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Professor Richard Niesche

Professor Richard Niesche

Professor

BA; Dip Mus; GradDipEd; MEd (Leadership); PhD (Education)

Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
School of Education

Richard Niesche is Professor of Educational Leadership in the School of Education at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. His research interests are primarily in critical perspectives in educational leadership, the principalship and social justice. He has published his research widely in a number of books, book chapters and peer reviewed journals. He is also the founding co-editor of the ‘Educational Leadership Theory’ book series with Springer. Some recent books published include Social, Critical and Political Theories for Educational Leadership (2019), Theorising Identity and Subjectivity in Educational Leadership Research (2020), and Understanding Educational Leadership: Critical Perspectives and Approaches (2021). He currently has forthcoming books with the leading international publishers, Bloomsbury and Routledge.
Phone
+61 2 9065 1622
E-mail
r.niesche@unsw.edu.au
Location
G16 Morven Brown

Keddie, A., Blackmore, J., Wilkinson, J., Gobby, B., Niesche, R. & Eacott, S. (2019-2023) School autonomy reform and social justice in Australian public education. ARC DP190100190 ($350,000)

Vass, G. & Niesche, R. 2015-2018 Culture, Curriculum, and Community Project funded by the Ian Potter Foundation ($120,000)

Niesche, R. (2018). Equity Review. Gonski Institute for Education UNSW Sydney ($10,000)

Niesche, R. (2014). FASS Research Grant ($5,000)

Niesche, R. (2014). UNSW Goldstar Award ($10,000)

Niesche, R. (2011-2013). University of Queensland Postdoctoral Research Fellow ($241,000)

2011 - 2013     University of Queensland Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

2009                Nominated for AARE Doctoral Thesis Award

2005 – 2007    University of Queensland Joint Research Scholarship (PhD)

Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)

American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Educational Leadership SIG Co-Convenor 2013-2017 (AARE)

Editorial Boards: Leadership and Policy Quarterly, Journal of Educational Administration and History

Co-Editor: Educational Leadership Theory book series (Springer)

Vice-President NSW Institute for Educational Research 2016-2017

Member of Critical Educational Policy and Leadership Studies (CEPALS) Research Interest Group (BELMAS)

My Teaching

EDST5143 Critical Perspectives in Educational Leadership

EDST5438 Leadership Theory: Research and Practice

EDST5457 Literature Review (Educational Leadership)

EDST5035 Current Issues in Education 2