ProfessorAmanda Keddie

Chair in Education

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education/Research for Educational Impact

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Knowledge Areas
Social justice and education

Gender justice and masculinities

Feminst theories, social justice theories, theories of masculinitiy,
poststructural, postcolonial and affect theory

School governance, school reform and social justice

Projects
Current projects:

ARC Discovery Project - Principal emotional labour in volatile times
(2023-2026) with lead CI Prof Jane Wilkinson (Monash University)

ARC Discovery Project - School autonomy reform and social justice in
Australian Public Schooling (2019-2022), lead CI (with Prof Jill Blackmore,
Deakin, Assoc. Prof Jane Wilkinson, Monash, Dr Richard Niesche & Scott Eacott,
UNSW, Dr Brad Gobby, Curtin)
CRIS (Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies), Issues of masculinity
and social cohesion: a critical review of programs for young men (2020-2022,
$90 000)

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Addressing gender-based violence in volatile and polarising times
    31 Dec 2026 - 30 Dec 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC - Discovery Projects - DP260104367 - $4,892,070.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Men, Masculinities and Respectful Relationships Education (RRE): Intersections Background Paper
    8 Jun 2026 - 23 Jul 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Amanda Keddie
    Our Watch Limited - $17,146.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Exploring the online experiences of young men and boys: what influences, motivates, shapes and informs their experiences ?
    8 May 2023 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Office of the eSafety Commissioner - $190,571.30
  • GRANT
    Invisible labour: Principals' emotional labour in volatile times
    27 Apr 2023 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Wilkinson J,
    • Walsh L,
    • Keddie A,
    • Longmuir F,
    • Grice C
    ARC - Discovery Projects - DP230100594 - $65,575.00
  • GRANT
    School autonomy reform and social justice: a study of public education in Australia
    1 Jan 2019 - 4 Jun 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Keddie A,
    • Blackmore J,
    • Wilkinson J,
    • Bradley G,
    • Niesche R
    ARC - Discovery Projects - DP190100190 - $343,972.76
  • GRANT
    Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies (CRIS)
    29 Oct 2018 - 30 Dec 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Premier and Cabinet Vic - $3,196,087.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Development and delivery of the Digital Literacy and Digital Citizenship Pilot Program
    24 Jan 2018 - 30 Aug 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Premier and Cabinet Vic - $166,889.99
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    EVALUATION OF A WHOLE SCHOOL APPROACH TO RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIPS EDUCATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
    20 Feb 2017 - 30 Sep 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    Our Watch Limited - CONTR2017/00510 - $134,570.00
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Socially just schooling: a cross-cultural analysis of gender, cultural diversity and social change within Australia and the UK
    6 Jun 2016 - 31 May 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Amanda Keddie
    ARC Fellowships - Future Fellowships - FT100100688