ProfessorRadhika Gorur

I am a Professor of Education at Deakin University, and a Director of the [Laboratory of International Assessment Studies](http://international-
assessments.org/). I am interested in education policy, regulation and reform; global networks, aid and development; the social studies of science and technology (STS), the sociology of numbers, and critical data studies. I explore how policy ideas are assembled and how they gain influence. I use concepts from STS to explore quantification and comparison, global education reform projects such as the UNESCO-led SDG4 reforms, the history of indicators in education, national and global education reforms, datafication and accountability. I have a growing interest in AI and ethics,
digital platforms and cultures, and human-digital assemblages in learning.
I am the Deputy Convenor of the [Science and Society Network](https://blogs.deakin.edu.au/science-and-society-network/); a Director of the [Laboratory of International Assessment Studies](https://international-assessments.org/about/laboratory/); a member of [Research for Educational Impact](https://www.deakin.edu.au/redi); a founding member of the [STudieS group](https://stsinfrastructures.org/content/studies-sts-education). 

Supervisions
I welcome students with an interest in STS, education policy, global reforms, education aid and development, AI-human learning, & AI ethics; quantification and data cultures. I particularly welcome interdiscipinary projects.

Current supervisions
Kate Spear - An analysis of re-engagement programs for Victorian Youth
Mehr Mohsin Raza - Governance Issues and Challenges of universities in Pakistan
Sharnaya Kumar Menon - North-South teacher education partnerships in Kenya: colonial challenges and decolonial possibilities
Julie Harris-Wetherbee - Closing the gap in education for First Nations Peoples in Australia
Samson John Mgaiwa - Public Secondary School Headship in Tanzania: Preparation and appointment practices
Syed Muhammad Salman Mehdi - Out-of-School-Hours Technology Engagement Among Secondary School Students in Pakistan
Bhavna Rawat - Exploring the Entanglements of UNESCO and Big Tech in Aid and Global Reform
Ronald Svondo Nyathi - Development and evaluation of game-based learning tools for cyber-safe messaging for early social media adopters

Completed PhDs
Harsha Chandir - PISA's measurement of Global Competency (Ray Debus Award for best thesis, 2021)
Rizwana Shehzad - Strategic Incoherence: the Assessment Multiple and Education Policy in Punjab Pakistan
Olsi Kusta - Digitization of pathology laboratory services – An investigation of the changes in workflow and work practices of pathologists

Awards
Deakin University Faculty of Arts and Education International Partnerships Award (2022)
Deakin University Faculty of Arts and Education Mid-Career Researcher Award (2017)
Deakin School of Education Research Award (2017)
Deakin University Faculty of Arts and Education Early Career Researcher Award (2016)
CRN Early Career Researcher Award (2015)
Special Commendation for the Paper Seeing Like PISA AARE (2015)
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research and Research Training – Early Career, Victoria University (2014)
Best Paper Award (runner up) – European Conference on Educational Research (2010)

Selected Recent Invitations
Panellist, Edinburgh Futures Conversations, October 2024
Member, team of experts on the Independent Assessment Panel to evaluate submissions for the Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX) Fund, 2023
Closed door consultation on the 2023 UNESCO-GEM report, November 2022
Visiting Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University. Jan-May 2022.
Inaugural Senior Fellow, NORRAG, March 2021.