Sam Sellar is Dean of Research (Education Futures) and Professor of Education Policy at the University of South Australia.
Sam’s research focuses on education policy, large-scale assessments and the datafication of education. He is currently co-investigator for an ESRC project investigating digital platforms in higher education (led by Janja Komljenovic, Lancaster University).
Sam has published more than 70 books, book chapters and journal articles, and he is Lead Editor of Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. His forthcoming book is Algorithms of Education: How datafication and artificial intelligence shape policy, co-authored with Kalervo N. Gulson and P. Taylor Webb.
About me
Sam Sellar is Dean of Research (Education Futures) and Professor of Education Policy at the University of South Australia.
Sam’s research focuses on education policy, large-scale assessments and the datafication of education. He is currently co-investigator for an ESRC project investigating digital platforms in higher education (led by Janja Komljenovic, Lancaster University).
Sam has published more than 70 books, book chapters and journal articles, and he is Lead Editor of Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. His forthcoming book is Algorithms of Education: How datafication and artificial intelligence shape policy, co-authored with Kalervo N. Gulson and P. Taylor Webb.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Bachelor of Education (Junior Primary and Primary) with Honours University of South Australia
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Artificial intelligence in education: Democratising policyect, ARC - Discovery Projects, 30/05/2024 - 29/05/2026
Illuminating Principal Practice, South Australian Secondary Principals Association Inc (SASPA), 24/04/2023 - 15/02/2024
Illuminating principal practice, South Australia Area School Leaders Association, 24/04/2023 - 24/12/2023
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 or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2022 |
Open access
|
2018 |
4
|
2017 |
11
|
2015 |
128
6
|
Year | Output |
---|---|
2024 |
2
4
|
2024 |
3
|
2023 |
6
|
2023 |
1
|
2021 |
6
23
|
2021 |
10
|
2019 |
|
2019 |
6
|
2019 |
1
|
2018 |
|
2018 |
|
2018 |
4
116
|
2016 |
116
34
|
2016 |
|
2016 |
6
3
|
2015 |
13
|
2015 |
50
|
2015 |
34
|
2015 |
|
2015 |
14
|
Year | Output |
---|---|
2025 |
Open access
1
|
2025 |
Open access
1
3
3
|
2025 |
1
|
2025 |
Open access
1
2
18
|
2024 |
3
1
3
|
2024 |
Open access
1
|
2024 |
Open access
6
4
16
|
2023 |
2
1
|
2022 |
Open access
14
10
1
|
2022 |
Open access
21
20
1
|
2021 |
Open access
6
5
4
|
2021 |
Open access
42
31
8
|
2021 |
1
|
2021 |
Open access
10
5
1
|
2020 |
Open access
48
40
2
|
2019 |
Open access
109
91
12
|
2019 |
Open access
13
10
10
|
2019 |
Open access
31
21
1
|
2018 |
Open access
32
21
49
|
2018 |
Open access
36
21
6
|
2018 |
Open access
22
20
1
|
2017 |
Open access
25
18
8
|
2017 |
Open access
38
22
2
|
2016 |
Open access
26
18
|
2016 |
112
73
10
|
2016 |
86
66
|
2016 |
38
1
|
2016 |
Sellar, S 2016, 'Leaving the future behind', Research in Education, vol. 96, no. 1, pp. 12-18.
8
6
|
2015 |
63
52
1
|
2015 |
15
11
3
|
2015 |
29
22
1
|
2015 |
128
110
1
|
2015 |
11
8
|
2015 |
236
185
6
|
2011 |
79
61
|
2009 |
11
8
|
2009 |
38
31
|
Year | Output |
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2024 |
Open access
|
2022 |
Open access
|
2010 |
|
2010 |
Open access
|
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
---|---|
Australian Catholic University | AUSTRALIA |
Charles Darwin University | AUSTRALIA |
Columbia University | UNITED STATES |
Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
Griffith University | AUSTRALIA |
Indiana University | UNITED STATES |
James Cook University | AUSTRALIA |
King’s College | UNITED KINGDOM |
King's College London | UNITED KINGDOM |
Kyoto University | JAPAN |
La Trobe University | AUSTRALIA |
Lancaster University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Laval University | CANADA |
Manchester Metropolitan University | UNITED KINGDOM |
National University of Tainan | TAIWAN |
Queensland University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
Sultan Qaboos University | OMAN |
University College London | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Barcelona | SPAIN |
University of British Columbia | CANADA |
University of California San Diego | UNITED STATES |
University of California, Merced | UNITED STATES |
University of Cambridge | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Connecticut | UNITED STATES |
University of Edinburgh | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Glasgow | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Gothenburg | SWEDEN |
University of New England | AUSTRALIA |
University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
University of Nottingham | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Oslo | NORWAY |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of Tasmania | AUSTRALIA |
University of the Sunshine Coast | AUSTRALIA |
University of Turku | FINLAND |
University of Wollongong | AUSTRALIA |
Utrecht University | NETHERLANDS |
Victoria University | AUSTRALIA |
Western Sydney University | AUSTRALIA |
Western University | CANADA |
York University | CANADA |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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MemberEuropean Education Research Association |
2022 |
MemberComparative and International Education Society |
2019 |
Guest Editor of Special IssueEducational Philosophy and Theory |
2018 |
MemberComparative and International Education Society |
2018 |
MemberBritish Educational Research Association |
2018 |
MemberAmerican Educational Research Association |
2017 |
MemberComparative and International Education Society |
2017 |
MemberBritish Educational Research Association |
2017 |
MemberComparative and International Education Society |
2016 |
MemberAustralian Association for Research in Education |
2016 |
MemberAmerican Educational Research Association |
2016 |
MemberComparative and International Education Society |
2015 |
MemberAmerican Educational Research Association |
2015 |
MemberAmerican Educational Research Association |
2014 |
Guest Editor of Special IssueDiscourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education |
2013 |
Guest Editor of Special IssueAustralian Educational Researcher |
2011 |
Guest Editor of Special IssueCambridge Journal of Education |
2011 |
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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An Investigation into Indigenous Educational Leadership in South Australian Schools | Current |
Professional learning communities that support social justice through action-research: a critical narrative ethnography of the redesigning pedagogies in the north project | Current |
Scaling Quality and Compliance in Early Childhood Education (ECE) in Low-Resource and Fragile Contexts: A Systems-Level Analysis | Current |