Professor Simon Marginson

Honorary Professorial Fellow

Melbourne CSHE

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Professor Simon Marginson was Professor of Higher Education in the Centre for the Study of Higher Education (Melbourne CSHE) at the University of Melbourne until November 2013. He is currently Professor of International Higher Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. He is also an Honorary Professorial Fellow of the University of Melbourne CSHE. Simon Marginson is Joint Editor-in-Chief of Higher Education, the principal world scholarly journal in higher education studies. He specializes in higher education, and comparative and international education, being one of the world’s most highly cited social science researchers in these fields.

Academic career: After 15 years as a policy research officer for the national unions for students, teachers and academic faculty, Simon joined the Centre for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne as a Senior Lecturer and later Associate Professor/Reader (1993-1998). He completed his PhD in the Faculty of Education at the same university in 1996 and was awarded the Chancellor’s Prize for the outstanding thesis in the social sciences, arts and humanities that year. He chaired the editorial board of Australian Universities Review between 1995 and 2000. In 1998 he joined the Monash University Faculty of Education as Reader. He was appointed to a Personal Chair as Professor in 2000 and directed the Monash Centre for Research in International Education in 1999-2006. He also edited the Australian Journal of Education from 2000 to 2005. He became Fellow of the Australian College of Education (FACE) in 1994 and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia (FASSA) in 2000. In 2002 he was awarded a five year Australian Professorial Fellowship on the recommendation of the Australian Research Council (ARC). Simon returned to the University of Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education in July 2006 and delivered his inaugural professorial lecture on ‘The global positioning of Australian higher education: where to from here?’ on 16 October 2007. That month he became Honorary Fellow of the Australian Council of Educational Leaders (FACEL). He was Visiting Professor for four months at Hiroshima University in Japan in 2009. In 2011 he was appointed as one of the Co-ordinating Editors of Higher Education and in 2013 became joint Editor-in-Chief with Jussi Valimaa from Finland.

Approach: Simon works in sociology and socio-cultural studies, political economy, political philosophy and history. His His work moves between observational qualitative empirical research, and conceptual studies, with each informing the other. He takes a critical approach to reflection and inquiry, and is especially concerned with the political implications of phenomena. He is interested in problems of agency freedom and equality, and in the potentials of knowledge, inquiry and education to augment human and social capacity, on a world scale. He is active in public communication and discussion as well as in academic scholarship and doctoral education. He works in local, national, international, regional and global forums.  In the 1990s Simon’s work was focused primarily on markets, competition and public/private sector issues in education, and on Australian national policy. In the 2000s these interests were joined to inquiries into globalization and higher education, university rankings and international student security. The earlier inquiry into positional or status competition and its manifestations in higher education was further developed. Investigation of globalization continues in the 2010s, with emphases on the Asia-Pacific and on global civil society and governance, and has been joined to investigation of the fundamentals of higher education on a comparative basis. Simon is also interested in the role of research universities in acts and conditions of path-breaking creativity. He is currently preparing books and articles designed to theorize, synthesize and explain global relations and transformations in higher education, knowledge and creative work.

Simon has been awarded $1.9 million in national competitive grants and $2.9 million in all research project funding since 1995, including eight ARC Large and Discovery Project grants, and one Linkage Project grant.

Publications: Simon’s books include Education and Public Policy in Australia (1993), Educating Australia (1997), Markets in Education (1997), The Enterprise University (with Mark Considine, 2000) and International Student Security (with Chris Nyland, Erlenawati Sawir and Helen Forbes-Mewett, Cambridge University Press, 2010). In 2009-2010 he released three books on creativity and globalization with Peter Murphy and Michael Peters, published by Peter Lang: Creativity and the global knowledge economy (2009), Global Creation (2010) and Imagination (2010). Four of his books have been translated into Chinese and a fifth book, a set of essays on globalization not all yet published in English, is in translation. In 2011 he released four books. Higher education in the Asia-Pacific: Strategic responses to globalization (edited with Sarjit Kaur and Erlenawati Sawir, July) was published by Springer. Universities and the Public Sphere (edited with Brian Pusser, Ken Kempner and Imanol Ordorika, August), was from Routledge. The Handbook on Higher Education and Globalization (edited with Roger King and Rajani Naidoo, September) was from Edward Elgar. Palgrave Macmillan in New York published Ideas for Intercultural Education (with Erlenawati Sawir) in November 2011. Regulating International Student Well-being (with Gaby Ramia and Erelenawati Sawir) was published by Policy Press  in 2013. In the same year he edited or coedited the books The Globalization of Higher Education, a book of readings (Edward Elgar, with Roger King and Rajani Naidoo), The Dawkins Revolution 25 Years On (Melbourne University Publishing, with Gwil Croucher, Andrew Norton and Julie Wells), Tertiary Education Policy in Australia (Melbourne CSHE), and a monograph on STEM policy and programs, based on a policy research project, for the Australian Council of Learned Academies (with Russell Tytler and Brigid Freeman). In 2014 Simon releases The Age of STEM (Routledge, with Brigid Freeman and Russell Tytler) and Higher Education in Vietnam (Palgrave, with Ly Tran and seven other coauthors). Simon is preparing a monograph for Melbourne University Publishing provisionally titled Higher Education.

Simon's journal boards including the field leading Higher Education, Journal of Studies in International Education, and in cultural politics, Thesis Eleven. He also serves on the boards of Higher Education Policy, Higher Education Quarterly, Journal of Education and Work, Critical Studies in Education, Journal of Southeast Asian Education, and Australian Universities Review, among others. He has published more than 220 journal articles, review essays and book chapters (not including self-authored books) including contributions to Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Journal of Education, Comparative Education Review, British Journal of Sociology of Education, Higher Education (eleven articles since 2001), Educational Theory, and Higher Education Research and Development. Translated articles and papers have been published in Peking Education Review in China and Critique in France, and in journals and monographs in Spain and Mexico. Simon has also co-written three policy papers published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). He prepares 20-25 newspaper articles per year, and contributes to various blogs and international higher education publications. A full list of Simon Marginson’s publications, conference papers and consultancy reports is contained in his Curriculum Vitae, which can be accessed on this webpage.

Activities: In addition to academic research and writing, doctoral supervision and teaching, and to University-related service, Simon contributes to community, industry and professional organisations  and is a regular public and media commentator on higher education, especially national policy in the UK and in Australia, and on developments in higher education in East and Southeast Asia, and in Europe and Russia. He has conducted many education policy studies, basic and applied, including commissioned reports for the Australian and Victorian government, OECD, the European Commission and the governments of Malaysia, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Netherlands and Ireland. From time to time he contributes to government and international agency committees, inquiries and meetings. Recent policy-related papers include work on university governance, implications of globalization for higher education, global university rankings, federal-state relations in Australian education, policy on and regulation of international education in Australia, including international student rights and security, and an international comparison of government policies and strategies in relation to the STEM disciplines. Simon is fortunate to have scholarly collaborators In the UK and Western Europe, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, North America and Mexico, and East and Southeast Asia. He is an Honorary Fellow of the UK Society for Research into Higher Education, a member of El Seminario de Educacion Superior de la Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (the National University of Mexico, Mexico City), and has advisory roles in the Peking University Graduate School of Education, at the University of Tokyo, and at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow in Russia. He is active in the Association for Studies in Higher Education in the United States where he chaired the International Forum of the Association in 2004-2005, and in 2010-2011 was an international member of the American Council on Education’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Global Engagement. He has also held committee positions in the American Educational Research Association, including the journal Educational Researcher. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Times Higher Education (being one of the two international members, with Phil Altbach of the United States) and on the Advisory Committee of the Academic Ranking of World Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University Graduate School of Education in China.

Awards

1997: The Chancellor's Prize for excellence in the doctoral thesis, and the Harbison-Higinbotham Research Scholarship, University of Melbourne [awarded to the outstanding PhD thesis of 1996]

1997: Australian Association for Educational Research award for the outstanding doctoral thesis in the field of education

1997: John Smyth Memorial Lecture, Vic. Institute of Educational Research

2001: Outstanding Publications Award of the American Educational Research Association Division J, for 2000 (with Mark Considine)

2002: George Z. F. Bereday award for the best journal article of 2001, Comparative and International Education Society (with Marcela Mollis, University of Buenos Aires)

1994: elected as Fellow of the Australian College of Education

2000: elected as Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences, Australia

2002: appointed ARC Australian Professorial Fellow for 2003-2007

2004: elected as Honorary Fellow, Society for Research into Higher Education, UK

2007: elected as Fellow of the Australian College of Educational Leaders

2008: The Woodward medal in Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Melbourne, ‘in recognition of an exceptional contribution to knowledge in the field’, for research published in 2003-2007 on higher education and globalization’. The University’s rules state that: ‘The Woodward Medal is awarded annually to a member of staff for research published in hard copy up to 31 December of the preceding year, but not published in the current year of the application that is considered to have made the most significant contribution by a member of staff to knowledge in a field of humanities or social sciences’.

