Simon Marginson Bio and Keynote Presentation

BA (hons), PhD

Professor of International Higher Education

Joint Editor-in-Chief, Higher Education

Department:

• Department of Lifelong and Comparative Education

Overview:

• Simon worked as a Professor of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne in Australia prior to starting at IOE in October 2013. His research and scholarship draw broadly on the social sciences and political philosophy, and are focused primarily on higher education policy, systems and institutions. Most of his projects are in comparative and international higher education. In the last decade he has conducted extended inquiries into higher education and globalization, and higher education and research in East Asia. His current research includes a comparative project on the role of higher education in constructing public good, which examines the intersection between on one hand state traditions and political cultures, on the other hand educational practices. In 2014 Simon delivered the biannual Clark Kerr lectures on higher education in the University of California system. He is Joint Editor-in-Chief of the journal Higher Education (with Finland’s Jussi Valimaa).

Teaching:

• MBA in Higher Education Management

Research:

• Read my research and expertise profile