Professor Glenn Savage is a policy sociologist and Professor of Education Futures in the Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne, within the Melbourne Graduate School of Education. His academic background includes a PhD from the University of Melbourne (2012), a Master of Education (Research) from Murdoch University (2007), a Graduate Diploma in Education from Murdoch University (2001), and a Bachelor of Arts from Curtin University (1999). Prior to his appointment at the University of Melbourne, Savage held positions including senior lecturer in education policy at the University of Western Australia. His research expertise encompasses education policy and governance, with specializations in education reform, federalism, global policy mobilities, policy assemblage, public policy analysis, comparative analysis, political sociology, sociology of education, curriculum policy, equity, and critical theory. Currently, he leads an Australian Research Council Discovery Project grant entitled ‘Rethinking collaborative federalism in Australian schooling policy’ (2023-2025), examining collaborative governance in Australian schooling.

Savage has made significant contributions through key publications, including the book The Quest for Revolution in Australian Schooling Policy (2020). Among his most cited works are ‘What is policy assemblage?’ in Territory, Politics, Governance (2020, 363 citations), ‘Re-articulating social justice as equity in schooling policy: The effects of testing and data infrastructures’ in Neoliberalism and Education (2017, 341 citations), ‘Neoliberalism, education and curriculum’ in Powers of Curriculum: Sociological Perspectives on Education (2017, 202 citations), ‘National agendas in global times: Curriculum reforms in Australia and the USA since the 1980s’ in Journal of Education Policy (2015, 162 citations), and ‘Who’s steering the ship? National curriculum reform and the re-shaping of Australian federalism’ in Journal of Education Policy (2016, 158 citations). With over 3,689 citations on Google Scholar, his scholarship has profoundly shaped understandings of policy sociology, education policy, and education leadership. Savage serves as an Editor-in-Chief of Critical Studies in Education and engages in public discourse through conference presentations, podcasts, and policy analyses on Australian schooling reforms.

Professional Email: glenn.savage@unimelb.edu.au