
Augusto Riveros, PhD
Associate Professor - Critical Policy, Equity and Leadership Studies
PhD (University of Alberta)
Augusto Riveros, PhD
Associate Professor - Critical Policy, Equity and Leadership Studies
PhD (University of Alberta)
My current research program focuses on the analysis of the spatial configurations of urban education. The three main topics in my current research are:
- the relations between schools and neighbourhoods,
- the effects of urban development on the supply and availability of educational opportunity, and
- the contributions of spatial thinking to the analysis of education policy, administration, and leadership.
I am conducting a SSHRC funded study that explores the relations between urban change and the supply of schooling in Ontario. This research was originated by a previous study, also supported by SSHRC, that investigated leadership practices in urban schools.
Supervision Opportunities
I seek outstanding and highly motivated PhD and MA students interested in conducting rigorous research on topics related to my current research foci. If you have an idea for a PhD or a Masters’ project, feel free to contact me to discuss your options. Please note that our admission process is highly competitive. More information about our PhD and MA admission can be found here.
Please see the Research tab below for more information on my current research interests
Memberships
Senior Fellow Network for Economic and Social Trends (NEST)
Faculty Associate Centre for Urban Policy and Governance
Editorial Board of The Canadian Journal for Educational Administration and Policy (CJEAP)
Research
Current Projects
Urban Change and the Reconfigurations in the Supply of Schooling
Phase 1: Mapping enrolment changes in Ontario School Boards
Visit the full website here: https://ur-changes-in-ontario-schools-westernu.hub.arcgis.com/
Phase 2: Tracking the Use of Portable Classrooms
Despite their temporary nature, portable classrooms are becoming a permanent fixture in many Ontario schools. This research uses data on portable classrooms as a proxy to investigate the effects of urban change in the provision of education in urban centres.
Please follow this link to see some of the initial findings of the study:Portable Classrooms in Ontario: An Exploratory Analysis
A second part of the study is currently undergoing: Some preliminary findings can be found here: Who uses Portable Classrooms and for How Long? Implications for Academic Achievement
Phase 3: Urban Change and the Availability of Educational Opportunity
In this phase, the study investigates how processes of urban change, such as gentrification, urban development, and suburbanization affect the availability of educational opportunity.
Grants
2019 - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada- Insight Development Grant: Exploring the Relations Between Urban Change and the Reconfigurations in the Supply of Schooling in Ontario.
2019 - Social Science and Humanities Review Board UWO Grant: Exploring the Relations between the Housing Market and the Supply of Schooling: A Pilot Study in One City in Southwestern Ontario.
2016 - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada- Insight Development Grant: The Adoption of Standards for Leadership Practice in Urban Schools in Three Canadian Provinces: A Multiple Case Study.
2014 - Social Science and Humanities Review Board UWO Grant: Leadership as a Matter of Policy: The adoption of leadership policies in urban schools in Ontario
In The News
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Booming enrolment will see about 70 more portables in use at London area schools
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Study Shows Students in Portables Score Lower (CBC Radio)
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London research links higher portable count, lower test scores at schools (London Free Press, Jul 19, 2023)
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TVDSB Undergoes Attendance Review (CTV News, Jan 10, 2023)
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TVDSB looks to redraw zones to ease overcrowding in high schools (CTV News, Jan 10, 2023)
Recent Publications
Books
Viczko, M. & Riveros, A. (Eds.) (2017). Assemblage, enactment and agency: Educational policy perspectives . New York: Routledge
Edited Special Issues
Riveros, A. & Wei. W. (2019). Standards and competency frameworks for school administrators: Global, comparative and critical Perspectives / Estándares y competencias en gestión educativa: Perspectivas globales, comparativas y críticas. Education policy analysis archives/Archivos Analíticos de Políticas Educativas. 27(111)
Riveros, A. (Ed.) (2018). 2nd Annual Review of Books. Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy , 186(1).
Riveros, A. (Ed.) (2017). Annual Review of Books. Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 26(1).
Viczko, M., & Riveros, A. (Eds.) (2015). Assemblage, enactment and agency: educational policy perspectives. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 36(4).
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Riveros, A. (2023). The overreliance on portabe classrooms in Ontario schools: New evidence for the study of austerity and disinvestment in Canadian public education. Canadian Journal of Education. On-Line First, 1-27.
