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Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Kristina Stutchbury
The Open University
2
Yangsheng Zheng
Griffith University
3
Hamza R’boul
University of Tabuk
4
Dao Thanh Binh An Le
Hoa Sen University
5
Anniken Hotvedt Sundby
University of Oslo
6
Norah Risana Ngobeni
University of Johannesburg
7
Daniel Talbot
Lancaster University
8
Robert Walldén
Malmö University
9
Emily Ross
The University of Queensland
10
Ingvill Krogstad Svanes
OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University

Rising Stars Papers

1
Improving EFL students’ cultural awareness: Reframing moral dilemmatic stories with ChatGPT
Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence|2024
39 cit.
2
The OECD’s narrative on the future curriculum: issuing values
Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy|2024
12 cit.
3
Against <i>epistemological theft and appropriation</i> in applied linguistics research
Applied Linguistics Review|2024
10 cit.
4
English as a subtle technology of distraction in postcolonial contexts: undoing linguistic colonialism by linguistic coloniality
Current Issues in Language Planning|2024
10 cit.
5
Generative AI’s recolonization of EFL classrooms
Australian Review of Applied Linguistics|2024
7 cit.
6
The National Coordination of Forcibly Contracted Teachers (NCFCT) as a social movement in Morocco: educators’ unionism and social justice activism
Globalisation Societies and Education|2024
4 cit.
7
Contextual elaborations and shifts when adult L2 learners present and discuss workplace-related vocabulary
Linguistics and Education|2024
4 cit.
8
Attempts at including, mediating and creating ‘new’ knowledges: problematising <i>appropriation</i> in intercultural communication education and research
Applied Linguistics Review|2024
4 cit.
9
‘Parallax language planning and policy’ as a theory for navigating (con)(diver)gent interpretations of English Medium Instruction (EMI)
Current Issues in Language Planning|2024
4 cit.
10
Domesticated decoloniality: taming critique in language scholarship
International Journal of the Sociology of Language|2025
4 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Rhianna Brickle
The University of Melbourne
2
Rajesh Tandon
Society for Participatory Research in Asia
3
Ama Nyame-Mensah
University of Pennsylvania
4
Emma Towers
King's College London
5
Kristina Ledman
Umeå University
6
Jim Hordern
Bath Spa University
7
Graham McPhail
University of Auckland
8
K. Bret Staudt Willet
Florida State University
9
Guðrún Ragnarsdóttir
University of Iceland
10
Karl Landstr�m
Unknown

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
The core content framework and the ‘new science’ of educational research
Oxford Review of Education|2023
65 cit.
2
Early career teachers’ expansion of professional learning networks with social media
Professional Development in Education|2023
40 cit.
3
A profession in crisis? Teachers' responses to England's high-stakes accountability reforms in secondary education
Teaching and Teacher Education|2022
37 cit.
4
Towards Instrumental Trainability in England? The ‘Official Pedagogy’ Of The Core Content Framework
British Journal of Educational Studies|2023
36 cit.
5
Teachers without borders: professional learning spanning social media, place, and time
Learning Media and Technology|2023
25 cit.
6
Affinity and anonymity benefitting early career teachers in the r/teachers subreddit
Journal of Research on Technology in Education|2022
21 cit.
7
How postgraduate university students construct their identity as learners in a multicultural classroom
Teaching in Higher Education|2022
20 cit.
8
The “problem” of teacher quality: exploring challenges and opportunities in developing teacher quality during the Covid-19 global pandemic in England
Educational Review|2023
17 cit.
9
Collaborative identity development during a global pandemic: exploring teacher identity through the experiences of pre-service high school teachers in England
European Journal of Teacher Education|2023
12 cit.
10
Teacher professionalism, expertise and the jurisdictional struggle
Education Inquiry|2024
11 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Michael Young
Faculty (United Kingdom)
2
Richard Brown
Unknown
3
Jesse G. Delia
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
4
Erika Matruglio
University of Wollongong
5
Maria Kuteeva
Stockholm University
6
Karl Maton
The University of Sydney
7
Joske Bunders
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
8
Gavin Moodie
University of Toronto
9
Sioux McKenna
Rhodes University
10
Per‐Åke Rosvall
Umeå University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Knowledge and Control: New Directions for the Sociology of Education
British Journal of Sociology|1972
822 cit.
2
Knowledge and Control: New Directions for the Sociology of Education
British Journal of Educational Studies|1972
806 cit.
3
Knowledge, Education and Cultural Change
British Journal of Sociology|1974
744 cit.
4
Our Princess Is in Another Castle
Review of Educational Research|2012
730 cit.
5
Beyond the ‘digital natives’ debate: Towards a more nuanced understanding of students' technology experiences
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning|2010
668 cit.
6
Overcoming the crisis in curriculum theory: a knowledge-based approach
Journal of Curriculum Studies|2013
583 cit.
7
Para que servem as escolas?
Educação & Sociedade|2007
508 cit.
8
Three Educational Scenarios for the Future: lessons from the sociology of knowledge
European Journal of Education|2010
494 cit.
9
Instructional design for situated learning
Educational Technology Research and Development|1993
459 cit.
10
Making semantic waves: A key to cumulative knowledge-building
Linguistics and Education|2013
400 cit.

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