2010: Critics Choice Award from the American Educational Studies Association (AESA) for the 2010 book Imagination: Three models of the imagination in the age of the knowledge economy (Peter Murphy, Michael Peters and Simon Marginson). ‘The Critics Choice Award serves to recognize and increase awareness of recent scholarship deemed to be outstanding in its field’.

2011: Melbourne Education Research Institute Research Institute Staff Research Award, ‘for an outstanding research record by a staff member’, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne

2011: Article ‘Global field and global imagining: Bourdieu and worldwide higher education’, published in the British Journal of Sociology of Education in 2008, named by Routledge/ Taylor and Francis as one of the most highly cited articles in Education in 2010.

2011: Award for Distinguished Contribution to International Education, Australian International Education Conference, Adelaide

2013: Article ‘Higher education in East Asia and Singapore: Rise of the Confucian model’, published in Higher Education in 2011, named best article on comparative and international education, by the Comparative and International Education Society’s Higher Education Special Interest Group (SIG)

Editorial

1989-: Editorial Board, Australian Universities Review (Chair of Editorial Board 1995-2000) 2000-: Editorial Board, Journal of South East Asian Education 2001-: Editorial Board, Journal of Education and Work 2004-: Editorial Advisory Board, Higher Education, Co-ordinating Editor from 2011, Joint Editor-in-Chief from 20132005-: Editorial Board, Higher Education Quarterly 2005-: Commissioning Editor, Thesis Eleven 2006-: Editorial Advisory Panel, Critical Studies in Education 2007-: Editorial Advisory Board, Higher Education Policy 2008-: Editorial Advisory Board, Asia-Pacific Journal of Education 2009-: Editorial Advisory Board, Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice 2009-: Editorial Board, Times Higher Education 2010-: Editoral Committee, Dialogue, published by the Academy of Social Sciences Australia 2011-: Editorial Board, The Journal of Management and Policy in Higher Education, published by the Department of University Management and Policy at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Tokyo (Japan)
2011-: Editorial Advisory Board, Evaluation in Higher Education (Taiwan) 2011-: International Editorial Board, The Journal of Global Studies in Education 2012-: Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Studies in International Education
2012-: Editorial Board, Qualitative Research in Education, bilingual journal in English and Spanish
2013-: Editorial Board, Higher Education in Asia (book series published by Springer)
2013-: Joint Editor, Global Studies in Higher Education (book series published by Palgrave Macmillan)

Doctoral students past and present

Graduates
Kay Daniels: Philosophy of distance education (PhD, 1999, University of Melbourne)
Mardi Robinson: Transfer of nurse education (PhD, 2000, University of Melbourne)
John Duncan: Restructuring of Monash University (Monash University, EdD, 2001)
Kevin Ryland: The role of reputation choice-making about in international education (M Ed Research, 2001, Monash University)
Natt Pimpa: Thai choice-making in international education: the role of the extended family (PhD, 2002, Monash University)
Tholi Masango: Policy and management in three South African universities (EdD, 2002, Monash University)
Hiroko Hashimoto: Internationalisation in Japanese universities in the context of globalisation: short-course programs (PhD, 2004, Monash University)
Nagy Helal: The contribution of universities to the human capital of their communities, comparing Egypt and Australia (PhD, 2005, Monash University)
Norma Koehne: Discourses on international education (PhD, 2006, Monash University)
Mark Rowe: Training packages and the reform of Vocational Education and Training (EdD, 2006, , Monash University)
Patricia Mehegan: Cross-cultural training of Australians on temporary international postings (PhD, 2006, Monash University)
Leesa Wheelahan: Epistemological foundations of the tertiary curriculum (PhD, 2008, , Monash University, Marginson supertvision up to mid 2006)
Catherine Burnheim: External engagement of Australian universities (PhD, 2010, University of Melbourne)
Sarah Richardson: International education in Australia (PhD, 2010, University of Melbourne)
Cate Gribble: International education and global mobility of skilled labour (PhD, 2010, , University of Melbourne)
Scott Thompson-Whiteside: Standards in higher education (PhD, 2011, , University of Melbourne)
Nan Zhou: English language teaching in a provincial university in China (PhD, 2011, University of Melbourne)
Loren Miller: Strategic financial planning in universities (EdD, 2014, University of Melbourne)
Peodair Leihy: Status in the contemporary university (PhD, 2014, University of Melbourne)

Current enrolled doctoral students
Nhai Nguyen PhD (Associate Supervision) , Monash University
Kelly Roberts PhD, University of Melbourne
Hoang Minh Do PhD , University of Melbourne

Books

Freeman, B., Marginson, S. & Tytler, R. (eds.) - The Age of STEM: Policy and practice in science, technology, engineering and mathematics across the world. (Routledge, 2014).

Tran, L., Marginson, S., Do, H., Do, Q., Ngyen, N., Ly, T., Vu, T., Pham, T. and Nhyen, H. – Higher Education in Vietnam: Flexibility, mobility and practicality in the global knowledge economy. (Palgrave, 2014)

Marginson, S. (ed.) – Tertiary Education Policy in Australia (2013). Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, Melbourne.

King, R., Marginson, S. & Naidoo, R. (eds.) - The Globalization of Higher Education. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham (2013).

Croucher, G., Marginson, S., Norton, A. & Wells, J. (eds.) – The Dawkins Revolution 25 Years On. Melbourne: Melbourne University Publishing (2013).

Ramia, G., Marginson, S., and Sawir, E. – Regulating International Students’ Wellbeing.  Bristol: Policy Press, viii + 184 pp. (2013).

Marginson, S., Tytler, R., Freeman, B. & Roberts, K. - STEM: Country comparisons. Report for the Australian Council of Learned Academies, ACOLA,  Melbourne, www.acola.org.au 179 pp. (2013).

Marginson, S. and Sawir, E. – Ideas for Intercultural Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York (2011, November)

King, R., Marginson, S. and Naidoo, R. (eds.) - Handbook on Globalization and Higher Education. (2011), published by Edward Elgar in Cheltenham, UK.

Pusser, B., Kempner, K., Marginson S. and Ordorika, I. (eds.) - Universities and the Public Sphere: Knowledge creation and state building in the era of globalization. Routledge, New York (2011, August)

Marginson, S., Kaur, S. and Sawir, E. (eds.) - Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific: Strategic responses to globalization. Springer, Dordrecht (2011, August) (Book cover)

Murphy, P., Peters, M. and Marginson, S. - Imagination: Three models of imagination in the age of the knowledge economy. Peter Lang, New York (2010). Winner of a Critics Choice Award  from the American Educational Studies Association (AESA)

Marginson, S., Murphy, P. & Peters, M. – Global Creation: Space, mobility and synchrony in the age of the knowledge economy. Peter Lang, New York (2010)

Marginson, S., Nyland, C., Sawir, E. & Forbes-Mewett, H. – International Student Security. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2010)

Peters, M. A., Marginson, S. & Murphy, P. - Creativity and the Global Knowledge Economy, Peter Lang Publishing (January 2009)

Marginson, S. and James, R. (eds.) - Education, Science and Public Policy – Ideas for an Education Revolution, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne (2008)

Marginson, S. (ed.) – Prospects of Higher Education: Globalization, market competition, public goods and the future of the university, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam (October 2007)

Marginson, S. – Education and Public Policy. In Chinese with new foreword. Translated by Zhou Xinhong and Sally Chiao, Zhejiang University Press, Zhejiang, Hangzhou, China (2007)

Marginson, S. & Considine, M. – The Enterprise University. In Chinese with new foreword. Translated by Yan Huixian and Sally Chiao, Zhejiang University Press, Zhejiang, Hangzhou, China (2007)

Marginson, S., Weko, T., Channon, N., Luukkonen, T. & Oberg, J. – Thematic Review of Tertiary Education: The Netherlands, country note, Directorate of Education, Education and Training Policy Division, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, OECD (2007)

