By Associate Professor Richard Niesche

Books

Niesche R; Heffernan A, 2020, Introduction

Niesche R; Heffernan A, 2020, Theorising Identity and Subjectivity in Educational Leadership Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429032158

Niesche R; Gowlett C, 2019, Social, Critical and Political Theories for Educational Leadership, Springer, Singapore, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8241-3

Niesche R; Keddie A, 2015, Leadership, Ethics and Schooling for Social Justice, Routledge, London and New York, http://www.tandf.net/books/details/9780415736626/

Niesche R, 2013, Deconstructing Educational Leadership: Derrida and Lyotard, Routledge

Eacott S; Niesche R, 2013, Empirical Leadership Research: Letting the Data Speak for Themselves, Eacott S; Niesche R, (ed.), Untested Ideas Research Centre, Niagara Falls

Niesche R, 2011, Foucault and Educational Leadership: Disciplining the Principal, Routledge

Jorgensen R; Sullivan P; Grootenboer P; Niesche R; Lerman S; Boaler J, 2011, Maths in the Kimberley: Reforming Mathematics Education in Remote Indigenous Communities, Griffith Institute for Educational Research, Griffith University

Book Chapters

Niesche R; Keddie A; Macdonald K; Eacott S; Gobby B; Wilkinson J; Blackmore J, 2024, 'Theorising principals’ resistance and compliance as part of school autonomy reforms in Australian public education', in Resistance in Educational Leadership, Management, and Administration, pp. 24 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003279334-3

Niesche R, 2023, 'Developing Critical Approaches to Educational Leadership', in Critical Education Policy and Leadership Studies: The Intellectual Contributions of Helen M. Gunter, pp. 101 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36801-1_8

Niesche R, 2023, 'Educational Leadership as a (Consumer) Culture Industry', in Educational Leadership and Critical Theory: What Can School Leaders Learn from the Critical Theorists, pp. 57 - 74

Gowlett C; Niesche R, 2022, 'Populism in Australian education', in Populism and Educational Leadership, Administration and Policy, Routledge, pp. 176 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003099482-14

Niesche R, 2022, 'Educational leadership, critique and the critical researcher', in Mifsud D (ed.), Narratives of Educational Leadership: Representing Research via Creative Analytic Practices, Springer, pp. 21 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5831-0_2

Gowlett C; Niesche R, 2022, 'Populism in Australian education: Implications for educational leadership', in Populism and Educational Leadership, Administration and Policy: International Perspectives, pp. 176 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003099482-14

Niesche R, 2022, 'The Sublime, Affect Phrasing, and Les Petits Narratives in Educational Leadership', in Existential Crises in Educational Administration and Leadership: Existential Anxiety and Loss of Meaning in the Gaze of Munch’s ‘The Scream’, pp. 38 - 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003145288-4

Niesche R, 2021, 'The archaeology of educational leadership as an enunciative field', in English F (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Educational Leadership and Management Discourse, Palgrave, pp. 9 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99097-8_4

Eacott S; Niesche R, 2021, 'Educational and instructional leadership', in Understanding Educational Leadership: Critical Perspectives and Approaches, Bloomsbury, London, pp. 221 - 236, https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/understanding-educational-leadership-9781350081833/

Niesche R, 2021, 'The Archaeology of Educational Leadership as an Enunciative Field', in The Palgrave Handbook of Educational Leadership and Management Discourse, Springer International Publishing, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39666-4_4-1

Niesche R, 2020, 'Subjectivity and the school principal: Governing at the intersection of power and truth', in Theorising Identity and Subjectivity in Educational Leadership Research, Routledge, pp. 140 - 153, https://www.routledge.com/Theorising-Identity-and-Subjectivity-in-Educational-Leadership-Research/Niesche-Heffernan/p/book/9780367145293

Niesche R; Heffernan A, 2020, 'Introduction', in Theorising Identity and Subjectivity in Educational Leadership Research, Routledge, https://www.routledge.com/Theorising-Identity-and-Subjectivity-in-Educational-Leadership-Research/Niesche-Heffernan/p/book/9780367145293

