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Susan Wiksten is an experienced researcher, editor and educator in Comparative and International Education. From 2019 to 2023 she served as Associate Editor to the European Journal of Education. She holds a Ph.D. in Education, with specialization in Comparative and International Education, from the UCLA Graduate School of Education and information Studies (GSEIS), a Master's degree in Comparative and International Education from Université Paris Descartes (Sorbonne) in France and a Master's degree in the humanities from Åbo Akademi University in Finland. Since 2007, she has worked with administration, evaluation, instruction and research in education in Denmark, France, the United States and Finland. In 2019, she developed a new methods course for research in comparative and international education at the UCLA International Institute. She has worked for UNESCO as research consultant in 2020, 2019, as research assistant in 2018, and as coordinator of a workshop at the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development in 2014. She has provided research assistance to the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES), the UNESCO Chair in Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education at UCLA, and the UCLA International Institute. Her service as Program Chair and Co-Chair of the Teacher Education and the Teaching Profession SIG in CIES (2016-2022) and her contributions as speaker and organizer for the Paulo Freire Institute at UCLA reflect her dedication to supporting the promotion of participatory practices in education.

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Employment (14)

EIESP, Paulo Freire Institute at UCLA: Helsinki, FI

2019-01 to present | Research consultant
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Arcada University of Applied Sciences: Helsinki, FI

2024-05 to 2024-10 | Study coordinator (Student affairs)
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Brändö gymnasium high school: Helsinki, FI

2023-10 to 2024-06 | Educator, upper secondary literacy and literature (lektor i modersmål och litteratur)
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European Institute of Education and Social Policy: Paris, FR

2020-12 to 2023-11-30 | Associate Editor (European Journal of Education (EJE))
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UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies: Los Angeles, CA, US

2022-03 to 2022-06 | Lecturer (Education )
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European Institute of Education and Social Policy: Paris, FR

2019-11-01 to 2020-12-01 | Assistant Editor (European Journal of Education (EJE))
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University of California Los Angeles: Los Angeles, CA, US

2019-09-23 to 2020-06-12 | International Development Studies Thesis Advisor (UCLA International Institute)
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University of California Los Angeles: Los Angeles, CA, US

2019-04 to 2019-06 | Lecturer (UCLA International Institute)
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University of California Los Angeles: Los Angeles, CA, US

2017 to 2018-04 | Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant and Reader
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University of California Los Angeles: Los Angeles, CA, US

2016-07 to 2017-06 | Research Assistant (Graduate School of Education, Division of Social Sciences and Comparative Education)
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University of California Los Angeles: Los Angeles, CA, US

2013-09 to 2016-06 | Coordinator of Global Programs and Collaborations (Graduate School of Education and Information Studies)
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Centre international d'études pédagogiques (CIEP): Sèvres , FR

2012-09 to 2013-06 | Credential Evaluator (Département reconnaissance des diplômes, Centre ENIC-NARIC France)
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Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale: Paris, FR

2012-01 to 2012-07 | Research internship ( l'inspection générale de l'éducation nationale (IGEN))
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Aarhus Universitet: Copenhagen, DK

2007-12 to 2011-12 | Administrator of International Programs (School of Education)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of California Los Angeles: Los Angeles, CA, US

2014 to 2018 | Ph.D. Comparative and International Education (Graduate School of Education, Division of Social Sciences and Comparative Education)
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Université Paris Descartes: Paris, Île-de-France, FR

2011 to 2013 | Master professionnel en sciences de l’éducation, Coopération international en éducation et formation (CIEF). (Faculté de Sciences Humaines et Sociales)
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Åbo Akademi: Turku, FI

1996 to 2004 | Master of Arts (Humanities)
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Professional activities (6)

Comparative Education Review: Chicago, Illinois, US

2019-05-18 to present | Reviewer
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American Educational Research Association: Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

2017-07 to present | Reviewer for annual conference (consecutive years)
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Comparative and International Education Society: Chicago, US

2016-10 to present | Reviewer for annual conference (consecutive years)
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European Journal of Education (EJE): Paris, FR

2016-07 to present | Reviewer
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Comparative and International Education Society: Chicago, US

2014-01 to present | Member
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American Educational Research Association: Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

2014-01 to present | Member
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Works (10)

How laws are interpreted can make a positive difference in de-normalizing violence: Revisiting the Hart-Dworkin debate

Social Sciences & Humanities Open
2024 | Journal article
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Civic education agendas: from popular education and nationalism to global efforts

2022-12-08 | Book chapter
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Introduction: civic engagement and education

2022-12-08 | Book chapter
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Between the State, Society and Global Markets: Three Roles of Higher Education.

Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Local
2022-08-01 | Book chapter
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Social Contract Pedagogy: A Dialogical and Deliberative model for Global Citizenship Education

UNESCO
2020 | Working paper
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A critically informed teacher education curriculum in Global Citizenship Education

Journal of International Cooperation in Education
2020-12 | Journal article
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Social Contract Pedagogy: A Dialogical and Deliberative model for Global Citizenship Education

UNESCO
2020-11 | Working paper
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Talking About Sustainability in Teacher Preparation in Finland and the United States

Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE)
2019-12-09 | Journal article
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Teacher Education and the Ghost of the Nation State

Annual Review of Comparative and International Education 2018
2019-09 | Book chapter
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Global Citizenship Education

Exploring the Complexities in Global Citizenship Education: Hard Spaces, Methodologies, and Ethics
2019-08-14 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9781315180397
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