nelson, Elizabeth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7375-5154 (2024) Denaturalizing “intelligence” in Higher Education: AI as a rupture to imagining and manifesting sustainable and anti-colonial literacies. Reading Research Quarterly, 59(4), pp. 579-589. (doi: 10.1002/rrq.540)

Moskal, Marta ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4483-9310, Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Imperiale, Maria Grazia and Spurway, Jamie (2024) ‘To translate feelings not words’. Humanitarian interpreting: challenging institutional and professional boundaries in interpreting for refugees. Language and Intercultural Communication, (doi: 10.1080/14708477.2024.2317138) (Early Online Publication)

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and Imperiale, Maria Grazia (2023) Language and integration of refugee children: reflections on delinking and decoloniality. L2 Journal, 15(1), pp. 1-19. (doi: 10.5070/L2.2466)

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Alshobaki, Sahar and Al-Masri, Nazmi (2023) Welcoming Languages: teaching a ‘refugee language’ to school staff to enact the principle of integration as a two-way process. Language and Intercultural Communication, 23(6), pp. 559-573. (doi: 10.1080/14708477.2023.2247386)

Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and Alshobaki, Sahar (2023) 'I need to know what to say when children are crying’: a language needs analysis of Scottish primary educators learning Arabic. Language and Intercultural Communication, 23(4), pp. 367-384. (doi: 10.1080/14708477.2023.2168010)

Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Phipps, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5958-1207 and Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 (2021) On online practices of hospitality in higher education. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 40(6), pp. 629-648. (doi: 10.1007/s11217-021-09770-z)

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Aldegheri, Esa and Al-Masri, Nathmi (2019) The role of stories in the design of an online language course: ethical considerations on a cross-border collaboration between the UK and the Gaza Strip. Language and Intercultural Communication, 20(2), pp. 181-192. (doi: 10.1080/14708477.2020.1722145)

Sime, Daniela, Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and McClung, Michele (2018) ‘It’s good enough that children are accepted’: Roma migrant mothers’ views of their children’s education post-migration. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 39(3), pp. 316-332. (doi: 10.1080/01425692.2017.1343125)

McPake, Joanna, McLeod, Wilson, O'Hanlon, Fiona, Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and Wilson, Mona (2017) Professional development programmes for teachers moving from majority to minoritised language medium education: lessons from a comparative study. Language Policy, 16(1), pp. 79-105. (doi: 10.1007/s10993-015-9395-6)

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Frimberger, Katja, Attia, Mariam and Al-Masri, Nazmi (2017) Online teacher training in a context of forced immobility: the case of Gaza, Palestine. European Education, 49(2-3), pp. 133-150. (doi: 10.1080/10564934.2017.1315538)

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Phipps, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5958-1207 and Imperiale, Maria Grazia (2016) Review essay. Hospitality and Society, 6(2), pp. 183-192. (doi: 10.1386/hosp.6.2.183_7)

Santoro, Ninetta, Sosu, Edward and Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 (2016) 'You have to be a bit brave': barriers to Scottish student-teachers' participation in study-abroad programmes. Journal of Education for Teaching, 42(1), pp. 17-27. (doi: 10.1080/02607476.2015.1131364)

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 (2016) Using photography in research with young migrants: addressing questions of visibility, movement and personal spaces. Children's Geographies, 14(6), pp. 701-715. (doi: 10.1080/14733285.2016.1190811)

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 (2015) Communicating attitudes: Ghanaian children's expectations and experiences of Italian educational institutions. Childhood, 22(1), pp. 23-38. (doi: 10.1177/0907568213512691)

Phipps, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5958-1207 and Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 (2015) A critical analysis of language policy in Scotland. European Journal of Language Policy, 7(1), pp. 5-28. (doi: 10.3828/ejlp.2015.2)

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 (2014) The social and symbolic aspects of languages in the narratives of young (prospective) migrants. Language and Intercultural Communication, 14(3), pp. 322-338. (doi: 10.1080/14708477.2014.898733)

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Pietka-Nikaza, E. and Smyth, G. (2014) Cultural diversity in popular culture: two case studies from a UK school based television drama. IJE4D-Journal: The International Journal of Education for Diversities, 3, pp. 101-118.