Riveros, A. & Nyereyemhuka, N. (2023). Exploring the significance of ‘place’ for culturally sensitive research, In E. Samier, & S. E. Elkaleh (Eds.). Culturally Sensitive Research Methods for Educational Administration and Leadership: International Perspectives on Theory and Practice. Routledge
Eacott, S. & Riveros, A. (2021). Research methods in educational leadership, In S. J. Courtney, H. M. Gunter, R. Niesche, T. Trujillo (Eds.). Understanding educational leadership: Critical perspectives and approaches. Bloomsbury
Riveros, A., & Nyereyemhuka, N. (2020). Conceptualizing space in educational administration and leadership research: Towards a spatial justice perspective. International Journal of Leadership in Education: Theory and Practice. doi.org/10.1080/13603124.2020.1842509
Riveros, A., & Wei, W. (2019). Estándares y competencias en gestión educativa: >Perspectivas globales, comparativas y críticas. Archivos Analíticos de Políticas Educativas, 27(111).
Riveros, A., & Wei, W. (2019). Standards and competency frameworks for school administrators: Global, comparative and critical perspectives. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 27(111).
Myers, P., Riveros, A., & Duggal, A. (2018). Identities in transition: Investigating the encounters of Colombian mothers with Canadian schools, Journal of Latinos and Education , 17(4).
Riveros, A. (2018). Thinking relationally about the school leader. In S. Eacott (Ed.) Beyond leadership - A relational approach to organizational theory in education. Singapore: Springer
Hohner, J., & Riveros, A. (2017). Transitioning from teacher leader to administrator in rural schools in South-Western Ontario. International Journal of Teacher Leadership, 8(1), 43-55.
Riveros, A. (2017). Review of Global education reform: How privatization and public investment influence educational outcomes. Teachers College Record, Retrieved from: http://www.tcrecord.org/content.asp?contentid=21936
Riveros, A., Newton, P., & Burgess, D. (2017). Leadership standards and the discursive repositioning of leadership, leaders, and non-leaders: A critical examination. In G. Lakomski, S. Eacott, & C. Evers (Eds.). Questioning leadership: New directions for educational organizations (pp. 151 - 163). London: Routledge
Riveros, A. (2016) Thinking relationally about the “school leader”: Reflections on Eacott’s “Educational Leadership Relationally”. Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations, 25 (2), 15-24.
Riveros, A., & Newton, P. (2016). Ontological issues in educational administration: The ontological status of educational organizations. in M. Peters (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory (v.1, pp. 1-5). Singapore: Springer
Riveros, A., Verret, C., & Wei, W. (2016). The translation of leadership standards into leadership practices: A qualitative analysis of the adoption of the Ontario Leadership Framework in urban schools, Journal of Educational Administration. 54(5).
Newton, P., & Riveros, A. (2016). Toward an Ontology of Practices in Educational Administration: Theoretical implications for research and practice. In S. Eacott & C. Evers, (Eds.), New directions in educational leadership theory, London: Routledge
Paranosic, N., & Riveros, A. (2016). The metaphorical department head: Using metaphors as analytic tools to investigate the role of department head. International Journal of Leadership in Education: Theory and Practice. 19(1)
Riveros, A. (2015). Technology: The new frontier of educational leadership research and practice. A review of Sheninger’s digital leadership: Changing paradigms for changing times. Leadership and Policy in Schools. 14(4), 490-494
Newton, P., & Riveros, A. (2015). Toward an ontology of practices in educational administration. In S. Eacott & C. Evers (Eds.), New Frontiers in Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Theory. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 47(4)1-12
Viczko, M., & Riveros, A. (2015). Assemblage, enactment and agency: educational policy perspectives. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 36(4), 479-484.
Riveros, A., & Viczko, M. (2015). The enactment of professional learning policies: Performativity and multiple ontologies. In Viczko, M. & A. Riveros (Eds.). Policy enactments, assemblage and agency in educational policy contexts. Special issue of: Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. 36(4), 1-15.
Riveros, A. (2015). Cognition and administrative practices in education. In D. Burgess & P. Newton (Eds.), Theoretical foundations of educational Administration. New York: Routledge.
Riveros, A. (2015). Thomas Greenfield and the foundations of educational administration. In D. Burgess & P. Newton (Eds.), Theoretical foundations of educational administration. New York: Routledge
Newton, P., Riveros, A., & da Costa, J. (2013). The influence of teacher leadership in the career advancement of schoolteachers: A case study. Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations. 23(2), 105-117.
Riveros, A. (2014). Embodiment and educational policy sensemaking (In Spanish) La corporeidad en la escuela y la construcción de los sentidos de la política educativa. Archivos Analíticos de Políticas Educativas / Education Policy Analysis Archives, 22(32).
