Malvika Agarwal
PhD(ABD), MA, RECEBIO
EDUCATION
Master of Arts, Faculty of Education, Western University, 2021.
Honours Bachelor of Early Childhood Leadership, Fanshawe College, 2019.
Diploma, Early Childhood Education, Fanshawe College, 2017.
Advanced Diploma, Graphic Design, Fanshawe College, 2015.
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORK
PAPERS IN REFERRED JOURNALS (3)
- Agarwal, M. (Forthcoming) Improvisations of a sonic exurban pedagogical inquiry. In Special Issue of International Journal of Early Years Education.
- Agarwal, M., & Poczobut, S. (2023) Emergence: (Un)Common Intervention. Qualitative Inquiry, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004231176273
- Zakharova, T., & Agarwal, M. (2022) Digital collaboratory, Children's Geographies, DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2021.2008875
REFERRED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (8)
- Agarwal, M. (2025, July). Becoming-with in public pedagogies: Reconfiguring children’s participation in urban design[Paper presentation]. In A polyphony of voices: Reconfiguring children’s participation in environmental policymaking (Symposium) at the OMEP 2025 – 77th International Conference, Bologna, Italy.
- Agarwal, M. (2024, July 16). Thinking beyond scientism in early childhood education [Traditional open panel]. In Making and Doing Transformations, 2024 quadrennial joint meeting of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://4sonline.org/final_program_amsterdam.php
- Agarwal, M., & Poczobut, S. (2023, May 30). Embodied Reflexivity through the Arts: Emergence: (Un)Common Intervention. [Paper Presentation]. Canadian Society of Study in Education Conference. York University, Toronto, Canada.
- Agarwal, M., & Poczobut, S. (2023, May 27). Emergent Co-Creation: Fibre, Tech & Sound. [Paper Presentation]. ARTS Special Interest Group Pre-Conference. York University, Toronto, Canada.
- Agarwal, M. (2022, June 10-12). Digital collaboratories [Paper presentation]. Assembling Common Worlds Conference, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
- Agarwal, M. (2021, April 29). Soundfullness: The shifting ecological soundscapes of early childhood education [Paper Presentation]. CIES 2021: Social Responsibility within Changing Contexts, (Virtual)
- Agarwal, M. (2021, April 16-18). Sounds matter of play [Virtual interactive presentation]. The Children and Childhood Network Presents: The Power of Play Reboot.
- Agarwal, M. (2021, March 16). Soundfullness: Conceptualizing ecological soundscapes as phenomena in early childhood education [Paper presentation]. 12th Annual Robert Macmillan Symposium in Education.
BOOK CHAPTERS (2)
- Agarwal, M., & Pacini-Ketchabaw, V. (In Press) Becoming-With: Partial Compositions of Infrastructural Pedagogies. InPostdevelopmental Approaches to Early Childhood Environmental Education. Bloomsbury Publishing
- Hennessy, S., Agarwal, M., Ruthes Coelho, C., & Bacelar de Castro, A. (2022). Pumpkin. In Educational Fabulations: Teaching and learning for a world yet to come. Springer International Publishing.
OTHER (5)
- Agarwal, M. (with Pacini-Ketchabaw, V., & Delgado Vintimilla, C.) (2026) Making Lines, Reading Sounds, Storying Climate Encounters [Web archive], Santana Educativa, Cuenca, Ecuador. https://urbangardenandes.climateactionchildhood.net/project-sites/santana-experiencia-educativa/making-lines-reading-sounds-storying-climate-encounters/
- Agarwal, M., & Russumanno, P. (2023, November 22). Playing for keeps: Reimagining playgrounds as sites of sustainability and play [Presentation]. Thinking Globally Acting Locally, Central Library, London, Ontario. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nNd3SOLWgM
- Ricketts, K.A., Agarwal, M., & Poczobut, S. (2023, March 24). Curricular Entanglements and Arts- Based Educational Research: Tent Talks – Uncommon Places with Art and Meaning Making. [Interview] Provoking Curriculum: Curriculum Uncommoning Conference. Western University. London, On., Canada. https://www.icrc.uwo.ca/events/_Provoking-Curriculum_PROGRAM.pdf
- Agarwal, M. (2022, January). Qualitative research: Ethnographic methods[Workshop]. PhD Seminar.
- Agarwal, M.(2021) Reading with Reciprocity: A Feminist Move Towards Reviewing with Generosity [Review of the book Inefficient Mapping: A Protocol for Attuning to Phenomena, by L. Knight]. The Ediths, 23-25, https://theediths.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/reading-with-reciprocity-december-2021-1.pdf
CREATIVE OUTPUTS (6)
- Agarwal, M. (2026) Strike [Participatory Installation]. In Fight Me (Group Exhibition) at Good Sport Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada
- Cloutier, G., Mantas, K., Poczobut, S., Agarwal, M., & Wicks, J. (2024, June 30) A/R/T Emergence: the equitable, diverse and inclusive embodied encounters of a relational art exhibit [Workshop]. In Prepositioning, Propositioning, and Positioning Art-Education (Conference) at the 2024 CSEA/SCÉA National Conference, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Canada. https://2024.csea-scea.ca/en/program.html
- Agarwal, M. (2024) Studio Tour [Interactive Installation], Good Sport Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada
- Agarwal, M. (2023) Studio Tour [Installation], Good Sport Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada
- Agarwal, M. (2022) Studio De-Tour [Presentation], Good Sport Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada
- Agarwal, M., & Poczobut, S. (2022, October 14-16). Emergence: (Un)Common Intervention. [Installation]. Emergence 2022 Canadian Society of Education through Art & Ontario Art Education Association Conference. Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, On. Canada.
- Agarwal, M. (2022). Come sit with me [Installation]. In Emergence a Group outdoor exhibit in the Mural Fest, Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada.
LANGUAGES
Bilingual: English (Fluent) and Hindi (Fluent)
Intermediate: Spanish
COMPUTER SKILLS
Sometimes potatoe
INTERESTS
Hiking, Music Technology and Culture, Graphic Design and Art, Pickling