Dr. Liam Francis Gearon works as a supervisor and co-investigator in the "Growing up Radical?" research project. Liam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education and Senior Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford. A philosopher and theorist of education, Liam is a specialist in critical, historical, and contemporary analyses of education in multi-disciplinary contexts. He is interested in the historical determinants of counter-extremism in education, value-learning, and life history research in political and security contexts.