About me

A/Professor Craig Whitsed is an internationally recognised scholar in curriculum internationalisation, higher education pedagogy, and academic staff engagement. He has over twenty years experience in tertiary education across Australia, Latin America, Europe, and Japan, he brings a global perspective to pedagogy, HDR supervision, academic development, and institutional transformation. His teaching philosophy draws on cognitive and social constructivism and humanistic traditions, emphasising active, authentic learning, peer engagement, and inclusive, student-centred approaches.

As a research leader, Craig fosters collegial, inclusive environments that value equity, reciprocity, and distributed leadership. He champions collaborative and contextually grounded research, mentoring early and mid-career academics and higher degree research students. His strategic approach has secured competitive research funding. Craig’s research critically examines higher education internationalisation, epistemic injustice, academic labour, and post-truth challenges, foregrounding ethical responsibility and openness.

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Organisational Affiliations

Associate Professor, School of Education, Murdoch University

Adjunct Professor, Curtin University, Australia

Research Fellow, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil, Porto Alegre) - PUCRS

Adjunct Professor, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milan

Education

Education
2011, Doctor of Philosophy, Murdoch University (Australia, Perth)

Thesis: Standing in the genkan: Adjunct foreign English language teachers in the Japanese higher education

Education
1997, Master of Education, Australian Catholic University
Education
1988, Bachelor of Educaton, Avondale University (Australia, Cooranbong)