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DrKatrina MacDonald

Senior Lecturer, Education Leadership

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

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  • Senior Lecturer, Education Leadership
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education/Research for Educational Impact
  • +61 3 924 68743 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Projects

Australian Research Council Linkage Project (LP230200802)
Attracting and retaining a culturally diverse teacher workforce. (2024 - 2027). Associate Professor Ben Arnold (Deakin), Professor Jill Blackmore (Deakin), Dr Katrina MacDonald (Deakin), Associate Professor Tebeje Mekonnen (Deakin), Prof Linda Hobbs (Deakin), Dr Marcus Horwood (Deakin), Dr Mark Rahimi (Melbourne University), Dr Al Fricker (Deakin), Associate Professor Michiko Weinmann (Deakin), Dr Jonathon Guy (AEU) ($469,772)
 
Australian Research Council Discovery project (DP260100457)
Estimating the commutability of Australian schools for improved workforce planning (2026-2028), and with Professors Scott Eacott, Christopher Pettit, Hoon Han (UNSW), Dr Catherine Gilbert (University of Sydney), Dr Katrina MacDonald (Deakin) ($673,920). 
  • Our innovative dashboard that maps the teacher workforce and housing affordability is here.
 

Australian Research Council Discovery project (DP190100190)

School autonomy reform and social justice in Australian Public Schooling (2019-2022). Professor Amanda Keddie (Deakin), Professor Jill Blackmore and Dr Katrina MacDonald (Deakin), Professor Jane Wilkinson (Monash University), Professor Richard Niesche and Professor Scott Eacott (UNSW), Associate Professor Brad Gobby (Edith Cowan University). ($340,692).

  • Our project website is here 

GRANTS

  • COMPETITIVE GRANT
    Estimating the commutability of Australian schools for improved workforce planning
    Australian Research Council1 Feb 2026 - 31 Dec 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    • Eacott S,
    • Pettit C,
    • Han H,
    • Catherine G,
    • MacDonald K
    ARC Discovery Project (DP260100457) -$673,972
  • GRANT
    Attracting and retaining a culturally diverse teacher workforce
    1 Jul 2024 - 30 Jun 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC Linkage - Projects - LP230200802 - $469,722.00
  • GRANT
    Attracting and retaining a culturally diverse teacher workforce
    1 Jul 2024 - 30 Jun 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    Australian Education Union Federal - $150,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Building for the profession: Teacher housing in New South Wales
    New South Wales Teachers Federation.1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Eacott S,
    • Gilbert C,
    • MacDonald K
    NSW Teachers Federation. $80,000
  • GRANT
    The systemic implications of housing affordability and the teacher shortage
    James Martin Institute for Public Policy1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Eacott S,
    • Pettit C,
    • Gilbert C,
    • MacDonald K
    James Martin Institute for Public Policy Grant Challenge, 2025. $83,000
  • 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:
    ARC - Discovery Projects - DP190100190 - $343,972.76
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    An AI-enhanced hybrid analysis of higher education workforce wellbeing
    REDI Research Development Grant
    People funded by this grant:
    • Rahimi M,
    • Arnold B,
    • Blackmore J,
    • MacDonald K
    $9,946 - REDI Research Development Grant
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Building the capacity of primary school teacher leaders in mathematics
    Secondary Mathematics and Science Initiative competitive grant
    People funded by this grant:
    • Davidson A,
    • Ferguson J,
    • MacDonald K,
    • Driscoll K,
    • Weston H
    $11,000
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Housing affordability and the school education workforce in Victoria.
    Australian Education Union – Victoria branch
    People funded by this grant:
    • Eacott S,
    • Gilbert C,
    • MacDonald K
    $25,000