Dr Kalervo N. Gulson is a sociologist of education at

the University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public university, public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight (Australian universities), ...

. He has previously held positions at

the University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks among the top three ...

and Charles Sturt University. His work has provided important insights into the role of space and place when theorizing

education policy Education policy consists of the principles and policy decisions that influence the field of education, as well as the collection of laws and rules that govern the operation of education systems. Education governance may be shared between the local ...

change. Kalervo Gulson makes the claim that in today's world, particularly in

inner-city The term ''inner city'' has been used, especially in the United States, as a euphemism for majority-minority lower-income residential districts that often refer to rundown neighborhoods, in a downtown or city centre area. Sociologists sometim ...

areas, schools cannot operate in isolation from the communities in which they are located. In these areas, urban change and education policy change greatly influence each other. As part of his doctoral work, Kalervo examined the relationship between education and urban policy changes. His evidence was drawn from two

case studies A case study is an in-depth, detailed examination of a particular case (or cases) within a real-world context. For example, case studies in medicine may focus on an individual patient or ailment; case studies in business might cover a particular fi ...

of recently implemented policies - London's '

Excellence in Cities The Excellence in Cities (EiC) programme was launched by the UK's Labour Party (UK)#New Labour (1994–2010), Labour Government in March 1999 to raise standards and promote inclusion in Inner city, inner cities and other urban areas. Initially tar ...

' program and the 'Building the Future' program in inner-city Sydney. Since completing his doctoral work, Kalervo has gone on to be a significant scholar in the emerging field of 'spatial policy studies'.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gulson, Kalervo Academic staff of the University of British Columbia Living people Year of birth missing (living people)