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Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
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Research Biography

My main research interests are in education and philosophy, social theory and policy studies with a focus on the significance of both contemporary philosophers (Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Heidegger) and the movements of poststructralism, critical theory and analytic philosophy to the framing of educational theory and practice.  I am also interested in philosophical and political economy approaches to questions of knowledge production, consumption and constructions of the 'knowledge economy', with an emphasis on social media, p2p, and openness in education and science. My major current projects include work on distributed knowledge systems, creative and open knowledge, learning and publishing systems, and 'open education'.

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Philosophy of Education, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 1984
  • M.A., Philosophy, University of Auckland, 1979
  • B.S., Philosophy of Science, Canterbury University, 1976
  • B.A., Geography, Victoria University of Wellington, 1970

Key Professional Appointments

  • Adjunct Professor, School of Foriegn Studies, Guangzhou University, 2010--
  • Adjunct Professor, School of Fine Arts, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 2008--
  • Professor, Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005--
  • Professor, Educational Studies, University of Glasgow, 2004-2005
  • Adjunct Professor, School of Education, University of Auckland, 2003-2005
  • Adjunct Professor, Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology, 2000-2005
  • Research Professor, Educational Studies, University of Glasgow, 2000-2003
  • Professor, School of Education, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 2000-2003

Activities & Honors

  • Distinguished Senior Scholar, College of Education, 2008-2009
  • consulting editor, Canadian Journal of Education, 2006- present
  • Editorial Board Member, Sozialwissenschaftliche Literatur Rundschau, 2006- present
  • member of international advisory board, Studies in Learning, Evaluation, Innovation and Development, 2006- present
  • Editorial Board Member, Fast Capitalism, 2006- present
  • Publications series editor, Key Critical Thinkers in Educational Thought, 2006- present
  • Publications series editor, Research and Knowledge Futures, 2006- present
  • Publication series editor, Studies in Education, Philosophy and Culture Series, 2006- present
  • Editorial Board Member, Globalization and Health, 2005- present
  • Editorial Board Member, Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies, 2005- present
  • Publication series editor, Educational Philosophy and Theory Special Issues Book Series, 2005- present
  • Publication series editor, Interventions: Education, Philosophy and Culture, 2005- present
  • Publications series editor, Educational Politics and Policy, 2005- present
  • Publications series editor, Educational Futures - Rethinking Theory and Practice, 2005- present
  • Publications series editor, Contexts of Education - A Series of Handbooks, 2005- present
  • Fellow and member of advisory committee, Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), 2004- present
  • Co-Editor, Symposium Publications, E-Learning, 2004- present
  • Editorial Board Member, Ideas and Dialogue, 2004- present
  • Consulting editor, Kwartalnik Pedagogiczny, 2004- present
  • Editorial Board Member, Fast Capitalism, 2004- present
  • Editorial Board Member, Contemporary Pragmatism, 2004- present
  • Publications series editor, New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies, 2004- present
  • Editor, Policy Futures in Education, 2003- present
  • consulting editor, Access, 2001- present
  • Editorial Board Member, Geschaftsstelle des Jahrbuch für Bildungs- und Erziehungsphilosophie, 2001- present
  • Editorial Board Member, Série Fontes, 2001- present
  • Macmillan Brown Lecture series, University of Canterbury, 2001
  • Editor, Educational Philosophy and Theory, 1998- present
  • Member of Executive, PESA, 1998- present

Selected Publications

  • Peters, M. A. (2010). Three forms of knowledge economy: Learning, creativity, openness. British Journal of Educational Studies, 58 (1), 67-88.
  • Marginson, S., Murphy, P. & Peters, M.A. Global Creation: Space, Connection and Synchrony in the Age of the Knowledge Economy. New York, Peter Lang. More about this publication...
  • Simons, M., Olssen, M., & Peters, M. A. (Eds.) Re-Reading education policies: Studying the policy agenda of the 21st century. Rotterdam & Taipei, Sense Publishers. More about this publication...
  • Peters, M. A. (2009). The ghostly promise of enlightenment Europe: Habermas, Derrida and the predicament of the west. Review of Contemporary Philosophy, 8.
  • Peters, M. A., & Kessl, F. (2009). Space, time, history: The reassertion of space in social theory. Policy Futures in Education, 7(1), 20-30.

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