Faculty Member, Global Cities Institute
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, Centre for International Studies and Research
UNIVERSITE INTEGRALE, Philosophy
RMIT University, Global Studies, Social Science and Planning
Research Fellow
Global Cities Research Institute
About
Dr Jennifer Gidley is a psychologist, educator and futures researcher who works from a transdisciplinary understanding of global shifts in culture and consciousness. Her PhD on evolution of consciousness received the Chancellor's Medal for Academic Excellence in 2008. Jennifer is a Research Fellow, Global Cities Research Institute, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. You can download her articles in the RMIT Research Repository:
http://researchbank.rmit.edu.au/list/author_id/1311658/
In addition to her research at RMIT she is the elected President of the World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF) a global scholarly futures organization that was founded in Paris in 1973. http://www.wfsf.org/
She works globally, creating networks—both conceptual and participatory—between futures studies and other transversal fields, such as integral studies, global studies, transdisciplinary studies, postformal education and global youth movements. As a result of her wide-ranging experience she has developed an international profile as a keynote speaker and facilitator.
Jennifer has researched and published widely in educational and youth futures, and global socio-cultural change. She has recently co-edited two special issues: one for Futures: The journal of policy, planning and futures studies on “Global Mindset Change” and the second for the journal New Political Science on “The Changing Face of Political Ideologies in the Global Age.”
She serves on the editorial boards of several peer-reviewed academic journals, including:
* Futures: The Journal of Policy, Planning and Futures Studies
* Policy Futures in Education
* Journal of Futures Studies: Epistemology, Methods, Applied and Alternative Futures
* The Journal of Integral Theory and Practice
* Integral Review: A Transdisciplinary and Transcultural Journal for New Thought, Research and Praxis
http://integral-review.org/index.asp
* RoSE: Research on Steiner Education
http://www.rosejourn.com/index.php/rose
Contact Information
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| Address: | Melbourne, Australia |







