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Dr Anja Giudici
(she/her)
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Anja Giudici
Lecturer
Overview
I joined the School of Social Sciences as a Lecturer in Education in August 2024. Prior to joining Cardiff University, I taught and researched at Newcastle University, the University of Oxford, and the University of Zurich. I have also held visiting positions at the European University Institute, Sciences Po, and the University of Oxford.
I research the politics of education, using comparative and historical approaches to better understand the determinants and effects of policy variation. One strand of my research analyses how political and professional ideologies and interests interact to shape the institutions that educate our future generations. My second research strand examines the consequences of such changes for students, staff and the wider political landscape. My work has been published in leading journals in both education and politics, including the European Educational Research Journal, the European Journal of Political Research, the Comparative Education Review, the Journal of Education Policy, and Comparative Politics.
I am currently co-leading a project examining the impact of regional decentralisation on educational inequalities, funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. My research has also been funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and Education International, and my article "Multidimensionality matters", co-authored with Jane Gingrich and Daniel McArthur, won the 2024 CIES Bereday Award from the Comparative & International Education Society.
I am a member of the editorial board of the European Educational Research Journal.
Publication
2026
- Giudici, A. , Ruoss, T. and Wright, S. 2026. Contested identities in Europe: Historical insights into the construction of citizenship education from the bottom up. European Educational Research Journal 25 (1), pp.3-13. (10.1177/14749041251403832)
- Giudici, A. and Pultar, A. 2026. Shaping illiberal citizenries: Far-right justifications of educational structures. European Educational Research Journal 25 (1), pp.126-145. (10.1177/14749041241308600)
2025
- Giudici, A. et al. 2025. Die schulische Wissensordnung im Wandel. Historische Bildungsforschung Zurich: Chronos Verlag.
- Giudici, A. et al. 2025. Wer bestimmt die schulische wissensordnung?. In: Giudici, A. et al., Die schulische Wissenspolitik im Wandel. Zurich: Chronos Verlag. , pp.383-414.
- Gingrich, J. and Giudici, A. 2025. Who polarises? Who targets? Parties’ educational speech over the long run. European Journal of Political Research 64 (3), pp.1276-1303. (10.1111/1475-6765.12747)
- Giudici, A. , Gruber, O. and Schnell, P. eds. 2025. Far-right parties and the politics of education in Europe. London: Routledge. (10.4324/9781003615705)
- Giudici, A. et al. 2025. Far-right parties and the politics of education in Europe. Journal of Contemporary European Studies 33 (1), pp.1-14. (10.1080/14782804.2024.2352518)
2024
- Giudici, A. 2024. Rechtsradikale und rechtsextreme Einstellungen zur Bildungspolitik in Westeuropa nach 1945. Bildung und Erziehung 77 (4), pp.401-417. (10.7788/buer-2024-770402)
- Gingrich, J. , Giudici, A. and McArthur, D. 2024. Multidimensionality matters: The implications of educational hierarchy and differentiation for intergenerational mobility in Europe. Comparative Education Review 68 (2), pp.238-261. (10.1086/729572)
- Cone, L. and Giudici, A. 2024. Carrying the community. Addressing the consequences of privatization and funding shortfalls for education support personnel. Project Report.[Online].Education International. Available at: https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/28615:carrying-the-community.
- Giudici, A. 2024. Nationalism and the curriculum: Analytical and methodological considerations. In: Trifonas, P. P. and Jagger, S. eds. Handbook of Curriculum Theory, Research, and Practice. Cham: Springer. , pp.507-525. (10.1007/978-3-031-21155-3_50)
2023
- Giudici, A. and Emmenegger, P. 2023. Education policy. In: Emmenegger, P. et al., The Oxford Handbook of Swiss Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.604-622. (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192871787.013.31)
- Gingrich, J. , Giudici, A. and McArthur, D. 2023. The politics of equality in secondary education across wealthy postwar democracies. In: Mattei, P. et al., The Oxford Handbook of Education and Globalization. Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.633-656. (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197570685.013.18)
- Gingrich, J. and Giudici, A. 2023. Education as a tool of social equality?. Social Policy and Administration 57 (2), pp.172-188. (10.1111/spol.12878)
- Giudici, A. et al. 2023. Centre-right parties and post-war secondary education. Comparative Politics 55 (2), pp.193-218. (10.5129/001041523X16570701392481)
2022
- Giudici, A. and Emmenegger, P. 2022. Bildungspolitik. In: Papadopoulos, Y. et al., Handbuch der Schweizer Politik. Zurich: NZZ. , pp.758-810.
