current employment
Since May 2026 I am Faculty Professor of Education in the Faculty of Education of the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Adjunct Professor of Education at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences.
researcher IDs
Thomson Reuters Researcher ID: C-1318-2010
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-8530-7105
education (degrees)
PhD Honoris Causa, Oulu University, Finland (2013)
PhD Honoris Causa, Örebro University, Sweden (2007)
PhD Honoris Causa, Uppsala University, Sweden (2004)
Doctoraat (PhD) in Education, Leiden University, (October 1992)
‘Doctoraal Examen’ (BA & MA) cum laude in Philosophy (Philosophy of the Social Sciences), Erasmus University Rotterdam, (June 1989)
‘Doctoraal Examen’ (BSc & MSc) cum laude in Education (Philosophy and History of Education), Leiden University, (March 1987)
Teacher's Diploma in Higher Vocational Health Education (Radiography), Leidse Hogeschool, (June 1983)
‘Propedeutisch examen’ in Theology, KTH Amsterdam, (July 1977)
research and scholarship
I conduct theoretical and empirical research and am particularly interested in relationships between education and democracy and the public role of education. My work focuses on education in formal and non-formal settings, with a strong interest in teachers, teaching and teacher education, curriculum, arts education, citizenship education and religious education.
So far my work has been published in 24 languages. I have given numerous presentations in many countries and am always grateful for the interest in my work.
In 2008 my book Beyond Learning (2006) won the 2008 American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Book Award. In 2011 my book with Charles Bingham, Jacques Ranciere: Education, truth, emancipation (2010), won the American Educational Research Association Division B Outstanding Book Award. In 2014 my book The beautiful Risk of Education won the AERA Outstanding Book Award (Division B). In 2020 my book Obstinate Education: Reconnecting School and Society won the annual book award from the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA). During 2011-2012 I was President of the Philosophy of Education Society USA – the first president from outside North America.
My work is visible internationally and attracts a significant number of citations. Google scholar lists a significant number of citations. For those who find such information interesting: I also tend to end up quite high in subject-specific rankings.
