ProfessorRadhika Gorur
Professor
Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education/Research for Educational Impact
Orcid identifier0000-0002-4528-0793 (opens in a new tab)
- ProfessorFaculty of Arts and Education/School of Education/Research for Educational Impact
- +61 3 924 46437 (Work)
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research interests include education policy and governance; global education reforms and the role of international organisations; critical data studies; comparative education; sociology of measurement and numbers; sociology of science; research methodologies; and STS (Science, Technology and Society)
Current Projects
Tackling Society's Grand Challenges: Approaches to Responsible Innovation in Science and Technology and the Indo-Pacific Region. (2024-25). $133,723; Khandekar, A., Kowal, E., Raman, U., Raman, S., Thayyil, N., Gorur, R., Grant, O., Sheoran Appleton, N. Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) Grant (Government of India).
STudieS: a network for STS in education (2023-2025). $180,000. Lundahl, C., Sundström Sjödin, E., Decuypere, M., & Gorur, R. Swedish Research Council.
CyberNinjas: Empowering our Children to be Cyber Smart in the Metaverse (2022-2024) ($433,600). Doss, R., Gorur, R., McKenzie, S., Yeoh, W., & Pye, G. Office of eSafety Commissioner. Online Safety Grants Program (Round 3).
Decolonising Data in Education (2023-24) ($9975). Gorur R. Research Development Scheme, REDI
Selected Previous Grants
Gorur, R., Rawolle, S., Raza, M.M. International Education Resilience Fund (2022). Governance Issues and Challenges of Universities in Pakistan. (2022) $15,000.
Gorur, R. Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (2017-2019) for the project Accountability and global education policy networks in the Indo-Pacific $368,000.00
Gorur, R. Sorensen, E. and Maddox, B. Grant from the Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities (2016-2017) for the project PISA for Development: Between Standardisation and Recontextualisation (Science Numbers and Politics project) $10,000
Maddox, B. Grek, S., Hamilton, M., Guadalupe Mendizabal, C.A., Steiner-Khamsi, G., Gorur, R. and Addey, C. Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) - grant (2014-2016) for the international seminar series The Potentials, Politics and Practices of International Educational Assessment $60,000
Gorur, R. Australia India Education Council - grant of $ 35,000 for the project Strengthening the Australia-India knowledge Partnership: Barriers and Solutions (2012-2013)
Current Projects
Tackling Society's Grand Challenges: Approaches to Responsible Innovation in Science and Technology and the Indo-Pacific Region. (2024-25). $133,723; Khandekar, A., Kowal, E., Raman, U., Raman, S., Thayyil, N., Gorur, R., Grant, O., Sheoran Appleton, N. Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) Grant (Government of India).
STudieS: a network for STS in education (2023-2025). $180,000. Lundahl, C., Sundström Sjödin, E., Decuypere, M., & Gorur, R. Swedish Research Council.
CyberNinjas: Empowering our Children to be Cyber Smart in the Metaverse (2022-2024) ($433,600). Doss, R., Gorur, R., McKenzie, S., Yeoh, W., & Pye, G. Office of eSafety Commissioner. Online Safety Grants Program (Round 3).
Decolonising Data in Education (2023-24) ($9975). Gorur R. Research Development Scheme, REDI
Selected Previous Grants
Gorur, R., Rawolle, S., Raza, M.M. International Education Resilience Fund (2022). Governance Issues and Challenges of Universities in Pakistan. (2022) $15,000.
Gorur, R. Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (2017-2019) for the project Accountability and global education policy networks in the Indo-Pacific $368,000.00
Gorur, R. Sorensen, E. and Maddox, B. Grant from the Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities (2016-2017) for the project PISA for Development: Between Standardisation and Recontextualisation (Science Numbers and Politics project) $10,000
Maddox, B. Grek, S., Hamilton, M., Guadalupe Mendizabal, C.A., Steiner-Khamsi, G., Gorur, R. and Addey, C. Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) - grant (2014-2016) for the international seminar series The Potentials, Politics and Practices of International Educational Assessment $60,000
Gorur, R. Australia India Education Council - grant of $ 35,000 for the project Strengthening the Australia-India knowledge Partnership: Barriers and Solutions (2012-2013)
GRANTS
- GRANTResearch for Educational Impact (REDI)31 Jul 2025 - 31 Jul 2026People funded by this grant:
- Kabir A,
- Gorur R,
- Adhikary R
- FELLOWSHIPAdvanced Research Opportunities Programs RWTH Aachen University1 May 2024 - 30 Jul 2024People funded by this grant:
- Sonnicksen J,
- Gorur R,
- RAZA MM
- GRANTCyberNinjas: Empowering our Children to be Cyber Smart in the Metaverse15 Feb 2023 - 15 Jul 2024People funded by this grant:
- Doss RRM,
- Gorur R,
- Mckenzie S,
- Yeoh W,
- Pye G
- FELLOWSHIPAccountability and Global Education Policy Networks in the Indo-Pacific1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2019People funded by this grant:
- Radhika Gorur