Heffernan A; Niesche R, 2020, 'What does this book contribute to understandings of educational leadership, leaders' identities and subjectivities?', in Theorising Identity and Subjectivity in Educational leadership Research, Routledge, pp. 206 - 212, https://www.routledge.com/Theorising-Identity-and-Subjectivity-in-Educational-Leadership-Research/Niesche-Heffernan/p/book/9780367145293

Niesche R, 2020, 'Subjectivity and the school principal: Governing at the intersection of power and truth', in Theorising Identity and Subjectivity in Educational Leadership Research, pp. 141 - 154

Niesche R, 2020, 'Hacia un liderazgo socialmente justo (Socially just leadership)', in Weinstein J; Munoz G (ed.), Liderazgo En Escuelas De Alta Complejidad Sociocultural Diez Miradas (Leadership in schools of high sociocultural complexity: Ten looks), Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile, pp. 222 - 244, https://www.academia.edu/42129213/Liderazgo_en_escuelas_de_alta_complejidad_socioeducativa_Diez_miradas?auto=download

Niesche R, 2019, 'Educational (Leadership) and Pharmakon', in Pederzini G (ed.), Considering Leadership Anew A Handbook on Alternative Leadership Theory, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 115 - 125, https://www.cambridgescholars.com/considering-leadership-anew

Wilkinson J; Eacott S; Niesche R, 2018, 'Challenges for public education: Perils and possibilities for educational leadership, policy and social justice', in Wilkinson J; Niesche R; Eacott S (ed.), Challenges for public education: Reconceptualising educational leadership, policy and social justice as resources for hope, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 1 - 15, https://www.routledge.com/Challenges-for-Public-Education-Reconceptualising-Educational-Leadership/Wilkinson-Niesche-Eacott/p/book/9781138348226

Niesche R, 2018, 'School and principal autonomy: Resisting, not manufacturing, the neoliberal subject', in Wilkinson J; Niesche R; Eacott S (ed.), Challenges for public education: Reconceptualising educational leadership, policy and social justice as resources for hope, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 31 - 43, https://www.routledge.com/Challenges-for-Public-Education-Reconceptualising-Educational-Leadership/Wilkinson-Niesche-Eacott/p/book/9781138348226

Wilkinson J; Eacott S; Niesche R, 2018, 'Challenges for public education', in Challenges for Public Education, Routledge, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429436765-1

Eacott S; Niesche R, 2018, 'The Principal and School Improvement Theorising Discourse, Policy, and Practice Series Editors' Foreword', in PRINCIPAL AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT: THEORISING DISCOURSE, POLICY, AND PRACTICE, SPRINGER-VERLAG SINGAPORE PTE LTD, pp. V - VII, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000455119300001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Gowlett C; Niesche R, 2017, 'Learner diversity and school practices', in Gobby B; Walker R (ed.), Powers of Curriculum: Sociological perspectives on Education, Oxford University Press, Melbourne Victoria, pp. 353 - 372, https://www.oup.com.au/books/higher-education/education/9780190303709-powers-of-curriculum

Keddie A; Niesche R, 2017, 'The role of ethical practices in pursuing socially just leadership', in Wilkinson J; Bristol L (ed.), Educational Leadership as a Culturally-Constructed Practice, Routledge, Milton Park, Abingdon, pp. 40 - 53, https://www.routledge.com/Educational-Leadership-as-a-Culturally-Constructed-Practice-New-Directions/Wilkinson-Bristol/p/book/9781138915312

Niesche R; Thomson P, 2017, 'Freedom to what ends?-School autonomy in neoliberal times', in Waite D; Bogotch I (ed.), The Wiley International Handbook of Educational Leadership, Wiley Blackwell, New Jersey, pp. 193 - 206, http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118956680.html

Niesche R, 2017, 'Foucault and Educational Administration', in Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory, Springer Singapore, pp. 837 - 842, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-588-4_286

Niesche R, 2016, 'Perpetuating Inequality in Education: Valuing Purpose over Process in Educational Leadership', in Normore A; Brooks J (ed.), The Dark Side of Leadership Identifying and Overcoming Unethical Practice in Organizations, Emerald, pp. 235 - 252, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/S1479-366020160000026013

