Univ.-Prof. Dr. Barbara Schulte
Department of Education
Sensengasse 3a
Room O4.10
1090 Vienna
Phone: +43 1 4277 46753
Mail: barbara.schulte@univie.ac.at
Research Areas:
- Education as national and global instrument of governance – including: deregulation, privatization, and marketization of education; PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) as policy tool
- Education in developing contexts – in particular, South-South cooperation and China’s engagement in Africa
- Education, innovation and new technologies – including the use of ICT4E (information and communication technologies for education) in impoverished/disadvantaged areas
- Education, migration and ethnic minorities, with regional focus on Southwest China
"By understanding how the school and the society interact under different circumstances across the world, we hope to contribute to greater educational quality and equality, and thereby to greater social justice." (Barbara Schulte)
u:cris - publications Prof. Barbara Schulte
Schulte B, Crossley M, Egido Gálvez I, Teodoro A, Malet R. Rethinking Comparative and International Education in Western Europe: New Futures for Education, Diversity and Research. In Assié-Lumumba ND, Soudien C, Hayhoe R, editors, The World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) and the Development of Comparative Education. Leiden: Brill. 2025. ( The World Council of Comparative Education Societies ).
Schulte B. Teachers as Agents of Change or Objects of Control? A conceptualization of teacher agency and professional autonomy. 2025. Paper presented at ISCHE 46 Lille , Lille, France.
Schulte B. Differentiating agents, differentiated patients: the production of subjects and knowledge(s) in theorizing differentiation in education. Journal of Curriculum Studies. 2024 Apr;56(2):172-190. Epub 2024 Jan 24. doi: 10.1080/00220272.2024.2306506
Wermke W, (ed.), Forsberg E, (ed.), Schulte B, (ed.). Journal of Curriculum Studies: Special Issue: Curriculum Differentiation. Taylor & Francis, 2024. 110 p. (Journal of Curriculum Studies).
Wermke W, Forsberg E, Schulte B. Working in the shadows: differentiation processes through and beyond the curriculum. Introduction to the special issue. Journal of Curriculum Studies. 2024 Apr;56(2):125-130. doi: 10.1080/00220272.2023.2298461
Schulte B. Das chinesische Bildungssystem. In Hardaker S, Dannenberg P, editors, China: Geographien einer Weltmacht. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. 2023. p. 195-203 doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-66560-2_21
Schulte B. The Policy-Practice Nexus as ‘Politics of Use’: Professional Autonomy and Teacher Agency in the Classroom. In Prøitz TS, Aasen P, Wermke W, editors, From Education Policy to Education Practice: Unpacking the Nexus. Vol. 15. Cham: Springer. 2023. p. 39-57. (Policy Implications of Research in Education). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-36970-4_3
Schulte B. Reverse gear and policy change: Processes of privatization and de- privatization in China. 2023. Comparative & International Education Society, Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States.
Schulte B. Lehren und Lernen in China - ein Erfolgsmodell? Journal für LehrerInnenbildung. 2023;23(4):52-64. doi: 10.35468/jlb-04-2023-04
Schulte B. How Context Matters: Educational Autonomy, Teacher Agency, and the Politics of the Classroom. 2022. The meaning of context in the nexus between education policy and education practice, Åsgårdstrand, Norway.
Schulte B. Incorporation and Differentiation – and Empowerment: On a Complicated Threesome. 2022. Differentiation renaissance: revisiting a powerful and multilayered concept of education, Uppsala, Sweden.
Larsen JE, Schulte B, Thue FW. Conclusion: Schoolteachers and the Nordic model. In Larsen JE, Schulte B, Thue FW, editors, Schoolteachers and the Nordic model: Comparative and historical perspectives. London, New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis. 2022. p. 229-239. (Oxford studies in comparative education). doi: 10.4324/9781003082514-18
Larsen JE, Schulte B, Thue FW. Introduction: Of myths and models: The unity and diversity of Nordic educational cultures. In Larsen JE, Schulte B, Thue FW, editors, Schoolteachers and the Nordic model: Comparative and historical perspectives. London, New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis. 2022. p. 1-22. (Oxford studies in comparative education). doi: 10.4324/9781003082514-1
Larsen JE, (ed.), Schulte B, (ed.), Thue FW, (ed.). Schoolteachers and the Nordic model: Comparative and historical perspectives. London, New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2022. 260 p. (Oxford studies in comparative education). doi: 10.4324/9781003082514
Schulte B. The Nordic model from afar: Chinese scholarly projections of Nordic education and teachers. In Larsen JE, Schulte B, Thue FW, editors, Schoolteachers and the Nordic model: Comparative and historical perspectives. London, New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis. 2022. p. 80-97. (Oxford studies in comparative education). doi: 10.4324/9781003082514-6
Svensson M, (ed.), Schulte B, (ed.). Journal of Current Chinese Affairs: Special Issue: Visions of the Internet in China. Sage Publications Ltd., 2021. 102 p. (Journal of Current Chinese Affairs).
Schulte B, Svensson M. Of Visions and Visionaries: Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in China. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs. 2021 Apr;50(1):3-11. doi: 10.1177/18681026211001884
Schulte B. Education and society in Post-Mao China: by Edward Vickers and Xiaodong Zeng, London & New York, Routledge, 2018, £38.99, ISBN: 978-1-138-36453-0. Asia Pacific Journal of Education. 2020 Nov 11;41(1):215-217. doi: 10.1080/02188791.2020.1841984
Schulte B. Innovation and control: universities, the knowledge economy and the authoritarian state in China. Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy. 2019 Jan 2;5(1):30-42. doi: 10.1080/20020317.2018.1535732