Marginson, S. (ed.) – Investing in social capital: postgraduate training in the social sciences in Australia, a project of the Academy of Social Sciences, Australia, Curtin University Press, Perth, also published as Journal of Australian Studies 74 (2002)

Marginson, S. and Considine, M. – The enterprise university: Power, governance and reinvention in Australia, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge & Melbourne, xiii + 272 pp. (2000)

Marginson, S. – Monash: the remaking of the university, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, xvi + 280 pp. (2000)

Marginson, S. - Markets in education, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, xvi + 324 pp. (1997)

Marginson, S. - Educating Australia: Government, economy, and citizen since 1960, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge & Melbourne, xi + 276 pp. (1997)

Marginson, S. - Education and public policy in Australia, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge & Melbourne, xv + 286 pp. (1993)

Marginson, S. - The free market: a study of Hayek, Friedman and Buchanan, Monograph No. 1, Public Sector Research Centre, University of NSW, ii + 100 pp. (1992)

Recent paper presentations

Marginson, S. - Clark Kerr Lecture 1, Clark Kerr and the Californian Model of Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley,Tuesday, September 30, 2014 (PDF 170KB)

Marginson, S. - Clark Kerr Lecture 2, The Californian Model of Higher Education in the World, University of California, Berkeley, Thursday, October 2, 2014 (PDF 184KB)

Marginson, S. - Clark Kerr Lecture 3, "Bonfire of the Publics”? Rebuilding the Social Foundations of Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley, Tuesday, October 7, 2014 (PDF 179KB)

Marginson, S. - Clark Kerr Lecture 4, The Future of the Californian Model of Higher Education, University of California, San Diego,Thursday, October 9, 2014 (PDF 163KB)

Marginson, S. - Higher education, political cultures and public good: A comparative study. Annual  conference of the Society for Research into Higher Education, UK, Newport, 11-13 December (2013) [PPT and Paper]

Marginson, S. - Farewell speech at Melbourne CSHE departure function, University of Melbourne, 24 October (2013).

Marginson, S. - Paper to ANU Emeritus Faculty. Australian National University, Canberra, 15 October (2013).

Marginson, S. - Science and higher education in a more global era and how Russia is positioned. Plenary paper to conference of the Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, 26-28 September (2013). [full paper and presentation]

Marginson, S. - Universal Higher Education in the Global Era. Paper to International Seminar on The Dynamics of High Participation Systems. Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, 26 September (2013). [PPT and Paper]

Marginson, S. - There’s more than one way of looking at it: States, political cultures and higher education. Paper for Melbourne CSHE Ideas and Issues in Higher Education seminar, 13 May (2013).

Marginson, S. - Graduation, teaching and the job market. Graduation address to Univeristy of South Australia, Convention Centre, Adelaide, 20 March (2013).

Marginson, S. - States, political cultures and higher education. Combined symposium of Melbourne CSHE and the Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, Japan. Melbourne, 27-28 March (2013). Marginson, S. – State agendas in the age of globalized higher education. OECD/MEXT conference, Tokyo, Japan, 6 February (2013) [PPT]

Marginson, S. - Globalisation and the challenge for higher education leaders. British CounciL, Global Education Dialogues, Tokyo, 15-16 January (2013) [PPT and paper]

Marginson, S. – The impact of the global economic crisis on higher education. UK Society for Research in Higher Education conference, 18 December (2012) [Paper]

Marginson, S. – Academic freedom: A global comparative approach. Australian Association for Research in Education conference, 4 December (2012) [PPT and paper]

Marginson, S. - Australian Social Sciences in the Asian Century, Annual Symposium, Academy of Social Sciences Australia, Canberra, 20 November (2012). [PPT]

Marginson, S. - Nation-states, educational traditions and the global patterning of higher education. Seminar at Flinders University, 1 November (2012). [PPT]

Marginson, S. - Global University Rankings: Potentials, limits, strategies. Seminar at the Queensland University of Technology, 12 October (2012). [PPT]

Marginson, S. - Dynamics of the Post-Confucian Model of Higher Education, paper to the World Performing Universities conference, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore, 10-11 October (2012). [PPT]

Marginson, S. - Building world class universities in Australia and China. Paper to the Australia-China futures Dialogues, Peking University, 24-26 September (2012). [PPT]

Marginson. S. Globalization and Higher Education: Taking stock. Keynote paper to the DBA 10th Anniversary Conference, University of Bath, 7 September (2012). [PPT]

Marginson, S. - The rise and rise of higher education and research in East Asia, and some implications for comparative analysis. Presented to UK Society for Research into Higher Education seminar, ‘Analyses from the Antipodes’, London, 7 September (2012). [Paper, PPT]

Marginson, S. - Resurrecting public good(s) in higher education, AERA panel paper at the conference of the British Educational Research Association, Manchester, 4-6 September (2012) [Paper, PPT]

Marginson, S. - The changing geo-politics of creativity: Rise of the Post-Confucian university. Paper to conference on The Creative University, 15-16 August 2012, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand [Paper, PPT]

Marginson, S. - Yes, MOOC is the global higher education game changer. University World News Global Edition Issue 234, 12 August 2012 [Webarchive]

Marginson, S. - International education as self-formation. Keynote paper to the International Students Symposium, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, 20 July (2012) [Paper, PPT]

Marginson, S. - The problem of public good(s) in higher education. Panel session, 'Economic challenges in higher education'. 41st Australian Conference of Economists, Melbourne, 8-12 July (2012). [Paper, PPT]

Marginson, S. -Business Environment in the Asia Pacific. Paper to CPA International Forum for Academics, Melbourne, 28 June (2012) [Paper, PPT]

Marginson, S. - A More Plural Higher Education World: Global implications of the rise of the East Asian systems. Paper to the AC21 conference, University of Adelaide, 12-13 June (2012). [Paper, PPT]

Marginson, S. - Global Strategy in Higher Education. Paper for 10th Higher Education Summit, Melbourne, 21-22 May (2012) [Paper, PPT]

Marginson, S. - Global University Rankings: The strategic issues. Keynote address to the conference ‘Las Universidades Latinoamericanas ante los Rankings Internacionales: Impactos, Alcances y Límites’. UNAM (National University of Mexico), Mexico City, 17-18 May (2012) [Paper, PPT]

Marginson, S. - Implications of the Global Performance Landscape for Australia. Conference on Institutional Performance in Higher Education, Criterion conferences, Melbourne, 15-16 May (2012) [PPT]

Marginson, S. - Social Contribution of University Research. Paper to the symposium on ‘The Future of Higher Education for the Third Wave’, Symposium, Seoul National University, 26-27 April (2012) [Paper, PPT]

Marginson, S. - How good is university research in East Asia and Singapore? Presentation to Graduate Education class, Seoul National University, 25 April (2012) [PPT]

Marginson, S. - National and Global Challenges. Presentation to Council Planning Conference, Launceston
University of Tasmania, 20-21 April (2012) [PPT]

Marginson, S. - Emerging Asia and Emerging Higher Education in Asia: Implications for Australia. Paper to the RIHE & Melbourne CSHE 2nd Joint Research Seminar, Hiroshima University, April 5-6, (2012) [Paper, PPT]

Marginson, S. - Australian global strategies in higher education. Keynote address to 5th Annual Marketing and Branding Symposium, Sydney, 28 March (2012). [Paper, PPT]

Marginson, S. - Presentation to Melbourne CSHE Graduate Certificate class on university rankings, 22 March (2012) [PPT]

Marginson, S. - Social and global goods. Paper for symposium on ‘Globalising higher education and institutional distinctiveness: Understanding changes in curricula’, Monash University Faculty of Education, 16 March (2012) [Paper, PPT]

Marginson, S - Regulating Deregulation: Regulated markets in global context, Universities Australia Conference, Canberra, 7-9 March (2012) [Paper, PPT]

Marginson, S. - Global competition and public goods in higher education: The Henry White Paper and higher education. Paper for the National Tertiary Education Union ‘Future of Higher Education’ Conference. University of Sydney, 22-23 February (2012) [Paper, PPT]

Marginson, S. - Morphing a profit-making business into an intercultural experience: International education as self-formation. Public seminar, University of Wollongong, 21 February (2012) [Paper, PPT]

Marginson, S. - Nation states, educational traditions, and the global patterning of higher education, OISE/UT CIDEC seminar, University of Toronto, Canada, 23 November 2011  [Paper, PPT]

