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Prof

Simon Marginson

Honorary
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
social sciences
education & educational research
globalization
higher education
china
higher-education
globalisation
research
international students
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Prof

Simon Marginson

 
Division
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
 
Primary Interest
Higher education studies
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Projects

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Development and trial of Employer Satisfaction Survey

2013 - 2014
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STRATEGIC REVIEW OF AID FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH CAPACITY AND CONSEQUENCES FOR THE AUSTRALIAN AID PROGRAM

2012 - 2012
Completed
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University position-taking strategies in the global environment: a cross-country study of the Asia-Pacific region

Much of Asia is developing, modernising and globalising at a rapid pace. Higher education, science and research are central and are growing ..

2008 - 2011
Completed
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Boundary making and strategy making in knowledge-forming organisations

Government policy is devoted to bettering linkages between university research and commercial product development in the knowledge economy. ..

2008 - 2011
Completed
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PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION OR RECOGNITION

2009 - 2009
Completed
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THE USE OF THE TITLE PROFESSOR

2009 - 2009
Completed
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HIGHER EDUCATION REVIEW 2009 - STUDY OF EMERGING ISSUES AND TRENDS IN AUSTRALIA

2009 - 2009
Completed
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INTERNATIONALISING SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION IN VICTORIA

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INTERNATIONALISING SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION IN VICTORIA

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THE ENTERPRISE UNIVERSITY AS NETWORKED UNIVERSITY: INVESTIGATING THE CONTRIBUTIONN OF AUSTRALIAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS TO SOCIAL CAPITAL

As well as creating benefits for individuals, higher education contributes broader social, economic and cultural benefits or 'public goods'...

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Project Types

7

Research Contracts

3

Research Grant

1

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

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Global science and national comparisons: beyond bibliometrics and scientometrics

Simon Marginson

Journal article  |  2021  |  COMPARATIVE EDUCATION

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One country, two political cultures: What way forward for Hong Kong's universities?

Simon Marginson

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The review essay introduces and discusses Wing-Wah Law's 2019 book Politics, Managerialism and University Governance: Lessons from..

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Massification, diversification and internationalisation of higher education in China: Critical reflections of developments in the last two decades

Ka Ho Mok, Simon Marginson

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Against the context of higher education expansion initiated in 1998, this Special Issue sets out to critically examine the major d..

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National modernisation and global science in China

Simon Marginson

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The paper reviews the rapid growth and improvement of science in China since Deng Xiaoping's reforms in the 1980s and especially i..

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What drives global science? The four competing narratives

Simon Marginson

Journal article  |  2021  |  STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Since 1990 there has been remarkable growth and diversification of worldwide capacity and output in science, and a distinctive glo..

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'All things are in flux': China in global science

Simon Marginson

Journal article  |  2021  |  HIGHER EDUCATION

Since 1990, a large and dynamic global science system has evolved, based on grass roots collaboration, and resting on the resource..

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Individual and collective outcomes of higher education: a comparison of Anglo-American and Chinese approaches

Simon Marginson, Lili Yang

Journal article  |  2021  |  GLOBALISATION SOCIETIES AND EDUCATION

The paper compares Anglo-American and Chinese approaches to the outcomes of higher education, primarily but not solely collective ..

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The relentless price of high individualism in the pandemic

Simon Marginson

Journal article  |  2020  |  HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

During the pandemic in the United States and United Kingdom (unlike East Asia and parts of Europe), high individualisation and low..

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China and europe on the new silk road: Connecting universities across eurasia

M Van Der Wende, WC Kirby, N Cai Liu, S Marginson

Book  |  2020

This book presents the outcomes of the research project on “The New Silk Road: Implications for higher education and research coop..

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China meets anglo-america on the new silk road: A comparison of state, society, self, and higher education

S Marginson, L Yang

Book Chapter  |  2020

The New Silk Road strategy and the rise of China in higher education raises the stakes in the engagement between China’s universit..

