Research output per year
Research output per year
Professor
The University of Western Australia (M428), 35 Stirling Highway,
6009 Perth
Australia
Tanya Fitzgerald is Professor of Higher Education and Dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Western Australia. She has held leadership positions in universities in New Zealand, England, and Australia and Visiting Professor roles in Canada, Malaysia, and South Africa. Tanya’s research interests focus primarily on histories of women’s higher education, social change, and higher education policy and leadership. Current projects included an analysis of leadership in elite universities (funded by the ESRC) and a history of women academics. Tanya has an extensive publications record including 13 books and 100+ book chapters and journal articles and is regularly invited to deliver keynote addresses. She has co–edited three academic journals and currently serves on a number of international editorial boards. Tanya is internationally recognised as a leading interdisciplinary scholar in the history of education field. In 2020 she was made a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, in 2021 elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and in 2025 appointed to the Australian Research Council College of Experts.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article in specialist publication › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Edited book/Anthology › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Page, A. (Investigator 01), Houghton, S. (Investigator 02), Chapman, E. (Investigator 03), Small, M. (Investigator 04), Freshwater, D. (Investigator 05), Hood, S. (Investigator 06), Sawyer, M. (Investigator 07), Milroy, H. (Investigator 08), Fitzgerald, T. (Investigator 09) & Sheil, B. (Investigator 10)
ARC Australian Research Council
31/03/23 → 28/02/26
Project: Research
Lawrence, D. (Investigator 01), Houghton, S. (Investigator 02), Chapman, E. (Investigator 03), Page, A. (Investigator 04), Small, M. (Investigator 05), Sheil, B. (Investigator 06), Freshwater, D. (Investigator 07), Milroy, H. (Investigator 08), Sawyer, M. (Investigator 09) & Fitzgerald, T. (Investigator 10)
Stan Perron Charitable Foundation
30/11/20 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
Fitzgerald, T. (Assessor)
Activity: Industry and government engagement/consultancy › Grant review responsibilities
Fitzgerald, T. (Member)
Activity: Memberships › Membership of board/school board or association
Fitzgerald, T. (Reviewer)
Activity: Editorial work or peer review of publications › Editorial activity
Fitzgerald, T. (Associate Editor)
Activity: Editorial work or peer review of publications › Editorial activity
Fitzgerald, T. (Member)
Activity: Memberships › Membership of board/school board or association