Marginson, S. - Meeting the Challenge of an East-West Future. Keynote address to the ASHE Council for International Higher Education, Annual Conference of the Association for Studies in Higher Education (ASHE), Charlotte NC, United States, 17 November (2011) [Paper, PPT]

Marginson, S. - What is “public higher education”? How do we advance it (once we know what it is)? Paper for symposium on ‘Universities and the public sphere: Global potentials and challenges’, ASHE Council for International Higher Education, Annual Conference of the Association for Studies in Higher Education (ASHE), Charlotte NC, United States, 16 November (2011) [Paper, PPT]

Marginson, S. - Enter East Asia: The new global configuration in higher education and research. Keynote address to the Autumn conference of the Canadian Society for Study of Higher Education, Vancouver, British Columbia, 4 November 2011. [Paper, PPT]

Marginson, S. - ‘Different pathways to a shared goal: How variations in traditions, political and educational cultures, and the resulting traditions and strategies, differentiate the approach to building WCUs’. Paper delivered at WCU-4 (the biennial conference on World-Class Universities), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 31 October 2011 [Paper, PPT]

Marginson, S. (2011). ‘World class university’: The case of Australia. Paper for the 4th HEPRI International Symposium on ‘Developing World Class Universities in Asia Pacific Region: Policy Approaches for Capacity Building in Higher Education’, Korea University, 8 October 2011 [PPT only]

PPT- The post-Bradley universe, University and Tertiary Education Symposium, University of Sydney, 31 August 2011 [PPT only]

Marginson, S. - Global visions and strategies of Asia-Pacific universities. Presentation to Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC) and Community for Higher Education Research (CHER) Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, 15 September (2011).[Paper only]

Simon Marginson. Higher Education and Public Good. Opening keynote paper at the annual conference of the British Educational Research Association, London, 6 September 2011 [Paper/Slides]

Marginson, S. - Nation states, educational traditions and the WCU projects. Prepared for an international seminar on ‘Institutionalization of a World-Class University in Global Competition’, Hoam Convention Centre, Seoul National University, 28-29 June 2011 [Paper only]

Marginson, S. - International student well-being: What does the research tell us? Paper to the National Summit on the Mental Health of Tertiary Students, University of Melbourne, Australia, 4-5 August 2011 [Paper/Slides]

Marginson, S. - The limits of market reform in higher education and university research, seminar paper presented at the University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 19 August 2011 [Paper/Slides]

Marginson, S. - ‘International education in  Australia 2011: Crisis and opportunity’, opening keynote address to the NEAS  (National ELT [English Language Teachers’] Acreditation Scheme)  Managementconference, Sydney, 12-13 May (2011). (Paper/Slides)

Marginson, S. - ‘International education and Australia’s relationship with the Asia-Pacific region’, presentation to Inaugural Joint Research Seminar, Research Institute of Higher Education (RIHE), Hiroshima University Japan, and Centre for the Study of Higher Education (Melbourne CSHE), University of Melbourne Australia. Melbourne  10 May (2011) (Slides)

Marginson S. - Lessons from the Australian experience of international education: Towards a global protocol for cross-border students, paper presented to Community Relations Commission, Government of NSW, Sydney, 9 March (2011) (Paper)

Marginson S. - Where to now for international education? Panel remarks at International Education Briefing, DEEWR/AEI, Canberra, 4 March (2011)

Marginson S.  - Does higher education create public good(s) and should it be publicly funded?, Seminar paper presented to Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, 21 February (2011) (Paper)

Marginson S. - The Changing Global Landscape: Dynamics of the Confucian Model of Higher Education, seminar on ‘The Transformation of the Contemporary University’, University of Bristol, 18 February (2011) (Paper/Slides)

Marginson S. - Dynamics of East Asian higher education, paper to the Annual Dearing conference, ’The Globalisation of Higher Education’, The University of Nottingham, UK, 17 February (2011) (Paper)

Marginson S. - Looking forward, looking back: Future

Marginson, S. -  Dynamics of the Confucian Model of   higher education system, Peking University Graduate School of Education,   17 December (2010)   (Slides)

Dang Thi Kim Anh and Marginson, Simon – Vygotskian   socio-cultural theory and globalization: Implications for educational   research, paper presented at the annual conference of the Australian   Association for Research in Education, 1 December, Melbourne (2010). (Paper/Slides)

Marginson, S. - Towards a global protocol for mobile   students: Lessons from the Australian experience of international   education, paper to the conference ‘A home away from home? International   students in Australian and South African higher education’, Monash   South Africa, Johannesburg, 25 November 2010. (Presentation text, slides and paper)

Marginson, S. - Creating global public goods. (Paper, Slides) Opening keynote for a seminar on the Global University at the University of Virginia, USA, 14 November 2010.

Marginson, S. - ‘Assessing the governance and   performance of higher education’, Committee for the Development of   Australia (CEDA), Melbourne, 26 August 2010 (Paper, Slides)

Marginson, S. - ‘International education’, Paper to Melbourne CSHE/LH Martin Public Policy Seminar, 25 August 2010 (Paper, Slides)

Marginson, S. - 'International Student Security',   keynote speech to the annual conference of Asia Pacific Association for   International Education, Gold Coast, Australia, 14 April 2010 (Paper, Slides)

Marginson, S. - 'A university education beyond borders: Student   exchange security policy', Seminar sponsored by the Center for the   Advancement of Higher Education, Tohoku University, Japan, 23 July 2010 (Paper, Slides)

Marginson, S. - 'Tigers burning bright', Times Higher Education, 17 June 2010

Marginson, S. - 'Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific   2010: The certain rise of the “Confucian Model” and the uncertain   prospects for regionalization', keynote speech to international   conference of the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council   of Taiwan, Taipei, 4 June 2010 (Main paper, short paper and slides)

Simon Marginson at IRU forum

Marginson, S. - 'The landscape in mid 2010: National and global trends and issues in higher education', address to IRU Senior Staff Forum, Cairns, 6 July (2010)

Marginson, S. - Internationalisation -  Linking the two parallel universes – paper to La Trobe University conference on ‘Internationalisation through relationships, 18 June 2010.

Marginson, S. - The Global Potential of Higher Education – opening keynote address by Simon Marginson to the British Council’s Going Global 4 conference, London 25 March 2010 (Slides)

Marginson, S. - International student security – speech by Simon Marginson to the British Council’s Going Global 4 conference, London 26 March 2010 (Slides)

Marginson, S. - International Student Security: Globalization, states, universities, keynote address to the World Universities Forum, Davos, Switzerland, 9-11 January 2010 (Slides), related Times Higher Education article

Marginson, S. - Globalization, Knowledge and Competition in Higher Education, Kumamoto University, 13 October 2009 (Slides)

Marginson, S. - Tradition and change in universities: The case of Australia,              Hijiyama University Japan, 16 October 2009 (Slides)

Marginson, S. - The limits of market reform in higher education, lecture to Research Institute for Higher Education (RIHE), Hiroshima University, Japan, 17 August 2009 (Slides)

Marginson, S. - Presentation on global position and positioning of Australian higher education, to Vice-Chancellor’s Luncheon, James Cook University, 5 May 2009

Marginson, S. - Australian Higher Education and the World: Has the Bradley Report got it right? Speech to NTEU Breakfast forum, RMIT University, Melbourne, 21 April. (Slides)

Marginson, S. - Global strategies of Australian institutions, Financial Review Higher Education Conference 2009, Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney, 9-10 March 2009 (Slides)

Marginson, S - What does the international picture tell us?,   paper presented at the opening forum of the National Centre for Student   Equity, University of South Australia, 25-26 February 2009 (Slides)

Marginson, S. - Global imaginings and strategies in higher education,   paper for panel on ‘Constituting the Knowledge Economy: Governing the   new regional spaces of higher education’, International Studies   Association Conference, New York, 15-18 February 2009

Marginson, S. - Competition   and public goods in higher education:  Public universities in the   context of globalization, markets and the New Public Management, a   conceptual discussion. Prepared for seminar at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 29 January (2009)

Marginson, S. - National system reform in global context: The case of Australia. Paper presented at the conference on Reforms and consequences in higher education system: An international symposium, Center   for National University Finance and Management (CNUFM), National Center   of Sciences, Hitotubashi Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 26 January (2009) (Slides)

Marginson, S. (2008) - “Ideas   of a University” for the global era. Paper for seminar on ‘Positioning   University in the Globalized World: Changing Governance and Coping   Strategies in Asia. Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong   Kong; Central Policy Unit, HKSAR Government; and The Hong Kong Institute   of Education. 10-11 December 2008, The University of Hong Kong. (Slides)

