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Professor Ourania Filippakou is a faculty member in the Department of Education at Brunel University London, affiliated with the College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences. Her research focuses on the politics of higher education through comparative historical analysis, higher education policy, and social justice.
- PhD, Higher Education - UCL Institute of Education
- MA, Higher and Professional Education - UCL Institute of Education
- BA (Hons), Education with QTS - University of the Aegean
Her research combines historical methods with social science theories to examine higher education's role in societal transformation, with specific emphasis on comparative studies of higher education systems, the politics of reforms in liberal democracies (particularly EU countries), and the tension between techno-scientific instrumental rationality and humanistic paideia. She has secured grants from institutions like the Economic and Social Research Council, British Council India, and European Commission for projects on gender equality, pedagogic quality, and higher education governance.
Recent publications analyze authoritarianism's impact on education, comparative openness ideologies in UK/Greece open universities, and gender policy critiques in Indian higher education. She served as Co-editor of the British Educational Research Journal (2017-2021) and Council Member of the Society for Research into Higher Education (2016-2020).