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Schools and Learning Environments
Education Systems
Specialist Studies in Education
Education Policy, Sociology and Philosophy
Expanding Knowledge
Other Education and Training
Management and Productivity
Learner and Learning
Cultural Studies
Applied Economics

News

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The kids are alright

Frank Oberklaid

The consensus of peer reviewed research going back 30 years is that kids raised in same-sex parented families do just as well emotionally, s..

October 20, 2017
pursuit Article
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Does the budget make us a clever country?

Simon Marginson

Wayne Swan's budget has been disappointing for Labor's education legacy. AAP Image/Lukas CochThe last Labor budget has seen the top ..

May 15, 2013
conversation Article
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Federal budget 2013: expert reactions

Stephen Howes, Arusha Cooray, Ben Spies-Butcher, Cameron Gordon, Carol Johnson, Clive Bean, David Willis, Hal Swerissen, John Quiggin, Lin Crase, Matthew Bailes, Paul Burke, Simon Marginson, Stephen Duckett, Zareh Ghazarian

Federal treasurer Wayne Swan's election year budget has to reconcile huge revenue writedowns with spending promises for schools and the ..

May 14, 2013
conversation Article
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Back to the future: do we need a universities commission?

Simon Marginson

The idea of a universities commission has been floated recently – but is it a good idea? Universities image from www.shutterstock.comThere’s..

November 26, 2012
conversation Article
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Asian century white paper sets tricky targets for universities

Simon Marginson

The white paper sets high standards for Australian universities in the Asian Century. AAP/Paul MillerIn the slip-stream of the Australia in..

October 28, 2012
conversation Article
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Online open education: yes, this is the game changer

Simon Marginson

The rise of open online courses will affect almost every part of higher education, including the international student market in Australia. ..

August 16, 2012
conversation Article
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Australia must overcome superiority complex to learn from rising Asia

Simon Marginson

A British sense of superiority: Australia shows little interest in the Asia, despite its rapid rise. EPA/Made NagiThere will be no more impo..

May 11, 2012
conversation Article
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Wish list for Wayne Swan: what the experts want from the budget

Simon Marginson, Graham White, John Vaz, Michael Rafferty, Paula Lorgelly

"And then there's this…" Will there be any surprises in store for this year's budget? AAPFederal Treasurer Wayne Swan will..

May 7, 2012
conversation Article
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Putting a price on knowledge: the high cost of academic journals

Simon Marginson

Does the cost of academic journals stymie learning? Flickr/the.FirebottleThe phrase ‘publish or perish’ is familiar to all academics, who fa..

July 24, 2011
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The modern university must reinvent itself to survive

Simon Marginson

The dreaming spires of universities must evolve to survive. allaboutuni/flickr Foundation Essay – In 1529 the great monasteries of England..

March 30, 2011
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2011

Melbourne Education Research Institute Research Staff Research Award

Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
2010

Critics Choice Award for the book "Imagination: Three models of the imagination in the age of knowledge economy (with Peter Murphy and Michael Peters)

American Educational Studies Association (AESA)
2008

Woodward Medal for Outstanding Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities 2008

University of Melbourne
2002

Bereday award for the best journal article of 2001 (with Marcela Mollis, University of Buenos Aires)

Comparative and International Education Society
2001

Outstanding Publications Award for 2000 Division J (with Mark Considine)

American Educational Research Association
1997

Award for the outstanding doctoral thesis in the field of education

Australian Association for Educational Research
1997

Harbison-Higinbotham Research Scholarship

University of Melbourne
1997

The Chancellor's Prize for excellence in the doctoral thesis

University of Melbourne
1997

John Smyth Memorial Lecture

Victorian Institute of Educational Research
2007

FACEL - Fellow of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders

2000

FASSA - Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

1994

FACE - Fellow of the Australian College of Education

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Melbourne Graduate School of Education

Honorary

Melbourne Graduate School of Education

Member

ARWU [Academic Ranking of World Universities] International Advisory Board, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Graduate School of Education

Member

Blue Ribbon Panel on Global Engagement, American Council on Education

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Arts

University of Melbourne

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