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Personal profile
Research profile
My research interests include teacher professionalism, teachers' work, teachers' professional learning and development, teacher trade unions, social dialogue, education policy, education governance, comparative education, European education systems, narrative inquiry and discourse analysis.
Teaching profile
I teach or have taught on the following undergraduate and postgraduate study programmes:
Undergraduate study programmes
Bachelors in Organisational Learning (Bachelor i Organisatorisk Læring)
Semester 2 Module: Scientific Theory and Qualitative Methods (Videnskabsteori og kvalitative metoder)
- The Qualitative Interview (Det kvalitative interview)
- Focus Groups (Fokusgrupper)
- Documentary Research and Text Analysis (Dokumentforskning og tekstanalyse)
- Critical Theory and Discourse Analysis (Kritisk teori og diskursanalyse)
- Research design: theory, methodology and method (Undersøgelsesdesign: teori, metodologi og metode)
(Module coordinator, Spring 2022, 2023, 2024)
Semester 5 Module: Learning and Organisation from a Global Perspective (Læring og organisation i globalt perspektiv)
- Theories of Globalisation (Globaliseringsteorier)
- International Organisations' Role and Meaning in the Creation of a Global Education Space (Internationale organisationers rolle og betydning i skabelsen af et globalt uddannelsesrum)
(Module coordinator, Autumn 2021)
Postgraduate study programmes
Masters in Learning and Change Processes (Kandidat i Læring og Forandringsprocesser)
Semester 7 Module: Knowledge of Learning and Change Processes (Viden om læring og forandringsprocesser)
Unit: Methodology and Processes (Metodologi og processer)
- From Scientific Theory to Research Design (Fra videnskabsteori til undersøgelsesdesign)
- Qualitative Approaches and Methods (Kvalitative tilgange og metoder)
- Comparative Research Design (Komparativ undersøgelsesdesign)
Semester 8 Module: Education, Pedagogy and Didactics (Uddannelse, pædagogik og didaktik)
- Global Agendas - National Education Systems - Local Practices (Globale agendaer, nationale uddannelsessystemer - locale praxisser). Workshop with Professor Mette Buchardt and Professor Christian Ydesen.
Semester 8 Module: Learning and Change in Organisations (Læring og foranding i organisationer)
- Organisational Learning and the Learning Organisation (Organisatorisk læring og lærende organisation)
- Diversity and Diversity Leadership in Organisations (Mangfoldighed og mangfoldigheldsledelse i organisationer)
- Opponent Seminar (Opponentseminar)
(Module coordinator, Spring 2024)
Masters in Learning Processes (Master i Læreprocesser)
- Sociology of Professions and Professionalism (Sociologi af professioner og professionalisme)
I have been a PBL (problem-based learning) individual and group supervisor, examiner and internal moderator on the following postgraduate and undergraduate programmes:
Supervisor/examiner (Vejleder/eksaminator)
Masters in Learning and Change Processes (Kandidat i Læring og Forandringsprocesser)
- Semester 10 Dissertation (Kandidatspeciale) - Spring 2022, 2023, 2024
- Semester 9 Learning and Change in Practice (Læring og forandring i praksis) - Autumn 2021, 2022, 2023
- Semester 8 Learning and Change in Organisations (Læring og forandring i organisationer) - Spring 2022, 2023, 2024
- Semester 8 Education, Pedagogy and Didactics (Uddannelse, pedagogik og didaktik) - Spring 2022, 2023, 2024
- Semester 8 Learning in Intercultural Contexts (Læring i interkulturelle kontekster) - Spring 2024
- Semester 7 Knowledge of Learning and Change Processes (Viden om læring og forandringsprocesser) - Autumn 2021, 2022, 2023
Bachelors in Organisational Learning (Bachelor i Organisatorisk Læring)
- Semester 3 Learning and collaboration in and amongst organisations (Læring og samarbejde i og blandt organisationer) - Autumn 2022
- Semester 1 Organisation and society (Organisation og samfund) - Autumn 2023
Internal moderator (Intern censor)
Masters in Learning and Change Processes (Kandidat i Læring og Forandringsprocesser)
- Semester 9 Learning and Change in Practice (Læring og forandring i praksis) - Autumn 2021, 2022, 2023
- Semester 8 Learning in Intercultural Contexts (Læring i interkulturelle kontekster) - Spring 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Semester 7 Knowledge of Learning and Change Processes (Viden om læring og forandringsprocesser) - Autumn 2021, 2023
Bachelors in Organisational Learning (Bachelor i Organisatorisk Læring)
- Semester 5 Learning and Organisation from a Global Perspective (Læring og organisation i et globalt perspektiv) - Autumn 2020, 2021
- Semester 2 Scientific Theory and Qualitative Methods (Videnskabsteori og kvalitative metoder) - Spring 2022, 2023, 2024
- Semester 1 Organisation and Society (Organisation og samfund) - Autumn 2023
I completed the university pedagogy course for assistant professors (Adjunktpædagogikum), a nationally recognised programme for teaching in higher education, in Spring 2022.
