Dr Andrew Wilkins

Staff details

Andrew W. Wilkins is Reader, Director of Research, Department Impact and Ethics Lead, and Head of BA Education

Andrew W. Wilkins is Reader, Director of Research, Department Impact and Ethics Lead, and Head of BA Education

Academic qualifications

  • BA Sociology, University of Leeds 2003
  • MRes Social Science Research Methods, Goldsmiths, University of London 2005
  • PhD Social Policy, Open University 2009

Research interests

Invited speaker at major events in Europe, Asia and Australasia.

Assessor for Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS), Australian Research Council (ARC) and UKRI Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

Co-Editor in Chief of Journal of Education Policy (JEP).

Co-Convenor of the webinar series Education Policy Futures (EPF) (with Brad Gobby, Rita Nikolai and Amanda U. Potterton).

Member of Goldsmiths’ Research Ethics Sub-Committee (RESC) and Internal Peer Review Panel.

External Examiner for 19 doctoral theses. Supervised 100+ Undergraduate and Postgraduate Dissertations. Former External Examiner for MSc and MA Programmes at University College London (UCL) and University of Glasgow.

Publications and research outputs

Article

Nicholson, Phil and Wilkins, Andrew. 2025. Intermediaries in local schooling landscapes: Partnership building and policy enactment during times of crisis. Journal of Education Policy, 40(1), pp. 89-110. ISSN 0268-0939

Wilkins, Andrew and Gobby, Brad. 2024. Objects and subjects of risk: A governmentality approach to education governance. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 22(5), pp. 915-928. ISSN 1476-7724

Wilkins, Andrew and Mifsud, Denise. 2024. What is governance? Projects, objects and analytics in education. Journal of Education Policy, 39(3), pp. 349-365. ISSN 0268-0939

Book

Wilkins, Andrew; Courtney, Steven J. and Piattoeva‬, Nelli. 2024. Keywords in education policy research: A conceptual toolbox. Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 9781447360100

Wilkins, Andrew. 2016. Modernising School Governance: Corporate planning and expert handling in state education. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9780815360674

Book Section

Wilkins, Andrew; Collet-Sabé, Jordi; Esper, Tomás; Gobby, Brad and Grimaldi, Emiliano. 2024. Assembling New Public Management: Actors, networks and projects. In: Derek Brent Edwards; Antoni Verger; Keita Takayama and Marcia McKenzie, eds. Researching Global Education Policy: Diverse Approaches to Policy Movement. Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 9781447368021

Wilkins, Andrew. 2023. Publics in education: Thinking with Gunter on plurality, democracy and local reasoning. In: Tanya Fitzgerald and Steven, J. Courtney, eds. Critical education policy and leadership studies: The intellectual contributions of Helen M. Gunter. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, pp. 113-126. ISBN 97830031368004

Wilkins, Andrew. 2023. Mapping the field: Education policy research and theory. In: Andrew Wilkins, ed. Policy Foundations of Education. London: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350171138

Edited Book

Wilkins, Andrew, ed. 2023. Policy Foundations of Education. London: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350171138

Wilkins, Andrew and Olmedo, Antonio, eds. 2018. Education Governance and Social Theory: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research. London: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350040083