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LCT is a field activity. It involves scholars and research students from Australia, France, South Africa, the UK and elsewhere. Each time LCT is pressed into service to help explain a problem, the research speaks back to the theory, forcing clarifications, developments and revisions. So, everyone who uses LCT is a contributing author of LCT.

The founding author of LCT is Karl Maton. He completed his undergraduate, Masters and PhD degrees at the University of Cambridge and has worked for the University of Cambridge, the Open University, Keele University, the University of Wollongong, and the University of Sydney. Karl has published in education, sociology, philosophy, cultural studies and linguistics.

Associations

  • President, Australasian Association for Critical Realism (2008-).
  • General Secretary, and elected member of Committee of Australasian Association for Critical Realism (2006-2008).

Journals

  • Elected member of Editorial Committee of Journal of Critical Realism (2003-).
  • Guest editor of academic journals: Special double issue of The Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies on cultural studies in education (2004); Special issue of International Journal of Cultural Studies on cultural studies and education (2002).
  • Appointed member of Editorial Committee of Three-D (Media Communication & Cultural Studies Association, MeCCSA), October 2002

Conferences

  • Co-organiser (with Prof Fran Christie) of Disciplinarity, Knowledge and Language: An international conference, University of Sydney, Dec 2008.
  • Co-organiser (with Dr Rob Moore) of Social Realism in Education: An international colloquium, University of Cambridge, July 2008.
  • Organiser of ‘Engaging Realism’ ongoing seminar series, University of Sydney (2007-).
  • Organiser of 3 conference panels on cultural studies and education at the 3rd and 4th Crossroads in Cultural Studies International Conferences, 2000 (Birmingham University, UK) and 2002 (Tampere, Finland).

Invited Visiting Scholar

  • Département de Sociologie, Université de Provence June-July 2008
  • Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology, Dec 2004
  • Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology, Nov 2005

International Keynote Addresses

Maton, K. (2009) ‘Getting clear about knowledge’. Knowledge and Curriculum in Higher Education Symposium, University of Cape Town, June.

Maton, K. (2008) Knowledge-building: How can we create powerful and influential ideas? Disciplinarity, Knowledge & Language: An international symposium, University of Sydney, Dec.

Maton, K. (2008) Critical realism, social realism and the epistemic device. Critical Realism and Education: An international conference, Institute of Education, University of London, July.

Maton, K. (2007) Segmented learning: Knowledge-building in contemporary education, Explorations in Knowledge, Society & Education, University of Cambridge, June.

Maton, K. (2007) Semantic gravity and segmented learning: The problem of building knowledge and creating knowers, Enjeux Sociaux, Savoirs, Langage, Pedagogie: Actualité et fécondité de l’oeuvre de Basil Bernstein, University of Lyon, France, May-June.

Maton, K. (2004) Knowledge structures and knower structures in intellectual fields, Reclaiming Knowledge: Registers of discourse in the community and school, University of Sydney, Australia, Dec.

Maton, K. (2002) Building a Tower of Babel: Towards a social science of knowledge, Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia, July.

Invited Lectures

Maton, K. (2009) Bourdieu and Bernstein (two seminars), Australian Association for Research in Education Masterclasses: The utility of theory(ies) in educational research, Charles Sturt University, Oct.

Maton, K. (2009) Two day Workshop on Legitimation Code Theory , University of Cape Town, July.

Maton, K. (2009) Theory - what is it good for? (Quite a lot, actually). Centre for Higher Education Development, University of Cape Town, July.

Maton, K. (2008) Cumulative learning and semantic gravity, Systemic Functional Linguistic Research Seminar, University of Sydney, Sept.

Maton, K. (2008) Bourdieu, Bernstein and LCT, Australian Association for Research in Education Masterclasses: The utility of theory(ies) in educational research, Charles Sturt University, Sept.

Maton, K. (2008) Beyond Bourdieu and Bernstein, Politiques Educatives et Sociologies Europeennes de l'Education, University of Provence, Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l'Homme, June.

Maton, K. & Bennett, S. (2008) Building on Bernstein to explore cumulative learning: The cases of authentic learning and school English, School of Education Research Seminar , Griffith University, April.

Maton, K. & Bennett, S. (2007) Mythbusting digital natives: What’s really happening, and what does it really mean for education?, Learning Futures, ANU, Sept.

Maton, K. (2006) Studies in sociology of education beyond Bourdieu and Bernstein: Special education, music education and educational technology, University of Newcastle, Australia, Oct.

Maton, K. (2006) The sociology of education beyond Bourdieu and Bernstein, University of Cardiff, Sept.

Maton, K. (2006) Developing Bourdieu to understand changes in higher education, University of Sydney, Aug.

Maton, K. (2005) Three seminars: Sociology of Education in the 21st Century: Bourdieu, Bernstein & Beyond, QUT, Australia, Nov

Maton, K. (2005) Three part seminar series: Sociology of Education in the 21st Century: Bourdieu, Bernstein & Beyond, University of Technology Sydney, Aug, Sept, Oct
1. Seeing Education: Pierre Bourdieu’s ‘field’
2. Analysing Education: Basil Bernstein’s codes & devices
3. Beyond Bourdieu & Bernstein: Legitimation code theory

Maton, K. (2005) Resources of hope, results of despair: Whatever happened to British cultural studies?, Macquarie University, Sociology Colloquium, Aug.

Maton, K. (2005) Fractured autonomy: Current higher education policy in historical perspective, Institute of Education, University of London, Sociology Section Seminar, June.

Maton, K. (2005) On autonomy, higher education policy and Bourdieu, Sheffield University, Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain Research Seminar, May.

Maton, K. (2004) Bernstein’s knowledge structures and knower structures, QUT, Australia, Dec.

Maton, K. (2002) Realising Bourdieu in educational research: A user's guide, University of Nottingham, School of Education: Research Seminar Series, April.

See also Trivia About Karl