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Project Committee

Dr Darren BRYANT Project team member
Associate Director, Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change

Dr Darren Bryant has worked in the Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable
Trust 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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