Dr Kalervo N. Gulson

Research Summary

I am interested in supervising research students, related to the following areas.
Current research:
- Transnational spaces, schooling and Muslim migrants
- Curriculum policy, globalisation and Afrocentric schooling

Previous research and ongoing research interests:
Critical policy studies in education; Urban studies; Race, ethnicity and identity; Space, place and education

Publications

Books

Gulson, K.N. (2011). Education policy, space and the city: markets and the (in)visibility of race. New York: Routledge.

Edited Books

Gulson, K.N. & Symes, C. (Eds.) (2007). Spatial theories of education: policy and geography matters. New York: Routledge.

Book Chapters

Gulson, K.N. (2010). Space, cultural politics and education. In Z. Leonardo (Ed.), Handbook of Cultural Politics and Education. Rotterdam: SensePublishers. (Peer reviewed).

Gulson, K.N. & Parkes, R.J. (2010). Bringing theory to doctoral research. In P. Thomson & M. Walker (Eds.), The Routledge Doctoral Student’s Companion: Getting to Grips with Research in Education and the Social Sciences. London: Routledge.

Gulson, K.N. (2009). Wither the neighbourhood? Education policy, neoliberal globalisation and gentrification. In T. Popkewitz & F. Rizvi (Eds.). Globalization and the Study of Education. Chicago: National Society for the Study of Education Yearbook, Volume 108, Number 2.

Gulson, K.N. (2008). Deferring dystopia: the sustainable city, urban policy and education markets. In B. Lingard, J. Nixon and S. Ranson (Eds.), Transforming Learning in Schools and Communities (pp.50-68). London: Continuum.

Gulson, K. N. (2007). Mobilizing space discourses: politics and educational policy change. In K. N. Gulson & C. Symes (Eds.), Spatial theories of education: policy and geography matters (pp. 37-56). New York: Routledge.

Refereed Journal Papers

Gulson, K.N. & Parkes, R.J. (2010). From the barrel of the gun: policy incursions, land and Aboriginal peoples in Australia. Environment and Planning A, 42(2), 300-313.

Yoon, E., & Gulson, K.N. (2010). School choice in the ‘stratilingual’ city of Vancouver. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 31(6), 703 — 718

Gulson, K.N. & Parkes, R.J. (2009). In the shadows of the mission: education policy, urban space and the ‘colonial present’ in Sydney. Race, Ethnicity and Education, 12(3), 267 - 280.

Gulson, K. N. (2008). Urban accommodations: policy, education and a politics of place. Journal of Education Policy, 23(2), 153-163.

Symes, C. & Gulson, K.N. (2008). Faith in education: the politics of state funding and the new Christian schooling in Australia. Educational Policy, 22(2), 231-249.

Gulson, K.N. (2007). Repositioning schooling in inner Sydney: urban renewal, an education market and the ‘absent presence’ of the ‘middle classes’. Urban Studies, 44(7): 1377 – 1391.

Gulson, K.N. (2007). With permission: education policy, space and everyday globalisation in London’s East End. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 5(2): 219-237.

Gulson, K.N. (2007). ‘Neoliberal spatial technologies’: on the practices of education policy. Critical Studies in Education, 48(2): 179-195.

Gulson, K.N. & Symes, C. (2007). Knowing one’s place: space, theory, education. Critical Studies in Education, 48(1): 97-110.

Gulson, K.N. (2006). A white veneer: educational policy, space and ‘race’ in the inner city. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 27(2): 251-66.

Gulson, K.N. (2005). Renovating educational identities: policy, space and urban renewal. Journal of Education Policy, 20(2), 141-158.

Symes, C & Gulson, K.N. (2005). Crucifying education: the rise and rise of new Christian schooling in Australia. Social Alternatives, 24(4): 19-24.