Distinguished Lecture: Neoliberal Education and Neoliberal Education Policy: Are We All Neoliberals Now?
Date: May 10, 2016
Speaker: Professor Stephen J Ball
Chair: Professor Gerard A. Postiglione
Stephen J Ball was Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education at the Institute of Education, University College London. He is now Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology of Education. He is managing editor of the Journal of Education Policy and has written extensively on education policy and social class. His recent publications include The Education Debate (Policy and Politics in the Twenty-first Century), How Schools do Policy, Global Education Inc: New policy networks and the neo-liberal imaginary and Education plc: Understanding Private Sector Participation in Public Sector Education. In 2003 he was awarded Doctor honoris causa University of Turku, Finland; cted Fellow of the British Academy in 2006; in 2014 an Honorary D. Litt University of Leicester, and in 2015 Professor Ball was elected as Laureate of Kappa Delta Phi. Fellow Laureates include John Dewey, Albert Einstein and Jean Piaget.
Seminar: Comparative Higher Education Research: European Perspectives
Speaker: Professor Ulrich Teichler
Chair: Dr Jisun Jung
Date: May 26, 2016
Venue: Room 408 – 410, Meng Wah Comples, HKU
Ulrich Teichler was a Professor at the International Centre for Higher Education Research (INCHER-Kassel) and the Department of Social Science, University of Kassel (Germany) from 1978 to 2013, and former director of the Centre for 16 years. He was vice-president of the University of Kassel from 1980 to 1982. After he completed his PhD from University of Breman, he was a researcher in the Max Planck Institute for Educational Research, Berlin. He had extended research periods in Japan, the Netherlands, and the U.S.; parttime or visiting professor for some period at Northwestern University (U.S.), College of Europe (Belgium), Hiroshima University (Japan), Open University (UK), and Shanghai University (China). He also had teaching activities in Argentina, Austria, Norway and at other German universities. He had more than 1,300 publications and more than 1,000 visits to more than 80 countries for teaching, research collaboration, conferences, presentations, and consultancy. He is the Member of the International Academy of Education (IAE) and the Academia Europaea (AE), former chairman of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER), former president and distinguished member of EAIR, vice-president and fellow of SRHE, honourable member of the Gesellschaft für Hochschulforschung (GfHf); Comenius Prize of UNESCO; Dr. h.c. of the University of Turku (Finland).
Seminar: The Professional Relevance on the Way towards a Highly Educated Society
Speaker: Professor Ulrich Teichler
Chair: Dr Jisun Jung
Date: May 10, 2016
Venue: Room 408 – 410, Meng Wah Comples, HKU
Ulrich Teichler was a Professor at the International Centre for Higher Education Research (INCHER-Kassel) and the Department of Social Science, University of Kassel (Germany) from 1978 to 2013, and former director of the Centre for 16 years. He was vice-president of the University of Kassel from 1980 to 1982. After he completed his PhD from University of Breman, he was a researcher in the Max Planck Institute for Educational Research, Berlin. He had extended research periods in Japan, the Netherlands, and the U.S.; parttime or visiting professor for some period at Northwestern University (U.S.), College of Europe (Belgium), Hiroshima University (Japan), Open University (UK), and Shanghai University (China). He also had teaching activities in Argentina, Austria, Norway and at other German universities. He had more than 1,300 publications and more than 1,000 visits to more than 80 countries for teaching, research collaboration, conferences, presentations, and consultancy. He is the Member of the International Academy of Education (IAE) and the Academia Europaea (AE), former chairman of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER), former president and distinguished member of EAIR, vice-president and fellow of SRHE, honourable member of the Gesellschaft für Hochschulforschung (GfHf); Comenius Prize of UNESCO; Dr. h.c. of the University of Turku (Finland).