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Project Committee

Prof Allan WALKER Advisor
Chair Professor of International Educational Leadership
Co-director, Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change

Allan Walker is Adjunct Chair Professor of International Educational
Leadership and Co-director of The Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable
Trust Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change (APCLC)
at The Education University of Hong Kong. Previously he had served as
Joseph Lau Chair Professor of International Educational Leadership,

Dean of the Faculty of Education and Human Development and
Director of APCLC. Prior to joining the EdUHK, he has worked in
universities in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong and has conducted
leader development courses and research in America, Europe and
across the Asia Pacific.

In 2010 and 2011 he was made a Fellow of the Australian Council
for Educational Leadership and endowed chair professorship by
The Education University of Hong Kong respectively in recognition

of his outstanding research and academic achievements in international
educational leadership globally, especially in South and Southeast Asia.
In 2015 he received the Edwin M. Bridges Award for significant
contributions to the preparation and development of school leaders
from the University Council of Educational Administration.

Allan serves on the editorial boards of the top-ranked journals in his

field and has published extensively on educational administration and
leadership, and leadership development and learning. His work also
explores the relationship between culture and leadership. He has
published over 300 books and articles with international publishers and
in the world’s most prestigious academic journals. His most recent
book is Deciphering School Leadership in China: Conceptualisation,
Context and Complexities (co-authored with Qian Haiyan). Allan can be
contacted at adwalker@eduhk.hk.

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