Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory

Michael A. Peters is Professor of Education at Waikato University, Emeritus Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Adjunct Professor in the School of Art, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and School of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou University. He is also Professorial Fellow in the School of Creative Arts, James Cook University. He is the executive editor of Educational Philosophy and Theory and founding editor of three international ejournals, Policy Futures in Education, E-Learning and Digital Media and Knowledge Cultures. His interests are in education, philosophy and social policy and he has written over sixty-five books, including most recently Citizenship, Human Rights and Identity: Prospects of a Liberal Cosmopolitan Order (2013), Education Philosophy and Politics: Selected Works of Michael A. Peters (2012); Education, Cognitive Capitalism and Digital Labour (2011), with Ergin Bulut; Neoliberalism and After? Education, Social Policy and the Crisis of Capitalism (2011). In 2012 he was awarded a Doctor of Letters, honoris causa from the State University of New York, in recognition of his work "to promote enlightenment and social equity in higher education".