Anne Suryani

Anne Suryani is a Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Education, Monash University. She holds a PhD in Educational Psychology with a Mollie Holman Medal for the best doctoral thesis in education. Anne has extensive experience working in a range of government-funded, consultancy and grant-based educational research in the Asia-Pacific Region. She has strong quantitative skills and experience in large-scale survey design and analysis as well as longitudinal and comparative studies. Her current research focuses on preparing future teachers, drawing upon educational psychology and cross-cultural studies to inform these practices. Anne’s research interests include teacher motivation, teacher education, teacher professional development, religious tolerance education, and educational policy. 

She is currently working on her monograph titled ‘How tolerant should we be of intolerance?’. This book discusses Indonesian student teachers’ experience of religious diversity and in/tolerance as well as how religious beliefs can shape the way future teachers view their teaching practices and pedagogies. 

In December 2022, Anne received the Australia-Indonesia Institute Studies and Cultural Leadership Award in recognition of her LIFT Studies initiative.

Project website: Leading to Improve Future Teachers (LIFT) Studies