The Language, Literacies and Education Network (LLEN) brings together a diverse and interdisciplinary group of scholars using a range of methodological approaches (quantitative, mixed methods ethnographic and participatory) and working from cognitive, social, cultural and ideological perspectives to interrogate educational challenges on a national/international scale. Of importance to this work is our civic and diverse educational partnerships that allow us to address the societal inequalities that are reproduced within educational systems.