Craig Whitsed

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.