Professor & Deputy Director, IIHEd
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Key Expertise | Education Policy and Leadership, Comparative and International Education, Decolonial Pedagogies, Participatory Research Methodologies and Southern Theory |
Dr. Mousumi Mukherjee is Professor & Deputy Director, IIHED leading the Centre for Comparative and Global Education under the aegis of the International Institute for Higher Education Research and Capacity Building, O.P. Jindal Global University. She has been also appointed as Honorary Senior Fellow of the Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne.
She is a distinguished Fulbright alumna with 20+ years of experience in the higher education sector of India, USA, and Australia. She is the Vice-President of Research and Partnerships Development of the STAR Scholars Network, an Executive Committee Member of the Indian Ocean Comparative Education Society (IOCES) and a Research Standing Committee Member of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES).
She worked as a consultant for the World Bank (New Delhi), UNESCO-IIEP (Paris), Higher Education Strategy Associates (Toronto) and the Australia-India Institute (Melbourne). As an external resource person, she co-authored the 2019 UNESCO-APCIEU award-winning Handbook- “Global Citizenship Education for upper-primary School Teachers” published by NCERT, India.
She is a Springer Book Series editor. She also serves as Associate Editor, Guest Editor, Editorial Board Member & Peer-Reviewer of international academic Journals. She has authored 40+ internationally peer-reviewed publications by reputed publishers, such as Routledge, Brill-Sense, Sage, Springer, and Oxford University Press.
Her research interest and expertise are in Education Policy and Leadership, Comparative and International Education, Decolonial Pedagogies, Participatory Research Methodologies and Southern Theory.
Research and Publication Ethics- DS-C-005 (PhD core)
Globalization of Education- MA (DLB) 0388 (Cross-Elective)
Global Citizenship and International Understanding- MA (DLB) 0446 (Cross-Elective)
International Education, Soft Power and Public Diplomacy- MA (DLB) 0624 (Cross Elective)
Social & Philosophical Foundations of Education - DS-IIHED-C-001 (PhD Core)
History of Indian Education- DS-IIHED-C-002 (PhD Core)
PhD Thesis Supervision
MA Thesis Supervision
Melbourne Graduate School of Education Community Excellence Alumni Award as Early-career Researcher, 2023
Presidential Medal of Service and Excellence from the STAR Scholars Network, 2021
International Travel Award for Distinguished Service in Educational Reform, Comparative and International Education Society, 2016
First Runner-Up, Gail P. Kelly Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation addressing social justice and equity issues in Education, 2016
The Washington Centre Civic Engagement Award, 2007
JGU Faculty Research Grant on “Motivations and Experiences of International Students: An Evidence-Based Approach to Internationalisation of Indian Higher Education” | Grant ID: JGU/RGP/2023/010 (January 2024)
ICSSR major project GRANT on “Motivations and Experiences of International Students: An Evidence-Based Approach to Internationalisation of Indian Higher Education” | Grant ID: F.No.02/47/2022-23/ICSSR/RP/MJ/GEN (June 2023)
Faculty Research Grant: “Comparative and Global Perspectives on International Student Experiences: The Case of Tibetan Students in India”, 2019
Faculty Research Grant: “Bridging Internationalization and Social Responsibility in Higher Education” Fellow, Society of Transnational Academic Researchers (STAR) scholars Network, 2018
Oceania Comparative and International Education Society Fellowship and Networking Grant, 2017
Honorary Senior Fellow, Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia, October 2022-2025
International Education Advisory Board Member (Honorary), Morgan State University, USA since March 2023
Society of Transnational Academic Researchers (STAR) scholars Network, 2018
Oceania Comparative and International Education Society Fellowship and Networking Grant, 2017
Visiting Assistant Professor, Northern Border University, KSA, February-May 2016
The Graduate College Bouyoucos Fellowship, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, 2010
Fulbright Language Teaching Assistantship, Loyola University Chicago, 2005
MA Thesis supervision: 1) “Information Communication Technology and Inclusive Education”- Anmol Jain (completed)
2) “History Education as a barrier in improving relations between China and Japan”- Charvee Puri (completed)
3) Pedagogy of Autonomy and Control in Social and Emotional Learning: Content Analysis of the Happiness Curriculum- Nistha Jain (Completed)
PhD Thesis Supervision: 1) Strengths-based Portraiture of Three Tibetan School Leaders: Implications for Leadership Training- Tenzin Dolma (Completed)
2) Higher educational attainment and workforce participation in academia: Narratives of women academics from Delhi- Gauri Khanna (Completed)
3) English Literature curriculum reform within Indian higher Education: Decolonial Perspectives- Sayani Chatterjee (ongoing)
4) Doctoral Supervision within the Indian context: Challenges and Opportunities- Aparna Chakravarty (ongoing)
5) Inclusion of students from LGBTQ background within Indian Higher Education- Gauri Sharma (ongoing)
6) Student Mental Health and Wellbeing in Indian Higher Education- Sindhura Vamini Darapureddi (ongoing)
