People
Academic Staff
Associate Professor Gwilym Croucher
Associate Professor James Waghorne
Professor Christopher Ziguras
Professional Staff
Honorary
Graduate Researchers
The CSHE Graduate Researchers are completing graduate research (either a doctoral or master's project) or are undertaking a Doctor of Education degree and have a principal supervisor who is a CSHE staff member or Fellow. Graduate Researchers take an active role in the CSHE community, contributing to Centre events and symposiums. Graduate Researchers have access to Centre facilities, including a desk.
If you are interested in undertaking a research degree with the Centre, you can find more informatio here. Graduate researchers from other universities interested in spending a semester with the Centre can submit an expression of interest here.
Current Graduate Researchers
Shangwei Fang
Thesis title: China’s policies on recognising overseas professional qualifications: Formulation, implementation, and outcomes
Research interests: International qualification recognition, higher education internationalisation, international research collaboration, research innovation
Supervisors: Prof Chris Ziguras & A/Prof Gwilym Croucher
Mariyam Nazviya
Thesis title: The value of higher education for young adults in Australian Universities
Research interests: Higher education student experience, student mental well-being, internationalisation in education, educational technologies, and higher education policy
Supervisors: Prof Chi Baik & Dr Tracii Ryan
Anna Russell
Thesis title: The implementation of generative artificial intelligence technologies within higher education humanities faculties for the success of graduates and the maintained relevance of the qualifications
Research interests: Higher education policy for the humanities, artificial intelligence in education, and academic integrity
Supervisors: Prof Christopher Ziguras & Dr Mat Hardy
Võ Phan Mỹ Trà
Thesis title: From mutual understanding to mutual recognition: ASEAN's higher education regionalism through intraregional policy learning
Research interests: Sociology of higher education, higher education policies, higher education internationalisation, regionalisation and regionalism
Supervisors: Prof Christopher Ziguras & A/Prof Gwilym Croucher
Bohan Yang
Thesis title: Student agency in higher education: Chinese students’ self-formation in the context of social inequality
Research interests: Higher education, student agency, social justice and equity
Supervisors: Dr Tracii Ryan & Dr Samantha Marangell
Edward Zhang
Thesis title: Chinese international students' transition in the Australian universities
Research interests: Higher education, international students' experience, students' well-being, socioeconomically disadvantaged students, and social equity
Supervisors: Prof Christopher Ziguras, Dr Samantha Marangell & Dr Tracii Ryan
Boya Zhao
Thesis title: International students' engagement in the Australian job market
Research interests: International students' experience, graduate outcomes, employability and student agency
Supervisors: Prof Chi Baik & Dr Samantha Marangell
Research Associates
CSHE Research Associates are University of Melbourne staff who work closely with the Centre on projects and graduate research supervision.
