Jennifer Gidley

Jennifer Gidley
Born	Melbourne, Australia
Residence	Melbourne, Australia
Citizenship	Australian
Fields	Futures studies, Psychology, Education, Integral theory
Institutions	RMIT University World Futures Studies Federation
Alma mater	University of Melbourne, Australia
Known for	Educational futures, Evolution of consciousness, Rudolf Steiner, Ken Wilber

Jennifer M. Gidley, PhD, is a psychologist, educator and futures researcher.^[1]

Gidley is the elected President of the World Futures Studies Federation (2009-2013).^[2] She is a futures studies researcher best known for her work in educational and youth futures^{[3] [4]} and global socio-cultural change.^[5]

Gidley was lead researcher/author of the winning essay in the IAU/Palgrave International Essay Competition in Higher Education Policy Research^[6]. The winning entry was entitled From Access to Success: An Integrated Approach to Quality Higher Education informed by Social Inclusion Theory and Practice and will be published in the IAU/Palgrave Journal Higher Education Policy. IAU is the UNESCO-based worldwide association of higher education institutions.

Work

Gidley is a Research Fellow in the Global Cities Research Institute, RMIT University^[7] Melbourne, Australia. Prior positions involved co-design and instruction in the online Masters in Strategic Foresight at Swinburne University, Melbourne (2003-2006).^[8]

Publications

Several of Gidley's papers can be downloaded through Academia.edu

Books/monographs

• Futures in Education: Principles, Practices and Potential, (Monograph No 5, The Strategic Foresight Monograph Series, 2004) (with Debra Bateman, Deakin University and Caroline Smith, ACU)
• La Universidad en Transformación: Perspectivas Globales sobre los Futuros de la Universidad. Comp. de S. (Barcelona, España: Pomares, 2003) (Spanish Translation) (with Sohail Inayatullah)
• Youth Futures: Comparative Research and Transformative Visions, (Praeger, Westport, Connecticut, 2002) (with Sohail Inayatullah)
• The University in Transformation: Global Perspectives on the Futures of the University, (Bergin &Garvey, Westport, Connecticut, 2000) (with Sohail Inayatullah)

Selected book chapters

• “Educating for Evolving Consciousness: Voicing the Emergenc-y for Love, Life and Wisdom, ” The International Handbook of Education for Spirituality, Care and Wellbeing, (Springer: New York, 2009).
• “Integral Perspectives on School Educational Futures”, in S. Inayatullah, M. Bussey and I. Milojevic (eds) Pedagogy for Emergent Futures: the Alternative Futures of Education, (Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, 2008) (with Gary Hampson)
• "Spiritual Epistemologies and Integral Cosmologies: Transforming Thinking and Culture" in Integral Learning and Action: A Call to Wholeness, (Eds), Awbrey, S, Dana, D, Miller, V, Robinson, P, Ryan, M M, Scott, D K, (Peter Lang Publishing, 2006).
• "The Metaphors of Globalisation: A Multi-layered Analysis of Global Youth Culture" in the Inayatullah, S. (Ed.), Causal Layered Analysis Reader, (Tamkang University Press, Tamkang, Taiwan, 2004).
• "Global Youth Culture: A Transdisciplinary Perspective" in Gidley, J and Inayatullah, S. (Eds.) (2002). Youth Futures: Comparative Research and Transformative Visions, (Praeger, Westport, Connecticut, 2002).
• "'Education for All' or Education for Wisdom" in Manish Jain, Unfolding Learning Societies: Deepening the Dialogues, Vimukt Shiksha, Issue 9, Shikshantar.
• "Unveiling the Human Face of University Futures" in Inayatullah, S. and Gidley, J. (Eds.) (2000). The University in Transformation: Global Perspectives on the Futures of University, (Bergin and Garvey, Connecticut, 2000).
• "Introduction: Forces Shaping University Futures" in Inayatullah, S. and Gidley, J. (Eds.) (2000). The University in Transformation: Global Perspectives on the Futures of University, (Bergin & Garvey, Connecticut, 2000) (with Sohail Inayatullah)

Selected academic journal articles

• A transversal dialogue on integral education and planetary consciousness: Markus Molz speaks with Jennifer Gidley, Integral Review: A Transdisciplinary and Transcultural Journal for New Thought, Research and Praxis, 2008, Issue 6, pp. 47-70. ((with Markus Molz)
• The Evolution of Consciousness as a Planetary Imperative: An Integration of Integral Views, Integral Review: A Transdisciplinary and Transcultural Journal for New Thought, Research and Praxis, 2007, Issue 5, p. 4-226.
• “Educational Imperatives of the Evolution of Consciousness: The Integral Visions of Rudolf Steiner and Ken Wilber”, The International Journal of Children’s Spirituality, 2007, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 170-135.
• "The Evolution of Futures in School Education" Futures, 2005, Vol. 37, pp. 255-271.(with Gary Hampson)
• Giving Hope back to our Young People, Journal of Futures Studies, 2005 (Vol 9, No 3, Feb.), pp. 17-29.
• Globalization and its Impact on Youth, Journal of Futures Studies, 2001 (Vol 6, No 1, August), pp. 89-106.
• "An Intervention Targeting Hopelessness in Adolescents by Promoting Positive Future Images" Australian Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2001 (Vol 11, No 1, November), 51-64.
• "Trends Transforming the University: Virtualize, Disappear or Transform" On the Horizon, 2000, Vol. 8, No. 2. pp. 1-6.(with Sohail Inayatullah)

References

External links

• World Futures Studies Federation
• Sohail Inayatullah’s and Ivana Milojevic’s website - Colleague Biographies
• Shaping Tomorrow Foresight Network
• RMIT University Staffpages