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 (2010) Without a safety net: participatory techniques in research with young migrants. Enquire(5), pp. 95-116.

Book Sections

Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and Abubaker, Fatma (2024) Contextualising safeguarding in international development research: requirements and challenges. In: Yohannes, Hyab Teklehaimanot, Phipps, Alison and Sitholé, Tawona (eds.) Cultures of Sustainable Peace: Conflict Transformation, Gender-Based Violence, Decolonial Praxes. Multilingual Matters, pp. 227-247. ISBN 9781800418349 (doi: 10.21832/9781800418363-017)

Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Ross, Damian and Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 (2023) Improving refugee teacher development in Lebanon and Jordan: nurturing teacher identity, relationships, and agency. In: Henderson, C. J. (ed.) Refugee Teachers: The Heart of the Global Refugee Response. Series: Policy Insights (#02). NORRAG, pp. 67-68.

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and Imperiale, Maria Grazia (2021) Revisiting indigenous engagement, research partnerships, and knowledge mobilisation: Think piece. In: Heritage, Paul (ed.) Indigenous Research Methods: Partnerships, Engagement and Knowledge Mobilisation. People's Palace Projects, pp. 21-41. ISBN 9781399907873

Moskal, Marta ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4483-9310, Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and Spurway, Jamie (2021) Ethics in humanitarian interpretation. In: Handbook: Interpreting for Refugees. Inter4Ref Consortium, pp. 52-77.

Fassetta, G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Al-Masri, N., Attia, M. and Phipps, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5958-1207 (2020) Gaza teaches Arabic online: opportunities, challenges and ways forward. In: Fassetta, Giovanna, Al-Masri, Nazmi and Phipps, Alison (eds.) Multilingual Online Academic Collaborations as Resistance: Crossing Impassable Borders. Series: Researching Multilingually. Multilingual Matters. ISBN 9781788929585 (pbk) 9781788929592 (hbk)

Phipps, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5958-1207, Fassetta, G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and Al-Masri, N. (2020) Prologue: Collaborating under siege: a WhatsApp tale. In: Fassetta, Giovanna, Al-Masri, Nazmi and Phipps, Alison (eds.) Multilingual Online Academic Collaborations as Resistance: Crossing Impassable Borders. Series: Researching Multilingually. Multilingual Matters. ISBN 9781788929585 (pbk) 9781788929592 (hbk)

Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Phipps, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5958-1207, Al-Masri, Nazmi and Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 (2017) Pedagogies of hope and resistance: English language education in the context of the Gaza Strip, Palestine. In: Erling, Elizabeth J. (ed.) English Across the Fracture Lines. British Council: London, pp. 31-38. ISBN 9780863558788

Fassetta, G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 (2014) Children’s agency in research: does photography empower participants? In: Smyth, G. and Santoro, N. (eds.) Methodologies for Researching Cultural Diversity in Education: International Perspectives. Institute of Education Press: London. ISBN 9781858565231

Edited Books

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Al-Masri, Nazmi and Phipps, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5958-1207 (Eds.) (2020) Multilingual Online Academic Collaborations as Resistance: Crossing Impassable Borders. Series: Researching multilingually. Multilingual Matters: Bristol. ISBN 9781788929592

Research Reports or Papers

Imperiale, M. G. et al. (2025) LINEs4Palestine. Project Report. University of Glasgow.

Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and Ross, Damian (2023) Reflections on the LINEs project. Other. LINEs.

Ross, Damian, Imperiale, Maria Grazia and Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 (2023) Learning for informal and nonformal educators in Lebanon and Jordan (LINEs). Project Report. LINEs.

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Imperiale, Maria Grazia, Hirsu, Lavinia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4145-9048 and Alshobaki, Sahar (2023) Welcoming Languages. Project Report. School of Education, University of Glasgow (UK) and Arabic Center, Islamic University of Gaza (Palestine).

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and Imperiale, Maria Grazia (2018) Indigenous Engagement, Research Partnerships, and Knowledge Mobilisation: Think Piece. Other. UKRI.

