Personal profile
Research interests
I hold a PhD in Sociology from University College Dublin and Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. Before coming to Bath, I was a Research Associate at the Centre for Global Higher Education, University College London Institute of Education. Previously I held the National University of Ireland Dr Garret FitzGerald Fellowship in the Social Sciences and lectured in France and in Ireland.
My research interests include:
- Elite education
- Globalisation, internationalisation and education
- International student mobility
- Academic precarity and academic mobility.
Teaching interests
I teach in the area of sociology of education, educational inequalities and globalisation, internationalisation and education, research methods.
Other responsibilities
I am currently the Equality and Diversity representative for the Department of Education.
Willing to supervise doctoral students
I am interested in supervising new EdD and PhD students researching topics related to my areas of interest.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Post-Brexit student mobility from the UK: New directions?
Courtois, A. (PI)
1/05/22 → …
Project: Other
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The Precarity Penalty: The effects of long-term precarious work on higher education workers' lives, careers and well-being
Courtois, A. (PI) & O'Keefe, T. (CoPI)
1/06/20 → …
Project: Other
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The position of ‘satellite schools’ in the local, national and international ‘elite’ education markets
Courtois, A. (PI), Donnelly, M. (CoPI) & Lauder, H. (CoPI)
1/04/20 → …
Project: Other
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Including Research-Active Staff on Teaching-Only Contracts in the Research Culture at Bath
Courtois, A. (PI), Highman, L. (CoPI) & Iwaniec, J. (CoI)
15/12/23 → 31/07/24
Project: Research council
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A Crisis of the Professoriate?
Watermeyer, R., Sheridan, M. P., Courtois, A., Youssef, S., Shankar, K., Hardman, J., Douglass, J. A., Angervall, P., Stein, S., Newfield, C., Mao, L. M., Deshpande, P., Linton, M. J. & Burke, P. J., 7 Aug 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Minerva.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cross-border academic (im)mobilities: An introduction
Courtois, A., Marginson, S., Montgomery, C. & Sidhu, R., 11 Dec 2025, The Future of Cross-Border Academic Mobility and Immobility: Power, Knowledge and Agency. Courtois, A., Marginson, S., Montgomery, C. & Sidhu, R. (eds.). London, U. K.: Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 3-18 16 p.Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript
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Higher Education and the Public Good in France
Carpentier, V. & Courtois, A., 31 Jan 2025, In: Higher Education. 89, 1, p. 223-238 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Holding Ourselves to Account: The Precarity Dividend and the Ethics of Researching Academic Precarity
O'Keefe, T. & Courtois, A., 30 Sept 2025, In: The Sociological Review. 73, 5, p. 1140-1158 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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EdTech-mediated outsourcing and casualisation of academic labour: Toward a research agenda
Ivancheva, M. & Courtois, A., 27 Feb 2024, In: Work Organisation Labour and Globalisation. 18, 1, p. 65-82 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Closing Panel - CGHE Annual Conference 2024
Courtois, A. (Speaker)
15 Feb 2024Activity: Academic conferences and events (excluding conference publications) › Conference presentation / attendance
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3rd ENIS Virtual Summer School
Schafer, G. (Speaker) & Courtois, A. (Speaker)
2 Sept 2025Activity: Academic conferences and events (excluding conference publications) › Conference presentation / attendance
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Examination of EdD dissertation
Courtois, A. (Examiner)
21 Jan 2025Activity: External examination and supervision › Internal doctoral examination
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PhD Examination
Courtois, A. (Examiner)
6 Mar 2025Activity: External examination and supervision › External examination
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Marches internationaux de l'education et migrations etudiantes
Ballatore, M. (Speaker), Courtois, A. (Speaker), Erlich, V. (Speaker) & Paris, J. (Speaker)
10 Feb 2026Activity: Academic conferences and events (excluding conference publications) › Conference presentation / attendance