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Niina marni, ngai nari Aidan Cornelius-Bell (he/they). Higher education demands a belonging: a tangible centring of its values, beliefs, and knowledges. These knowledges, in no small part due to racism, sexism, and empire, are dominant and non-representative of the diversity of humanity. I am part of higher education to challenge and transform this status quo – to, with colleagues and communities, (re)think. Most of us never agreed to this system’s function or form. More of us are excluded from these conversations every day, and we are losing opportunities for systemic transformation for the benefit of all. I believe we need to find, or create, space for collective and collaborative liberation.
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About me
Niina marni, ngai nari Aidan Cornelius-Bell (he/they). Higher education demands a belonging: a tangible centring of its values, beliefs, and knowledges. These knowledges, in no small part due to racism, sexism, and empire, are dominant and non-representative of the diversity of humanity. I am part of higher education to challenge and transform this status quo – to, with colleagues and communities, (re)think. Most of us never agreed to this system’s function or form. More of us are excluded from these conversations every day, and we are losing opportunities for systemic transformation for the benefit of all. I believe we need to find, or create, space for collective and collaborative liberation.
Aidan is an award-winning Senior Lecturer with the University of South Australia, currently on secondment to Adelaide University as academic lead for the Indigenisation of Curriculum and First Nations Common Core projects. He also holds academic status with Charles Darwin University. His research spans higher education, cultural studies, and political philosophy, focusing on decolonial approaches that challenge hegemonic social relations. As an Arrernte descendant, Aidan co-created UniSA’s Aboriginal Curriculum and Pedagogy process, bringing lived experience to this work. Aidan also supervises PhD students whose work aims for fundamental social transformation. My values – compassion, justice, genuine equity, and radical social change – guide my advocacy for co-designed thinking that disrupts capitalist realism. My work takes place on the unceded Country of the Kaurna Miyurna, where I remain a respectful guest.
About me
Member HERDSA
Member Student Voice Australia Practitioner Network
Member Indigenous Curriculum in Higher Education Community of Practice
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Flinders University
Current:
Senior Lecturer Adelaide University (Integration Management Office, DVC:I Portfolio) (2024 - )
Senior Lecturer: Academic Development (Aboriginal Curriculum) University of South Australia (2025 - )
Adjunct Lecturer Faculty of Arts and Society, Charles Darwin University (2023 - )
Historic:
Lecturer: Academic Development University of South Australia (2021 - 2024)
Casual Academic (Tutor, Lecturer and Convenor) Flinders University (2018 - 2021)
Associate Academic Status (Humanities) Flinders University (2019 - 2021)
Learning Designer (Humanities) Flinders University (2020 - 2021)
Research Officer (Education) Flinders University (2019 - 2021)
Research Assistant (Education) Flinders University (2015 - 2019)
Research Assistant Department for Education and Child Development (2011 - 2014)
Recently published
Watkins, M., Marsh, B., & Cornelius-Bell, A. (2024). Centring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voices and Ways of Knowing, Being and Becoming in Fully Online Undergraduate Health Course Curriculum Development. Canadian Journal of Educational and Social Studies, 4(6), 74–88. https://doi.org/10.53103/cjess.v4i6.282
Cornelius-Bell, A. (2024). A capitalist stranglehold on ‘artificial intelligence’: A gallop through piracy, privacy invasion, lock-in and a fever dream of democratisation. Fast Capitalism, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.32855/fcapital.2024.007
Cornelius-Bell, A., & Bell, P. A. (2024). Educational Hegemony: Angloshperic Education Institutions and the Potential of Organic... Read more
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Aboriginal Knowledges Learner Support and Wellbeing for Adelaide University, University of Adelaide, Recipient of the Adelaide Education Academy Learning and Teaching Advancement Grant, 2025-
Decolonising and weaving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices in Higher Education Curriculum, UniSA, 2022 - 2024
Educational & academic support: perceptions of and from the field, UniSA, 2022 - 2023
Academic experiences of delivering fully online courses, UniSA, University of Adelaide, 2022 - 2023
Understanding Students’ Roles in University Governance, UniSA, Deakin University, University of Adelaide, Recipient of Deakin University's REDI Seed Funding Grant, 2022 - 2023
Active Student Participation in Practice, Uppsala University, UniSA 2021 - 2022
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
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2023 |
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2023 |
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2023 |
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2022 |
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2022 |
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2021 |
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2021 |
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2020 |
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10
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Tools and resources
Conference presentations and papers
Reports and other output
Research
Recently published
Watkins, M., Marsh, B., & Cornelius-Bell, A. (2024). Centring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voices and Ways of Knowing, Being and Becoming in Fully Online Undergraduate Health Course Curriculum Development. Canadian Journal of Educational and Social Studies, 4(6), 74–88. https://doi.org/10.53103/cjess.v4i6.282
Cornelius-Bell, A. (2024). A capitalist stranglehold on ‘artificial intelligence’: A gallop through piracy, privacy invasion, lock-in and a fever dream of democratisation. Fast Capitalism, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.32855/fcapital.2024.007
Cornelius-Bell, A., & Bell, P. A. (2024). Educational Hegemony: Angloshperic Education Institutions and the Potential of Organic Intellectuals. Canadian Journal of Educational and Social Studies, 4(1), 49–62. https://doi.org/10.53103/cjess.v4i1.213
Cornelius-Bell, A, & Bell, P. A. (2023). Towards Social Transformation: An Exploration of the Divergent Histories of Radicalism and Corporatizing Higher Education in Australia. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Leadership Studies. 4(4), 69-86. https://doi.org/10.61186/johepal.4.4.69
I work in multidisciplinary research and SoTL teams and collaborate nationally and internationally. I am keen to be involved in projects relating to:
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Charles Darwin University | AUSTRALIA |
Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
James Cook University | AUSTRALIA |
Private Individual | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Editorial Board MemberCanadian Journal of Educational and Social Studies |
2025 |
Editorial Board MemberCanadian Journal of Educational and Social Studies |
2024 |
Editorial Board MemberCanadian Journal of Educational and Social Studies |
2023 |
Appointments:
I am a multi-award winning interdisciplinary teacher with considerable curriculum design, coordination, and facilitation experience across undergraduate and postgraduate programs in health, education, communications, sociology, cultural studies and higher education. Currently, I am focussed on programmatic professional development for staff at UniSA.
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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110274 - Clinical simulation skills assessment for undergraduate Nurses | Current |
111488 - Preparing undergraduate students for nursing practice: exploring student experiences and perspectives of clinical supervision that influence capability and readiness for practice | Current |
Exploring the impact of self-reflection following objective structured clinical assessment (OSCA): nursing students¿ review of their recorded audio-visual performance for learning and practice | Current |