In addition, I am a qualified secondary school teacher of modern foreign languages (French, German and Spanish) in England and Sweden. With ten years' experience as a teacher and middle leader, I have worked in state comprehensive schools in England and for-profit and not-for-profit free schools in Sweden.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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):
Education/Academic qualification
Education, PhD, Teacher Professionalism from the Margins: a Critical Discourse Analysis of the policies and politics of governance in England and Sweden, University of Nottingham
1 Oct 2015 → 30 Sept 2019
Award Date: 24 Jul 2020
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Collaborations from the last five years
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Getting stronger together: trade union renewal in education
Stevenson, H. & Milner, A. L.
19/04/2023 → 31/03/2024
Project: Research
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Towards a Framework of Action on the Attractiveness of the Teaching Profession through Effective Social Dialogue in Education
Stevenson, H. & Milner, A. L.
10/05/2021 → 31/05/2023
Project: Research
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Education Access Under the Reign of Testing and Inclusion
Ydesen, C., Milner, A. L., Aderet-German, T. R., Caride, E. G., Ruan, Y., Hansen, I. S., Enemark, N. R. & Holleufer, S.
01/08/2019 → 30/06/2023
Project: Research
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Your Turn!: Teachers for trade union renewal
Stevenson, H., Carter, B., Milner, A. L. & Vega Castillo, M. A.
01/12/2018 → 30/09/2020
Project: Research
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Public Service Trade Unions – Effective Interventions in the European Semester
Stevenson, H., Hagger-Vaughan, L., Milner, A. L., Vanhercke, B., Bellitti, C. & Pond, R.
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research
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Aligning Curriculum with Educational Assessment in Times of Uncertainty: Historical Insights, Crisis Management and New Technologies
Ydesen, C., Milner, A. L., Bundgaard, K. & Møller, A. K., 2024, (Submitted).Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Working paper › Research
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Constructing solidarity through social justice in education: from collaboration and conflict to amalgamation between Swedish teacher unions
Milner, A. L., Bäckström, P. & Ernestam, J., 28 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Globalisation, Societies and Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Getting stronger together
Stevenson, H., Milner, A. L. & Vega Castillo, M. A., 2024, (Submitted)Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research
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International Comparisons in Education: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Methodo-logical-Political Trajectories, Contributions and Debates
Milner, A. L. & Ydesen, C., 2024, (Submitted) The BERA-SAGE International Handbook of Research-Informed Education Practice and Policy. Wyse, D., Baumfield, V., Mockler, N. & Reardon, M. (eds.).Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Confronting the disadvantage gap: the challenges to transformative leadership in a high-stakes assessment system
Milner, A. L., 20 Nov 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Inclusive Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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Educational Review Article of the Year Award 2019
Winchip, Emily (Recipient), Stevenson, Howard (Recipient) & Milner, Alison Louise (Recipient), 6 Mar 2020
Prize: Research, education and innovation prizes
Activities
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Getting stronger together
Howard Stevenson (Speaker) & Alison Louise Milner (Moderator)
6 Mar 2024Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
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Retaining Good Teachers for the Right Reasons
Alison Louise Milner (Speaker)
12 Oct 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Contingencies of collective bargaining: comparing teacher union engagement in social dialogue on issues of teacher supply in Europe
Alison Louise Milner (Speaker) & Howard Stevenson (Other)
24 Aug 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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European Conference on Educational Research 2023
Alison Louise Milner (Participant)
22 Aug 2023 → 25 Aug 2025Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar
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Making and remaking the assessment and inclusion agendas: Policymakers and school leaders in Argentina, Denmark and England
Alison Louise Milner (Speaker), Christian Ydesen (Other) & Felicitas Acosta (Other)
22 Aug 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
Press/Media
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DLF vil gøre meritlæreruddannelsen gratis: Det er ''logisk”, men løser ikke det store problem
20/09/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Attractiveness of the Teaching Profession: Second ETUCE-EFEE seminar in Riga
06/10/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media