Publications

Outreach publications

• Millar, V., Toscano, M., van Driel, J., Stevenson, E., Nelson, C., & Kenyon, C. (2019). University run science outreach programs as a community of practice and site for identity development. International Journal of Science Education, 41(18), 2579–2601. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2019.1689587
• Guarrella, C., Hill, J. L., Millar, V., Toscano, M., van Driel, J., & Chakraborty, D. (2025). A systematic review of science outreach: characteristics and research quality. Studies in Science Education, 1–31. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057267.2025.2576976
• Nelson, C. E. M., Millar, V., & van Driel, J. (2025). Science teachers’ interactions with science centres: An exploratory study into professional development benefits and how they occur. International Journal of Science Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2025.2468747
• Nelson, C. E. M., Millar, V., & van Driel, J. (2026). Using the Contextual Model of Learning to Examine Informal Teacher Professional Development Whilst Accompanying Science Centre Field Trips. Research in Science Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-026-10341-w
• Nelson, C. E. M., Millar, V., & van Driel, J. (2026). Science Teachers’ Professional Growth Benefits from Formal and Informal Interactions with Science Centers. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 22, 22(9), em2897. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/19116.

Gender and participation

• Invergowrie reports
  • Campbell, C., Hobbs, L., Millar, V., Ragab Masri, A., Speldewinde, C., Tytler, R., & van Driel, J. (2020). Girls’ Future – Our Future. The Invergowrie Foundation STEM Report 2020 Update. Melbourne: Invergowrie Foundation https://www.invergowrie.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/GirlsFutureOurFuture-Invergowrie-STEM-Report-2020-Digital.pdf
  • Hobbs, L., Jakab, C., Millar. V., Prain, V., Redman, C., Speldewinde., Tytler, R., & van Driel, J. (2017). Girls’ Future - Our Future. The Invergowrie Foundation STEM Report. Melbourne: Invergowrie Foundation. https://invergowrie.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Invergowrie-STEM-Report-web.pdf
• Millar, V., Hobbs, L., Speldewinde, C., & van Driel, J. (2022). Stakeholder perceptions of mentoring in developing girls’ STEM identities: “you do not have to be the textbook scientist with a white coat”. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 11(4), 398-413. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMCE-11-2021-0100
• Millar, V. (2025)., Women and STEM: Identity and sense of belonging. In E. Blair & S. Deckman (Eds). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Education and Gender.