Speakers
Keynote speaker
Professor Simon Marginson
Oxford University
Simon Marginson is Professor of Higher Education at the University of Oxford, Director of the ESRC/RE Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), Joint Editor-in-Chief of Higher Education, and a Professorial Associate of the Melbourne Centre for Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in UK and of the Society for Research into Higher Education, and a member of Academia Europaea. Simon’s research is focused primarily on global and international higher education, higher education in East Asia, global science, and higher education and the common good. He is widely published (Google Scholar h-index 80). Recent books include Changing higher education in East Asia, edited with Xin Xu (Bloomsbury, 2022). Forthcoming is Assessing the contributions of higher education, edited with Brendan Cantwell, Daria Platonova and Anna Smolentseva (Edward Elgar, 2023).
With sessions featuring (in alphabetical order):
Prof Sophie Arkoudis
Sophie Arkoudis is Professor in Higher Education and Director of the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education. Professor Arkoudis is a national and international researcher in higher education.
Prof Chi Baik
Professor in Higher Education and Deputy Director of the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education.
Prof Jill Blackmore
Alfred Deakin Professor in Education, Faculty of Arts and Education. a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences and Vice-President of the Australian Association of University Professors.
Jon Chew
Jon Chew is Global Head of Insights and Analytics at Navitas, and one of Australia's foremost experts in international education market trends.
A/Prof Gwilym Croucher
Associate Professor Gwilym Croucher is a Professor in Higher Education Policy and Management at the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education.
Prof Andrew Norton
Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy at the Centre for Social Research and Methods at the Australian National University. He is also an honorary fellow at the Melbourne CSHE.
Prof Sarah O'Shea
An award-winning professor educator and internationally recognised researcher, who applies sociological perspectives to the study of higher education equity.
Prof Ly Tran
Professor in the School of Education, Deakin University and an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow.
Prof Michael Wesley
Professor Michael Wesley is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global, Culture & Engagement) at the University of Melbourne. Also, Professor of Politics at the University of Melbourne. His research and writing focuses on Australian foreign policy and the International Affairs of Asia and the Pacific.
Prof Tracey West
Dr Tracey West is known for her research expertise in financial literacy and gender issues facing retirement savings policy and financial education.
Prof Chris Ziguras
Professor of Global Studies and leads the University's global studies, languages, and translating and interpreting disciplines.