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Marek Tesar
EducationUniversity of Auckland (PhD)
Awards
  • Fellow of PESA (2023)
  • Bloch Distinguished Career Award (2025)
Scientific career
FieldsEarly childhood education, Childhood studies, Philosophy of education
Institutions

Marek Tesar is a Czechoslovak-born New Zealand academic, university administrator and educational philosopher. He is Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne.[1][2][3]

Career and research

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Tesar earned a PhD in Education from the University of Auckland.[4] He worked at the University of Auckland as Head of School and Associate Dean International and founded the Centre for Global Childhoods.[5][6] In March 2025, he became Dean of Education at the University of Melbourne.[7]

His research examines early childhood policy, pedagogy, and curriculum. He is Editor-in-Chief of Policy Futures in Education (SAGE) and Educational Philosophy and Theory (Taylor & Francis).[5][8][9]

He is editor of two book series: New Directions in Philosophy of Education (Routledge),[10] and Children: Global Posthumanist Perspectives and Materialist Theories (Springer, 2017–present).[11]

He has served as President of Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA) and Chair of the Reconceptualising Early Childhood Education (RECE) Steering Committee.[5]

Awards and honors

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Tesar's doctoral thesis received the Vice-Chancellor's Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis, and the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Outstanding Qualitative Dissertation Award and the NZARE Sutton-Smith Doctoral Award.[12][13]

In 2018, he received the NZARE Judith Duncan Award for Research Excellence in Early Childhood Education.[14]

Tesar was elected a Fellow of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA) in 2023. He received the Bloch Distinguished Career Award from the Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education society in 2025.[7]

Personal life

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Tesar is partnered with academic Nina Hood.[15]

Selected publications

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  • Tesar, M. (2015). "Ethics and truth in archival research." History of Education, 44(1), 101–114. doi:10.1080/0046760X.2014.918600
  • Malone, K., Tesar, M., & Arndt, S. (2020). Theorizing Posthuman Childhood Studies. Springer.[16]
  • Tesar, M. (2021). "Towards a post-Covid-19 'New Normality?': Physical and Social Distancing, the Move to Online and Higher Education." Policy Futures in Education, 18(5), 556–559. doi:10.1177/1478210320966481[17]
  • Tesar, M. (2021). "'Philosophy as a method': Tracing the histories of intersections of 'philosophy', 'methodology', and 'education'." Qualitative Inquiry, 27(5), 544–553. doi:10.1177/1077800420918576
  • Tesar, M., & Pangastuti, Y. (2024). "From colonial legacies to inclusive futures: Transforming and reconceptualizing early childhood education in Indonesia." Global Studies of Childhood.[18]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Jacobsson, Andreas; Hellman, Anette; Abate, Eyueil; Weldemariam, Kassahun; Tesar, Marek; Yelland, Nicola (2026). "A global childhoods research collective: Conceptualising global childhoods through reflections and imperatives from Australia, Ethiopia, New Zealand and Sweden". Global Studies of Childhood. 16 (1): 6–19. doi:10.1177/20436106251325871.
  2. ↑ Fraser, Thomas (2024-11-12). "Professor Marek Tesar appointed Dean of Education". Newsroom. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
  3. ↑ Tesar, Marek (2014). "Reconceptualising the Child: Power and Resistance within Early Childhood Settings". Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. 15 (4): 360–367. doi:10.2304/ciec.2014.15.4.360.
  4. ↑ Hood, Nina; Tesar, Marek. "Constructed Patriotism: Shifting (Re)Presentations and Performances of Patriotism through Curriculum Materials". Occasional Paper Series. Bank Street College of Education. Retrieved 2026-06-12.
  5. 1 2 3 "Marek Tesar". SAGE Publishing. Retrieved 2026-06-12.
  6. ↑ "Record number of new professors across education and social work". University of Auckland. 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2026-06-12.
  7. 1 2 "Dean, Faculty of Education: Professor Marek Tesar". University of Melbourne. Retrieved 2026-06-12.
  8. ↑ "Educational Philosophy and Theory - Journal Metrics". Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 2026-07-01.
  9. ↑ "Marek Tesar (0000-0001-7771-2880)". ORCID. Retrieved 2026-06-12.
  10. ↑ "New Directions in the Philosophy of Education - Book Series - Routledge & CRC Press". www.routledge.com. Retrieved 2026-07-01.
  11. ↑ "Children: Global Posthumanist Perspectives and Materialist Theories". SpringerLink. Retrieved 2026-07-01.
  12. ↑ Akoorie, Natalie. "Official stories shape kids' minds: expert". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2026-07-01.
  13. ↑ "SUTTON-SMITH DOCTORAL AWARD | NZARE". www.nzare.org.nz. Retrieved 2026-07-01.
  14. ↑ "A harvest of awards for the University's education researchers – University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2026-07-01.
  15. ↑ Hood, Nina; Tesar, Marek (2021). "Teaching in the Age of Covid-19—1 Year Later". Postdigital Science and Education. 3 (3): 819–835. doi:10.1007/s42438-021-00243-7. PMC 8353069.
  16. ↑ "Interview with Karen Malone, Marek Tesar, and Sonja Arndt about their book, Theorising Posthuman Childhood Studies". Queen Mary University of London. Retrieved 2026-06-12.
  17. ↑ Tesar, Marek (2021). "Towards a Post-Covid-19 'New Normality?': Physical and Social Distancing, the Move to Online and Higher Education". Policy Futures in Education. 18 (5): 556–559. doi:10.1177/1478210320966481.
  18. ↑ Tesar, Marek; Pangastuti, Yulida (2024). "From colonial legacies to inclusive futures: Transforming and reconceptualising early childhood education in Indonesia". Global Studies of Childhood. doi:10.1177/20436106241268149. Retrieved 2026-06-12.
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