Publications
Prowle, A., Hodgkins, A. and Thomas, R. (2026) Beyond Poverty’s Reach: Transforming Children’s Lives Through Collective Impact, Speechmark, Routledge.
Hodgkins, A. (2026), Chapter 7: Nurturing Compassion in the Early Years: Foundations for professional practice, in: Sewell, A. (2026) Countering with compassion: A guide to compassionate leadership in and beyond school communities, Speechmark, Routledge.
Hodgkins, A. (2026) Research: ‘The best job’ – Why do early years staff stay? Nursery World, October 2026.
Hodgkins, A. and Solvason, C. (2026). A relationship-based approach to tackling unemployment in disadvantaged communities. International Journal of Social Pedagogy, 15(1): 3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.ijsp.2025.v16.x.003.
Hodgkins, A. (2025) Nurturing Compassionate Connections: A Guide to Practitioner Empathy in the Early Years, Speechmark, Routledge.
Storey, O. and Hodgkins, A. (2025) Chapter 2: Supporting children to be healthy and well, in Malomo, M. and Laurence, E. (2024) Embracing Change and Developing Leadership as an Early Years Professional, St Albans: Critical Publishing.
Hodgkins, A. and Allies, S. (2025) Chapter 10: Social pedagogy and emotional wellbeing - (re)placing the heart at the centre of pedagogy, in Elliott, G., Solvason, C. and Stobbs, N. (2025) Social pedagogy: Re-establishing Relationships at the Heart of Education, London: Routledge.
Hodgkins, A. and Groom, J. (2025) The Cost of Caring: Empathic Relationships and Emotional Labour in Early Years Management, Journal of Early Childhood Research, 14(2), pp.195-222.
Hodgkins, A., Malomo, M. and Solvason, C. (2024) Teaching Assistants, respected enough to teach, but not enough to be paid accordingly. International Journal of Changes in Education. https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewIJCE42024033
Hodgkins, A., Gossman, P., Paige, R. and Woolley, R. (2023), ‘We cry together every day’ - expressing emotion in early childhood empathy research’, Early Years, published online 27th October 2023.
Solvason, C., Allies, S., Hodgkins, A., Weston, R. and Malomo, M. (2023) ‘Occasionally there are moments of light’: the challenges of primary school teaching in England, and the factors that motivate teachers to stay in the profession, Education 3-13, https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2023.2287547
Hodgkins, A. and Boddey, J. (2023) Supporting parents with empathy and compassion, International journal of birth and parent education, 10 (2), pp. 29-33
Hodgkins, A. (2022), Exploring early childhood practitioners’ perceptions of empathy with children and families: initial findings, Educational Review https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2021.2023471
Hodgkins, A. (2022), Chapter 5: Empathy, Compassion and Emotion, In: Richards, H. and Malomo, M. (2022), Developing your professional identity: a guide for working with children and families, St Albans: Critical Publishing
In production:
Hodgkins, A. (2025) Nurturing Compassionate Connections: A Guide to Practitioner Empathy in the Early Years, London: Speechmark, Routledge.
Presentations
EECERA European Early Childhood Education Research Association Conference – Cascais, Portugal (September 2023) Chair of symposium, Presentation: ‘Exploring Early Childhood Practitioners’ perceptions of empathic interactions with children and families’
Early Childhood Studies Degree Network Research Conference (2022) ‘Preparing students for the emotion work of early childhood practice’
EECERA European Early Childhood Education Research Association – International online festival (August 2021). Chair of symposium ‘Workforce support and development’ Presentation – ‘Empathy and Compassion in the early years’
EECERA European Early Childhood Education Research Association Conference – Budapest (August 2018) “Advanced Empathy – a Risky Strength?”
“A Child’s World” Conference, University of Aberystwyth (July 2018) “Advanced Empathy in the Early Years”