Riveros, A., Newton P., & Da Costa, J. (2013). From teachers to teacher-leaders: A case study. International Journal of Teacher Leadership, 4(1).
Riveros, A. (2012). Beyond collaboration: Embodied teacher learning and the discourse of collaboration in school reform. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 31(6), 603-612
Riveros, A., Newton, P., & Burgess, D. (2012). A situated account of teacher agency and learning: Critical reflections on Professional Learning Communities. Canadian Journal of Education. 35(1), 202-216.
Riveros, A., & Viczko, M. (2012). Professional knowledge “from the field”: Enacting professional learning in the contexts of practice. McGill Journal of Education, 47(1), 37-52
Riveros, A., Norris, S. P., Phillips, L. P., & Hayward, D. V. (2012). Dispositions and the quality of learning. In M. J. Lawson & J. R. Kirbi (Eds.) Enhancing the quality of learning. Cambridge University Press. pp 32-50
Riveros, A. (2012). La distribución del liderazgo como estrategia de mejoramiento institucional. Revista Educacion y Educadores, 15(2), 289-301.
Riveros, A. (2012). Review of So much reform, so little change: The persistence of failure in urban schools. C. Payne. Alberta Journal of Educational Research. 58(1).
Riveros, A. (2009). Thomas Greenfield and the quest for meaning in organizations: A postponed dialogue with Ludwig Wittgenstein. Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations. 20(2), 51-67.
Kachur, J., Riveros, A., et al. (2008). The ‘Great Experiment’ for education, and a conversation beyond the boundaries, Globalisation, Societies and Education, 6(4), 367-408.
Conference Presentations
Riveros, A. (Sep. 2017). The “school leader” as an emerging identity: Performativity and the enactment of education policy. Section: Relational Approaches to Policy Analysis. European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Oslo.
Riveros, A. (Aug. 2017). The Discursive Construction of “The School Leader” Through Leadership Standards: A Case Study. European Educational Research Association (EERA), Copenhagen.
Riveros, A., & Newton, P. (Aug. 2017). Leadership, Leaders, and Non-Leaders: Interrogating Agency in Canadian Education Policy Discourses. European Educational Research Association (EERA), Copenhagen.
Hohner, J., & Riveros, A. (May, 2017). The Transition from Classroom Teacher to Vice-Principal in Rural Schools. Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration. (CASEA) / Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE). Toronto, ON
McCarthy, T., & Riveros, A. (May, 2017). The Role of the Secondary Vice-principal and the Enactment of the Ontario Leadership Framework. Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration. (CASEA) / Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE). Calgary AB
Burgess, D., Newton, P., & Riveros, A. (Nov, 2016). Educational Administration, Leadership, and Zombies: The Zombie Apocalypse as a Window into Educational Change. Paper presented at the 9th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Seville (Spain)
Riveros, A., & Wei, W. (May, 2016). Leadership standards and transnational policy discourses: A policy transfer analysis. Comparative and International Education Society of Canada (CIESC) / Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE). Calgary AB.
Riveros, A., & Newton, P. (May, 2016). Leadership standards and the discursive repositioning of leaders and leadership. Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration. (CASEA) / Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE). Calgary AB.
Wei, W., & Riveros, A. (April, 2016). Education policy in transnational times: Professional standards for school leaders. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Washington D.C.
Riveros, A., Verret, C., & Wei, W. (May, 2015). Leadership as a matter of Policy: The translation of leadership standards into leadership practices. Paper presented at the meeting of the Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration (CASEA). Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE)
Riveros, A., Myers, P. & Duggal, A. (May 2015). Identities in Transition: Latin American parents' encounters with Canadian schools. Paper presented at the meeting of the Citizenship Education Research Network (CERN). Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE)
Riveros, A. (April, 2015). Examining the “leadership turn” in school reform: The translation of leadership standards into leadership practices. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Chicago, Il.
Riveros, A., Newton, P. & Burgess, D. (June, 2014). Agency and leadership: Exploring the assumptions behind conceptualizations of leadership in Canadian policy documents. Paper presented at the Commonwealth Council For Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM) Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Riveros, A. & Viczko, M. (June, 2014). Enacting scenarios of professional learning: An ontological examination of professional learning. Paper to be presented at the Commonwealth Council For Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM) Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Riveros, A. (May, 2014). Embodiment and critical policy enactment: Resisting authoritative instrumentalism. Paper to be presented at the Canadian Philosophy of Education Society (CPES). Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE). Saint Catharines, Ontario.
