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Dr David Gurr
University of Melbourne
E. d.gurr@unimelb.edu.au

David is an Associate Professor in educational leadership within the Melbourne
Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne. He teaches in the
areas of educational leadership, strategic leadership, and school effectiveness and
improvement. He is a founding member of the International Successful School
Principalship Project, and the International School Leadership Development
Network, which is a joint partnership between UCEA and BELMAS. He has more
than 130 publications and has presented at more than 110 international
conferences. David has been the Vice-president of the Australian Council for
Educational Leaders and past Editor of Hot Topics, Monograph and the academic
journal, Leading and Managing. David is currently co-editor of the CCEAM journal
International Studies in Educational Administration, and co-editor of the IAP book
series International Research on School Leadership. He has received several
honours from ACEL including being awarded the National Presidential Citation in
2004, a national fellowship in 2006, the Hedley Beare Educator of the Year award
in 2012, and the Gold Medal in 2014. He is involved in consultancy work in
Victorian schools including conducting government school reviews, teaching in a
range of professional learning programs associated with school leadership, and
evaluating leadership programs.

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