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Email

pwoelert@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Associate Professor
Faculty of Education - Admin
Education
PhD
University of New South Wales
Masters (Research)
University of Frankfurt
ORCID

0000-0002-0511-4176

A/Prof Peter Woelert

Associate Professor
Faculty of Education

56 Scholarly works
4 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Administrative burden in Australian universities: Insights into dimensions and drivers from a nationwide survey
    DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scaf029
  • 2026

    Journal article

    The rise of a “casualised” workforce: A conceptual account of the institutional forces legitimising contingent academic employment in Australia
    DOI: 10.1007/s10734-025-01405-3
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Strategic Bureaucracy: The Convergence of Bureaucratic and Strategic Management Logics in the Organizational Restructuring of Universities
    DOI: 10.1007/s11024-024-09535-1
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Fewer restructures, more consultation, better recognition: key recommendations on tackling administrative burdens from Australian universities’ professional staff
    DOI: 10.1080/1360080X.2025.2478135
  • 2024

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    A Comparative Analysis of the Administrative Demands Placed on University Professors in Germany and Australia
  • 2024

    Book Chapter

    Polarisation and casualisation: The changing academic workforce at Australian universities
    DOI: 10.4337/9781803926865
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Breaking the mould: A comparative study of ‘radical’ university curriculum reforms in a context of global-local policy flows
    DOI: 10.1080/03057925.2022.2092720
Peter Woelert

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2023

    Book Chapter

    The evaluative state, the evaluative society-and beyond
    DOI: 10.4337/9781800888074.00030
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Administrative burden in higher education institutions: a conceptualisation and a research agenda
    DOI: 10.1080/1360080X.2023.2190967
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Administrative transformation and managerial growth: A longitudinal analysis of changes in the non-academic workforce at Australian universities
    DOI: 10.1007/s10734-021-00759-8
  • 2022

    Media

    What unis can do to ease their admin burdens

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2016

    Internal Research Grant

    Performance-Based Governance in Australian Universities: A Case of ‘Coercive’ Isomorphism?
  • 2016

    Internal Research Grant

    Between Autonomy and Control: University Governance in Australia & Germany
  • 2014

    Research Contracts

    Understanding the Structures and Effects of Research Collaboration

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