PhD Thesis Co-Supervision: 1) The challenges and opportunities of online assessment and evaluation of student learning- Vikas Manoria (ongoing)
2) Short-term Study Abroad Programme (STSAP): Towards evolving a framework on developing cross- cultural competence- Bhuvaneswari, M. (ongoing)
Founding Executive Director, Centre for Comparative and Global Education, O.P. Jindal Global University since April 2018
Secretary, Research and Ethics Review Board, O.P. Jindal Global University, 2017-2023
Fellow, Centre for India-Australia Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University
Consultant & Facilitator, VETConnect Indian and Australian teachers training programme, AsiaLink, Univeristy of Melbourne, Nov-Dec2022
Short-term Consultancy with the World Bank on the topics: 1) Steering Higher Education in India: A Review of Governance and Funding and, 2) Quality Assurance in Higher Education: International Trends and the Status Quo in India, May-June 2022
Consultant external resource person at Regional Institute of Education, Bhopal, National Council of Educational Research & Training (NCERT) to develop "Global Citizenship Education: A Handbook for Teachers at Upper Primary level in India”, 2018
Consultant India Country Liaison & Expert for The City University of New York Study Abroad program to India led by Dr. Amita Gupta, a Fulbright scholar and chair of the CCNY School of Education’s Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, January 2017
Consultant Facilitator of Fulbright-Hays Study Abroad Seminar on “Sustainable Development and Social Change in India”, US-India Education Foundation, Kolkata , August 2016
Specialist Consultant- Australia India Education Council (AIEC) Schools Research Working Group and Australia India Institute, May-July 2016
Specialist Consultant, Plan4Learning web portal, UNESCO-IIEP • I worked to develop research-based content for education planners on “Learners and Learning Structures” http://learningportal.iiep.unesco.org/ , August 2015
India Country Consultant, Higher Education Strategy Associates, Toronto, Canada , July- December 2011
Dhanji, S. & Mukherjee, M. (2023). How Indian students told to ‘go home’ by Australia at the start of the pandemic used WhatsApp for advocacy, Melbourne Asia Review, ISSN: 2652-550X
Mukherjee, M. (2023). Researcher Spotlight with Mousumi Mukherjee. Australian Researcher Cooperation Hub-India https://arch-india.org/news-events/262-researcher-spotlight-mousumi-mukherjee
Mukherjee, M., Maun, D., Pani, A., Nair, N. et.al. (2022). SERU-INDIA COVID-19 Survey: Student experiences in India during the pandemic. Sonipat: International Institute for Higher Education Research & Capacity Building (IIHEd).
Mukherjee, M. (2020). Can a Better Higher Education System Emerge out of the Coronavirus Crisis? Higher Education in Southeast Asia and Beyond (HESB), Special Issue 8. Singapore: The Head Foundation
Mukherjee, M. (2020). Global Citizenship Education is answer to rising racism. University World News, 25 July 2020
Mukherjee, M. (2020). The Pandemic and the Tibetan Students. Seminar 733 Special Issue- Questioning Corona.
Mukherjee, M. (March 29, 2020). What coronavirus outbreak means for global higher education. Outlook Magazine
Mukherjee, M. et al. (2019). Introduction to Global Citizenship Education. In Sangeeta Pethiya & Soyhunlo Sebu (Eds.). Global citizenship education: a handbook for teachers at upper primary level in India. Bhopal: Regional Institute of Education (NCERT). [Recipient of UNESCO Asia Pacific Centre for Education in International Understanding (APCEIU) award for one of the 5 Best Practices in 2019]
Mukherjee, M and Srivastava, R (2019). Inclusive Education. In Global citizenship education: a handbook for teachers at upper primary level in India. Sangeeta Pethiya & Soyhunlo Sebu (Eds.). Bhopal: Regional Institute of Education (NCERT).
Mukherjee, M. (2019). Embedding GCEd in social and political life textbooks. In Global citizenship education: a handbook for teachers at upper primary level in India. Sangeeta Pethiya & Soyhunlo Sebu (Eds.). Bhopal, Regional Institute of Education (NCERT).
Mukherjee, M. (2019). Ratna Ghosh: Short Biography & Significant Contributions. CIEclopedia. National Institute of Education. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University https://www.nie.edu.sg/research/cieclopedia-org/cieclopedia-org-a-to-z-listing/ghosh-ratna
Mukherjee, M. (2018). Tagore’s Legacy for Inclusive Education, Ecological Awareness and Intercultural Understanding, World Voices Nexus: The WCCES Chronicle, ISSN: 2522:7483
Rizvi, F., Barron, R.J., Mukherjee, M. & Khan, A. (2016). An Overview of Schools Education in India and Australia. Available online: https://www.aii.unimelb.edu.au/publications/overview-school-education-india- and-australia/
Mukherjee, M. (Dec. 2014). Tagore’s Humanist Philosophy of Education and its Relevance in the Contemporary World.” Response to CIES 2015 Conference Theme-“Ubuntu! Imagining a Humanist Education Globally” available online: http://cies2015.org/response-mukherjee.html
Mukherjee, M. (2007). “My Fulbright Days” in Z.H. Usmani& N. K. Ghosh (Eds.) Beyond Boundaries: Reflections of Indian and US Scholar-, publication on the occasion of Fulbright 60th Anniversary. New York: iUniverse, Inc.
mmukherjee@jgu.edu.in | |
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ORCID ID | 0000-0001-9251-9165 |
Key Expertise | Education Policy and Leadership, Comparative and International Education, Decolonial Pedagogies, Participatory Research Methodologies and Southern Theory |