Marginson, Simon - Looking Forwards: What will Swinburne be like in another 50 years? The ‘Idea of a University’ yesterday, today and tomorrow. Final lecture in The Centenary Lectures 2008, Faculty of Life &   Social Sciences, Hawthorn Campus, Swinburne University of Technology, 21   November (2008). (Slides)

Marginson, S. - Globalization,   national development and university rankings. Paper for International   Symposium on ‘University ranking: Global trends and comparative   perspectives’, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam 13 November, 2008. (Slides)

Marginson, S. - ELT   and Globalization: Education and language for national development in   the global knowledge economy. Paper for International Conference:   ‘Rethinking English language education for today’s Vietnam’, Vietnam National University/ Hanoi University of Languages and International Studies, 14 November, 2008. (Slides)

Marginson, S. - Global, multiple and engaged: Has the ‘Idea of a University’ changed in the era of the global knowledge economy? Paper for Fifth International Workshop on Higher Education Reforms,   'The Internationalization of Higher Education and Higher Education   Reforms', Institute of Higher Education, School of Education Sciences,   East China Normal University (ECNU), Shanghai, China, 4-6 November   (2008) Slides

Marginson, S. - The knowledge economy and the potentials of the global public sphere, paper for Beijing Forum 2008, Panel Session V, 'Continuities and change   in world politics: globalization or glocalization?', Peking University,   7-9 November (2008) Slides, Short paper

Marginson, S. - The   Global Knowledge Economy Comes to Town: What does this mean for   American higher education? Is it the end of the University as we know   it? Public Lecture at University of California, Riverside, United States of America, 8 October (2008). Slides

Marginson, S. - A   funny thing happened on the way to the K-economy: The new world order   in higher education. Research rankings, outcomes measures and   institutional classifications, lead plenary paper to annual   conference of the OECD Institutional Management in Higher Education   (IMHE) program, Paris, 8-10 September (2008). SlidesMarginson, S. -Research rankings, outcomes measures and institutional classifications: Value formation in the k-economy,   keynote paper at the annual meeting of the Consortium of Higher   Education Researchers (CHER), Pavia, Italy, 11-13 September (2008).

Marginson, S. - The   sticky fluidity of knowledge work, paper for conference on 'Moving   Ideas and Research Policies: Australian intellectuals in the global   context', 22-23 July, Monash University, Melbourne (2008) Slides

Marginson, S. - What can the University of Melbourne do to enhance the quality of international experience? Provost's Summit, University of Melbourne, 22 July 2008.

Marginson, S. - Trends and Issues in Australian higher education participation, Group of Eight Forum on Higher Education and Social Inclusion, University of Melbourne, 16 July 2008.

Marginson, S. - The Global Higher Education Environment, Melbourne International Planning Week, University of Melbourne, 14 July

Marginson, S - The   External Dimension: Positioning the European Higher Education Area in   the global higher education world, presentation to the seminar on   'Bologna 2020: Unlocking Europe's potential, contributing to a better   world', 19-20 May, Ghent, Belgium (2008)

Marginson, S. - Higher   Education and Globalization: Issues for research Part II : Cross-border   mobility, flows and the globalization of the academic profession, paper for the Executive Forum of the European Association for International Education, Berlin, 29 February (2008) Slides

Marginson, S. - Global University rankings,   paper for symposium, 'Comparing colleges: the implications of   classification, ranking and peer analysis for research and practice',   annual conference of the Association for Studies in Higher Education,   Louisville, Kentucky, USA, 6-10 November (2007) Slides

Marginson, S. - Yes   Virginina, these are human agents and they have histories: ways of   rethinking the research construction of 'international students',   paper for symposium, 'Reconceptualizing international students:   exploring identities and roles from alternative perspectives', paper for   International Forum of the annual conference of the Association for   Studies in Higher Education, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, 6-10 November   (2007) Slides

Marginson, S. - Academic self-determination and radical-critical breaks in knowledge,   paper for symposium, 'University autonomy and academic freedom in space   and time: commonalities, variations, trends', paper for International   Forum of the annual conference of the Association for Studies in Higher   Education, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, 6-10 November (2007) Slides

Marginson, S. - Global flows and global field: a theoretical framing of worldwide relations of power in higher education,   paper for International Forum of the annual conference of the   Association for Studies in Higher Education, Louisville, Kentucky, USA,   6-10 November (2007) Slides

Marginson, S. - Higher education in the global knowledge economy,   paper presented to Panel Session VIII, Social Change and University   Development, at the Beijing Forum 2007, Peking University, 2-4 November   (2007) Presentation Slides

Marginson, S.The global positioning of Australian higher education: where to from here?, inaugural professorial lecture, Dean’s Lecture Series, Faculty of Education, 16 October (2007) Presentation

Marginson, S. The 2007 edition of Education at a Glance: Where does Australia sit in the OECD Comparison?, paper to Melbourne CSHE Seminar on ‘Ideas and Issues in Higher Education’, 15 October (2007) Presentation

Marginson, S. International comparisons can be fun, paper to Melbourne CSHE Seminar on ‘Ideas and Issues in Higher Education’, 15 October (2007)

Marginson, S. - Australian higher education in global context, presentation to Professional Development Program, University of Melbourne, 20 September (2007)

Marginson, S. - Policy settings and system relations in higher education, presentation at DEST staff seminar, Canberra, 13 September (2007)

Marginson, S. - Australian education (mostly higher education) in global context, presentation to the Department of Premier and Cabinet, Victoria, 31 August (2007)

Marginson, S. - Rankings - Market mana or menace? Paper for the 16th Annual New Zealand International Education   Conference, 'The Big Picture’, 8-10 August, Christchurch, New Zealand   (2007) Presentation

Marginson, S. – Global setting, national policy and higher education                  in 2007, paper at seminar on 'Advancing Tertiary Education',                  Education, Science and the Future of Australia: A Public Seminar                  Series on Policy, University of Melbourne, 9 July Presentation

Marginson, S. – Higher education, the 2007 Federal election and                  beyond, keynote address to the annual conference of the Higher                  Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA),                  Adelaide, 8 July (2007) Presentation

Marginson, S. – In the global context: national policy on international                  education, Paper for University of Melbourne Centre for Public Policy                  and Centre for the Study of Higher Education symposium, 'Higher                  Education and the 2007 Federal Election: Global Markets and Local                  Policy', 5 June 2007

Marginson, S. – The Economics of Education: The future of higher                  education in Australia, Paper for the Committee for the Economic                  Development of Australia (CEDA) Forum, Melbourne, 13 June 2007

Marginson, S. – Are neo-liberal reforms friendly to academic freedom                  and creativity? Some theoretical and practical reflections on the                  constituents of academic self-determination in research universities,                  University of Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education                  Seminar, ‘Ideas and Issues in Higher Education’, 28 May 2007

Marginson, S. – Federal/state relations in education and the 2006 Work                  Relations case, paper presented at an Institute of Public                  Administration Australia (IPAA) & Academy of Social Sciences Australia                  (ASSA) Policy Roundtable on Federalism, 17-18 May, University of                  Canberra, Canberra (2007)

Marginson, S. – Going Global:  Trends in higher education and research in the APEC                  region, paper to the APEC HRD Working Group Symposium on Education                  Policy Challenges, Brisbane, 17 April (2007)

Marginson, S. – Global university rankings: where to from here? Paper to the conference of the Asia-Pacific Association for   International Education, National University of Singapore, 9 March   (2007)

Marginson, S. – “One little piece of endless sky… ” Global flows and global field: Imagining worldwide relations of power in higher education,   paper to ESRC-funded seminar on ‘Geographies of Knowledge/Geometries of   Power: Global Higher Education in the 21st Century’, Gregynog, Wales,   5-7 February (2007)

Marginson, S. – Global university rankings at the end of 2006: Is this the hierarchy we have to have? OECD/IMHE & Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, Germany, Workshop on   Institutional Diversity: Rankings and typologies in higher education,   Bonn, 4-5 December (2006)

Marginson, S. – Hayekian neo-liberalism and academic freedom, Keynote address to Philosophy of Education Society of Australia, Women’s College, University of Sydney, 23 November (2006)

Marginson, S. – Globalisation and Higher Education:  Capacity and strategy in the Asia-Pacific, GUNI-AP (UNESCO) conference, Bangkok Thailand, 9-11 November (2006)

