Currently...​
I joined Manchester Metropolitan University in September 2015 as a Research Associate in the Policy Evaluation and Research Unit. My main strands of work are on extremism/ counter-extremism, and bottom-up social policy, thus continuing previous work in the areas of citizenship, community and third sector policy and extremism.

My first strand, building on my doctoral research on both extremisms of the far-right and Islamism, takes in work on extremism, counter-extremism, hate crime and criminal justice system and other responses. This includes examining counter-extremism work in educational and community settings, and work on online safety.

As a second strand of work, I've also been researching the reconfigurations of the welfare state across Europe, as part of the Horizon 2020 funded InnoSI project on Innovative Social Investment, and then the role of the education system in the 'integration' of migrant children in the H2020-funded MiCREATE project.
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Recently I've also begun some work on club culture in Stoke. This looks at the parallels between Northern Soul and rave, the connections between Stoke and Detroit/ Chicago, and the contribution music makes to social cohesion.

Research history
Since 2006 I have spent most of my time researching far-right and radical Islamist activism. At Keele, my PhD research examined the engagement of far-right and radical Islamist activists with wider society in the context of government community cohesion and preventing violent extremism policies. For this I spent time with (as a participant-observer) and conducted biographical interviews with members of the British National Party, al-Muhajiroun, and those 'mainstream' activists and workers who engage with them. I continued this stream of work in a post-doc position at the University of Leicester, conducting fieldwork with the EDL, UKIP and other populist-right and far-right groups, and have done similar work with anti-fascist and anti-racist activists for the University of Northampton.

Between 2004 and 2006 I led one evaluation of a national youth programme - CDF's Neighbourhood Support Fund - and contributed to the evaluation of another - the Home Office's Positive Futures. Both programmes aimed to steer young people away from trouble, with the former focusing on those Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET), and the latter focusing more on drugs.

Before this I worked on shorter-term research projects. A selection of the clients and projects are listed below:

  • London Borough of Camden: a citizens' jury on youth provision, and a study of street-based drug users contact with NHS provision.
  • Women's Sports Foundation: Britain's Best Kept Secrets

Teaching
I have taught at undergraduate and postgraduate level at Keele, Leicester and ManMet. Currently, I teach 'Class Conflict' with Helene Snee and Chris Porter, and 'Diversity, Difference and the limits of Criminology' with Ashley Collar (both third year units), as well as contributing to second year methods courses, and supervising dissertations.

I have also been part of teams teaching core and option courses, and have done lectures and seminars for research students and continuing professional development (CPD) programmes. My main units were:
  • Youth Culture and Politics (Year 2, Sociology, convener)
  • Governance and Corruption (Masters, Politics and International Relations, convener including distance learning)
  • Extremism and counter-extremism (Masters, Criminology CPD)
I have also taught research methods and ethics at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Publications
  • Worsley, R., Beckett, A., Baker, C., Wong, K., Larner, S., Bailey, G., Osmon, S., Roberts, A., Meadows, L. (2024) Exploring the Production and Utilisation of Pre-sentence Reports (PSRs) in the Youth Justice System. IPSOS UK for UK Government.
  • Wong, K., Walton, G., and Bailey G. (2021) Using information science to enhance educational preventing violent extremism programs. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 72(3), pp.362-376.
  • Arun, S., Bailey, G. and Szymczyk, A. (2021) Child migrants ‘integrating’ : what do we know so far? In: Migrant Children’s Integration and Education in Europe: Approaches, Methodologies and Policies. Ediciones Octaedro SL, pp. 39-59. ISBN 9788418615375
  • Popan, C. and Arun, S. and Bailey, G. (2020) Education outside the mainstream: valuing cultural heritage through alternative resources for the integration of migrant children in the UK. Annales: Anali za istrske in mediteranske studije - Annali di Studi istriani e mediterranei - Annals for Istrian and Mediterranean Studies. Series historia et sociologia, 30 (4). pp. 613-628. ISSN 1408-5348.
  • J. Ozan, C. O’leary, S. Baines, G. Bailey (2019). Troubled families in greater Manchester. In: Implementing Innovative Social Investment: Strategic Lessons from Europe. Policy Press, pp.43-57.
  • O'Leary, C., Baines, S., Bailey, G... (2018) Innovation and Social Investment Programs in Europe. European Policy Analysis.
  • Bailey G. (2017) 'Who are the radicals?' Metropolis 2 Autumn/Winter.
  • Bailey G. & Edwards, P. (2017)  Rethinking ‘Radicalisation’: Microradicalisations and Reciprocal Radicalisation as an Intertwined Process. Journal for Deradicalization 15(3), pp. 255-281.
  • Bailey, G. (2017) Researching Extremists. Research Intelligence.
  • Bailey, G. (2015) Extremism, community and stigma: researching the far-right and radical Islam in their context. In Bhopal, K. and Deuchar, R. (eds.) Researching Marginalised Groups London: Routledge.
  • MacGregor, S. & Bailey, G. (2012) British Citizen or Other? Reflections on the new UK citizenship process. British Politics 7(4), pp. 365-388.
  • Bailey, G. (2008) The Killing of Jean Charles de Menezes: Risk, the "Innocent", and Looking Guilty. In-Spire 3(1) 22-31.
  • Ali, R., Buonfino., A., Goodwin, M.J. & Bailey, G. (2007) Exploring the Drivers of Far Right Support. London: Young Foundation.
  • Crabbe, T. with Bailey, G., Blackshaw T. et al. (2006) Knowing the score: Positive Futures Case Study Research Final Report. London: Home Office.
  • Crabbe, T. with Bailey, G., Blackshaw T. et al. (2006). ‘Going the distance’: Impact, journeys and distance travelled’, Third interim National Positive Futures Case Study Research Report. London: Home Office.
  • Bailey, G. (2006) Re-engaging Young People. London: CDF.
  • Bailey, G. and Jones, K. (2006). Our Kids, Our Community. London: CDF.


