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Project Team

Dr Darren BRYANT Project team member
Associate Director, Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change
Dr Darren Bryant has worked in the Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and
Change (APCLC) since 2010 and the Department of Education Policy and
Leadership (EPL) since 2012. During this period, he has served as
Managing Editor of the Journal of Educational Administration–
the oldest journal in its field and has led innovative undergraduate
and postgraduate programmes including the MA in International
Educational Leadership and Change, a fully online degree programme.
Currently, he is Associate Director of the APCLC, and Head of EPL.

In 2011, Darren completed his PhD at The University of Hong Kong
following 12 years as a history and social sciences teacher
in a through-train primary-secondary school. This work included
leadership roles as department head and curriculum coordinator.
As a result of such experiences, Darren's research has included foci
on middle leadership and leader development.

Dr LU Jiafang Project team member
Associate Director, Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change
LU Jiafang received her doctoral degree in Applied Psychology from the
Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. She is an Associate
Professor at the Department of Educational Policy and Leadership (EPL)
and Associate Director (Change Research and Development
Programmes) for the Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable Trust Asia Pacific
Centre for Leadership and Change (APCLC), at The Education University
of Hong Kong. She is fascinated with studying emerging phenomena
in school leadership teams, leadership development, as well as factors
enabling teacher collaboration and innovation. Her research projects
have been funded by highly competitive grant schemes such as
Early Career Scheme and General Research Fund of the Research Grant
Council of Hong Kong. She shares her interest with a similar enthusiasm
for translating knowledge in these areas into leadership development
and school improvement.

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