Dr. Michalinos Zembylas
Research Faculty
Dr. Michalinos Zembylas is Professor of Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies at the Open University of Cyprus, Honorary Professor at Nelson Mandela University, South Africa, Adjunct Professor at the University of South Australia, and Research Faculty at Lebanese American University. He holds a Commonwealth of Learning (COL) Chair for 2023-2026.- Educational background (Ph.D. - granting institution and year of completion)
-PhD Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000
- Notable awards or achievements (if any)
-Commonwealth of Learning (COL) Chair for 2023-2026.
-Distinguished Researcher in “Social Sciences and Humanities” 2016, Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation.
-Since 2020, Prof. Zembylas is listed in the top 2% of social science scholars by citations.
- Editorial roles or appointments (if any)
Associate Editor, Teaching and Teachers: Theory into Practice; Member of Editorial Boards in over 15 journals such as: Educational Theory, Studies in Philosophy and Education, Educational Philosophy and Theory, Teaching Education, Asia Pacific Education Review, Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning, International Journal of Human Rights Education, Emotions: History, Culture, Society.
- Professional memberships (e.g., IEEE), board memberships
-Member of CIES (Comparative and International Education Society)
-Member of the Council of the Open University of Cyprus
- Any additional noteworthy exposure or activities
-Co-Chair of the Bi-communal Technical Committee for Education (appointed by the President of the Republic of Cyprus, 2016- )
Selected Publications: Up to 5 key publications from the last 5 years
Mikulan, P., & Zembylas, M. (Eds.). (2024). Working with theories of refusal and decolonization in higher education. New York: Routledge.
Bozalek, V., & Zembylas, M. (2023). Responsibility, privileged irresponsibility and response-ability: Higher education, coloniality and ecological damage. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
Zembylas, M. (2024). Decolonisation as dis-enclosure: Overcoming the dangers of positionality and identity in comparative education. Comparative Education, DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2024.2326751
Zembylas, M. (2024). Racial gaslighting as affective injustice: A conceptual framework for education. Race, Ethnicity and Education, , DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2024.2306680
Zembylas, M. (2023). Revisiting the concept of ‘pedagogy of discomfort’: Building affective infrastructures of inconvenience in the classroom. Philosophical Inquiry in Education, 30 (3), 193-206.
Academic Profiles: Links to your Google Scholar and Scopus profiles
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YbfkIJQAAAAJ
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6896-7347