Education for Social Justice and Inclusion

Educational inequity is shaped by intersecting disadvantages and reinforced by colonialism, whiteness, and heteronormativity.

Our research addresses these through interdisciplinary collaborations that advance curriculum, pedagogy, and teacher development grounded in justice, democracy, and decolonisation. We work with teachers as partners in transformation, equipping them to challenge poverty, exclusion, and inequality. Spanning early childhood to post-secondary education, we prioritise the voices of children and youth, especially in high-poverty, marginalised communities.

Using participatory and arts-based methods and informed by decolonial, feminist, queer, and southern perspectives, we reimagine education to reflect diverse lived experiences and dismantle systemic inequities.

Professor Loshini Naidoo Program Co-Leader

Associate Professor Jacqueline Ullman Program Co-Leader

Dr Azadeh Motevali Zadeh Ardakani Deputy Leader

Dr Johanna Einfalt Deputy Leader

Dr Jennifer Dove

Associate Professor Jacqueline D'warte

Professor Tania Ferfolja

Professor Susanne Gannon

Dr Rachael Jacobs

Dr Criss Jones Diaz

Associate Professor Jorge Knijnik

Dr Michelle Locke

Associate Professor Feinex Ndhlovu

Dr Genaro de Oliveira

Emeritus Professor Wayne Sawyer

Mr Matt Thompson

Associate Professor Christine Woodrow

Associate Professor Katina Zammit