Acclaim for CRADLE Director David Boud

10 October 2019

Congratulations to CRADLE Director Prof. David Boud, who has this month been named the world’s leading higher education researcher and formally invested with the title of Alfred Deakin Professor in a ceremony at Deakin University’s Waterfront campus.

The Australian‘s 2019 Research magazine recognised David as one of 14 world-leading Australia-based researchers. He was found to be the leading researcher internationally in the field of higher education. This standing recognises both volume and quality of work, and is calculated using data from Google Scholar on number of citations for papers published in a field’s top 20 journals over the last five years.

Australia-based researchers who are first in their field in the world, including CRADLE Director Prof. David Boud. Source: The Australian 2019 Research magazine.

The title of Alfred Deakin Professor, the highest honour Deakin University can bestow on a member of academic staff, was also formally conferred on David by Deakin’s Chancellor Mr John Stanhope AM at a formal graduation ceremony at Deakin’s Waterfront campus on 2 October.

Alfred Deakin Professor David Boud and Vice-Chancellor Professor Iain Martin

Speaking at the ceremony, Vice-Chancellor Professor Iain Martin outlined David’s many achievements in the higher education field, noting, “Professor Boud is one of the most highly cited scholars in teaching and learning in higher and professional education internationally, with more than 51,000 citations.”

Prof. Martin also highlighted David’s impressive publication record; he has published key texts on assessment in higher education, including publication of three scholarly books with major international publishers, 18 edited scholarly books, 120 papers in international journals, and 123 chapters in scholarly books.

The title of Alfred Deakin Professor was bestowed on David “in recognition of [his] outstanding and sustained contribution to furthering the University’s research and scholarship in the field of higher and professional education,” Prof. Martin said.

To watch David receive the title of Alfred Deakin Professor, view the ceremony recording below (navigate to 1:21:00).

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