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Merete Schmidt

Lecturer in Sociology

Sociology and Criminology

Orcid identifier0000-0003-0223-1569
  • Lecturer in Sociology
    Sociology and Criminology
  • +61 3 6430 4929 (Work)
  • School of Social Sciences, Sociology and Criminology, B143 Building B, Cradle Coast Campus, TAS

BIO

Merete is a lecturer in Sociology based at the University of Tasmania's Cradle Coast Campus in Burnie. Merete's research expertise includes sociology of education, educational aspirations, equity and participation in education, young people, rural sociology and gender. She is also a passionate teacher who utilises a wide range of interactive learning experiences and activities to engage students in sociology and highlight the powerful role of individual and collective agency in social change. Merete is especially interested in community partnered research for and with communities and creating local solutions through place-based research and learning.

Merete completed an undergraduate degree in Scandinavian Languages and Literature, specializing in sociolinguistics, at the University of Aarhus (Denmark) in 2004. After completing undergraduate studies and Honours in Sociology, in 2016 she completed her PhD in Sociology at the University of Tasmania (Australia).

SCHOOL AND PORTFOLIO

  • School of Social Sciences

UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 4 Quality Education
  • 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • 3 Good Health and Well Being

FIELD OF RESEARCH