Claire Maxwell (sociologist)
Claire Maxwell | |
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 Maxwell in 2021 | |
| Born | 28 March 1975 |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (MA, MSc) Royal Holloway (PhD) |
| Children | Two |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sociology of education Gender and education |
| Institutions | Institute of Education University of Copenhagen |
| Thesis | Gender versus ‘vulnerability’: how they determine young people’s sexual and relationship experiences (2005) |
| Doctoral advisor | Betsy Stanko [1] |
| Website | www |
Claire Maxwell is a sociologist. She currently holds a chair in sociology at the University of Copenhagen.[2]
Early life
Maxwell was born, and spent her childhood, in Luxembourg. She holds German and Australian citizenship, and is fluent in English, German, French and Danish. She attended the European School in Luxembourg, graduating from its EB programme in 1993.
Education
Maxwell gained a BA in PPE from The Queen's College, University of Oxford in 1996. She remained at Oxford (Green Templeton College and Department of Social Policy and Intervention) to study for a MSc in Applied Social Studies and a postgraduate Diploma in Social Work (PGDipSW), which qualified her to practise as a social worker in the UK in 1999.
Maxwell subsequently studied for a PhD at Royal Holloway College with a thesis entitled "Gender versus ‘vulnerability’: how they determine young people's sexual and relationship experiences", awarded in 2005. She was supervised by Betsy Stanko.
Career and research
Maxwell combined her part-time PhD research with employment by Oxfordshire County Council, initially as a social worker, and later as a public health specialist and teenage pregnancy co-ordinator for the county, developing and implementing a strategy to reduce the incidence of teenage pregnancy across Oxfordshire.
After her PhD award, Maxwell was employed by the Institute of Education from 2005, progressing through appointments as researcher and lecturer, before culminating in her appointment as Professor in 2018. She accepted a chair in Sociology at the University of Copenhagen and took up the post in September 2018.[3]
Her broad research interests are concerned with the transnational migration of high-skilled professionals, the sociology of education, and gender and education. Specific current interests include processes of incorporation by international professionals and their families in new countries and work places, convertibility of resources during transnational mobility, internationalisation of education, and the emergence of elite schools around the world. She has been awarded research funding in the UK by the ESRC[4] and in Denmark by the Danish Innovation Fund [5] and the Independent Research Fund Denmark.[6][7]
Her Google Scholar H index is 25.[8]
Books and research publications
Maxwell's most recent book was published by Routledge [9] in October 2021. It examines why families travel today – and what happens when they do. Maxwell and her co-authors focus on how social class divergence is forged through movements across borders, and how travel has been influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.
Maxwell is currently co-editor of the journal International Studies in Sociology of Education.[10] Her work has appeared in a number of high impact journals, including Sociology, [11] the British Journal of Sociology of Education, [12] and Globalisation, Societies and Education. [13]
Media, science communication, and public engagement
Maxwell was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed[14] in 2016.
She regularly uses her Twitter account to discuss her research and highlight new publications.[15] She has appeared on the FreshEd podcast[16] and has also featured on YouTube talking about her research.[17]
Public educational service
Maxwell has extensive experience of school governance and practical educational policy implementation, at both primary and secondary levels. She has served on the board of Rygaards International School[18] in Copenhagen, and was formerly Chair of Governors at West Oxford Community Primary School in the UK.
Personal life
Maxwell lives in Gentofte and is married, with two children.[19] She is a committed CrossFit athlete.[20]
The retired figure skater, Olympian and fitness influencer Fleur Maxwell[21][22] is her sister.
References
- ^ Stanko, Betsy. "Stanko LinkedIn profile". Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ Institut, Webmaster på Sociologisk (4 May 2015). "Professors and Associate Professors". www.sociology.ku.dk.
- ^ "Outside perspective: "I like that Danes invest themselves socially at their workplaces"". 8 July 2019.
- ^ "Claire Maxwell, UKRI Gateway to Research". gtr.ukri.org.
- ^ "Danish companies get new tools for recruiting internationals". www.sociology.ku.dk/.
- ^ "DFF2 research projects, May 2022".
- ^ "UCPH Faculty of Social Sciences press release, 10 May 2022".
- ^ "Claire Maxwell". scholar.google.com.
- ^ "Nurturing Mobilities: Family Travel in the 21st Century".
- ^ "International Studies in Sociology of Education Editorial Board". www.tandfonline.com.
- ^ "Sociology".
- ^ "Tweet". twitter.com. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "Globalisation, Societies and Education".
- ^ "Thinking Allowed, Success and Luck - Cosmopolitanism and Private Education". BBC. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "Claire Maxwell: Twitter". 19 October 2020.
- ^ "FreshEd #195 – Unpacking School Internationalization (Claire Maxwell)" – via soundcloud.com.
- ^ "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "Claire Maxwell | Rygaards International School". rygaards.com.
- ^ "Outside perspective: "I like that Danes invest themselves socially at their workplaces"". 8 July 2019.
- ^ "Claire Maxwell: CrossFitGames profile". 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Body By Fleur". Body by Fleur.
- ^ "Body by Fleur (@bodybyfleur) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com.
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