Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
- Critical policy analysis
- Online ethnography, mobilities and social learning
- Sustainable Development Goals; Environmental and sustainability education
- Risk, compliance and creativity in education
Biography
Kathleen Aikens is an adjunct senior research fellow at Monash Education. She researches environmental and sustainability education in schools and other learning contexts. She is interested in the intersections of (policy) conflict, digital media, and environmental education. Kathleen’s research approach is collaborative, focused on the wellbeing of communities and schools, and, ultimately, aims to support a more equitable and sustainable future.
Kathleen came to Monash in May 2019 from the University of Saskatchewan where she spent six years as a researcher with the Sustainability and Education Policy Network, an international network of academics and practitioners committed to advancing sustainability in formal schooling.
Kathleen is committed to academic work that makes a difference in professional communities, from research dissemination to professional development. In Canada, she served as committee member of the nationally award-winning program, Student Action for a Sustainable Future (SASF, 2014-2019). From 2015-17, she served as chair of a “citizen-expert” advisory committee, which supported the local municipality in setting ambitious climate targets.
Supervision interests
- Critical policy research and institutional change
- Digital research methods
- Comparative qualitative research
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Climate change education; Environmental & sustainability education
- Risk and creativity in institutional contexts
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Education Policy
- Environmental and Sustainability Education
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Digital research methods
- Creativity
- Climate change education
- learning environment
- STEM education
Network
Projects
- 2 Finished
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A comparative analysis of environment and sustainability in policy across subnational education systems
Aikens, K. & McKenzie, M., 2021, In: Journal of Environmental Education. 52, 2, p. 69-82 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Global education policy mobilities and subnational policy practice
McKenzie, M. & Aikens, K., 2021, In: Globalisation, Societies and Education. 19, 3, p. 311-325 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus) -
Imagining a wilder policy future through interstitial tactics
Aikens, K., 2021, In: Policy Futures in Education. 19, 3, p. 269-290 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Innovation and risk in an innovative learning environment: a private public partnership in Australia
Deppeler, J., Corrigan, D., Macaulay, L. & Aikens, K., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: European Educational Research Journal. 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Barriers to Participation in Engineering and the Value of Interventions to Improve Diversity
Corrigan, D. & Aikens, K., Jan 2020, Melbourne Vic Australia: Monash University. 31 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other Report › Research
Open Access
Activities
- 5 Peer review responsibility
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Society & Natural Resources (Journal)
Kathleen Aikens (Peer reviewer)
2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Policy Futures in Education (Journal)
Kathleen Aikens (Peer reviewer)
2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Sustainability (Journal)
Kathleen Aikens (Peer reviewer)
2019 → 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Journal of Cleaner Production (Journal)
Kathleen Aikens (Peer reviewer)
2019 → 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Environmental Education Research (Journal)
Kathleen Aikens (Peer reviewer)
2016 → 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility