Nave Wald, Our people, Higher Education Development Centre

BA (Economics), PGDipArt (Geography), PhD (Geography)

Senior Lecturer

About Navé

I entered the field of higher education by chance working on a small research project, never left and made it my new academic home. I have a broad interest in many aspects of the field, although my research and teaching are mostly in the areas of assessment practice and critical thinking in higher education, as well as other topics such as student peer review and training students to be researchers.

I am mostly a qualitative researcher and I work on both empirical and conceptual and theoretical issues pertaining to both policy and practice. I am also a geographer with an interest in development studies, food politics and grassroots civil society, as well as having a background in economics. I aspire to bring critical social science skills and perspectives to the field of higher education. I teach qualitative research methods in higher education, writing critical literature reviews, and developing critical thinking in postgraduate research.\

Supervision

I am happy to consider proposals from prospective postgraduate students wishing to work in the field of higher education. Please contact me to discuss ideas and options.

Current students

Natheeporn Keawkhong - PhD
Pingjing Liang - PhD
Paul Trani - MHEd

Past students

Lynette Murdoch – MHEd

Publications

Mori, Y., Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2024). The importance of workplace factors and the professional identity of academic developers. Higher Education Research & Development, 2332254. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2024.2332254 Journal - Research Article

Caballero, K., Harland, T., Wald, N., & Mula-Falcón, J. (2024). The impact of evaluation and accountability on academic careers. European Journal of Higher Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/21568235.2024.2331116 Journal - Research Article

Wald, N., & Kumar, V. (2024). Conclusion. In V. Kumar & N. Wald (Eds.), Global perspectives on enhancing doctoral co-supervision. (pp. 159-173). Singapore: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-0460-6_15 Chapter in Book - Research

Kumar, V., & Wald, N. (2024). New Zealand. In V. Kumar & N. Wald (Eds.), Global perspectives on enhancing doctoral co-supervision. (pp. 65-74). Singapore: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-0460-6_7 Chapter in Book - Research

Kumar, V., & Wald, N. (2024). Introduction. In V. Kumar & N. Wald (Eds.), Global perspectives on enhancing doctoral co-supervision. (pp. 1-5). Singapore: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-0460-6_1 Chapter in Book - Research

2024

Edited Book - Research

Kumar, V., & Wald, N. (Eds.). (2024). Global perspectives on enhancing doctoral co-supervision. Singapore: Springer Nature, 182p. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-0460-6

Chapter in Book - Research

Journal - Research Article

Wald, N., Harland, T., & Daskon, C. (2024). The gap statement and justification in higher education research: an analysis of published articles. European Journal of Higher Education, 14(2), 308-323. doi: 10.1080/21568235.2023.2189132

Wald, N., Harland, T., & Daskon, C. (2024). Why we should rethink the method section in higher-education qualitative research. International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 47(1), 93-98. doi: 10.1080/1743727X.2023.2165642

Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2024). Students as scholars and the scholarship of student learning. Teaching in Higher Education, 29(2), 422-453. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2021.1989583

2023

Journal - Research Article

Liu, Q., Wald, N., Daskon, C., & Harland, T. (2023). Multiple-choice questions (MCQs) for higher-order cognition: Perspectives of university teachers. Innovations in Education & Teaching International. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/14703297.2023.2222715

Joseph Jeyaraj, J., & Wald, N. (2023). ‘I am surrounded by people who are not motivated to do research’: Harnessing collegiality for developing research active academics in a teaching-focused institution. Journal of Further & Higher Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/0309877X.2023.2200135

Kumar, V., & Wald, N. (2023). Ambiguity and peripherality in doctoral co-supervision workload allocation. Higher Education Research & Development, 42(4), 860-873. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2022.2115984

Wald, N., Kumar, V., & Sanderson, L. J. (2023). Enhancing co-supervision practice by setting expectations in a structured discussion using a research-informed tool. Higher Education Research & Development, 42(3), 757-769. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2022.2082390

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2023). Austerity and its impact on the university [Roundtable]. Proceedings of the Higher Education Research & Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Annual Conference. 181. Retrieved from https://conference.herdsa.org.au/2023/

2022

Chapter in Book - Research

Wald, N. (2022). Ethical value networks of geographical indications and fair trade in Argentina. In W. E. Murray, J. Overton & K. Howson (Eds.), Ethical value networks in international trade: Social justice, sustainability and provenance in the Global South. (pp. 181-192). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781800374508

