Mark Olssen

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Mark Olssen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Olssen has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 17 papers in Education and 15 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Mark Olssen's work include Foucault, Power, and Ethics (15 papers), Global Educational Policies and Reforms (9 papers) and Religious Education and Schools (6 papers). Mark Olssen is often cited by papers focused on Foucault, Power, and Ethics (15 papers), Global Educational Policies and Reforms (9 papers) and Religious Education and Schools (6 papers). Mark Olssen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia. Mark Olssen's co-authors include Michael A. Peters, John A. Codd, Maarten Simons, Colín Lankshear, Richard Watermeyer, Aidan O’Neill, Susanne Maurer, Tina Besley, Rille Raaper and Emiliano Bosio and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, British Journal of Educational Studies and Educational Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Mark Olssen

48 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Neoliberalism, higher education and the knowledge economy... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 400 800 1.2k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark Olssen United Kingdom 20 1.6k 1.4k 790 171 145 52 2.7k
Jill Blackmore Australia 35 2.5k 1.6× 981 0.7× 1.0k 1.3× 323 1.9× 115 0.8× 145 3.9k
Kathleen Lynch Ireland 29 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 1.3k 1.6× 229 1.3× 353 2.4× 76 3.3k
Hugh Lauder United Kingdom 29 2.5k 1.6× 1.5k 1.1× 1.9k 2.4× 159 0.9× 287 2.0× 85 4.5k
Susan L. Robertson United Kingdom 32 1.8k 1.1× 1.8k 1.3× 998 1.3× 66 0.4× 76 0.5× 136 2.9k
Helen Gunter United Kingdom 33 2.7k 1.6× 903 0.6× 852 1.1× 227 1.3× 69 0.5× 195 3.3k
Bruce Macfarlane United Kingdom 26 1.4k 0.8× 698 0.5× 368 0.5× 288 1.7× 231 1.6× 109 2.6k
Martín Carnoy United States 24 1.4k 0.9× 813 0.6× 830 1.1× 63 0.4× 130 0.9× 117 2.6k
Gary Rhoades United States 26 1.8k 1.1× 2.0k 1.4× 505 0.6× 451 2.6× 262 1.8× 109 3.5k
Stewart Ranson United Kingdom 26 1.4k 0.8× 843 0.6× 729 0.9× 500 2.9× 117 0.8× 81 2.9k
David F. Labaree United States 22 1.9k 1.1× 486 0.3× 819 1.0× 54 0.3× 83 0.6× 75 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Olssen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Olssen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Watermeyer, Richard & Mark Olssen. (2016). ‘Excellence’ and Exclusion: The Individual Costs of Institutional Competitiveness. Minerva. 54(2). 201–218. 46 indexed citations
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Olssen, Mark. (2016). Michel Foucault. 6 indexed citations
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Olssen, Mark. (2009). Liberalism, Neoliberalism, Social Democracy: Thin Communitarian Perspectives on Political Philosophy and Education. Surrey Research Insight Open Access (The University of Surrey). 4 indexed citations
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Olssen, Mark. (2009). Liberalism, Neoliberalism, Social Democracy. 4 indexed citations
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Olssen, Mark. (2008). Toward a Global Thin Community: Nietzsche, Foucault and the cosmopolitan commitment. View.
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Olssen, Mark. (2008). Foucault as Complexity Theorist: Overcoming the problems of classical philosophical analysis. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 40(1). 96–117. 11 indexed citations
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Olssen, Mark & Michael A. Peters. (2005). Neoliberalism, higher education and the knowledge economy: from the free market to knowledge capitalism. Journal of Education Policy. 20(3). 313–345. 1309 indexed citations breakdown →
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Olssen, Mark. (2004). Culture and Learning: Access and Opportunity in the Classroom. View. 8 indexed citations
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Olssen, Mark, John A. Codd, & Aidan O’Neill. (2004). Education Policy: Globalization, Citizenship, Democracy. View. 56 indexed citations
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Olssen, Mark, et al.. (2004). Education Policy: Globalization, Citizenship andDemocracy. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 185 indexed citations
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Olssen, Mark. (2004). Neoliberalism, globalisation, democracy: challenges for education. Globalisation Societies and Education. 2(2). 231–275. 81 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael A., Colín Lankshear, & Mark Olssen. (2003). Critical Theory and the Human Condition: Founders and Praxis. View. 31 indexed citations
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Peters, Michael A., Mark Olssen, & Colín Lankshear. (2003). Futures of Critical Theory: Dreams of Difference. View. 33 indexed citations
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Olssen, Mark, et al.. (2003). Futures of Critical Theory. View. 4 indexed citations
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Olssen, Mark. (2003). Structuralism, post-structuralism, neo-liberalism: assessing Foucault's legacy. Journal of Education Policy. 18(2). 189–202. 62 indexed citations
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Olssen, Mark. (2002). THE RESTRUCTURING OF TERTIARY EDUCATION IN NEW ZEALAND: GOVERNMENTALITY, NEO-LIBERALISM, DEMOCRACY. View. 37(1). 21 indexed citations
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Olssen, Mark. (2002). Michel Foucault as "Thin" Communitarian: Difference, Community, Democracy. Culture Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies. 2(4). 483–513. 8 indexed citations
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Olssen, Mark, et al.. (1997). Education policy in New Zealand : the 1990s and beyond. 62 indexed citations
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Olssen, Mark. (1996). In defence of the welfare state and publicly provided education: a New Zealand perspective. Journal of Education Policy. 11(3). 337–362. 71 indexed citations

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