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Email

sonja.arndt@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education
Faculty of Education - Admin
Education
PhD
The University of Waikato
ORCID

0000-0003-0778-1850

A/Prof Sonja Arndt

Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education
Faculty of Education

165 Scholarly works
2 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Book Chapter

    Incorporating Multiple Voices in Early Childhood Education
    DOI: 10.4324/9781003625025-15
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Cultural Safety in Early Childhood Teaching Teams: Fostering Intercultural Wellbeing and Relationships
    DOI: 10.1177/18369391261421736
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Becoming-with-others: Young people's aspirations for social change in the context of community
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2025.102927
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Conceptualising “the more-than-migrant child”
    DOI: 10.1108/QRJ-03-2024-0065
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    Philosophy of education in a new key
    DOI: 10.4324/9781003668619-2
  • 2023

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Constructing a Framework for Early Childhood Teachers' Cultural Wellbeing
  • 2021

    Internal Research Grant

    Pedagogies of Difference: Harnessing Teachers’ Stories of Identity and Belonging
Sonja Arndt

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2022
MGSE Award for internationalisation of the student experience in the curriculum, Master of Teaching (EC and ECP) placement experiences Melbourne Graduate School of Education
2021
MGSE Staff Award for Sustainability Practices in Education, Graduate Diploma EC Teaching Development Melbourne Graduate School of Education
2018
2018 NZARE ECE SIG Lyn Foote Award for doctoral research New Zealand Association for Research in Education, Auckland
2018
2018 AERA Critical Perspectives in ECE SIG Dissertation Award American Educational Research Association, New York

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Viable vulnerabilities: Rethinking conference pedagogies
    DOI: 10.1177/14639491251340456
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Transformational (methodological) shifts towards anti-racism: Revolt, realities and rhizomes
    DOI: 10.37291/2717638X.202563612
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    A feminist new materialist lens on gender and sexuality in early childhood: Insights from Australia, Indonesia and New Zealand
  • 2025

    Journal article

    What about teachers’ cultures? Elevating early childhood teachers’ culture stories through a Kristevan lens
    DOI: 10.1177/14639491221141726
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    A Feminist New Materialist Lens on Gender and Sexuality in Early Childhood
    DOI: 10.5040/9781350421110.ch-21

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