Abstracts are invited that address any of the following four themes
Some initial questions are proposed that authors may wish to consider, but this is not an exhaustive list. Contributions centred on the conference theme, from a wide range of theoretical, disciplinary or methodological perspectives, are welcomed.
Academics’ Identities
- Fragmentation, specialisation and new work contracts – can we even argue that an ‘academic identity’ still exists?
- Exploring and performing identity – can we do this through our writing, teaching and research? Should we?
- Where is the locus of identity development?
- Academic values and contested practices – what enables or inhibits the construction of a meaningful identity?
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Learner Identities
- How do our students establish positive academic identities?
- Where in the contemporary university do learners develop their academic voice?
- Multiple roles = multiple identities?
- Do we know the cost of identities unrealised?
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Virtual Identities
- What does virtuality contribute to how we construct our selves?
- Can the successful academic exist outside of the virtual?
- Are students really digital natives?
- Do our ‘real’ selves learn from our virtual selves?
- How do we know who we’re talking to, and how does this influence our practices?
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Leadership & Management Identities
- What is a leadership identity in an academic context?
- How are identities reconstructed as we ascend the management hierarchy?
- Do academic and management identities happily co-exist?
- Is management performativity valued over intellectual leadership?
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