DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION POLICY AND LEADERSHIP

About Us

Our Expertise

Our Expertise

We draw on a number of rich intellectual foundations to inform our focus areas - leadership, education policy, and teacher and school development. 

Our teaching and academic expertise covers a variety of disciplines. It includes sociology of education; psychology; politics; policy studies; teacher development and professionalization; comparative education; school leadership and management; educational change and innovation; citizenship; moral and values education; and education law. It also cuts across various levels of education, such as early childhood education; primary and secondary education; higher education; vocational education; and international education. 

In order to cultivate a collaborative environment within the department and uphold our dedication to global perspectives, we have initiated three research programs at EPL. These programs aim to invite international collaborations, fostering a collective influence on the future of education.

Teacher behaviors, emotions, and development

Leadership, school improvement,
and change

Social class, diversity, and inclusion

Program leader:

  • Dr. TSANG, Kwok Kuen

Program leader:

  • Prof. OLEKSIYENKO, Anatoly V.

  • Dr HO, Chun Sing Maxwell

Program leader:

  • Dr. LEE, Tsz Lok Trevor

Members:

  • Prof. CHEN, Junjun
  • Dr. KEUNG, Pui Chi Chrysa
  • Dr. LUO, Jiahui Jess
  • Dr. TANG, Hei Hang Hayes

           

Members:

  • Prof. CAI, Yuzhuo
  • Prof. MACFARLANE, Bruce John
  • Dr. CHOI, Soobin
  • Dr. GÜMÜŞ, Sedat
  • Dr. LU, Jiafang
  • Dr. OLDAC, Yusuf Ikbal
  • Dr. WONG, Koon Lin

Members:

  • Dr. BHOWMIK, Miron Kumar
  • Dr. POOLE, Adam
  • Dr. WRIGHT, Ewan
  • Dr. YING, Ji

 


In addition to direct department work, EPL colleagues contribute significantly to the leadership, research and development activities of several other units.

Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change (APCLC)

The APCLC stresses the importance of leadership and leadership development for achieving sustainable change in school systems. It builds on a strong regional foundation of leadership development by contributing new research grounded in the region. It also creates and transforms knowledge gained from research into practical tools.

Academy for Educational Development and Innovation (AEDI)
  • To create a higher level of synergy among Centres/Institutes and enhance inter-centre and inter-disciplinary collaboration as well as facilitate one-stop coherent collaboration with external agencies;
  • To serve as a hub of educational development and innovation under EdUHK in the contexts of Hong Kong, Greater Bay Areas and beyond; and 
  • To generate income, attract donations, enhance EdUHK’s image and create social impact for educational and related communities.
 

Centre for Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies (CHELPS)		 The Centre for Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies (CHELPS) represents the first and only higher education centre in Hong Kong building relationships with others in Mainland China, East Asia and worldwide. CHELPS is led by Professor Bruce Macfarlane and Professor Anatoly Oleksiyneko and draws on expertise in higher education studies from across The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK). CHELPS enhances the quality of research communication and collaborations while connecting scholars and innovative practitioners in the Greater Bay Area, Greater China, Asia, and the world. Our open access journals provide a platform for intellectual debate and exchange between higher education scholars worldwide. The Centre's academic and development programmes include a Master of Arts in Global Higher Education from September 2024, an executive higher education leadership programme, a summer institute, and an intellectual leadership programme. CHELPS welcomes international scholars and institutional leaders eager to learn from Chinese and Asian experiences, as well as building stronger research networks in the field of regional and global higher education.