Contact

Email

nyelland@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials

Position
Professor of Early Childhood Studies
Faculty of Education - Admin
Education
Doctorate
The University of Queensland
Masters (Coursework & Research)
Flinders University of South Australia
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
The University of Exeter
ORCID

0000-0002-3096-5845

Prof Nicola Yelland

Professor of Early Childhood Studies
Faculty of Education
273 Scholarly works
2 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Young children's Internet of Toys play at home: Status quo and associations with academic performance
    DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2025.105505
  • 2026

    Journal article

    A global childhoods research collective: Conceptualising global childhoods through reflections and imperatives from Australia, Ethiopia, New Zealand and Sweden
    DOI: 10.1177/20436106251325871
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Global Studies of Childhood: Fifteen years on...
    DOI: 10.1177/20436106261418433
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Becoming a Classroom Community: A Reflexive Qualitative Analysis of Year-4 children’s Lifeworlds of Teamwork in a Melbourne Primary School
    DOI: 10.1080/00071005.2026.2655752
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Learning with place as a catalyst for action
    DOI: 10.1080/14681366.2023.2187436
  • 2023

    Research Grant

    Transforming the Discourse for Equity in Early Childhood Education: Reimagining Curriculum and Pedagogies and Young Children as Capable
  • 2019

    Research Grant

    Global Childhoods: Life-Worlds and Educational Success in Australia and Asia
Nicola Yelland

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships

2022
Distinguished Career Award Renconceptualising Early Childhood Education International
2022
MGSE Research Excellence Award The University of Melbourne
2020
Distinguished Career Award. Critical Perspectives on Early Childhood Education (SIG) The American Educational Research Association

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS