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Research interests
Matt's research interests lie in the analysis of the dynamic spatial, temporal and social interrelations between educational processes and societies – in particular, he is interested in the relationship between language education, including language-in-education policy, and large-scale social, economic and political transformations in Late Modernity. Alongside colleagues in the Research Network Globalisation, Education and Social Futures, Matt has been working on advancing a Cultural Political Economy of Education, with a specific focus on Modern Foreign Languages and MFL pedagogy.
His most recent research projects have focused on how ontologically situated knowledges, cultural systems and particular visions of the future affect the valuing of foreign language skills. Matt's 'case studies' include the growing use of English as a medium of instruction, links between language and international mobility, and the mechanisms behind the globalising of Mandarin Chinese as a foreign language.
Areas of Research Supervision:
- political economy of language
- processes of globalisation and language-in-education policy
- English and Chinese as 'global' languages
- China's 'Double Reduction' policy
- TESOL as an industry
- language and international mobility
- critical discourse studies
- critical realism
External positions
Supervisor, University College London
2017 → …
Associate Lecturer (Global and International Education), Bath Spa University
2016 → 2017
Structured keywords and research groupings
- WUNeducation
- SoE Language Literacies and Education Network
- SoE Centre for Comparative and International Research in Education
- SoE Centre for Higher Education Transformations
Keywords
- Globalisation
- Education Policy
- Language
- Chinese as a Foreign Language
- Global English
- Cultural Political Economy
- Critical Discourse Studies
- Comparative Education
- Critical Realism
- Belt and Road
- Double Reduction policy
- mobility and migration
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 7 Finished
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English Immersion as Family Language Policy: Strategies, Mobilities And Investments
Giampapa, F., Kedzierski, M. A., Codó, E. & Relańo Pastor, A. M.
1/07/20 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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Multilingualising the university: exploring links between linguistic and epistemic diversity.
6/01/20 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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Production of a ‘Widening Participation’ Discourse: Critical Discourse Analysis of Widening Participation Statements across the Worldwide Universities Network.
Kedzierski, M. A. & Dale, I. R.
5/01/15 → 30/06/15
Project: Research
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Multilingualising the “international” university: Spaces for linguistic and epistemic diversity in policy and practice
Kedzierski, M. A., 2019, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Paper › peer-review
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English as a medium of instruction in East Asia’s higher education sector
Kedzierski, M. A., 2018, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Paper › peer-review
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Tracing out the global rise of Chinese as a Foreign Language: a critical realist approach
Kedzierski, M. A., 2018, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Paper › peer-review
Prizes
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University of Bristol – Chinese University of Hong Kong Exchange Programme Award, Worldwide Universities Network.
Kedzierski, Matt A (Recipient), 1 Jun 2012
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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Shengyong Zhang
Matt A Kedzierski (Host)
Nov 2019 → Jan 2020Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
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Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education (Journal)
Matt A Kedzierski (Peer reviewer)
2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics (Journal)
Matt A Kedzierski (Peer reviewer)
2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review