Centre for Policy Futures

Francisca Donoso Rivas

Research Fellow
Centre for Policy Futures
Level 5, Forgan Smith (1)
University Drive
St Lucia Campus
Francisca Donoso Rivas

Researcher biography

Dr Fran Donoso works in the space of educational policy and equity. She is interested in analysing the effect of educational policies on the opportunities of students from different backgrounds to participate and succeed in education and, more broadly society. 

Fran is experienced in conducting advanced quantitative analyses using administrative information and large-scale surveys. However, an important aspect of her research is the combination of quantitative methods with theoretical frameworks of class and social justice as well as her interest in conducting mixed method studies and work in interdisciplinary research-spaces.

During her professional career, she has led different international projects, such as PIAAC and TALIS video study, working overseas in universities as well as government departments. 

Currently, she works for the Research Office of The Queensland Commitment and as a Research Fellow in the Centre for Policy Futures.

Publications

Conference Papers (2)
Research Report (1)
Seminar Paper (1)

Conference Papers

Donoso Rivas, M.F., Povey, J., Tomaszewski, W. and Huang, Y. (2019). Problematizing the relationship between school choice and parental engagement: learnings for the implementation of the School Inclusion Law. V Congreso Interdisciplinario de Investigación en Educación, Santiago, Chile, 20-22 August 2019.
Donoso Rivas, M. F., Povey, J., Huang, Y. and Tomaszewski, W. (2019). Examining the relationship between school choice and parental engagement: evidence from Chile - a highly market-oriented school system. Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference 2019, Brisbane, Australia, 1-5 December 2019.

Research Report

Lattz, Miguel, Austerberry, Sophie, Donoso Rivas, Fran, Burger, Sarah-Ann, Nuttall, Gina and Robinson, Mark (2023). Strategic Evaluation of Health and Wellbeing Queensland’s Prevention Programs: Queensland Country Women's Association Country Kitchens Progress Synthesis Report, July 2021 - December 2022. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.

Seminar Paper

Povey, J., Donoso Rivas, M. F., Sharma, N., Ablaza, C. and Gramotnev, A. (2019). An introduction to social science methods to address big social questions. Research Week. The University of Queensland Australia, The University of Queensland Australia.

Areas of research

Justice, Rights and Empower Communities
Science, Technology and Society