Claire Maxwell (sociologist)
Claire Maxwell | |
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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 2006, progressing from researcher, to lecturer, and was appointed 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 sociology of education and gender and education. Specific current interests include the practices of dominant social classes, globally mobile professionals, and elite education. She has been awarded research funding by the ESRC[4] in the UK and by the Danish Innovation Fund.[5]
Her Google Scholar H index is 23.[6]
Maxwell is currently co-editor of the journal International Studies in Sociology of Education.[7] Her work has appeared in a number of high impact journals, including the British Journal of Sociology of Education [8]
Media and outreach[]
Maxwell was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed[9] in 2016.
She regularly uses her Twitter account to discuss her research and highlight new publications.[10] She has appeared on the FreshEd podcast[11] and has also featured on YouTube talking about her research.[12]
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[13] 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.[14] She is a committed CrossFit athlete.[15]
The retired figure skater, Olympian and fitness influencer Fleur Maxwell[16][17] is her youngest sister.
References[]
- ^ Stanko, Betsy. "Stanko LinkedIn profile". Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ Institut, Webmaster på Sociologisk (May 4, 2015). "Professors and Associate Professors". www.sociology.ku.dk.
- ^ "Outside perspective: "I like that Danes invest themselves socially at their workplaces"". July 8, 2019.
- ^ "Claire Maxwell, UKRI Gateway to Research". gtr.ukri.org.
- ^ "Danish companies get new tools for recruiting internationals". www.sociology.ku.dk/.
- ^ "Claire Maxwell". scholar.google.com.
- ^ "International Studies in Sociology of Education Editorial Board". www.tandfonline.com.
- ^ "Tweet". twitter.com. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "Thinking Allowed, Success and Luck - Cosmopolitanism and Private Education". BBC. 2016-12-07. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "Claire Maxwell: Twitter". October 19, 2020.
- ^ "FreshEd #195 – Unpacking School Internationalization (Claire Maxwell)" – via soundcloud.com.
- ^ "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "Claire Maxwell | Rygaards International School". rygaards.com.
- ^ "Outside perspective: "I like that Danes invest themselves socially at their workplaces"". July 8, 2019.
- ^ "Claire Maxwell: CrossFitGames profile". October 17, 2020.
- ^ "Body By Fleur". Body by Fleur.
- ^ "Body by Fleur (@bodybyfleur) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com.
- Australian sociologists
- German sociologists
- University of Copenhagen faculty
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford
- 1975 births
- Living people