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Personal profile
Biography
Dr George Variyan is a lecturer in Master of Educational Leadership in the Faculty of Education at Monash University. His background includes teaching, learning and leading in schools in Australia and overseas. George's engagement in research is based on a critically orientated sociology, which explores human agency in the relationship between education and society. Key interests include educational sociology, gender, social justice, and ethics.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Education/Academic qualification
Sociology of Education, PhD, Charles Sturt University
3 Mar 2014 → 31 Oct 2018
Award Date: 12 Oct 2018
Educational Leadership, Master of Education, Charles Sturt University
12 Jul 2010 → 12 Oct 2012
Award Date: 12 Oct 2012
Secondary Education, Graduate Diploma of Education, Edith Cowan University
11 Feb 2002 → 21 Feb 2003
Award Date: 21 Feb 2003
Physics, Bachelor of Science, Curtin University
10 Jul 1989 → 30 Aug 1995
Award Date: 30 Aug 1995
External positions
Sessional Academic, Curtin University
23 Apr 2018 → 31 Dec 2018
Research area keywords
- Sociology of Education
- Leadership
- Elite Schools
- Social justice and education
- poststructuralism
Network
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Academic, interrupted: exploring learning, labour and identity at the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic
Variyan, G. & Reimer, K., 2022, In: Studies in Continuing Education. 44, 2, p. 316-335 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Act in haste, repent at leisure: experiences in refitting on-the-ground research for online spaces in the midst of a pandemic
Variyan, G. & Reimer, K., 2022, 11 p. London UK : SAGE Publications Ltd.Research output: Other contribution › Other › peer-review
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The erasure of sexual harassment in elite private boys’ schools
Variyan, G. & Wilkinson, J., 2022, In: Gender and Education. 34, 2, p. 183-198 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus) -
‘The least we could do’? Troubling school leaders’ responses to the school strikes for climate in Australia
Variyan, G. & Gobby, B., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Educational Administration and History. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Missionaries or mercenaries? How teachers in elite private schools embrace privilege
Variyan, G., 2019, In: British Journal of Sociology of Education. 40, 8, p. 1204-1218 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Special Commendation - Ray Debus Award for Doctoral Research in Education
Variyan, George (Recipient), 2 Dec 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 1 External research and teaching
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Understanding Gender Perspectives Amongst Elite Private Boys’ School Alumni: 1970-Present
George Variyan (Fellow), Claire Charles (Fellow) & Lucinda McKnight (Fellow)
1 Mar 2021Activity: External Academic Engagement › External research and teaching
Press/Media
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Student climate movement stike: In a crisis, what are the limits of 'student voice'?
George Variyan & Fiona Longmuir
21/05/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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If you want gender justice, should you ban private boys’ schools?
5/03/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Reimagining education in shadow of COVID-19 pandemic
2/10/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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COVID-19 aside, we should consider reimagining education
27/08/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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