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View allProfessor Wilkinson joins Macquarie from the University of New South Wales where he was the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Education & Student Experience and Professor of International Political Economy. He is a passionate advocate for increasing access to higher education and a champion of the role universities play in transforming lives worldwide. His leadership interests lie in educational innovation, experiential learning, digital technologies, mental health and wellbeing, and the value of student participation in all aspects of university life.
Before joining UNSW, Professor Wilkinson was Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Education and Innovation, and Professor of Global Political Economy, at the University of Sussex, UK. Prior to that he was Professor of International Political Economy and Research Director of the Brooks World Poverty Institute at the University of Manchester, UK, where he was based for 17 years. He has held visiting positions at, among other institutions, Brown University, USA, Wellesley College, USA, and the Australian National University.
Professor Wilkinson is an expert on international trade, global governance and international development with a particular interest in least developed countries, and institutional and global crises. He is also interested in the relationship between popular culture and global politics, both inside and beyond the classroom. Professor Wilkinson is also a Professor of International Political Economy within the Faculty of Arts.
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