I entered the field of higher education by chance working on a small research project, never left and made it my new academic home. I have a broad interest in many aspects of the field, although my research and teaching are mostly in the areas of assessment practice and critical thinking in higher education, as well as other topics such as student peer review and training students to be researchers.
I am mostly a qualitative researcher and I work on both empirical and conceptual and theoretical issues pertaining to both policy and practice. I am also a geographer with an interest in development studies, food politics and grassroots civil society, as well as having a background in economics. I aspire to bring critical social science skills and perspectives to the field of higher education. I teach qualitative research methods in higher education, writing critical literature reviews, and developing critical thinking in postgraduate research.\
Supervision
I am happy to consider proposals from prospective postgraduate students wishing to work in the field of higher education. Please contact me to discuss ideas and options.
Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2023). Austerity and its impact on the university [Roundtable]. Proceedings of the Annual Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Conference. Retrieved from https://conference.herdsa.org.au/2023/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Liu, Q., Wald, N., Daskon, C., & Harland, T. (2023). Multiple-choice questions (MCQs) for higher-order cognition: Perspectives of university teachers. Innovations in Education & Teaching International. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/14703297.2023.2222715
Journal - Research Article
Joseph Jeyaraj, J., & Wald, N. (2023). ‘I am surrounded by people who are not motivated to do research’: Harnessing collegiality for developing research active academics in a teaching-focused institution. Journal of Further & Higher Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/0309877X.2023.2200135
Journal - Research Article
Wald, N., Harland, T., & Daskon, C. (2023). The gap statement and justification in higher education research: an analysis of published articles. European Journal of Higher Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/21568235.2023.2189132
Journal - Research Article
Wald, N., Harland, T., & Daskon, C. (2023). Why we should rethink the method section in higher-education qualitative research. International Journal of Research & Method in Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/1743727X.2023.2165642
Journal - Research Article
Kumar, V., & Wald, N. (2023). Ambiguity and peripherality in doctoral co-supervision workload allocation. Higher Education Research & Development, 42(4), 860-873. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2022.2115984
Journal - Research Article
Wald, N., Kumar, V., & Sanderson, L. J. (2023). Enhancing co-supervision practice by setting expectations in a structured discussion using a research-informed tool. Higher Education Research & Development, 42(3), 757-769. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2022.2082390
Journal - Research Article
Wald, N. (2022). Ethical value networks of geographical indications and fair trade in Argentina. In W. E. Murray, J. Overton & K. Howson (Eds.), Ethical value networks in international trade: Social justice, sustainability and provenance in the Global South. (pp. 181-192). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781800374508
Chapter in Book - Research
Wald, N. (2022). Ethical value networks of organic food in Argentina: Trajectories, trends and tensions. In W. E. Murray, J. Overton & K. Howson (Eds.), Ethical value networks in international trade: Social justice, sustainability and provenance in the Global South. (pp. 166-180). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781800374508
Chapter in Book - Research
Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2022). Reconsidering Vygotsky’s ‘more capable peer’ in terms of both personal and knowledge outcomes. Teaching in Higher Education, 27(3), 417-423. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2021.2007474
Journal - Research Article
Wald, N. (2022). Constructing a 'worthwhile gap' statement to justify research in higher education studies. In E. Heinrich, A. Jolley & L. Rowan (Eds.), Proceedings of the Tertiary Education Research in New Zealand (TERNZ) Conference. (pp. 77). HERDSA Aotearoa/New Zealand. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Harland, T., & Wald, N. (2021). The assessment arms race and the evolution of a university’s assessment practices. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 46(1), 105-117. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2020.1745753
Journal - Research Article
Joseph Jeyaraj, J., Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2021). Higher education teachers’ experiences of becoming research active: Striving for university status in the Global South. Asia Pacific Education Review, 22, 417-425. doi: 10.1007/s12564-021-09688-8
Journal - Research Article
Reddy, K., Harland, T., Wass, R., & Wald, N. (2021). Student peer review as a process of knowledge creation through dialogue. Higher Education Research & Development, 40(4), 825-837. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2020.1781797
Journal - Research Article
Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2021). Measuring changes in higher-order cognition through the assessment of complex knowledge over time. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 46(8), 1286-1299. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2020.1871467
Journal - Research Article
Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2021). Students as scholars and the scholarship of student learning. Teaching in Higher Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2021.1989583
Journal - Research Article
Joseph Jeyaraj, J., & Wald, N. (2020). Students’ reflections on barriers to promoting higher education’s social purposes in the classroom. Teaching in Higher Education, 25(8), 976-991. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2019.1625320
Journal - Research Article
Wald, N., & Daniel, B. K. (2020). Enhancing students’ engagement with abstract ideas through conceptual and theoretical frameworks. Innovations in Education & Teaching International, 57(4), 496-505. doi: 10.1080/14703297.2019.1692055
Journal - Research Article
