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Anja Giudici

Lecturer in Education

Newcastle University

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I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Education at Newcastle University. I previously worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oxford on the ERC funded Schoolpol project.

My research revolves around the politics and history of education. I am particularly interested in exploring how ideological, societal, and cultural diversities interact in shaping how education is conceived, governed, and practiced.

Education constitutes a key means to shape a society’s future. Understanding how education systems change and vary, and whose professional and political views and interests they (do not) reflect, is crucial both to understand their impact, and to devise strategies for change. My current work focuses on the politics of education reform in post-WW II Western democracies and on the educational ideas and strategies of the European far right.

Interests

  • Politics of education
  • History of education
  • Language education policy
  • Far-right ideology & politics

Education

  • PhD in Education Science, 2019

    University of Zurich

  • MA in Education Science, 2012

    University of Zurich

  • BA in Education Science, 2009

    University of Zurich

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Lecturer in Education

Newcastle University, School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences

Aug 2022 – Present Newcastle upon Tyne
 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Oxford, Department of Politics and International Relations

Jan 2020 – Jul 2022 Oxford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Short Visiting Fellow

Sciences Po, Centre d’études europeéennes

May 2019 – Jun 2019 Paris
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Zurich, Institute of Education

Mar 2018 – Jan 2019 Zurich
 
 
 
 
 

Visiting Research Fellow

University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education

Mar 2018 – Jan 2019 Philadelphia

Outreach

Bildungshistorische Perspektiven auf den Aufstieg der westeuropäischen radikalen Rechten

Blogpost on the radical right as an educational actor for bildungsgeschichte.de.

Fascisten bei der Schule planlos

Article on research with Thomas Ruoss in the magazine of the Swiss National Science Foundation Horizonte, in French/German.

The European far right has its eye on education

Op-ed for AlJazeera with Andrea Mammone.

The best of both worlds? Il Consiglio federale, la Svizzera italiana e la questione femminile

Blogpost on the Swiss government elections for DeFacto, with Nenad Stojanović & Sean Mueller, in German & Italian.

Parleremo svizzero?

Expert in debate programme 60 Minuti in Swiss broadcaster RSI La2, in Italian.

L'enseignement des langues, éternel alibi

Interview on Swiss language education politics for the Newspaper Le Temps, with Sandra Grizelj, in French.

Überforderung als Luxusproblem

Article on Swiss language education politics for the Swiss Newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung, with Sandra Grizelj, in German.

Sprachen und Landesgegenden sind angemessen vertreten

Article on Swiss government composition for the Swiss Newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung, with Nenad Stojanović, in German.

Cooperation with the school of the immigrant country

Chapter in a volume of educational materials for heritage language teachers. Published in several languages, with Regina Bühlmann.

Vom Berufs- und Elitewissen zum Garant des nationalen Zusammenhalts - Die Fremdsprachen in den Lehrplänen der Schweizer Volksschulen seit 1830

Article on the history of language teaching in the review for language teachers Babylonia, with Sandra Grizelj.

Unterricht in Heimatlicher Sprache und Kultur (HSK). Auswahl guter Praxis in der Schweiz

Expertise on heritage language teaching for the Swiss Ministers of Education. In German, French, & Italian, with Regina Bühlmann.

Seelen zählen, Sitze verteilen

Article on Swiss parliament elections for the Swiss Newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung, with Nenad Stojanović, in German.

Further publications

(2022). Bildungspolitik. In Handbuch der Schweizer Politik, eds. Yannis Papadopoulos et al. (785-810). Zurich: NZZ.

Project Source Document DOI

(2020). Il plurilinguismo svizzero e la sfida dell'inglese. Riflessioni dal laboratorio elvetico a confronto con l'Europa. Il plurilinguismo svizzero e la sfida dell’inglese. Riflessioni dal laboratorio elvetico a confronto con l’Europa, eds. Anja Giudici, Rocco W. Ronza, & Verio Pini. Locarno: Dadò.

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Contact

  • King George VI Building, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom
  • Office number 3.02