Marginson, S. – Power, politics and university reform from a global perspective,   Symposium, Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual   Meeting, International Forum, Anaheim, California, 2 November (2006)

Marginson, S. – Rethinking and Re-imagining Rankings: Multiple models for world class universities,   Symposium, Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual   Meeting, International Forum, Anaheim, California, 1 November (2006)

Marginson, S. – Mission and identity for a post post-public university era,   Keynote address to 6th Annual National Conference on University   Governance, Old Parliament House, Canberra, 10-11 October (2006) Presentation

Marginson, S. – Global university rankings: private and public goods, 19th Annual Consortium of Higher Education Researchers of Europe conference, Kassel, Germany, 7-9 September (2006)

Marginson, S. – The   global space: Some strategic implications for research-intensive   universities, of cross-border flows and global rankings ‘Leading the   Next Phase of Internationalisation’, U21 conference, Auckland, 10 May (2006)

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Other publications

Research reports, policy reports and submissions

Marginson, S. Hong Kong Higher Education Review (HER) External Expert Report, June (2009)

Marginson, S. Preliminary submission to the Australian Government Review of Australian Higher Education, 21 April (2008)

Marginson, S. & Eijkman, H. – International education: Financial and organizational impacts in Australian universities, report prepared for the Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements, Monash University, Melbourne, July (2007)

Marginson, S., Weko, T., Channon, N., Luukkonen, T. & Oberg, J. – Thematic Review of Tertiary Education: The Netherlands, Country Note,                  Directorate of Education, Education and Training Policy Division,                OECD, Paris, OECD (2007)

Marginson, S. & van der Wende, M. Globalisation and Higher Education,                  Education Working Paper Number 8, Organisation for Economic                  Cooperation and Development, OECD, Paris, 6 July (2007)

Marginson, S. & McBurnie, G. – Cross-border post-secondary education                  in the Asia-Pacific region, for OECD, Internationalisation and Trade                in Higher Education, OECD, Paris, pp. 137-204 (2004)

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Articles in refereed journals

Marginson, S. – Student self-formation in international education. Journal of Studies in International Education, 18 (1), pp. 6-22 (2014).

Marginson, S. – Academic freedom: A global comparative approach. Frontiers of Education in China, 9 (1), pp. 24-41 (2014).

Marginson, S. – University rankings and social science. European Journal of Education, 49 (1), pp. 45-59 (2014)

Marginson, S. - Richard A. Hartnett: The Jixia academy and the birth of higher learning in China, 2011. Higher Education, 68 (2), 323-324 (2014).

Marginson, S. – Education and Neoliberal Globalization. Review Essay on Carlos Torres book. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 35 (3), pp. 460-464 (2014).

Marginson, S. – A response from Simon Marginson. Part of ‘Responses to Yang Rui’s “China’s Strategy for Internationalization of Higher Education: An Overview”’. Frontiers of Education in China, 9 (2), pp. 163-187 (2014).

Marginson, S. – The impossibility of capitalist markets in higher education. Peking University Education Review, 12 (1), pp. 17-35 (2014). [In Chinese. Slightly different version published in Journal of Education Policy, 28 (3), pp. 353-370 (2013)]

Williams, R., De Rassenfosse, G., Jensen, P. & Marginson, S. – The determinants of quality national higher education systems. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 35 (6), pp. 599-611 (2013). [here]

Marginson, S. – The impossibility of capitalist markets in higher education. Journal of Education Policy, 28 (3), pp. 353-370 (2013). [here]

Ramia, G., Marginson, S. & Sawir, E.. The regulation of international student welfare in Australia. Journal of Australian Political Economy, 71, pp. 106-129 (2013).

Dang, K.A & Marginson, S. - Global learning through the lens of Vygotskian sociocultural theory. Critical Studies in Education, 54 (2), pp. 143-159 (2013). [here]

Pusser, B. & Marginson, S. – University rankings in critical perspective. The Journal of Higher Education, 84 (4), pp. 544-568 (2013). [here]

Marginson, S. - Including the Other: Regulation of the human rights of mobile students in a nation-bound world. Higher Education, 63 (4), pp. 497-512 (2012). [here]

Sawir, E., Marginson, S, Forbes-Mewett, H., Nyland, C. & Ramia, G. – International student security and English language proficiency. Journal of Studies in International Education, 16 (5), pp. 434-454 (2012). [here]

Marginson, S. – Higher education and public good. Higher Education Quarterly, 65 (4), pp. 411-433 (2011). [here]

Marginson, S. – It’s a long way down: The underlying tensions in the education export industry, Australian Universities Review, 53 (2), pp. 21-33 (2011). [here]

Marginson, S. – Equity, status and freedom: A note on higher education, Cambridge Journal of Education, 41 (1), pp. 23-36 (2011).

Marginson, S. – Higher education and global public good(s). Dialogue, published by the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, 30 (1), pp. 21-29 (2011).

Marginson, S. – Higher Education in East Asia and Singapore: Rise of the Confucian Model, Higher Education, 61 (5), pp. 587-611 (2011)

Marginson, S. – Higher education in the Asia-Pacific: Rise of the Confucian model, Evaluation in Higher Education, 4 (2), pp. 21-53 (2010)

Marginson, S. – The limits of market reform in higher education. Higher Education Forum, 7, March, pp. 1-19. Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University (2010).

Nyland, C., Forbes-Mewett, H. and Marginson, S. The international student safety debate: Moving beyond denial. Higher Education Research and Development, 29 (1), 89-101 (2010).

Marginson, S. –  International student security: Globalization, state, university. Journal of the World Universities Forum, 3 (3) pp. 49-58 (2010).

Marginson, S. – Hayekian liberalism and academic freedom. Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice, 1 (1), 86-114 (2009).

Marginson, S. – Global perspectives and strategies of Asia-Pacific research universities. Evaluation in Higher Education, 3 (2), pp.1-43 (2009).

Sawir, E., Marginson, S., Nyland, C., Ramia, G. & Rawlings-Sanaei, F. – The social and economic security of international students: A New Zealand study, Higher Education Policy, 22 (4), pp. 461-482 (2009)

Forbes-Mewett, H., Marginson, S., Nyland, C., Ramia, G. & Sawir, E., Australian University International Student Finances, Higher Education Policy, 22 (2), 141-161 (2009)

Marginson, S. – The knowledge economy and higher education: A system for regulating the value of knowledge. Higher Education Management and Policy, 21 (1), pp. 31-46 (2009).

Sawir, E., Marginson, S., Nyland, C., Ramia, G. & Rawlings-Sanaei The Pastoral Care of International Students in New Zealand: Is it more than a consumer protection regime? Journal of Asia-Pacific Education, 29 (1), pp. 45-59 (2009

Marginson, S. – Introduction, Thesis Eleven, 96, pp. 5-8 (2009)

Marginson, S. – Open source knowledge and university rankings, Thesis                  Eleven, 96, pp. 9-39 (2009)

Nyland, C., Forbes-Mewett, H., Marginson, S., Ramia, G., Sawair E. & Smith, S. – International student-workers in Australia: A new vulnerable workforce. Journal of Education and Work, 22 (1), pp. 1-14 (2009)

Marginson, S. – Vers une hégémonie de l’université globale, transl. Rachel Bouyssou, Critique Internationale, 39, April-June, pp. 87-107 (2008).

Marginson, S. – Academic creativity under New Public Management: foundations for an investigation, Educational Theory, 58 (3), pp. 269-287 (2008).