Wald, N., & Golding, C. (2020). Why be a head of department? Exploring the positive aspects and benefits. Studies in Higher Education, 45(11), 2121-2131. doi: 10.1080/03075079.2019.1578736
Journal - Research Article
Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2020). Rethinking the teaching roles and assessment responsibilities of student teaching assistants. Journal of Further & Higher Education, 44(1), 43-53. doi: 10.1080/0309877X.2018.1499883
Journal - Research Article
Paz, R., Jara, C., & Wald, N. (2019). Tensions around land tenure in Argentina's agrarian periphery: Scales and multiple temporalities of capitalism in Santiago del Estero, Argentina. Latin American Research Review, 54(3), 694-706. doi: 10.25222/larr.483
Journal - Research Article
Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2019). Graduate attributes frameworks or powerful knowledge? Journal of Higher Education Policy & Management, 41(4), 361-374. doi: 10.1080/1360080X.2019.1613310
Journal - Research Article
Daniel, B., & Wald, N. (2019). Demystifying the meaning and role of conceptual and theoretical frameworks in postgraduate research education. In A. Stacey (Ed.), Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies (ECRM). (pp. 56). Reading, UK: Academic Conferences and Publishing International. doi: 10.34190/RM.19.123
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Dawson, M. C., Rosin, C., & Wald, N. (2018). A world without scarcity? In M. C. Dawson, C. Rosin & N. Wald (Eds.), Global resource scarcity: Catalyst for conflict or cooperation? (pp. 203-206). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Dawson, M. C., Rosin, C., & Wald, N. (2018). Introduction: Resource scarcity between conflict and cooperation. In M. C. Dawson, C. Rosin & N. Wald (Eds.), Global resource scarcity: Catalyst for conflict or cooperation? (pp. 1-18). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Harland, T., & Wald, N. (2018). Curriculum, teaching and powerful knowledge. Higher Education, 76(4), 615-628. doi: 10.1007/s10734-017-0228-8
Journal - Research Article
Harland, T., & Wald, N. (2018). Vanilla teaching as a rationale choice: The impact of research and compliance on teacher development. Teaching in Higher Education, 23(4), 419-434. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2017.1395408
Journal - Research Article
Harland, T., & Wald, N. (2018). Forget graduate attributes; try powerful knowledge. HERDSA News, 40(2), 20-21.
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Harland, T., Wald, N., & Randhawa, H. (2017). Student peer review: Enhancing formative feedback with a rebuttal. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 42(5), 801-811. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2016.1194368
Journal - Research Article
Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2017). A framework for authenticity in designing a research-based curriculum. Teaching in Higher Education, 22(7), 751-765. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2017.1289509
Journal - Research Article
Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2017). Examining the roles of students as sessional teachers in Higher Education. In E. Heinrich, C. Mariskind & I. Fuller (Eds.), Proceedings of the Tertiary Education Research in New Zealand (TERNZ) Conference. (pp. 94-95). Wellington, New Zealand: Research on Teaching and Learning Group, Massey University. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Hill, D., Wald, N., & Guiney, T. (2016). Development and neoliberalism. In S. Springer, K. Birch & J. MacLeavy (Eds.), The handbook of neoliberalism. (pp. 130-141). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Wald, N., & Hill, D. (2016). Anarchist geographies in the rural global south. In R. J. White, S. Springer & M. L. de Souza (Eds.), The practice of freedom: Anarchism, geography, and the spirit of revolt. (pp. 23-42). London, UK: Rowan & Littlefield.
Chapter in Book - Research
Wald, N. (2016). Historical paths to current unrest: Extending the temporal lens in analysing geographies of agrarian change and conflict. Geoforum, 76, 38-47. doi: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2016.08.010
Journal - Research Article
Wald, N., & Hill, D. P. (2016). ‘Rescaling’ alternative food systems: From food security to food sovereignty. Agriculture & Human Values, 33(1), 203-213. doi: 10.1007/s10460-015-9623-x
Journal - Research Article
Wald, N. (2015). Towards utopias of prefigurative politics and food sovereignty: Experiences of politicised peasant food production. In P. V. Stock, M. Carolan & C. Rosin (Eds.), Food utopias: Reimagining citizenship, ethics and community. (pp. 107-125). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Wald, N. (2015). Anarchist participatory development: A possible new framework? Development & Change, 46(4), 618-643. doi: 10.1111/dech.12136
Journal - Research Article
Wald, N. (2015). Hidden no more: Organised campesinos in Northwest Argentina. Journal of Iberian & Latin American Research, 21(3), 325-344. doi: 10.1080/13260219.2015.1131113
Journal - Research Article
Wald, N. (2015). In search of alternatives: Peasant initiatives for a different development in northern Argentina. Latin American Perspectives, 42(2), 90-106. doi: 10.1177/0094582X14534608
Journal - Research Article
Wald, N. (2014). Uncomfortable bedfellows or equal partners? Practitioners, grassroots organisations and participatory development. In D. Hill (Ed.), Proceedings of the Aotearoa New Zealand International Development Studies Network (DevNet) Conference. (pp. 28). Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Wald, N. (2013). Bridging identity divides in current rural social mobilisation. Identities, 20(5), 598-615. doi: 10.1080/1070289X.2013.819001
Journal - Research Article
Wald, N., Rosin, C., & Hill, D. (2012). 'Soyization' and food security in South America. In C. Rosin, P. Stock & H. Campbell (Eds.), Food systems failure: The global food crisis and the future of agriculture. (pp. 166-181). Abingdon, UK: Earthscan.
Chapter in Book - Research
Wald, N. (2010). Defending Pachamama: Peasant strategies for coping with globalisation and associated rural challenges: A case study of MOCASE-VC in Argentina. In W. Stephenson (Ed.), Proceedings of the Geography Postgraduate Symposium. (pp. 48). Dunedin, New Zealand: Department of Geography, University of Otago. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
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