Jennifer Gidley

Jennifer Gidley
Born Melbourne, Australia
Residence Melbourne, Australia
Citizenship Australian
Fields Futures studies, positive psychology,
education, integral theory,
postformal pedagogies
Institutions RMIT University
World Futures Studies Federation
Alma mater University of Melbourne, Australia
Known for Educational futures,
Evolution of consciousness,
Rudolf Steiner, Ken Wilber

Jennifer M. Gidley is an Australian psychologist, educator and futures researcher.[1]

Gidley is the elected President of the World Futures Studies Federation (2009–2013).[2] She is a futures studies researcher best known for her work in educational and youth futures,[3][4] evolution of consciousness (sometimes referred to as spiritual evolution) and global socio-cultural change.[5]

Gidley was lead researcher/author of the winning essay in the IAU/Palgrave International Essay Competition in Higher Education Policy Research.[6] The winning entry was entitled From Access to Success: An Integrated Approach to Quality Higher Education informed by Social Inclusion Theory and Practice and was published in the first 2010 issue of the IAU/Palgrave Journal. She also serves on the editorial boards of several peer-reviewed academic journals.

Work

Gidley is a research fellow in the Global Cities Research Institute, RMIT University[7] Melbourne, Australia.

Books and monographs

Journal special issue editing

Selected academic journal articles

References

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, May 29, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.