Task Forces and Research Groups

Australia Conference Task Forces

Task ForceIssues Task Force Members
1: Meta-Forces  

Issues: Doctoral education & the global economy

Maresi Nerad, mnerad@u.washington.edu 

Hans Gudmundsson, hans@rannis.is

N. Jayaram, njayaram2@rediffmail.com

* Andreas Frijdal, andreas.frijdal@iue.it

* Jeroen Bartelse, j.a.bartelse@minocw.nl

* Ahmed Bawa, bawa@ukzn.ac.za

2: National/International   

Issues: Nation-building and the international community

Louis Maheu, louis.maheu@UMontreal.CA 

Beate Scholz, Beate.Scholz@dfg.de

Les Williams, les.williams@auckland.ac.nz

Jorge Balan, J.Balan@fordfound.org

Nelofer  Halai, nelofer.halai@aku.edu

3: What is the PhD?   

Issues: Doctoral education competencies

Barbara Evans, bke@unimelb.edu.au 

Hans Siggaard Jensen, siggaard@lld.d

Bianca Bernstein, bbernste@nsf.gov

Helene Marsh, helene.marsh@jcu.edu.au

Suzanne Ortega, ortegas@u.washington.edu

Aminah Ayob aminahayob@upsi.edu.my

* S. Yamamoto, yamamoto-rihe@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

4: Research & Data     

Issues: International comparative data on doctoral education

Terry Evans, tevans@deakin.edu.au 

Fred Hall, hallfl@mcmaster.ca

Helena Šebková, sebkova@csvs.cz

Ian Haines, I.haines@londonmet.ac.uk

Alan Lawson, A.Lawson@research.uq.edu.au

Aini Ideris, aiini@admin.upm.edu.my

5: Evaluation   

Issues: Evaluating doctoral education programs across boundaries

T. Mayekiso, mayekisot@umthombo.wits.ac.za 

Barbara Kehm, kehm@hochschulforschung.uni-kassel.de

Mauricio Fortes, mauricio.fortes@ceneval.edu.mx

* Unable to attend F&F II

Upcoming Scholars:

  • Jeannete Fyffe (Australia)
  • Kevin Ryland (Australia)
  • Jessica Graybill (US – Colgate University)
  • Vivek Shandas (US – Univ of Portland)
  • Dean Gerdeman (AAAS)
  • Emma Flores (US – UW PhD Student)
  • Gifford Cheung (US – UW PhD Student)