Rate My Professor Matthew Sinclair

Dr. Matthew Sinclair is a lecturer in education policy at Curtin University’s School of Education in Perth, Western Australia. He earned his PhD from the School of Education at RMIT University in 2022, focusing on Australian education policy. Previously a research fellow at RMIT, Sinclair is a two-time J. William Fulbright Senior Scholar alumnus, having conducted studies in the United States. His research centers on education policy analysis, particularly school funding and equity, globalization, education futures, and social justice. He applies frameworks like Bowe, Ball, and Gold’s policy cycle model and assemblage theory to examine policymaking processes, stakeholder influences, and equity implications in Australian schooling.

Sinclair’s scholarly output includes his forthcoming book, Equity and Influence in the Funding of Schools: Critical Moments in Australian Education Policy (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025). Notable publications feature “School Funding in Australia: A Critical Policy Analysis of School Sector Influence in the Processes of Policy Production” with Jeffrey S. Brooks (Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2022), “Desiring-futures in Education Policy: Assemblage Theory, Artificial Intelligence, and UNESCO’s Futures of Education” with David Rousell (Educational Review, 2025), “School Funding and Equity in Australia: Critical Moments in the Context of Text Production Phase of the Education Policy Cycle” with Jeffrey S. Brooks (Educational Policy, 2024), and co-authored special issue introductions on educational policy and public schooling junctures. He serves on the editorial board of The Australian Educational Researcher. Sinclair contributes to public discourse through expert commentary on federal school funding reforms and budgets, influencing policy debates on educational equity.