Invited talks
  • Bailey G. (2017) 'Everything is and is not connected: social research, social policy and extremism'.  Examining the far right in the Midlands. University of Wolverhampton.
  • Bailey, G. (2014)  ‘Ethical considerations’ ESRC Seminar series: Right Wing Extremism and Politics: Past and Present, University of Dusseldorf.
  • Bailey G. (2014) ‘‘The people versus the powerful’: some thoughts on populisms’ Digital Populism and the Young, University of Leicester.
  • Bailey, G. (2014) ‘How many, how scary? Media, mainstream hype, and ‘cumulative extremism’’. ESRC Seminar series: Right Wing Extremism and Politics: Past and Present, University of Manchester.
  • Bailey, G. (2014). ‘Slippage and Explanation: the problems of shortcut terminology’. Examining the extremes: exploring the causes of and connections between violent “religious” extremism and extreme right wing movements, Dialogue Society.
  • Bailey, G. (2012) ‘Hype/whitewash: dilemmas of researching and writing about political extremism and community cohesion in a culture of fear’. Social Cohesion Research Seminar, Huddersfield University.


Conference presentations
  • Bailey, G. (2019) 'On Clines and Classes, Contradiction and Coherence: reflections on the status of culture'. 14th Conference of the European Sociological Association, 20--23 August 2019.
  • Bailey, G. (2018) 'Everything is and is not connected: social research, social policy and extremism'. British Sociological Association Annual Conference, 12-14 April, 2018, Northumbria University.
  • Bailey, G. (2016) 'Beyond grievance and integration, ideology and grooming: a psychosocial reading of the biographies of British jihadis’. British Sociological Association Annual Conference, 5-7 April, 2016, Birmingham University.
  • Bailey, G. (2015) ‘Widening Extremism: Definitions in the Era of “Cumulative Extremism”’ 22nd International Conference of Europeanists, Sciences Po, Paris.
  • Bailey, G. (2014) 'Centres of Gravity: Attraction, Retention, Segmentation and Sedimentation of Members of Extremist Groups'. British Sociological Association Annual Conference, 23 - 25 April, 2014, Leeds University.
  • Bailey, G. (2012) 'Islamists v. Fascists ‘Cumulative extremism’ and the state as a third actor'. British Sociological Association Annual Conference, 11 - 13 April, 2012, Leeds University.
  • Bailey, G. (2010) ‘Second class citizens? Civic engagement, social contact and extremism’. European Sociological Association - RN31 Ethnic Relations, Racism and Antisemitism - Mid-term Conference, 2 - 3 September, Queen’s University Belfast.
  • Bailey, G. (2010) ‘Enemies of the State? Mainstream and ‘extremist’ engagement across the divide’. British Sociological Association Annual Conference, 7-9 April, 2010, Glasgow Caledonian University.
  • MacGregor, S., Bailey, G., Dobson, A. (2009) 'The new British citizen: The political implications of citizenship tests and ceremonies in the UK'. Political Studies Association Annual Conference: Challenges for Democracy in a Global Era, 7 - 9 April 2009, University of Manchester.
  • Bailey G. (2009) 'Citizenship for all: including the BNP in the neighbourhood polity'. Political Studies Association Annual Conference: Challenges for Democracy in a Global Era, 7 - 9 April 2009, University of Manchester.  
  • Bailey, G (2008) ‘Ordinary Islamists: The War on Terror and the shadow-state’. Terrorism and Migration Conference, 17 - 18 November 2007, University of Southampton.
  • Bailey, G. (2007) ‘Second Class Citizens’: Multicultural citizenship in the ‘shadow state’. Association of Social and Legal Philosophy Annual Conference, 19-21 April 2007, Keele University.

Most of my other research work only exists as 'grey literature'. There are some links above, where the projects have resulted in writing in the public domain.

Other dissemination activity
I have also presented my work to the Chief Constable of Staffordshire and other criminal justice professionals, and appeared on local radio and national TV to talk about political extremism and terrorism.


Other writing
A long time ago I wrote the first version of the London Cycling Campaign's guide to Leisure Cycling. 
I've also had a few letters published in the Guardian. I'd say about 50% of those I've sent in*:

Children need more than this limited literary diet of white, male authors (14/12/22)
Citizenship test and British values (05/08/09)
Alcohol, pregnancy and the state (31/05/07) 
A new world of rhymes (22/05/07) 
Now hear this (30/11/06) 
Lecturers' Pay (14/03/06) 
Second homes and the housing crisis 10/08/05 
Stan's the man [David Beckham] (12/05/05) 
Warning for the smugs (03/07/04) 
Paying the price of debt? (17/10/03) 
Taking the rap for gun culture (10/01/03) ​
What £400,000? (10/12/02) 

*These are the ones under my name, so not including any under 'name and address supplied'