Dr Kate O’Connor is Senior Lecturer in Policy and Leadership in the School of Education at La Trobe University, Australia. Kate’s research is focused on educational policy and governance in schooling and higher education, with particular interests in curriculum and digital transformations. She is currently working on projects examining state differences and curriculum hierarchies in senior secondary education, the implications and opportunities of new research data management practices for qualitative research, and the implications of unbundled online learning reforms for curriculum and knowledge in universities. Her previous book publications include Knowledge at the Crossroads (Springer, 2017) and Australia’s Curriculum Dilemmas (MUP, 2011).