Dr. Andrew Brogan
Vita
05.2020 – 03.2022: Senior Research Associate, Institut für Bildung und gesellschaftliche Innovation (ibugi), Bonn, DE
09.2020 – 03.2022: Visiting Lecturer, Alanus Hochschule, Bonn, DE
Modules developed and taught:
- Social Justice and Economics
- Critical Pedagogy and Social Change
- An Interdisciplinary Examination of Steiner’s Contributions to Social Innovation
- Never Mind the B#ll*cks, Here’s the Anarchy
04.2017 – 05.2020: Lecturer in Education Studies, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK
Modules developed and taught:
- Key Thinkers in the Philosophy of Education
- Education and Society
- Creativity in Teaching and Learning
- Introduction to International Education
- Preparing for Research
- Globalisation and Education
- Issues of Identity in Education
09.2013 – 07.2016: Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Modules taught:
- Analysing British Politics Today
- Political Research and Analysis
09.2011 – 09.2012: Project Manager, Put Them First, Arequipa, Peru
02.2011 – 09.2012: English as a Second Language Teacher, Instituto del Sur, Arequipa, Peru
Teaching
I am currently responsible for the design and teaching of two modules, and assist in the teaching of two others:
Winter Semester:
- Freedom and the Transformation of Modern Europe (Lead)
- Ways of Knowing (Assist)
Summer Semester:
- Analysing Contemporary Societies (Lead)
- Collaborative Research Practice (Assist)
I have also taught a range of differnet modules across politics and education.
Research Interests
My research lies at the intersection of politics and education, and I am particularly interested in the theory and practice of higher education teaching and learning. This includes research on anarchism, critical pedagogy, resistance, and political theory.
I am currently working on a project exploring possible post-anarchist contributions to higher education.
Projects
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Decolonising and Diversifying the Curriculum
Steffi Hobuß (Project staff) , Micha Gerrit Philipp Edlich (Project staff) , Florian List (Project staff) , Lillan Lommel (Project staff) , Andrew Brogan (Project manager, academic) , Veronica Bremer (Project staff)
Project: Teaching
Publications
Journal contributions
- Postanarchism as a framework for educational authority in higher education
Andrew Brogan (Author) , 01.01.2026 , in: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 58, 1-2 , p. 29-43 , 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- The Exilic Classroom: Spaces of Subversion
Andrew Brogan (Author) , 01.05.2017 , in: Journal of Philosophy of Education, 51, 2 , p. 510-523 , 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
- Diversity Deficits: Resisting the TEF
Andrew Brogan (Author) , 06.08.2020 Bingley , p. 201-226 , 26 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review
- Playing in the Spaces: Anarchism in the Classroom
Andrew Brogan (Author) , 01.06.2020 , p. 40-44Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review
- What's so great about Finland? An introduction to comparative and international education.
Andrew Brogan (Author) , 01.04.2020 London , p. 89-104 , 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review
Activities
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An Anarchic Celebration of the Liberal Arts
Andrew Brogan (Speaker)
Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
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Liberal Education Talk: Anarchist Educational Authority in Liberal Education Spaces
Andrew Brogan (Speaker)
Activity: talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
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Anarchism as a Framework for Rethinking Educational Authority
Andrew Brogan (Speaker)
Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
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Uncertain Education: Anarchism as a Framework for Rethinking Educational Authority
Andrew Brogan (Speaker)
Activity: Conference Presentations › Research
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Liberal Education Talk: Embracing the Everyday
Andrew Brogan (Speaker)
Activity: talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Courses
The opening phase of the seminar will explore ‘resistance’ in theory offering insights from the interdisciplinary field of Resistance Studies, which combines insights from social movement studies, political science, peace studies and gender studies. This broad foundation prepares students to discuss ‘resistance’ to many forms of domination in the second part of the seminar.
The second phase focuses on the practice of resistance and asks students to select a contemporary resistance example and to present the case-study in the seminar. This example can be drawn from any field (political, environmental, class, gender, cultural etc.). The presentation will identify and analyse aims and methods, and review and discuss outcomes and consequences of the practice. The open choice of cases ensures a seminar that is responsive to students’ interests.
Assessment will be done via Combined Scientific Work with the participants preparing and presenting a case study of their choosing (70%), and acting as a critical discussant for a peer (30%).
Students will benefit from a team-taught seminar combining the political background and knowledge of Dr. Ina Friesen, and educational and pedagogical insights from Dr. Andrew Brogan in both the design and the contents of the seminar.
1) Asking good questions.
2) Knowing how to approach answering them.
3) Having a sound general academic literacy and the ability to interpret diverse subjects.
4) The ability to develop independence and deal resiliently and productively with difficulty, uncertainty and unfamiliarity.
This course asks you to be active, engaged, reflective, self-reliant. And it provides you with the tools and support with which to pursue an ambitious project across the semester.
The vital skills we want to begin to develop are “knowing how to know” and fostering a continually reflective outlook within the pursuit of self-directed learning. We also want to instil the basis of skills which can then be honed and developed through practical application and ongoing experiment, within this course and ultimately beyond it.
If we assume that – as your degrees unfold – your questions are likely to imply complicated and connected methodological approaches, then what you need to develop is a roadmap for navigating diverse approaches and their intersections.