2021
- Giudici, A. 2021. Teacher politics bottom-up: theorising the impact of micro-politics on policy generation. Journal of Education Policy 36 (6), pp.801-821. (10.1080/02680939.2020.1730976)
- Giudici, A. 2021. Seeds of authoritarian opposition: far-right education politics in post-war Europe. European Educational Research Journal 20 (2), pp.121-142. (10.1177/1474904120947893)
2020
- Giudici, A. , Ruoss, T. and van Ruyskensvelde, S. 2020. Educating the Volksgemeinschaft. Authoritarian ideals and school reforms in Europe’s fascist era. Paedagogica Historica 56 (5), pp.569-571. (10.1080/00309230.2020.1825496)
- Giudici, A. and Ruoss, T. 2020. How to educate an authoritarian society: conflicting views on school reform for a fascist society in interwar Switzerland. Paedagogica Historica 56 (5), pp.605-623. (10.1080/00309230.2019.1675726)
- Giudici, A. , Ronza, R. W. and Pini, V. eds. 2020. Il plurilinguismo svizzero e la sfida dell’inglese. Locarno: Dadò.
2019
- Giudici, A. , Masoni, G. and Ruoss, T. 2019. Nativist authoritarian far-right flirtations with progressive education: exploring the relationship in interwar Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Education Research 41 (2), pp.386-403. (10.24452/sjer.41.2.8)
2018
- Giudici, A. 2018. Explaining Swiss language education policy. PhD Thesis , University of Zurich.
2017
- Mueller, S. and Giudici, A. eds. 2017. Il Federalismo Svizzero: Attori, Strutture, Processi. Locarno, Switzerland: Dadò.
- Giudici, A. and Grizelj, S. 2017. National unity in cultural diversity: how national and linguistic identities affected Swiss language curricula (1914–1961). Paedagogica Historica 53 (1-2), pp.137-154. (10.1080/00309230.2016.1229348)
2016
- Giudici, A. and Stojanovic, N. 2016. Die zusammensetzung des Schweizerischen Bundesrates nach partei, region, sprache und religion, 1848–2015. Swiss Political Science Review 22 (2), pp.288-307. (10.1111/spsr.12214)
- Buehlmann, R. and Giudici, A. 2016. Cooperation with the school of the immigration country. In: Schader, B. ed. Foundations and Backgrounds. Translated from the original by A. Keller Zurich: Center for International Projects in Education. , pp.137-143.
- Giudici, A. 2016. HLT in various host countries and linkage with their school systems: overview, facts, models. In: Schader, B. ed. Foundations and Backgrounds. Translated from the original by A. Keller Zurich: Center for International Projects in Education. , pp.150-155.
Articles
- Giudici, A. , Ruoss, T. and Wright, S. 2026. Contested identities in Europe: Historical insights into the construction of citizenship education from the bottom up. European Educational Research Journal 25 (1), pp.3-13. (10.1177/14749041251403832)
- Giudici, A. and Pultar, A. 2026. Shaping illiberal citizenries: Far-right justifications of educational structures. European Educational Research Journal 25 (1), pp.126-145. (10.1177/14749041241308600)
- Gingrich, J. and Giudici, A. 2025. Who polarises? Who targets? Parties’ educational speech over the long run. European Journal of Political Research 64 (3), pp.1276-1303. (10.1111/1475-6765.12747)
- Giudici, A. et al. 2025. Far-right parties and the politics of education in Europe. Journal of Contemporary European Studies 33 (1), pp.1-14. (10.1080/14782804.2024.2352518)
- Giudici, A. 2024. Rechtsradikale und rechtsextreme Einstellungen zur Bildungspolitik in Westeuropa nach 1945. Bildung und Erziehung 77 (4), pp.401-417. (10.7788/buer-2024-770402)
- Gingrich, J. , Giudici, A. and McArthur, D. 2024. Multidimensionality matters: The implications of educational hierarchy and differentiation for intergenerational mobility in Europe. Comparative Education Review 68 (2), pp.238-261. (10.1086/729572)
- Gingrich, J. and Giudici, A. 2023. Education as a tool of social equality?. Social Policy and Administration 57 (2), pp.172-188. (10.1111/spol.12878)
- Giudici, A. et al. 2023. Centre-right parties and post-war secondary education. Comparative Politics 55 (2), pp.193-218. (10.5129/001041523X16570701392481)
- Giudici, A. 2021. Teacher politics bottom-up: theorising the impact of micro-politics on policy generation. Journal of Education Policy 36 (6), pp.801-821. (10.1080/02680939.2020.1730976)
- Giudici, A. 2021. Seeds of authoritarian opposition: far-right education politics in post-war Europe. European Educational Research Journal 20 (2), pp.121-142. (10.1177/1474904120947893)
- Giudici, A. , Ruoss, T. and van Ruyskensvelde, S. 2020. Educating the Volksgemeinschaft. Authoritarian ideals and school reforms in Europe’s fascist era. Paedagogica Historica 56 (5), pp.569-571. (10.1080/00309230.2020.1825496)
- Giudici, A. and Ruoss, T. 2020. How to educate an authoritarian society: conflicting views on school reform for a fascist society in interwar Switzerland. Paedagogica Historica 56 (5), pp.605-623. (10.1080/00309230.2019.1675726)
- Giudici, A. , Masoni, G. and Ruoss, T. 2019. Nativist authoritarian far-right flirtations with progressive education: exploring the relationship in interwar Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Education Research 41 (2), pp.386-403. (10.24452/sjer.41.2.8)
- Giudici, A. and Grizelj, S. 2017. National unity in cultural diversity: how national and linguistic identities affected Swiss language curricula (1914–1961). Paedagogica Historica 53 (1-2), pp.137-154. (10.1080/00309230.2016.1229348)
- Giudici, A. and Stojanovic, N. 2016. Die zusammensetzung des Schweizerischen Bundesrates nach partei, region, sprache und religion, 1848–2015. Swiss Political Science Review 22 (2), pp.288-307. (10.1111/spsr.12214)
Book sections
- Giudici, A. et al. 2025. Wer bestimmt die schulische wissensordnung?. In: Giudici, A. et al., Die schulische Wissenspolitik im Wandel. Zurich: Chronos Verlag. , pp.383-414.
