Dr Frank Reichert

MA, PhD
Honorary Associate Professor
Phone
+61 2 9351 6384
Fax
+61 2 9351 2606
Building/Room
Education Building A35 / 330
The University of Sydney
Frank Reichert is an assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong and has worked at excellent research institutions in Germany, Australia, Hong Kong, and the US. He has also held various prestigious fellowships, including a Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship from the US National Academy of Education and a research fellowship at the American-German Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Frank's work on citizenship norms, civic education, youth development, eCitizenship and digital literacy is supported by various funding bodies and has been published widely in peer-reviewed academic journals. He currently co-chairs the Standing Group on Citizenship of the European Consortium for Political Research and contributes to the community in several consultancy roles, including for the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) 2027 of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). Frank also co-developed a comprehensive digital competence assessment instrument and was commissioned by UNESCO to prepare a background report for the 2023 Global Education Monitoring Report.
  • Issue Cover, Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice (Vol 43), John Wiley & Sons, 2024 (cover image awarded for research with Q. Pan on ‘Gendered Trajectories of Digital Literacy Development’)
  • Outstanding Young Researcher Award, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, 2022
  • Maslovaty Award for the best publication in moral and democratic education, Maslovaty Foundation & SIG 13 of the European Association for Research on Learning & Instruction, 2021
  • Early Career Award, Social Studies Research SIG, American Educational Research Association, 2021
  • Knowledge Exchange Award, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, 2021 (awarded for the collaborative project ‘Co-creating a New Normal of Empowered Learning through Digital Citizenship Research’ led by N. Law)
  • Early Career Research Output Award, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, 2019
  • Richard M. Wolf Memorial Award for the best publication analysing International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) data, IEA, 2018
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • Associate Editor, Political Studies Review (from 2025)
  • Special Issue Editor, Political Psychology (from 2025)
  • Steering Committee Co-chair, Standing Group ‘Citizenship’ of the European Consortium for Political Research
  • Consultant on research methods for research postgraduate students at the Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong
  • Consultant for EdInstruments, Annenberg Institute at Brown University (invited)
  • Consultant to the Smart Teens Actions Project, Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
  • Consultant (International Expert) for the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) 2027, International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement 
Book chapters
  • Reichert, F., Pan, Q., & Chen, L. L. (2023). 'Digital literacy assessment'. Paper commissioned for the 2023 Global Education Monitoring Report, Technology in education. UNESCO. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000386202 
  • Reichert, F. (2020). 'Media use and youth civic engagement'. In J. van den Bulck, D. Ewoldsen, M.-M. Mares and E. Scharrer (Eds.), The international encyclopedia of media psychology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119011071.iemp0115

Journal articles 
  • Vajen, B., Kenner, S., and Reichert, F. (2023). 'Digital citizenship education – Teachers’ perspectives and practices in Germany and Hong Kong'. Teaching and Teacher Education, 122, 103972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2022.103972 (corresponding author)
  • Fiedler, A.J., Tsang, A.Y-I. and Reichert, F. (2022). 'Why not? Explaining sympathizers' non-participation: the example of Hong Kong's 2019 social movement'. Sociology Compass, 16(8), e13007. https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.13007 (corresponding author)
  • Tao, S., Reichert, F., Rao, N., and Law, N. (2022). 'Digital usage and cyberbullying among primary school children: digital literacy and parental mediation as moderators'. Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 25(9), 571–579. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2022.0012 (corresponding author)
  • Reichert, F., Lange, D. and Chow, L. (2021). 'Educational beliefs matter for classroom instruction: a comparative analysis of teachers’ beliefs about the aims of civic education'. Teaching and Teacher Education, 98, 103248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2020.103248
  • Reichert, F., Torney-Purta, J. and Liang, W. (2020). 'Teachers’ organizational participation: profiles in 12 countries and correlates in teaching-related practices'. Theory & Research in Social Education, 48(4), 552–582. https://doi.org/10.1080/00933104.2020.1795764
  • Reichert, F., Zhang, J., Law, N., Wong, G., and de la Torre, J. (2020). 'Exploring the structure of digital literacy competence assessed using authentic software applications'. Educational Technology Research & Development, 68(6),2991–3013. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-020-09825-x
  • Reichert, F. and Torney-Purta, J. (2019). 'A cross-national comparison of teachers' beliefs about the aims of civic education in 12 countries: a person-centered analysis. Teaching and Teacher Education, 77, 112–125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2018.09.005
  • Reichert, F. and Print, M. (2018). 'Civic Participation of high school students: the effect of civic learning in school'. Educational Review 70(3), 318–341. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2017.1316239
  • Change in citizenship norms among youth (projects funded by the Spencer Foundation and Centennial Center)
  • Democracy education at schools in Lower Saxony, (project funded by PRO*Niedersachsen)
  • Smart Teens Actions Project (project funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust fund)
  • Students’ assessments of credibility in online environments (projects funded by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council & the German Academic Exchange Service)
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