We are pleased to also announce our keynote speakers for the conference.
Wednesday 27th Nov opening keynote: Oceanic Excellence: Redefining the educative comparative, Professor Peter Anderson, Griffith University
Professor Peter Anderson is from the Walpiri and Murinpatha peoples of the Northern Territory and is Professor and Director Indigenous Research Unit at Griffith University. Professor Anderson’s research spans the area of Australian Indigenous education, educational systems, curriculum and pedagogical interventions and the intersecting relationships with indigenous peoples both globally and domestically. A Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Science and member of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and a Lifelong Fellow of the Atlantic Institute at Oxford University. He also holds research advisory positions for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, the Diversity Council of Australia and the Australian Education Research Association.
Thursday 28th Nov keynote: Challenging Western and White discourses through decolonial theories & practices across educational leadership & learning, Professor Jioji Ravulo, University of Sydney
Professor Jioji Ravulo is the Professor and Chair of Social Work and Policy Studies at The University of Sydney, and an Adjunct Professor at The University of the South Pacific. His father is iTaukei (indigenous) Fijian, and late mother is Anglo Australian. Jioji’s research, writing and areas of interest include alcohol and other drugs, young people, diversity and inclusion, educational engagement, decoloniality and critical Whiteness. He has been involved and invited to author over 100 publications, including peer reviewed journal articles, scholarly book chapters, research reports, and opinion pieces.
Friday 29th Nov keynote panel: title tbc
This keynote panel of distinguished comparative and international education researchers and practitioners will share their reflections on the state of education and education research today, and the contribution that CIE as a field has to make. The panel discussion will be facilitated by Dr Eve Coxon, CNZM, Honorary Associate Professor at University of Auckland, former President of OCIES and Vice President of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies.
Keynote Panel Members:
Dr Seu’ula Johansson-Fua, University of the South Pacific (USP). Seu’ula Johansson-Fua was born and raised in Tonga. Her genealogy is deeply connected to ancient Tonga. She lives in Tonga with her family and has been working for USP for 20 years. Seu’ula is currently Director of the Institute of Education of USP, which is mandated to support USP member countries with advancing their education policy, planning and programs. Seu’ula also plays an active role in regional coordination, with a particular focus on centering indigenous knowledge and approaches in education development policy.
Professor Ly Tran, School of Education, Deakin University, Australia. She was a lecturer at Hue University, Vietnam prior to coming to Australia. Her research focuses on international education, student mobilities, graduate employability, and the education-migration nexus. Her latest books include East and Southeast perspectives on the internationalisation of higher education: Policies, Practices and Prospects (Routledge) with Tracy Zou and Hiroshi Ota and Internationalisation of the Curriculum: A Comparative Perspective across Australian and Vietnamese Universities (Routledge) with Huong Phan and Jill Blackmore. Ly is the Founder of Australia-Vietnam International Education Centre. She was named as one of Australia and ASEAN ‘Top 50’ voices on international education 2023 and won the Inaugural Shining Star Achievement in Research Award in the Noam Chomsky Global Connections Awards.
Professor Emeritus Terri Seddon, La Trobe University and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences and the Australian College of Educators. Qualified in natural and social sciences, she re-reads space-times of learning contextually to understand how learners of all ages drive social, cultural and ecological continuity and change. Currently, completing formal studies in Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT, Terri writes as first-generation Australian, biker-hiker and transnational researcher, and a series editor of the World Yearbook of Education from 2006 to 2021. As expert of her own life, she questions our times, our choices and our stories that create opportunities for action on hothouse Earth.