Vivienne Ruth Anderson is a New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at the

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, specialising in the interface of education policy and practice, and issues around accessibility of education.

Academic career

Anderson is a qualified teacher, and worked in primary schools in

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and

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before moving to

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in 2002. Her experience accessing education as a parent led her to postgraduate study in education. She completed a

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titled ''The experiences of international and New Zealand women in New Zealand higher education'' at the

in 2009, supervised by Karen Nairn and Jacqueline Leckie. Anderson worked as a research fellow in the university's dental school, before being appointed as a lecturer in the College of Education at Otago, rising to associate professor in 2021 and full professor in 2024. Since 2021, she has been the dean of the university's College of Education. Anderson's research covers the accessibility to children and young people of quality education, focusing on issues such as educational mobility, education pathways and equity and access. She is interested in educational policy and practice across varied settings including school, university, vocational education and health profession education. She has a particular interest in the education experiences of migrants and refugees, and has a three-year research project with young people with refugee backgrounds, exploring their transition from secondary to tertiary education. Anderson works internationally and supervises doctoral students in Japan, Fiji, Malaysia and Cambodia.

Selected works

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References

External links

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Early Career Researcher and Postgraduate network: Life after Postgrad Study
', a panel discussion including Vivienne Anderson, Crystal Filep, Navé Wald, and Rebecca Barnes-Clarke. 20 Oct 2017, via YouTube *
Education matters
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