Niesche R, 2016, 'Zombie leadership, the différend and deconstruction', in Lakomski G; Eacott S; Evers C (ed.), Questioning Leadership: New Directions for Educational Organisations, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxford, UK, pp. 73 - 85, https://www.routledge.com/Questioning-Leadership-New-directions-for-educational-organisations/Lakomski-Eacott-Evers/p/book/9781138183162

Niesche R; Keddie A, 2016, 'Advocacy, truth-telling and counter-conduct as practices of socially just leadership at Ridgeway', in LEADERSHIP, ETHICS AND SCHOOLING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, ROUTLEDGE, pp. 89 - 104, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000364487600005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Niesche R; Keddie A, 2016, 'Advocacy, truth-telling and counter-conduct as practices of socially just leadership in the Clementine-led alliance', in LEADERSHIP, ETHICS AND SCHOOLING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, ROUTLEDGE, pp. 127 - 146, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000364487600007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Niesche R; Keddie A, 2016, 'Contexts of educational leadership and social justice', in LEADERSHIP, ETHICS AND SCHOOLING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, ROUTLEDGE, pp. 13 - 49, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000364487600002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Niesche R, 2016, 'Foucault and educational administration', in Peters M (ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory, Springer, Singapore, pp. 1 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-532-7_286-1

Niesche R; Keddie A, 2016, 'Leadership, Ethics and Schooling for Social Justice Introduction', in LEADERSHIP, ETHICS AND SCHOOLING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, ROUTLEDGE, pp. 1 - 11, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000364487600001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Niesche R; Keddie A, 2016, 'Ridgeway State High School Articulating a telos of social justice', in LEADERSHIP, ETHICS AND SCHOOLING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, ROUTLEDGE, pp. 69 - 87, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000364487600004&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Niesche R; Keddie A, 2016, 'The Clementine-led alliance Articulating a telos of social justice', in LEADERSHIP, ETHICS AND SCHOOLING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, ROUTLEDGE, pp. 105 - 125, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000364487600006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Niesche R; Keddie A, 2016, 'Theoretical tools', in LEADERSHIP, ETHICS AND SCHOOLING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, ROUTLEDGE, pp. 51 - 68, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000364487600003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Niesche R; Keddie A, 2016, 'tLeadership, ethics and schooling for social justice Conclusion', in LEADERSHIP, ETHICS AND SCHOOLING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, ROUTLEDGE, pp. 147 - 158, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000364487600008&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Niesche R, 2013, 'Combating role discontinuity for principals of remote indigenous schools', in Pedagogies to Enhance Learning for Indigenous Students: Evidence-based Practice, pp. 61 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4021-84-5_4

Niesche R, 2013, 'Combating role discontinuity for principals of remote Indigenous schools', in Jorgensen R; Sullivan P (ed.), Pedagogies to Enhance Learning for Indigenous Students: Evidence-Based Practice, Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 61 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4021-84-5

Niesche R; Mills M, 2013, 'Creating 'temperamental artistes': A longitudinal study of leadership capacity building in disadvantaged schools', in Eacott S; Niesche R (ed.), Empirical Leadership Research: Letting the Data Speak for Themselves, Untested Ideas Research Centre, New York, pp. 143 - 164

Eacott S; Niesche R, 2013, 'Empirical leadership research: letting the data speak for themselves', in Eacott S (ed.), Empirical Leadership Research: Letting the Data Speak for Themselves, Untested Ideas Research Centre, New York, pp. 1 - 11

Eacott S; Niesche R, 2013, 'Empirical leadership research: letting the data speak for themselves', in Eacott S; Niesche R (ed.), Empirical leadership research: letting the data speak for themselves, Untested Ideas Center, Niagara Falls,, pp. 1 - 14

Jorgensen R; Grootenboer P; Niesche R, 2013, 'Teachers' beliefs and practices in teaching mathematics in remote Aboriginal schools', in Pedagogies to Enhance Learning for Indigenous Students: Evidence-Based Practice, Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 75 - 88

Niesche R, 2011, ''Doing' leadership differently', in FOUCAULT AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP: DISCIPLINING THE PRINCIPAL, ROUTLEDGE, pp. 136 - 139, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000289779000006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

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