Dr Eva Petersen

Biography

Eva joined the University of Newcastle in mid 2009. Before that she held academic positions at other Australian and Danish universities. By bringing together Foucauldian discourse analysis, policy sociology, actor-network theory, poststructural feminist theory and institutional ethnography she has brought new perspectives on academic cultures, work and subjectivities. Generally, she is interested in identity/subject formation in education contexts. Eva's work is published in international highly-regarded journals and she is often invited to talk at conference and seminars.

Qualifications

• PhD (Sociology), University of Copenhagen - Denmark, 2004
• Master of Arts, Roskilde University - Denmark, 1999
• Graduate Certificate of Higher Education, Monash University, 2009

Research

Research keywords

• Academic Culture
• Equity and Diversity in Higher Education
• Gender and Feminist theory
• Higher Education Policy
• Identity Formation in Educational Contexts
• Poststructural Ethnography
• Poststructuralism
• Research Methodology

Research expertise

Academic culture and academic identity formation; identity formation in educational contexts more broadly; lived experience of higher education policy; neoliberalism; inclusion and exclusion in higher education; gender construction and affirmative action; qualitative research; postmodern research methodologies; narrative and discourse analysis; history of ideas in education; teacher education.

Collaboration

Eva has a strong record of co-publishing with international and Australian colleagues on a wide range of issues.

Languages

• Danish

Fields of Research

Administrative

Administrative expertise

Programme and Course coordination; Honours coordination; Faculty Research Ethics Advisor; Member of the Human Research Ethics Committee; past member of inauguaral Steering Committee for Leadership Development Programme for Women (CSU); past Deputy Chair of the Danish Gender Studies Association; past Guest Editor of Scandinavian Gender Studies Journal.

Teaching

Teaching keywords

• Educational Psychology
• Research Methodology (undergraduate and posgraduate)
• Sociology of Education

Teaching expertise

Research methodology at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels; educational psychology; sociology of education; history of ideas.

Course Coordinator

• EDUC4955 - Education Honours I
• EDUC4965 - Education Honours II
• EDUC4990 - Education Honours III
• EDUC6049 - Ed Res Method 2 Qualitative
• EDUC6296 - Narrative and Discourse

Teaching interests

Educational psychology, basic and advanced research methodology, social theory, philosophy and sociology of education