Riveros, A. & Viczko, M. (May, 2013). “It just became more realistic for me”: Exploring the ontologies of professional learning. In Policies, practices, knowledges and other “things” in education: A panel on Socio-material approaches to educational research. Canadian Society for The Study of Education (CSSE), Victoria, BC.
Viczko, M. & Riveros, A. (July, 2012) On the Ontology of Professional Learning. In Assemblage, Enactment and Agency: Educational Policy Perspectives. Panel at the 7th International Conference in Interpretive Policy Tilburg University, The Netherlands.
Riveros, A., Newton, P., & Da Costa J. (November, 2012). The influence of a cascade model of leadership in the career advancement of schoolteachers: A case study. In the Commonwealth Council For Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM) Conference, Limassol, Cyprus.
Riveros, A., Newton, P., & Parker, L. (November, 2012). Teachers’ conceptual understandings of teacher leadership. In the Commonwealth Council For Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM) Conference, Limassol, Cyprus.
Riveros, A. & Newton, P. (May, 2012) The structure and components of a cascade professional development model: Implications for leadership and career advancement. Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration. (CASEA) Waterloo, ON.
Riveros, A. (May 2012). Leadership development and career advancement through a cascade leadership model: A case study Canadian Association for the study of Educational Administration (CASEA) Waterloo, ON.
Viczko, M. & Riveros, A. (April, 2012) Enacting policy through professional learning: The multiple ontologies of school reform. Educational Policy Research Day, Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Alberta. Edmonton, AB.
Riveros A. (April, 2012). Embodiment, Professional Collaboration and Teacher Learning. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Vancouver, BC, Canada
Riveros, A., & Vizcko, M. (June, 2011). Knowing as enacting: Reflections on professional learning in schools. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Educational Administration (CASEA), Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education. Fredericton, NB, Canada.
Riveros, A., (June, 2011) Beyond collaboration: Embodiment and teacher learning. Paper presented at the Canadian Philosophy of Education Society (CPES) Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education. Fredericton, NB, Canada.
Riveros, A. & Vizcko, M. (April, 2011) Knowing as enacting: Reflections on professional learning in schools. Paper presented at the Educational Policy Research Day, Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Alberta.
Riveros, A. (April, 2011) Embodied professional knowledge: Beyond professional learning communities. Paper presented at the Educational Policy Research Day, Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Alberta.
Riveros, A. (April, 2010). The elusive participant: Reframing action and agency in educational organizations. Paper presented at the Educational Policy Research Day in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Alberta.
Riveros, A. (April, 2009) Making sense of policy implementation: Exploring the distributed cognition framework. Paper presented at the Educational Policy Research Day in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Alberta.
Riveros, A. (May, 2009) Diverse perspectives on evidence in science and science education: A panel discussion. Paper presented at the Department of Educational Policy Studies Brown Bag Session at the University of Alberta.
Riveros, A. (May, 2009) Evidence in Science and evidence in science education: Is there any difference? Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Ottawa. Riveros, A. (May, 2009) Shared meanings and change in educational organisations. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Ottawa.
Teaching and Supervision
My teaching areas are education research, leadership theory, and education policy analysis. I teach or have taught the following courses:
Teaching - Graduate
- ED 9507, Graduate Seminar in Leadership
- ED 9201, Introduction to Educational Research
- ED 9720, Theoretical Foundations of Inquiry
- ED 9715, PhD Seminar
Teaching - Undergraduate
- ED 5002, Social Foundations of Education
- ED 9476, Investigating Urban Schools
Supervision - PhD.
In Progress:
Nyasha Nyereyemhuka: How Black Female Principals Construct Their Professional Identities in Racially Diverse Schools
Richard Oppong-Bosomah: Housing Insecurity and Educational Opportunity
Chenyang Zhou: Demographic changes and student achievement at the neighbrohood level in Ontario: A Socio-Spatial Exploration
Completed:
Rafaela Lopez-Cobar: Student Experiences in Supervised Alternative Learning Programs
Diego Sornoza: Quality Assurance Policy Enactment in Ecuadorian Higher Education. The Case of the Public Regional Universities in the Province of Manabí
Hailiang Zhao: Internationalization of Regional Higher Education in China
Ayman Massouti: Inclusion and Policy Enactment in Teacher Education
Supervision - MA
In Progress:
Marzie Forozantabar: Public Reactions to Portable Classrooms: A Critical Discourse Analysis
Completed:
Jing Qu
Yanan Sui
Carolyn Lee Potts
Nikola Paranosic