Research Supervisor Connect
Alex is a Senior Lecturer in Comparative and International Education in the Sydney School of Education and Social work. Alex leads the Masters of Education International Stream, and is the SSESW Postgraduate Curriculum Coordinator. She also teaches pre-service educators on the Undergraduate Education program, and coordinates a unit on education for the International Development Studies Masters.
Alex explores issues of equity and social justice in education and international development policy and discourse in her research. She investigates global social policies, and has conducted research into 'post-2015' education and the Sustainable Development Goals in the South Pacific, building on prior work on Education for All (EFA) in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific.
Sydney School of Education and Social Work
Research interests
Educational systems: administration, management and leadership
Social structures, inequalities and social justice
Social work and social policy
Keywords: Sustainable Development Goals; Education for All, Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, global social policy, norm transfer, multi-level partnerships; decolonial approaches; critical discourse analysis
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The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 3366