Routledge Research in Educational Leadership
About the Book Series
This series aims to enhance our understanding of key challenges and facilitate ongoing academic debate within the field of Educational Leadership.
Please send inquiries or proposals for this series to one of the following:
Manon Berset: [email protected] – Editor, UK, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Kirsty Murray: [email protected] – Editor, North & South America
Kanishka Jangir: [email protected] – Editor, Australia, New Zealand & Asia
Leadership, Organizational Change, and Restorative Practice: A Prismatic Examination of Managing Complex Change in a K-8 School
1st Edition
Edited
By Marni Fisher, Joe A. Petty, Jeremy Cavallaro, Kimiya Maghzi, Meredith Dorner, Mina Chun, Jasmine Ramirez, Tara Monet Falce, Charlotte Achieng-Evensen
March 31, 2026
A groundbreaking exploration of educational leadership and practices in the face of complex challenges, this book presents a fresh perspective on the intersection of leadership, restorative practices, professional learning communities, and project-based learning. Drawing on a study of an ...
Storying Leadership for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Reconceiving Research Dynamics
1st Edition
Edited
By Ambika Gopal Raj, Socorro Orozco
January 30, 2026
This book positions the concept of Storying as integral to leadership in qualitative research, drawing on a wide range of studies and perspectives by diverse, minoritized leaders. Presenting stories of leadership, resistance, diversity, and cultural wealth, these chapters highlight “problems of ...
A Bourdieusian Examination of the School Principal: Instructional Leadership vs Entrepreneurial Management
1st Edition
By Shane Barnes
January 23, 2026
This book questions the role and function of the school principal as an instructional leader and/or an entrepreneurial manager. Combining Bourdieusian sociology and a Christian faith orientation, the work applies a unique lens to this educational leadership dilemma. Presenting an analysis of data ...
Technology and Digital Educational Leadership: The Future of Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Donnie Adams, David Gurr
October 31, 2025
This book explores the complex landscape of technology and education, particularly on how students learn, and educators teach. It uncovers effective approaches to harness technology's potential while safeguarding the core values of education. The contributors in this volume are educational leaders&...
The Rise of British International Schools in East Asia: Education as a Post-Colonial Export
1st Edition
By Simon Probert
October 30, 2025
This book examines reasons for the ongoing growth of British schools in Asia and what the appeal of British education tells us about the past, present and future directions of the sector. With the use of a post-colonial lens, it considers the notion of Britishness, ways in which British ...
Ecological Principles for Sustainable Education: Challenging Root Metaphors and the Industrial Schooling System
1st Edition
By Liza Ireland
May 26, 2025
This book explores how the education sector can transition to being truly sustainable and why necessary innovations for educational change are being subverted and undermined when mapped onto the existing industrial educational system. Based on PhD case study research with schools that are modelling...
Leading in Multicultural Schools: Cultural Intelligence and Leadership Styles for Better Organisations
1st Edition
By Joseph Malaluan Velarde
May 06, 2025
Velarde explores how cultural competencies and leadership styles can be integrated and maximised to create and sustain a healthy environment for better learning. The integration of cultural intelligence and effective school leadership practices shapes the foundation for a culturally strategic ...
Challenges facing Education Leadership in the Shadow of War: International and Multicultural Perspectives from Zones of Conflict
1st Edition
Edited
By Mary Gutman
December 31, 2024
This incredibly timely volume offers insight into how educational leadership is managed, demonstrated, and enacted in zones of conflict, underlining the pivotal role educational leadership plays in peacebuilding and conflict-resolution efforts internationally. Employing qualitative, quantitative, ...
Educational Leadership and Asian Culture: Culturally Sensitive Leadership Practice
1st Edition
Edited
By Peng Liu, Lei Mee Thien
December 19, 2024
Providing a window on educational leadership from an Asian cultural perspective, Liu and Thien’s edited collection describes how educational leadership is linked with national culture in the context of different Asian countries. While much of the scholarship on this topic has been built on Western...
The Role of Leaders in Educational Decision-Making: Examining Implementation Factors and Providing a Newfound Model
1st Edition
By Nancy H. Matthews
November 29, 2024
This book presents insights into the experiences and perspectives of educators in formal positions of leadership involved in decision-making processes in an education system. Drawing on qualitative research conducted in the New Brunswick education system, the author identifies factors in the ...
Culturally Sensitive Research Methods for Educational Administration and Leadership
1st Edition
Edited
By Eugenie A. Samier, Eman S. ElKaleh
October 08, 2024
This book explores the multicultural and non-Western contexts behind the approaches, problems, and issues that arise in research methodologies when used in relation to educational administration and leadership. This volume argues that increasing internationalisation and diversity of the field ...
Populism and Educational Leadership, Administration and Policy: International Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Peter Milley, Eugenie A. Samier
May 27, 2024
This book explores the theoretical and practical implications of a global resurgence of populism on educational leadership. Drawing together a wide range of international authors, it examines how socio-cultural and political populist developments affect educational policies, organisations, and ...