Fassetta, Giovanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Da Lomba, Sylvie and Quinn, Neil (2016) A healthy start? Experiences of pregnant refugee and asylum seeking women in Scotland. Documentation. British Red Cross.

Fassetta, G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429, Siebelt, L. and Mitchell, I. (2014) Transforming Lives: The First 18 Months of the MCR Pathways Mentoring Programme. Project Report. MCR Pathways, Glasgow.

Sime, D., Fassetta, G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and McClung, M. (2014) Children On the Margins: A study on Roma children’s Engagement with Schooling and Other Services in Glasgow. Project Report. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

McPake, J., McLeod, W., O'Hanlon, F., Fassetta, G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and Wilson, M. (2013) Gaelic For Teachers: Design Options For A Sabbatical Course Of Intensive Gaelic Language And Pedagogies For Qualified Teachers Wishing To Work In Gaelic Medium Classrooms. Project Report. Bòrd na Gàidhlig (Gaelic Board), Glasgow. (Unpublished)

Fassetta, G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429 and Sime, D. (2012) At Home Abroad: A Guide for Migrant Parents on Services in Scotland. Other. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

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Grants

2024 Co-I - Education in Conflict (ODA, UofG internal funding, PI Dr Maria Grazia Imperiale)

2024 Co-I - LINEs for Palestine (British Council, Language for Resilience Grants, PI Dr Maria Grazia Imperiale)

2023 PI - Welcoming Languages 2 (GKEF, UofG internal funding)

2022 Co-I - Learning for Informal and Non-formal Educators in Refugee Settings in Leabanon and Jordan LINEs project (Internal funding, PI Dr Maria Grazia Imperiale)

2022 PI - AHRC (Follow On Funding) "Welcoming Languages: Including a Refugee Language in Scottish Education" (Ref. AH/W006030/1)

2020 PI - Covid Allocation for the "Culture for Sustainable and Inclusive Peace (CUSP) - Development Award" (RCUK EPSRC - CoA 308326)

2019 Co-I - AHRC GCRF Project "Culture for Sustainable and Inclusive Peace (CUSP) Network Plus" (AH/T007931/1, PI Prof Alison Phipps)

2019 PI - AHRC GCRF Project "Culture for Sustainable and Inclusive Peace (CUSP) - Development Award" (Ref. AH/T005424/1) 

2018 PI - GCRF IAA Project "Accelerating the impact of the Online Arabic from Palestine (OAfP) language course" (Ref. EP/S51584X/1) 

2018 PI - ESRC/AHRC GCRF Project "Indigenous engagement, research partnerships and knowledge mobilisation" (Consultancy)

2017 PI -  AHRC GCRF Project "The impact of language. Collaborating across borders to the design, development and promotion of an online Palestinian Arabic course" (Ref. AH/R004617/1)

 

Supervision

I currently supervise Master and PhD students working in the areas of language and multilingualism; migration, education and inclusion;  intergenerational trauma and educational trajectories; education to nonviolence; inclusion in higher education of students from refugee backgrounds. 

I welcome PhD proposals in my areas of interest (see 'research interests' section), in particular those using participatory approaches and/or visual and arts based methods.

  • Balasingham, Harishankar
    Exploring the unheard voices of Sri Lankan Tamil youth
  • DALI, DILARA
    Investigation of the Relationship between Bullying Perception and Mental Health Problems of Autistic Children
  • Nimyel, Adebolaji Kudirat
    Pathway experiences to accessing, progressing, and completing higher education – a case study of refugees and asylum-seeking people in Scotland.
  • Psochios, Nikolaos
    The “Other” Antigones: Telling Stories of (Mis)Recognition

Teaching

I lead and teach the course "Approaches to Inclusive Learning: Psychology, Knowledge and Curriculum" (EDUC51008).

I lead and teach the course "Major Dissertation (SM04)" (EDUC5142P)

I teach in the following courses: "The Evolving Concept of Inclusion" (EDUC5387); "Inclusive Classrooms Inclusive Pedagogies" (EDUC5359).

Additional information

I am a member of the School of Education Ethics Committee.

I co-convene the Glasgow Refugee Asylum and Migration Network (GRAMNet)

 

 


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