Wald, N. (2022). Ethical value networks of organic food in Argentina: Trajectories, trends and tensions. In W. E. Murray, J. Overton & K. Howson (Eds.), Ethical value networks in international trade: Social justice, sustainability and provenance in the Global South. (pp. 166-180). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781800374508

Journal - Research Article

Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2022). Reconsidering Vygotsky’s ‘more capable peer’ in terms of both personal and knowledge outcomes. Teaching in Higher Education, 27(3), 417-423. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2021.2007474

Journal - Research Other

Mori, Y., Harland, T., & Wald, N. (2022). Academic developers’ professional identity: A thematic review of the literature. International Journal for Academic Development, 27(4), 358-371. doi: 10.1080/1360144X.2021.2015690

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Wald, N. (2022). Constructing a 'worthwhile gap' statement to justify research in higher education studies. In E. Heinrich, A. Jolley & L. Rowan (Eds.), Proceedings of the Tertiary Education Research in New Zealand (TERNZ) Conference. (pp. 77). HERDSA Aotearoa/New Zealand. [Abstract]

2021

Journal - Research Article

Joseph Jeyaraj, J., Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2021). Higher education teachers’ experiences of becoming research active: Striving for university status in the Global South. Asia Pacific Education Review, 22, 417-425. doi: 10.1007/s12564-021-09688-8

Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2021). Measuring changes in higher-order cognition through the assessment of complex knowledge over time. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 46(8), 1286-1299. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2020.1871467

Reddy, K., Harland, T., Wass, R., & Wald, N. (2021). Student peer review as a process of knowledge creation through dialogue. Higher Education Research & Development, 40(4), 825-837. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2020.1781797

Harland, T., & Wald, N. (2021). The assessment arms race and the evolution of a university’s assessment practices. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 46(1), 105-117. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2020.1745753

2020

Journal - Research Article

Wald, N., & Daniel, B. K. (2020). Enhancing students’ engagement with abstract ideas through conceptual and theoretical frameworks. Innovations in Education & Teaching International, 57(4), 496-505. doi: 10.1080/14703297.2019.1692055

Joseph Jeyaraj, J., & Wald, N. (2020). Students’ reflections on barriers to promoting higher education’s social purposes in the classroom. Teaching in Higher Education, 25(8), 976-991. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2019.1625320

Wald, N., & Golding, C. (2020). Why be a head of department? Exploring the positive aspects and benefits. Studies in Higher Education, 45(11), 2121-2131. doi: 10.1080/03075079.2019.1578736

Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2020). Rethinking the teaching roles and assessment responsibilities of student teaching assistants. Journal of Further & Higher Education, 44(1), 43-53. doi: 10.1080/0309877X.2018.1499883

2019

Journal - Research Article

Paz, R., Jara, C., & Wald, N. (2019). Tensions around land tenure in Argentina's agrarian periphery: Scales and multiple temporalities of capitalism in Santiago del Estero, Argentina. Latin American Research Review, 54(3), 694-706. doi: 10.25222/larr.483

Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2019). Graduate attributes frameworks or powerful knowledge? Journal of Higher Education Policy & Management, 41(4), 361-374. doi: 10.1080/1360080X.2019.1613310

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Wald, N., & Golding, C. (2019). Careers intelligence: Why be a head of department [Why being a department head can be so rewarding]. Times Higher Education. Retrieved from https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/careers-intelligence-why-be-head-department

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Daniel, B., & Wald, N. (2019). Demystifying the meaning and role of conceptual and theoretical frameworks in postgraduate research education. In A. Stacey (Ed.), Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies (ECRM). (pp. 56). Reading, UK: Academic Conferences and Publishing International. doi: 10.34190/RM.19.123

2018

Edited Book - Research

Dawson, M. C., Rosin, C., & Wald, N. (Eds.). (2018). Global resource scarcity: Catalyst for conflict or cooperation? Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 210p.

Chapter in Book - Research

Dawson, M. C., Rosin, C., & Wald, N. (2018). A world without scarcity? In M. C. Dawson, C. Rosin & N. Wald (Eds.), Global resource scarcity: Catalyst for conflict or cooperation? (pp. 203-206). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Dawson, M. C., Rosin, C., & Wald, N. (2018). Introduction: Resource scarcity between conflict and cooperation. In M. C. Dawson, C. Rosin & N. Wald (Eds.), Global resource scarcity: Catalyst for conflict or cooperation? (pp. 1-18). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Journal - Research Article

Harland, T., & Wald, N. (2018). Curriculum, teaching and powerful knowledge. Higher Education, 76(4), 615-628. doi: 10.1007/s10734-017-0228-8