Marginson, S. – The Australian Universities Review: A life (so far), Australian Universities Review, 50 (2), pp. 4-13 (2008)

Marginson, S. – Conditions for an education revolution, Dialogue, The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, 27 (1), pp. 3-16 (2008)

Sawir, E., Marginson, S., Deumert, A., Nyland, C. & Ramia, G – Loneliness and international students – an Australian study, Journal of Studies in International Education, 12 (2), pp. 148-180 (2008)

Marginson, S - Global field and global imagining: Bourdieu and worldwide higher education, British Journal of Sociology of Education, 29 (3), pp. 303-315 (2008)

Marginson, S. - Higher education in the global knowledge economy. In Chinese, Peking University Education Review (2007)

Marginson, S. and van der Wende, M. - To rank or be ranked? The impact of global rankings in higher education, Journal of Studies in International Education, 11 (3/4), pp. 306-329 (2007)

Marginson, S. - Global University Rankings: Implications in general                    and for Australia, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management,                   29(2), pp. 131–142 (2007)

Snyder, I., Lewis, T. & Marginson, S. – 'An alignment of the planets':                  mapping the intersections between pedagogy, technology and management                  in Australian universities, Journal of Higher Education Policy and                Management, 29 (2), pp. 187-202 (2007)

Marginson, S. – Global position and position-taking: the case of Australia, Journal of Studies in International Education, 11 (1), pp. 5-32, (2007)

Marginson, S. - Globalisation, the   ‘idea of a university’ and its ethical regimes, Higher Education   Management and Policy, 19 (1), pp. 19-34 (2007)

Marginson, S. - University mission and identity for a post post-public era, Higher Education Research and Development, 26 (1), pp. 117-131 (2007)

Marginson, S. – The public/private division in higher education: a global revision, Higher Education, 53, pp. 307-333   (2007)

Marginson, S. – Putting ‘public’ back into the public university, Thesis Eleven, 84, pp. 44-59 (2006)

Marginson, S. – Dynamics of national and global competition in higher education, Higher Education, 52, pp. 1-39 (2006)

Marginson, S. & Sawir, E. - University   leaders’ strategies in the global environment: A comparative study of   Universitas Indonesia and the Australian National University, Higher Education, 52, pp. 343-373 (2006)

Lewis, T., Marginson, S. & Snyder, I. – The networked university? Technology, culture and organisational complexity in contemporary higher education, Higher Education Quarterly, 59 (1), pp. 56-75 (2005)

Marginson, S. & Sawir, E.– Interrogating global flows in higher education, Globalisation, Societies and Education, 3 (3), November, pp. 281-309 (2005)

Deumert, A., Marginson, S., Nyland, C., Ramia, G. & Sawir, E. – Global migration and social protection: The social and economic security of foreign students in Australia, Global Social Policy, 5 (3), pp. 329-352 (2005)

Marginson, S. - They make a desolation   and they call it F. A. Hayek: Australian universities on the brink of   the Nelson reforms, Australian Book Review, 260, April, pp. 28-35 (2004)

Marginson, S. – National and global   competition in higher education, The Australian Educational Researcher,   31 (2), pp. 1-28 (2004)

Marginson, S. – Don’t leave me hanging on the Anglophone: The potential for online distance education in the Asia-Pacific region, Higher Education Quarterly, 58 (2/3), pp. 74-113 (2004)

Marginson, S. – Competition and markets in higher education: a ‘glonacal’ analysis, Journal of Education Policy Futures, 2 (2), pp. 175-244 (2004)

Marginson, S & Rhoades, G. – Beyond national states, markets, and                  systems of higher education: a glonacal agency heuristic, Higher                Education, 43 (3), pp. 281-309 (2002)

Marginson, S. & Mollis, M. – ‘The door opens and the tiger leaps’:                  theories and reflexivities of comparative education for a global                  millenium, Comparative Education Review, 45 (4), pp. 581-615 (2001)

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Other publications since 2004 inclusive chapters
Marginson, S. – University research: The social contribution of university research. In J.C. Shin and U. Teichler (Eds.), The Future of the Post-Massified University at the Crossroads: Restructuring systems and functions, pp. 101-117. Heidelberg: Springer (2014).

Marginson, S. – Higher education as a public good in a marketized East Asian environment. In A. Yonezawa, Y. Kitamura, A. Meerman and K. Kuroda (eds.), Emerging International Dimensions in East Asian Higher Education, pp. 15-33. Dordrecht: Springer (2014).

Marginson, S. – Higher education and public good. In P. Gibbs and R. Barnett (eds.), Thinking About Higher Education, pp. 53-69. Heidelberg: Springer (2013).


Marginson, S. – Emerging higher education in the Post-Confucian heritage zone. In D. Arraya and P. Marber (Eds.), Higher Education in the Global Age, pp. 89-112. New York: Routledge (2013).

Marginson, S. and Marshman, I. – System and structure. In Croucher, G., Marginson, S., Norton, A. & Wells, J. (eds.), The Dawkins Revolution 25 Years On, pp. 56-74. Melbourne: Melbourne University Publishing (2013).

Marginson, S. – Australian-based research in higher education studies. In B. Kehm and C. Musselin (Eds.), The Development of Higher Education Research in Europe: 25 years of CHER, pp. 87-101. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers (2013).

Marginson, S. – Different roads to a shared goal: Political and cultural variation in World-Class Universities. In Q. Wang, Y. Cheng and N.C. Liu (eds.), Building World-Class Universities: Different roads to a shared goal, pp. 13-33. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers (2013). Republished by Springer.

Marginson, S. – The changing geo-politics of creativity: Rise of the Post-Confucian University. In M. Peters and Tina Besley (Eds.), The Creative University, pp. 9-32. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers (2013).

Marginson, S. – Nation-states, educational traditions and the WCU project. In J. Shin and B. Khem (eds.), Institutionalization of World-Class University in Global Competition, pp. 59-77. Dordrecht: Springer (2013).

Pusser, B. and Marginson, S. - The elephant in room: Power, global rankings and the study of higher education organizations. In M. Bastedo (ed.) The Organization of Higher Education, pp. 86-117. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (2012)

Marginson, S. - Korkeakoululaitos omaehtoisena ja yhteiskuunallisena instituutiona – julkisen ja yksityisen uudelleen arviontia. In H. Aittola & T. Saarinen, Kannattaako Korkeakoulutus? Artikkelikokoelma Korkeakoulututkimuksen XI symposiumista 22.-23.8.2011, pp. 19-39. Jyvaskyla: Jyvaskylan Yliopistoc (2012).

Marginson, S. – International student security. In D. Deardorff, H. de Wit,  J. D. Heyl and T. Adams (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of International Higher Education, pp. 207-221. Los Angeles: Sage (2012).

Marginson, S. – Dynamics of East Asian higher education. In C. Ennew & D. Greenway, The Globalization of Higher Education, pp. 40-53. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan (2012).

Marginson, S. - Equals or Others? Mobile students in a nationally bordered world, in S. Sovic and M. Blythman (eds.) International Students Negotiating Higher Education: Critical perspectives, pp. 9-27. London: Routledge (2012).

Marginson, S. - Higher education in the globalized knowledge economy. In Yen Jun and Shi Xiaoguang (eds.) Higher Education in the Globalized Knowledge Economy, pp. 3-29. Beijing: Peking University Press (2011). Published in Chinese. [published in 2012]

Marginson, S. – Towards a global protocol for mobile students: Lessons from the Australian experience of international education. In I. Snyder and J. Nieuwenhuysen (eds.), A Home Away From Home: International students in Australian and South African higher education, pp. 21-44. Clayton: Monash University Publishing (2011).

Marginson, S. – The new world order in higher education: Research rankings, outcomes measures and institutional classifications. In M. Rostan and M. Vaira, Questioning Excellence in Higher Education: Policies, issues and challenges in comparative perspective. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, pp. 21-38 (2011).

Marginson, S. & Sawir, E. - Student security in the global education market. In Holden, C., Kilkey, M. and Ramia, G. (eds.), Social Policy Review, 23, pp. 283-305 (2011).

Marginson, S. - Global perspectives and strategies of Asia-Pacific universities, in N.C. Liu, Q. Wang and Y. Cheng (eds.), Paths to a World-Class University: Lessons from practices and experiences, pp. 3-27. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers (2011).

Marginson, S. and Ordorika, I. - ‘El central volumen de la fuerza’ Global hegemony in higher education and research. In D. Rhoten and C. Calhoun, Knowledge Matters: The public mission of the research university, pp. 67-129. New York: Columbia University Press (2011)

Marginson, S. – How universities have been positioned as teams in a knowledge economy world cup, in J. Blackmore, M. Brennan and L. Zipin (Eds.), Re-positioning University Governance and Academic Work. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, pp. 17-33 (2010).

Marginson, S. - The global knowledge economy and the culture of comparison in higher education. In S. Kaur, Morshidi Sirat and W. Tierney (eds.) Quality Assurance and University Rankings in Higher Education in the Asia Pacific: Challenges for universities and nations, pp. 23-55. Penang: Universiti Sains Malaysia Press (2010).

Marginson, S. – Global comparisons and the university knowledge economy, in Portnoi, L., Rust, V., and Bagley, S. (eds.), Higher Education, Policy, and the Global Competition Phenomenon, pp. 29-41 New York: Palgrave MacMillan (2010).

