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Research
Miriam Madsen is doing research on the quantification of education, focusing on how quantification processes in the governance and administration of education contributes to the development of educational thinking and design. Her research area is higher education, and the research objects are performance measurements, graduate surveys, statistics, budgets, accounts, economic forecasts, algorithms and so forth used in Danish (and to some extent British) universities, as well as Danish higher education policy and governance.
Teaching
Miriam Madsen conducts teaching in Evaluation and Measurement at the master's program in Education Science. She is furthermore the head of department for Department of Education Studies and thus responsible for the department's bachelor and master's program.
Job responsibilities
Miriam Madsen has since February 2024 been head of department in Department for Education Studies, Danish School of Education, Aarhus University.
Education/Academic qualification
Pædagogik, Kandidat, University of Copenhagen
1 Sept 2013 → 31 May 2015
Award Date: 31 May 2015
Ledelse, Diplom, Professionshøjskolen Metropol
1 Feb 2011 → 30 Jun 2013
Award Date: 30 Jun 2013
Lærer, Professionsbachelor, Århus Dag- og aftenseminarium
20 Aug 2001 → 30 Jun 2005
Award Date: 30 Jun 2005
External positions
International Postdoc, Independent Research Fund Denmark
1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2022
AC-medarbejder, Professionshøjskolen Metropol
14 Sept 2015 → 7 Aug 2016
Sekretariatschef, Sammenslutningen af Unge Med Handicap
1 Jan 2009 → 28 Feb 2015
Areas of expertise
- Education Studies
- Public Administration of Education
- Economics of Education
- Governance
- Education
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Governing educational pasts, presents, and futures with data
Madsen, M. (PI), Karseth, B. (CoPI), Piattoeva, N. (CoPI), Cheyenne Martinez Lunde, I. (CoPI), Laursen, R. (Participant), M. Blaabjerg-Zederkoff, D. (Participant), Ratner, H. (Participant) & Rokoguniwai, M. B. (Participant)
The Joint Committee for Nordic research councils in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NOS-HS)
01/01/2022 → 31/12/2023
Project: Other
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Policy futures: Researching on education policy, governance and administration at a time of political crisis in Europe
Madsen, M. (Participant), Brøgger, K. (Project manager), Cone, L. (Participant), Krejsler, J. B. (Participant), Cort, P. S. (Participant), Kristensen, J. E. (Participant), Hedegaard, M. L. L. (Participant), Larson, A. (Participant), Jimenez, G. (Participant), Plotnikof, M. (Participant), Coninck-Smith, N. D. (Participant), Laursen, R. (Participant), Moos, L. (Participant), Staunæs, D. (Participant), Nørgaard, C. (Participant), Binderup, T. (Participant), Vertelyté, M. (Participant), Smedegaard Ernst Bengtsen, S. (Participant), Normand, R. (Participant), Robertson, S. (Participant), Mengel, P. (Participant), Tarby, S. C. M. (Participant), Moscovitz, H. (Participant), Zangrandi, E. (Participant), Harsbo, R. (Participant), Nygaard, P. S. (Participant), Sørensen, A. E. (Participant), Nuriler, H. (Participant) & Gibson, A. G. (Participant)
COST Association Avenue du Boulevard – Bolwerklaan 21 1210 Brussels | Belgium
01/03/2019 → …
Project: Research
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Universitetsuddannelsers arbejdsmarkedsrelevans i et policy-antropologisk perspektiv
Madsen, M. (Participant)
01/09/2016 → 30/08/2019
Project: Research
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Introduction: Time and temporality in the datafied governance of education
Madsen, M., Cheyenne Martinez Lunde, I., Piattoeva, N. & Karseth, B., 18 Apr 2025, In: Critical Studies in Education. 66, 2, p. 109-125 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research
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(Un)certain and (ir)regular futures: Graph chart visualizations of forecasting in higher education
Madsen, M., 2024, (E-pub / Early view) In: Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Performance-based funding and institutional practices of performance prediction
Madsen, M., 18 Apr 2025, In: Critical Studies in Education. 66, 2, p. 178-196 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Governing by Numbers and Human Capital in Education Policy Beyond Neoliberalism: Social Democratic Governance Practices in Public Higher Education
Madsen, M., 2022, Cham: Springer. 213 p. (Educational Governance Research, Vol. 19).Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Research › peer-review
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The configurative agency of metrics in education: a research agenda involving a different engagement with data
Madsen, M., 2021, In: Journal of Education Policy. 36, 1, p. 64-83 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile14 Citations (Scopus)103 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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Critical Studies in Education (Journal)
Madsen, M. (Editor)
14 Apr 2025 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts › Research
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Tidsskrift for Uddannelsesvidenskab (Journal)
Madsen, M. (Editor), Holflod, K. (Editor), Hedegaard, M. L. L. (Editor), Møller Schmidt, B. (Editor), Kiær, K. (Editor), Bach, K. M. (Editor), Andersen, J. R. (Editor) & Langkjær, S. (Editor)
Aug 2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts › Research
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The London School of Economics and Political Science
Madsen, M. (Visiting researcher)
1 Jan 2021 → 30 Jun 2022Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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University of Cambridge
Madsen, M. (Visiting researcher)
2 Oct 2018 → 30 Nov 2018Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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Deakin University
Madsen, M. (Visiting researcher)
1 Jun 2018 → 31 Aug 2018Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
Press/Media
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Stol på din mavefornemmelse, når du vælger uddannelse
10/03/2020
1 Media contribution
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Der er ingen motorvej for humanister – de må selv finde vej
15/11/2019
1 item of Media coverage
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Forskning: De studerende bliver »kalkulerende« af at gå på universitetet
26/09/2018
1 item of Media coverage
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