Episodes

  • FreshEd #422 - Alternative Imaginaries of Sustainability in Higher Education (Olga Mun)

    FreshEd #422 - Alternative Imaginaries of Sustainability in Higher Education (Olga Mun)
    Apr 27 2026
    Today we try to imagine alternatives to the traditional ways of understanding sustainability in higher education. My guest is Olga Mun. Olga Mun is an early-career researcher and co-convenor of the Climate Change Education Reading Group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford. She’s recently co-written with Gulzhanat Gafu and Aizuddin Mohamed Anuar a piece for the Comparative Education Review entitled “Obal and Budi Philosophies as Reparative Visions of Sustainability in Higher Education: A Creative Manifesto.” freshedpodcast.com/mun/ -- Get in touch! LinkedIn: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com
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    31 mins
  • FreshEd #421 – Transforming Higher Education (Noah Sobe)

    FreshEd #421 – Transforming Higher Education (Noah Sobe)
    Apr 19 2026
    Today we explore UNESCO’s roadmap for the future of higher education. My guest is Noah Sobe. Noah Sobe is the Chief of Section for Higher Education at UNESCO. The new report we discuss is entitled Transforming Higher Education: Global Collaboration on Visioning and Action. freshedpodcast.com/sobe/ -- Get in touch! LinkedIn: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com
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    27 mins
  • FreshEd #343 –Policy Mobilities and Assemblage Theory (Steven Lewis & Rebecca Spratt)

    FreshEd #343 –Policy Mobilities and Assemblage Theory (Steven Lewis & Rebecca Spratt)
    Apr 13 2026
    Today we explore the meaning of comparison from a theoretical approach that combines Policy Mobilities and Assemblage theory. My guests are Steven Lewis and Rebecca Spratt. Steven Lewis is an Associate Professor of Comparative Education at Australian Catholic University where Rebecca Spratt is a PhD candidate. Their new book is Assembling Comparison: Understanding Education Policy through Mobilities and Assemblage (Bristol University Press, 2024). freshedpodcast.com/lewis-spratt/ -- Get in touch! Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com Support FreshEd: www.freshedpodcast.com/support/
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    38 mins
  • FreshEd #420 – The Safetyfication of Education (Marta Estellés)

    FreshEd #420 – The Safetyfication of Education (Marta Estellés)
    Apr 6 2026
    Today we unpack the term “safey”, which pervades education debates world wide. My guest is Marta Estellés. Marta Estellés is a senior lecturer in the school of education at the University of Waikato. Her new, open access book is entitled The Safetyfication of Education: Neoliberalism, Psychopolitics and the End of Critical Education. freshedpodcast.com/estelles/ -- Get in touch! LinkedIn: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com
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    30 mins
  • FreshEd #419 – Continuing Studies Podcast (Neil McPhedran & Jennifer-Lee Gunson)

    FreshEd #419 – Continuing Studies Podcast (Neil McPhedran & Jennifer-Lee Gunson)
    Mar 29 2026
    I’d like to welcome our newest member Susan Winton. I’d also like to say thank you to Kathryn Anderson Levitt and Beth Chapman for upping their membership level to UltraFresh. We couldn’t run this show without our members. And if you’d like to join our growing membership community, head over to freshedpodcast.com/support -- I was recently interviewed on the Continuing Studies Podcast, which is hosted by Neil McPherdran and Jennifer-Lee Gunson. Today I’m going to play that episode as it explores what FreshEd has been working on for the past decade. That is, trying to make academic knowledge more accessible, value the power of storytelling, and reimagine higher education institutions from the inside out. I hope you enjoy the show. And if you like it, be sure to subscribe to the Continuing Studies Podcast. They produce some great content at the intersection of higher education and podcasting. https://www.continuingstudiespodcast.com -- Get in touch! LinkedIn: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com
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    35 mins
  • FreshEd #418 – Two Centuries of Schooling (Johannes Westberg)

    FreshEd #418 – Two Centuries of Schooling (Johannes Westberg)
    Mar 22 2026
    Paid message: Sign up for the University of Zurich International Summer School: freshedpodcast.com/summerschool -- Today we explore keywords across two centuries of schooling. My guest is Johannes Westberg. Johannes Westberg is full professor of Theory and History of Education, and chair of the unit of Pedagogy at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. His new book is Conceptualizing Two Centuries of Schooling: Key Developments in the History of European Educational Systems, which will be published in May. freshedpodcast.com/westberg/ -- Get in touch! LinkedIn: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com
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    31 mins
  • FreshEd #417 – How Time Inequalities Shape Higher Education Mobility (Cora Lingling Xu)

    FreshEd #417 – How Time Inequalities Shape Higher Education Mobility (Cora Lingling Xu)
    Mar 15 2026
    Today we explore how time can be inherited like status or wealth and what that means for higher education mobility and inequality. My guest is Cora Lingling Xu. Dr Cora Lingling Xu is Associate Professor in Sociology of Education at Durham University. Her new book is called The Time Inheritors: How Time Inequalities Shape Higher Education Mobility in China (SUNY Press, 2025) -- freshedpodcast.com/xu/ -- Get in touch! LinkedIn: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com
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    32 mins
  • FreshEd #416 – Higher Education in Conflict (Savo Heleta & Mario Novelli)

    FreshEd #416 – Higher Education in Conflict (Savo Heleta & Mario Novelli)
    Mar 8 2026
    Join our 2026 Annual General Meeting on March 11: zoom.us/meeting/register/6aweHqYJRhKE8oSyrAnPLA -- Paid message: Sign up for the University of Zurich International Summer School: freshedpodcast.com/summerschool -- Today we explore higher education in conflict. My guests are Savo Heleta and Mario Novelli. We focus our conversation on the new special issue of the journal Globalization, Societies and Education entitled: Supporting and learning from universities in times of conflict: towards resilience and resistance in higher education, which was co-edited by Helen Murray, Birgul Kutan, Samia Al-Botmeh, Savo Heleta, Sardar Saadi, and Mario Novelli. Savo Heleta is a research associate with the Chair for critical studies in higher education transformation at Nelson Mandela University. Mario Novelli is professor in the political economy of education at the University of Sussex. freshedpodcast.com/heleta-novelli/ -- Get in touch! LinkedIn: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com
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    38 mins