Marginson, S. - The external dimension: Positioning the European Higher Education Area in the global higher education world . In B. Kehm, J. Huisman & Stensaker, B. (eds.). The European Higher Education Area: Perspectives on a moving target, pp. 297-321. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers (2009).

Marginson, S. -  The academic professions in the global era, in J. Enders and E. de Weert (eds.), The Academic Profession and the Modernization of Higher Education: Analytical and comparative perspectives, Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 96-113 (2009)

Marginson, S. & Van der Wende, M. – The new global landscape of nations and institutions. In Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, Higher Education to 2030. Volume 2: Globalisation, pp. 17-62. Paris: OECD (2009).

Marginson, S. & Van der Wende, M. – Europeanisation, university rankings and faculty mobility: Three cases in higher education globalisation. In Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, Higher Education to 2030. Volume 2: Globalisation, pp. 109-172. Paris: OECD (2009).

Marginson, S. – Notes on globalization and higher education: With some reference to the case of Australia. In R. Trilokekar, G. Jones and A. Shubert (eds.) Canada’s Universities Go Global, pp. 17-64 Toronto: James Lorimer and Company (2009).

Marginson, S. – University rankings, government and social order: managing the field of higher education according to the logic of the performative present-as-future, in M. Simons, M. Olssen & M. Peters (eds.) Re-reading Education Policies: A handbook studying the policy agenda of the 21st century. Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp. 584-604 (2009).

Marginson, S. – Universities, in R. Manne (ed.) Dear Mr Rudd, Black Inc., Melbourne (2008).

Marginson, S. – The elite public universities in Australia, in D. Palfreyman and T. Tapper (eds.) Structuring Mass Higher Education: The role of elite institutions, Routledge, New York, 237-255 (2008).

Marginson, S. – Introduction, in S. Marginson & R. James (ed.), Education Science and the Future: Public policies for a changing Australia, pp. 1-11 (2008).

Marginson, S. – Global setting, national policy and higher education, in S. Marginson & R. James (ed.), Education Science and the Future: Public policies for a changing Australia, pp. 87-111 (2008)

Marginson, S. – Five somersaults in Enschede: Rethinking                  public/private in higher education for the global era, in J. Enders &                  B. Jongbloed (eds.) Public-Private Dynamics in Higher Education,                Springer, Dordrecht [accepted 7 September 2005, in press]

Berman, E.H. with S. Marginson, R. Preston, B.E.   McLennan & R.F. Arnove, The political economy of educational reform   in Australia, England and Wales, and the United States, in R.F. Arnove   and C.A. Torres (eds.) Comparative Education: The dialectic of the global and the local, Rowan and Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, 3rd edition (2007)

Marginson, S., The new higher education landscape:   public and private goods, in global/national/local settings, in S.   Marginson (Ed.) Prospects of Higher Education: Globalization, market competition, public goods and the future of the university, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam (2007).

Marginson, S., Global university rankings, in S. Marginson (Ed.) Prospects of Higher Education: Globalization, market competition, public goods and the future of the university, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam (2007).

Marginson, S. – National and global competition in higher education,                  on B. Lingard & J. Ozga (eds.) The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Education                Policy and Politics, Routledge, London, pp. 131-153 (2007)

Marginson, S. – Revisiting the definitions of ‘internationalisation’                  and ‘globalisation’, in J. Enders & F. van Vught (eds.), Towards a                  Cartography of Higher Education Policy Change: A Festschrift in honour                  of Guy Neave, Center for Higher Education Policy Studies, University                of Twente, Enschede, pp. 213-219 (2007)

Marginson, S. – Freedom as control and the control of freedom: F.A.                  Hayek and the academic imagination, in C. Kayrooz, G. Akerlind and M.                  Tight (eds.), Autonomy in Social Science Research. The view from                  United Kingdom and Australian universities. International Perspectives                  on Higher Education Research, Vol. 4. Elsevier, Amsterdam. pp. 67-104,                Elsevier (2006)

Marginson, S. – Rethinking the   economics of education; The public/private divide in higher education,   in B. Grewal and M. Kumnick, Engaging the New World: Responses to the   knowledge economy, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, pp. 53-76   (2006)

Marginson, S. – Cities of angels and   the barbarians at the gates, in J. Enders, J. File, J. Huisman & D.   Westerheijden (eds.) The European Higher Education and Research   Landscape 2020: Scenarios and strategic debates, Centre for Higher   Education Policy Studies, University of Twente, Enschede, pp. 209-215   (2005)

Marginson, S. – Education and human   capital, in P. Saunders & J. Walter (eds.) Ideas and Influence:   Social Science and Public Policy in Australia, UNSW Press, Sydney, pp.   64-84 (2005)

Marginson, S. – Going global:   governance implications of cross-border traffic in higher education, in   W. Tierney (ed.), Competing Conceptions of Academic Governance:   Negotiating the perfect storm, The Johns Hopkins University Press,   Baltimore, pp. 1-32 (2004)

Marginson, S. – Higher education, in R.   Manne (ed.) The Howard Years, Black Inc. Agenda, Melbourne, pp. 216-244   (2004)

Marginson, S. & McBurnie, G. –   Cross-border post-secondary education in the Asia-Pacific region, for   OECD, Internationalisation and Trade in Higher Education, OECD, Paris,   pp. 137-204 (2004)

Marginson, S. –Australian higher education: national   and global markets, in P. Teixeira, B. Jongbloed, D. Dill & A.   Amaral (eds.) Markets in Higher Education: Rhetoric or reality?, Kluwer,   Dordrecht, pp. 207-240 (2004)

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Review essays & handbook/encyclopedia entries

Marginson, S. - Richard A. Hartnett: The Jixia academy and the birth of higher learning in China, 2011. Higher Education. Published online as DOI 10.1007/s10734-013-9687-8 (2013). [here]

Marginson, S. - National and International Rankings of Higher Education. In B. McGaw, P. Peterson and E. Baker (eds.) The International Encyclopedia of Education, Volume 4, 3rd Edition, Elsevier, Oxford, pp. 546-55 (2010)

Marginson, S. – Understanding the international student experience. Review of Catherine Montgomery’s book of that title, Times Higher Education, 27 February (2010).

Marginson, S. – Education Policy, in B. Galligan and W. Roberts (eds) Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, Oxford University Press, Oxford (2007)

Marginson, S. – Have global academic flows created a global academic labour market? in D. Epstein, R. Boden, R. Deem, F. Rizvi & S. Wright (eds.) World Yearbook of Education 2008. Geographies of Knowledge, Geometries of Power: framing the future of higher education, Routledge, New York, pp. 305-318 (2007).

Marginson, S. – Australia, in J. Forrest and P.   Altbach (eds) International Handbook of Higher Education, Springer, pp.   587-611, (2006)

Marginson, S. – Education, in P. Beilharz and   T. Hogan (eds) Sociology: Place, time and division, Oxford University   Press, Oxford, pp. 242-246(2006)

Marginson, S. – Shakespeare, Einstein and the bottom line, review of book of that title by David Kirp, Teachers College Record, 108 (5), pp. 434-438 (2006)

Marginson, S. – Engaging democratic education in the neo-liberal age, Educational Theory 56 (2), pp. 205-219 (2006)

Marginson, S. – The Anglo-American university at its global high tide, Minerva, 44, pp. 65-87 (2006)

Marginson, S. – Monash University, in A.   Brown-May and S. Swain (eds.) The Encylopedia of Melbourne, revised   edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p. 482 (2005)

Marginson, S. – Bright networks and dark   spaces: implications of Manuel Castells for higher education, Academe   Online, American Association of University Professors, 90 (3), May-June   (2004)

Published conference proceedings
Deumert, A., Marginson, S., Nyland, C., Ramia, G. & Sawir,   E. - ‘The social and economic security of international students in   Australia:  a study of 200 student cases’, paper to the annual   conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education,   Melbourne, 28 November to 2 December (2004)

Deumert, A., Marginson, S., Nyland, C., Ramia, G. &   Sawir, E. -Factors affecting the social and economic security of   international students: first results from student interviews, paper to   the 15th annual conference of the International Student Advisors Network   of Australia (ISANA), 1-3 December (2004)

Burnheim, C. & Marginson, S. – Social capital and   higher education institutions, symposium paper at the annual conference   of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Melbourne, 28   November to 2 December (2004)

Marginson, S. – Markets in higher education – national   and global competition, Radford Memorial Lecture to the annual   conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education   conference, Auckland New Zealand, 2 December (2003). http://www.aare.edu.au

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