Tamson Pietsch

Tamson Pietsch is an Associate Professor in Social and Political Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), where she directs the Australian Centre for Public History and manages UTS Impact Studios. She holds a DPhil and MSt in Modern History from the University of Oxford (as a Rhodes Scholar) and a BA (Hons) from the University of Adelaide. Her academic appointments include prior roles at Oxford, Sydney, and Brunel University London.

Her research examines the history of ideas, global knowledge politics, and institutional histories, with emphasis on universities, education, and digital representations of history. Current projects analyze Wikipedia's biases and interwar Australian expertise. Key research themes include:

• Colonial/imperial knowledge networks
• Digital humanities and equity in knowledge production
• Transnational educational exchanges
• Gender and labor invisibility in historical narratives

Her publications (2020-2025) predominantly explore historical epistemology, educational policy, and digital sociology, with recurring focus on institutional critique, knowledge equity, and maritime/imperial mobility. Articles frequently employ comparative analysis of Australia/UK contexts.

Awards & Honors:

• Rhodes Scholarship (University of Oxford)

Grants & Leadership: She secured six major grants, including ARC Discovery Projects on Wikipedia's equity (2022-2025) and interwar knowledge networks (2017-2020). She leads two UTS research units and serves as President of the Australia and New Zealand History of Education Society (2021-2023).

She supervises postgraduate research and teaches courses on Honours Research Methods and Professional Placement.