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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.
My work revolves around the politics of education. One strand of my research analyses how ideologies, professional interests and cultural diversity interact to shape education. I use comparative approaches to systematically identify the educational views and interests of key actors, such as parties, stakeholders and the public, and historical-comparative approaches to understand how they come together to produce change and variation in education systems. My second strand of research examines the consequences of such change and variation for social and cultural inequality. I am currently co-leading projects examining the impact of educational variation on territorial inequalities in Europe, and the impact of different types of privatisation on the working conditions of educational support staff around the world. My research has been funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Fritz Thyssen 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.
Publication
2024
- Giudici, A. and Pultar, A. 2024. Shaping illiberal citizenries: Far-right justifications of educational structures. European Educational Research Journal (10.1177/14749041241308600)
- Gingrich, J. and Giudici, A. 2024. Who polarises? Who targets? Parties’ educational speech over the long run. European Journal of Political Research (10.1111/1475-6765.12747)
- 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., Gruber, O., Schnell, P. and Pultar, A. 2024. Far-right parties and the politics of education in Europe. Journal of Contemporary European Studies (10.1080/14782804.2024.2352518)
- 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. eds. 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. eds. 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., Gingrich, J., Chevalier, T. and Haslberger, M. 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. eds. 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
- 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)
- Mueller, S. and Giudici, A. eds. 2017. Federalismo Svizzero: Attori, Strutture, Processi. Locarno, Switzerland: Dadò.
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. Keller, A. 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. Keller, A. Zurich: Center for International Projects in Education, pp. 150-155.
Articles
- Giudici, A. and Pultar, A. 2024. Shaping illiberal citizenries: Far-right justifications of educational structures. European Educational Research Journal (10.1177/14749041241308600)
- Gingrich, J. and Giudici, A. 2024. Who polarises? Who targets? Parties’ educational speech over the long run. European Journal of Political Research (10.1111/1475-6765.12747)
- 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)
- Giudici, A., Gruber, O., Schnell, P. and Pultar, A. 2024. Far-right parties and the politics of education in Europe. Journal of Contemporary European Studies (10.1080/14782804.2024.2352518)
- 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., Gingrich, J., Chevalier, T. and Haslberger, M. 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. 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. eds. 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. eds. 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. eds. 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. Keller, A. 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. Keller, A. Zurich: Center for International Projects in Education, pp. 150-155.
Books
- 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. 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.
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