Harland, T., & Wald, N. (2018). Vanilla teaching as a rationale choice: The impact of research and compliance on teacher development. Teaching in Higher Education, 23(4), 419-434. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2017.1395408

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Harland, T., & Wald, N. (2018). Forget graduate attributes; try powerful knowledge. HERDSA News, 40(2), 20-21.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Hansen, P., Slooten, L., Wald, N., & Shephard, K. (2018, November). Current higher education policies and practices. Panel discussion at the Higher Education Development Centre (HEDC) Symposium: Celebrating Higher Education, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2017

Journal - Research Article

Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2017). A framework for authenticity in designing a research-based curriculum. Teaching in Higher Education, 22(7), 751-765. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2017.1289509

Harland, T., Wald, N., & Randhawa, H. (2017). Student peer review: Enhancing formative feedback with a rebuttal. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 42(5), 801-811. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2016.1194368

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Wald, N., & Harland, T. (2017). Examining the roles of students as sessional teachers in Higher Education. In E. Heinrich, C. Mariskind & I. Fuller (Eds.), Proceedings of the Tertiary Education Research in New Zealand (TERNZ) Conference. (pp. 94-95). Wellington, New Zealand: Research on Teaching and Learning Group, Massey University. [Abstract]

2016

Chapter in Book - Research

Wald, N., & Hill, D. (2016). Anarchist geographies in the rural global south. In R. J. White, S. Springer & M. L. de Souza (Eds.), The practice of freedom: Anarchism, geography, and the spirit of revolt. (pp. 23-42). London, UK: Rowan & Littlefield.

Hill, D., Wald, N., & Guiney, T. (2016). Development and neoliberalism. In S. Springer, K. Birch & J. MacLeavy (Eds.), The handbook of neoliberalism. (pp. 130-141). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Journal - Research Article

Wald, N. (2016). Historical paths to current unrest: Extending the temporal lens in analysing geographies of agrarian change and conflict. Geoforum, 76, 38-47. doi: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2016.08.010

Wald, N., & Hill, D. P. (2016). ‘Rescaling’ alternative food systems: From food security to food sovereignty. Agriculture & Human Values, 33(1), 203-213. doi: 10.1007/s10460-015-9623-x

2015

Chapter in Book - Research

Wald, N. (2015). Towards utopias of prefigurative politics and food sovereignty: Experiences of politicised peasant food production. In P. V. Stock, M. Carolan & C. Rosin (Eds.), Food utopias: Reimagining citizenship, ethics and community. (pp. 107-125). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Journal - Research Article

Wald, N. (2015). Hidden no more: Organised campesinos in Northwest Argentina. Journal of Iberian & Latin American Research, 21(3), 325-344. doi: 10.1080/13260219.2015.1131113

Wald, N. (2015). Anarchist participatory development: A possible new framework? Development & Change, 46(4), 618-643. doi: 10.1111/dech.12136

Wald, N. (2015). In search of alternatives: Peasant initiatives for a different development in northern Argentina. Latin American Perspectives, 42(2), 90-106. doi: 10.1177/0094582X14534608

Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

Wald, N. (2015). Alternative sustainable and ethical value chains in Argentina: Organic foods, geographical indications, and fair trade [Ethical Value Networks (EVeN) Working Paper Series]. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University. 46p. Retrieved from https://marsdendevelopmentstudies.wordpress.com/2015/12/02/working-paper-2-alternative-sustainable-and-ethical-value-chains-in-argentina/

2014

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Wald, N. (2014). Uncomfortable bedfellows or equal partners? Practitioners, grassroots organisations and participatory development. In D. Hill (Ed.), Proceedings of the Aotearoa New Zealand International Development Studies Network (DevNet) Conference. (pp. 28). Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. [Abstract]

2013

Journal - Research Article

Wald, N. (2013). Bridging identity divides in current rural social mobilisation. Identities, 20(5), 598-615. doi: 10.1080/1070289X.2013.819001

2012

Chapter in Book - Research

Wald, N., Rosin, C., & Hill, D. (2012). 'Soyization' and food security in South America. In C. Rosin, P. Stock & H. Campbell (Eds.), Food systems failure: The global food crisis and the future of agriculture. (pp. 166-181). Abingdon, UK: Earthscan.

2010

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Wald, N. (2010). Defending Pachamama: Peasant strategies for coping with globalisation and associated rural challenges: A case study of MOCASE-VC in Argentina. In W. Stephenson (Ed.), Proceedings of the Geography Postgraduate Symposium. (pp. 48). Dunedin, New Zealand: Department of Geography, University of Otago. [Abstract]