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Claire Maxwell
Maxwell in 2021
Born (1975-03-28) 28 March 1975 (age 49)
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (MA, MSc)
Royal Holloway (PhD)
ChildrenTwo
Scientific career
FieldsSociology of education
Sociology of immigration
Gender and education
InstitutionsUniversity of Copenhagen
Institute of Education
ThesisGender versus ‘vulnerability’: how they determine young people’s sexual and relationship experiences (2005)
Doctoral advisorBetsy Stanko [1]
Websitewww.cmaxwell.uk

Claire Maxwell is a sociologist. She currently holds a chair in sociology at the University of Copenhagen.[2]

Early life

Maxwell was born, and spent her childhood, in Luxembourg. She holds German and Australian citizenship, and is fluent in English, German, French, and Danish. She attended the European School in Luxembourg, graduating from its EB programme in 1993.

Education

Maxwell gained a MA in PPE from The Queen's College, University of Oxford in 1996. She remained at Oxford (Green Templeton College and Department of Social Policy and Intervention) to study for a MSc in Applied Social Studies and a postgraduate Diploma in Social Work (PGDipSW), which qualified her to practise as a social worker in the UK in 1999.

Maxwell subsequently studied for a PhD at Royal Holloway College with a thesis entitled "Gender versus ‘vulnerability’: how they determine young people's sexual and relationship experiences", awarded in 2005. She was supervised by Betsy Stanko.

Career and research

Maxwell combined her part-time PhD research with employment by Oxfordshire County Council, initially as a social worker, and later as a public health specialist and teenage pregnancy co-ordinator for the county, developing and implementing a strategy to reduce the incidence of teenage pregnancy across Oxfordshire.

After her PhD award, Maxwell was employed by the Institute of Education from 2005, progressing through appointments as researcher and lecturer, culminating in her appointment as Professor in 2018. She accepted a chair in Sociology at the University of Copenhagen and took up the post in September 2018.[3]

Her broad research interests are concerned with the transnational migration of high-skilled professionals, the sociology of education, and gender and education. Specific current interests include processes of incorporation by international professionals and their families in new countries and work places, convertibility of resources during transnational mobility, internationalisation of education, and the emergence of elite schools around the world. She has been awarded research funding in the UK by the ESRC[4] and in Denmark by the Danish Innovation Fund [5] and the Independent Research Fund Denmark.[6][7]

Working with private and public partners in industry, during 2022 and 2023 Maxwell has led the development of research-based digital onboarding tools designed for Danish companies to use as they seek to improve their recruitment and retention of high-skilled international professionals[8].

Her Google Scholar H index is 30.[9]

Books and research publications

In March 2023 Bloomsbury published a new and comprehensive overview of how sociology has shaped the study of education, with Maxwell as lead editor and key chapter author [10].

Maxwell's most recent monograph was published by Routledge [11] in October 2021. It examines why families travel today – and what happens when they do. Maxwell and her co-authors focus on how social class divergence is forged through movements across borders, and how travel has been influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.

Maxwell is currently co-editor of the journal International Studies in Sociology of Education[12], and co-editor of Comparative & International Education Society’s new book series: Education in Global Perspectives[13], to be published by SUNY Press in 2024. Her work has appeared in a number of high impact journals, including Sociology [14], the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies[15], the British Journal of Sociology of Education[16], and Globalisation, Societies and Education[17].

Media, science communication, and public engagement

Maxwell was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed[18] in 2016.

She regularly uses her LinkedIn[19] and Twitter[20] social media accounts to discuss her research and highlight new publications. She has appeared on the FreshEd podcast[21] and has also featured on YouTube talking about her research[22].

Public educational service

Maxwell has extensive experience of school governance and practical educational policy implementation, at both primary and secondary levels. She has served on the board of Rygaards International School[23] in Copenhagen, and was formerly Chair of Governors at West Oxford Community Primary School in the UK.

Personal life

Maxwell lives in Gentofte and is married, with two children.[24] She is a committed CrossFit athlete.[25]

The retired figure skater, Olympian and fitness influencer Fleur Maxwell[26][27] is her sister.

References

  1. ^ Stanko, Betsy. "Stanko LinkedIn profile". Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  2. ^ Institut, Webmaster på Sociologisk (4 May 2015). "Professors and Associate Professors". www.sociology.ku.dk.
  3. ^ "Outside perspective: "I like that Danes invest themselves socially at their workplaces"". 8 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Claire Maxwell, UKRI Gateway to Research". gtr.ukri.org.
  5. ^ "Danish companies get new tools for recruiting internationals". www.sociology.ku.dk/. 11 May 2021.
  6. ^ "DFF2 research projects, May 2022".
  7. ^ "UCPH Faculty of Social Sciences project website". 18 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Project: Onboard Denmark".
  9. ^ "Claire Maxwell". scholar.google.com.
  10. ^ "Sociological Foundations of Education".
  11. ^ "Nurturing Mobilities: Family Travel in the 21st Century".
  12. ^ "International Studies in Sociology of Education Editorial Board".
  13. ^ "CIES Book series".
  14. ^ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0038038520933457. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ^ "Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies".
  16. ^ "Tweet". twitter.com. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Globalisation, Societies and Education".
  18. ^ "Thinking Allowed, Success and Luck - Cosmopolitanism and Private Education". BBC. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  19. ^ "Claire Maxwell: LinkedIn". 18 June 2023.
  20. ^ "Claire Maxwell: Twitter". 19 October 2020.
  21. ^ "FreshEd #195 – Unpacking School Internationalization (Claire Maxwell)" – via soundcloud.com.
  22. ^ "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  23. ^ "Claire Maxwell | Rygaards International School". rygaards.com.
  24. ^ "Outside perspective: "I like that Danes invest themselves socially at their workplaces"". 8 July 2019.
  25. ^ "Claire Maxwell: CrossFitGames profile". 17 October 2020.
  26. ^ "Body By Fleur". Body by Fleur.
  27. ^ "Body by Fleur (@bodybyfleur) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com.
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