Dr Aidan Cornelius-Bell (he/him) is a Lecturer: Academic Development with the University of South Australia. He works primarily with the Clinical and Health Sciences unit and UniSA Online. His research and practice interests lie in systematic decolonisation of higher education (curriculum & pedagogy), radical democracy, educational equity, student partnership, trans-disciplinarity, activism, Freireian, Marxist and Gramscian social theory, and clinical education and simulation. He continues to advance Aboriginal curriculum and pedagogy (ACP) at UniSA through decolonising work across the institution with colleagues. His academic background is in cultural studies, sociology, higher education, Marxism and ... Read more
About me
Dr Aidan Cornelius-Bell (he/him) is a Lecturer: Academic Development with the University of South Australia. He works primarily with the Clinical and Health Sciences unit and UniSA Online. His research and practice interests lie in systematic decolonisation of higher education (curriculum & pedagogy), radical democracy, educational equity, student partnership, trans-disciplinarity, activism, Freireian, Marxist and Gramscian social theory, and clinical education and simulation. He continues to advance Aboriginal curriculum and pedagogy (ACP) at UniSA through decolonising work across the institution with colleagues. His academic background is in cultural studies, sociology, higher education, Marxism and political philosophy.
Aidan completed his PhD at Flinders University, in which he focussed on students’ identity-making in and reactions against higher education as a site of contested cultural transformation. Aidan’s PhD is titled ‘Student Activism in Higher Education: the possibility and politics of students’ role in hegemonic university change’. This political work focussed on, through empirical ethnographic study, student activism, student identity, Gramsci's conception of hegemony, power, protest and partnership, and Marxian notions of production and reproduction. It drew on historical and contemporary contexts to provide a rich analysis of power and politics.
Aidan is passionate about supporting high-quality teaching that 'performs' robustly while enabling academic agency and creativity. Working alongside staff he considers teaching innovation through a pragmatic radical lens, creating, in concert with colleagues, navigable and purposive curriculum, supports for teaching and learning through co-design, and development of sound assessment which empowers students and staff in their learning/teaching experience.
Aidan is experienced in teaching and researching in primary, secondary and tertiary education. He has worked in roles that include: the use of research data for policy development; applying qualitative research methods to emergent education practices; application of sociological research methods and diverse qualitative methodological frameworks and tools.
Recently Aidan has continued his interest in framework and process development in the Aboriginal Curriculum and Pedagogy space. With colleagues Michael Watkins, Christopher Davis, Kirrakee Watson, Courtney Theseira, Donna Quinn and Kath Baldock, he has been significantly involved in the co-creation of curricular and pedagogic frameworks for Indigenisation. Moreover, he has led co-creation of the Aboriginal Curriculum and Pedagogy (ACP) process, a novel decolonising educational and scholarship of learning and teaching process for UniSA in partnership with the Aboriginal Strategy Group.
Aidan has designed, coordinated and delivered courses across three South Australian Universities. His coordinating and teaching experience is in:
He has worked in a range of research projects that: investigate the role of active student participation, student partnership and students as partners; involve teacher education students in STEM industry placements; support school-based teaching and learning in the context of industry; investigate students’ self-regulation of learning in STEM classrooms; and study the sociology of higher education in contemporary change. These projects have spanned externally funded research from a range of bodies, including the Department of Innovation and Skills and the Australian Research Council (both Discovery and Linkage).
Aidan is interested in associate supervision of PhD students in areas that relate to the above. Aidan also supervises cultural studies, humanities and sociology students through adjunct status at Charles Darwin University.
About me
Member HERDSA
Member Student Voice Australia Practitioner Network
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Flinders University
Current:
Lecturer: Academic Development University of South Australia (2021-)
Adjunct Lecturer Faculty of Arts and Society, Charles Darwin University (2023-)
Historic:
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 (2012-2014)
Recently published
Cornelius-Bell, A., Marsh, B., & Watkins, M. (2023). Rebellious reimagining of a fully online discrete Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health course. Higher Education Research Group Adelaide 2023, p. 41. https://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/35826
Cornelius-Bell, A., & Bell, P. A. (2023). Harnessing Empty Institutional Priorities: Developing radical student agency through university teaching and learning for revolutionary transformation. International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies, 10(3), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v10i3p42
Kenyon, K., Watkins, M., & Cornelius-Bell, A. (2022). “Do the systems matter anyway?” Mapping Aboriginal Content and Pedagogies across ... Read more
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Decolonising and weaving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices in Higher Education Curriculum, UniSA, 2022 -
Educational & academic support: perceptions of and from the field, UniSA, 2022 -
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
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
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| 2022 |
1
17
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| 2021 |
Open access
4
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| Year | Output |
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| 2023 |
Open access
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| 2022 |
Open access
3
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| 2022 |
Open access
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| 2022 |
1
17
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| 2021 |
Open access
2
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| 2021 |
Open access
4
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| 2021 |
Open access
1
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| 2020 |
Open access
5
3
4
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| Year | Output |
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| 2021 |
Open access
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Tools and resources
Conference presentations and papers
Reports and other output
Research
Recently published
Cornelius-Bell, A., Marsh, B., & Watkins, M. (2023). Rebellious reimagining of a fully online discrete Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health course. Higher Education Research Group Adelaide 2023, p. 41. https://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/35826
Cornelius-Bell, A., & Bell, P. A. (2023). Harnessing Empty Institutional Priorities: Developing radical student agency through university teaching and learning for revolutionary transformation. International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies, 10(3), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v10i3p42
Kenyon, K., Watkins, M., & Cornelius-Bell, A. (2022). “Do the systems matter anyway?” Mapping Aboriginal Content and Pedagogies across undergraduate programs at the University of South Australia. Indigenous Higher Education Curriculum Conference, p. 18. https://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/31594
Cornelius-Bell, A., & Bell, P. (2021). The academic precariat post-COVID-19. Fast Capitalism, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.32855/fcapital.202101.001
I am involved in several research projects on student voice and partnership, university governance, and student radicalism with national and international collaborators. I am extremely interested in engaging with projects relating to students role in change-making and disrupting the status quo (particularly in relation to higher education). Please get in touch if you're interested!
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| James Cook University | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
Appointments:
Projects:
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| 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 |
