Nicole Mockler

Nicole Mockler is an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Sydney, with dual affiliations through her editorial roles at The Australian Educational Researcher and international advisory boards for British Educational Research Journal and Educational Action Research. Her career spans secondary school teaching, senior leadership roles, and a decade in tertiary education.

Holdings academic credentials include a PhD in Education from the University of Sydney (2008), followed by a Senior Lecturer position at the University of Newcastle (2008-2015). Her research focuses on education policy critique, teacher professional learning dynamics, and curriculum/pedagogy innovation.

Notable contributions include 14 co-authored/edited books, with recent works analyzing media representations of teachers and interrogating compliance-driven professional learning. She has held significant editorial roles including Communications Coordinator for the Australian Association for Research in Education (2011-2016) and Associate Editor positions for Critical Studies in Education and Teaching and Teacher Education until 2016.

Her research trends emphasize critical analysis of educational discourses, with recent work bridging media studies and education to explore how societal narratives shape teacher identities. The 2022 monograph on print media representations exemplifies this interdisciplinary focus.

Recognitions include a 2-year SOAR Fellowship (2018-2019) supporting her research acceleration. Current projects likely extend her time-use research initiative linked to teacher workloads, as indicated by the Time-Use, Time Poverty research portal linked to her profile.