Chinese Value-Based Leadership in Education Conference 2027
The Education University of Hong Kong
Date. ：25-26 January 2027
(Monday and Tuesday）
Venue：Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel, 3 Canton Road, Harbour City, Tsim ShaTsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR
Theme:
Interdisciplinary Leadership for Chinese Education
Interdisciplinary approaches offer new ways of understanding leadership in complex educational systems. This strand considers how insights from business leadership, organizational behavior, and management can inform educational leadership practice in Chinese educational contexts, with particular attention to decisional capital and how leaders navigate systemic change during technological disruption.
Teacher Advocacy, Professional Capital, and Policy Change
Teacher leadership plays a central role in educational improvement and reform. This strand focuses on how human and professional capital are developed through professional learning, and how teacher advocacy shapes policy and advances educational equity across Chinese educational settings. It highlights educators as active agents of change within and beyond their institutions.
Chinese and Asian Leadership Models and Educational Innovation
Education systems in Asia offer valuable examples of leadership shaped by collaboration, community, and shared purpose. This strand explores leadership practices across Chinese societies and neighboring contexts such as Singapore, Japan, and South Korea. It welcomes work that examines how these systems adapt to change while maintaining strong cultural and professional traditions.
Ethical Governance and Digital Transformation in Chinese Leadership
Digital transformation presents both opportunities and challenges for educational leadership. This strand considers how leaders in Chinese educational contexts navigate issues such as the use of AI, data governance, academic integrity, and responsible innovation. It explores how leadership can remain ethical and forward-looking in rapidly changing digital environments.
Keynote Speakers
Professor Ingyu OH
Professor
Kansai Gaidai University, Japan
Professor Ingyu Oh is Professor of International Business and Cultural Industries at Kansai Gaidai University, Osaka, Japan. He has published extensively on topics related to Asian business, cultural industries, and economic sociology. Professor Ingyu OH authored or co-authored 18 books and over 80 academic articles in journals such as Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Third World Quarterly, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Comparative Sociology, Journal of Asian Sociology,Journal of Knowledge Management, Asian Business and Management, and Asia Pacific Business Review.
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Professor John Chi-Kin LEE
President; Director of Academy for Educational Development and Innovation
The Education University of Hong Kong
Professor John Lee Chi-Kin, President and Chair Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, joined The Education University of Hong Kong (the then Hong Kong Institute of Education) in 2010. He was Vice President (Academic) from 2010 to 2019, and Vice President (Academic) and Provost from 2019 to 2023. Professor Lee was previously Dean of Education and a Professor at the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).