- Giudici, A. 2024. Nationalism and the curriculum: Analytical and methodological considerations. In: Trifonas, P. P. and Jagger, S. eds. Handbook of Curriculum Theory, Research, and Practice. Cham: Springer. , pp.507-525. (10.1007/978-3-031-21155-3_50)
- Giudici, A. and Emmenegger, P. 2023. Education policy. In: Emmenegger, P. et al., The Oxford Handbook of Swiss Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.604-622. (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192871787.013.31)
- Gingrich, J. , Giudici, A. and McArthur, D. 2023. The politics of equality in secondary education across wealthy postwar democracies. In: Mattei, P. et al., The Oxford Handbook of Education and Globalization. Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.633-656. (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197570685.013.18)
- Giudici, A. and Emmenegger, P. 2022. Bildungspolitik. In: Papadopoulos, Y. et al., Handbuch der Schweizer Politik. Zurich: NZZ. , pp.758-810.
- Buehlmann, R. and Giudici, A. 2016. Cooperation with the school of the immigration country. In: Schader, B. ed. Foundations and Backgrounds. Translated from the original by A. Keller Zurich: Center for International Projects in Education. , pp.137-143.
- Giudici, A. 2016. HLT in various host countries and linkage with their school systems: overview, facts, models. In: Schader, B. ed. Foundations and Backgrounds. Translated from the original by A. Keller Zurich: Center for International Projects in Education. , pp.150-155.
Books
- Giudici, A. et al. 2025. Die schulische Wissensordnung im Wandel. Historische Bildungsforschung Zurich: Chronos Verlag.
- Giudici, A. , Gruber, O. and Schnell, P. eds. 2025. Far-right parties and the politics of education in Europe. London: Routledge. (10.4324/9781003615705)
- Giudici, A. , Ronza, R. W. and Pini, V. eds. 2020. Il plurilinguismo svizzero e la sfida dell’inglese. Locarno: Dadò.
- Mueller, S. and Giudici, A. eds. 2017. Il Federalismo Svizzero: Attori, Strutture, Processi. Locarno, Switzerland: Dadò.
Monographs
- Cone, L. and Giudici, A. 2024. Carrying the community. Addressing the consequences of privatization and funding shortfalls for education support personnel. Project Report.[Online].Education International. Available at: https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/28615:carrying-the-community.
Thesis
- Giudici, A. 2018. Explaining Swiss language education policy. PhD Thesis , University of Zurich.
Teaching
I served as Lead for the MSc Education in 2025-2026.
I teach a variety of undergraduate modules, including Introduction to Education (Year 1), Understanding and Solving Educational Problems (Year 1) and Race and Racism (Year 2). I also teach on the postgraduate modules Comparative Approaches to Understanding the Curriculum, 'Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century, and Global Futures in Education.
I have led the PGR module Social Contexts of Education and currently co-lead and teach on the foundation module Key Topics in the Social Sciences.
Biography
Professional experience
2022-2024 | Lecturer in Education - Newcastle University, School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences
2020-2022 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow on ERC-Funded Schoolpol Project - University of Oxford, Department of Politics and International Relations
2019 | Postdoctoral Fellowship financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation for project Education Against (Liberal) Democracy – Education and Schooling According to the Postwar Radical Right - visiting positions at the European University Institute, Sciences Po, and the University of Oxford
2017-2019 | Research and Teaching Fellow, University of Zurich, Chair for the History and Policy of Education Systems
2012-2013 | Scientific collaborator, Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education (EDK)
Education and qualifications
2013-2019 | PhD Education (summa cum laude) - University of Zurich
2009-2012 | MA in Education, Political Science, and Gender Studies - University of Zurich
2006-2009 | BA in Education, Political Science, and Social Anthropology - University of Zurich
Contact Details
+44 29 2251 5015
Glamorgan Building, Floor 2, Room 2.02, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WA
Research themes
Specialisms
- Comparative and cross-cultural education
- Education policy
- Right-wing Politics
- Politics of Education