Professor CAMPBELL, Paul

Education can be a transformative force when connections are nurtured between research, policy, and practice, focused on improving the lives and experiences of the communities we serve. My work examines how this is achieved through school leadership, professional collaboration, and educational change at both system and school levels. I explore how global policy imperatives and narratives interact with local contexts, and the consequences this has for policy, practice, and the evolving role of research and universities.

With more than a decade of leadership experience in schools across Scotland, Australia, Spain, and Hong Kong, I bring an international perspective to questions of leadership preparation, professional learning, and educational change. My research investigates how leaders and communities navigate complexity, exercise agency, and build collaborative approaches that advance shared goals, strengthen both policy and practice, and diversify the knowledge base that informs this work.

Areas of Expertise
 

• Educational Leadership
• Principalship
• Leadership Preparation and Development
• Education Policy
• Education Governance
• Sociology of Education
• Professional Learning
• K-12 Education

HKU Committee Appointments

• Member, The Senate of The University of Hong Kong
• Member, The Court of The University of Hong Kong
• Management Committee Member, Education Policy Unit
• Advisory Committee Member, In-Service Teacher Education Programme (INSTEP)
• Member, Board of the Faculty of Education
   

2026

• Emerging Scholar Award, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Educational Change SIG

2025

• Outstanding Reviewer Award, Emerald Literati Awards, Journal of Professional Capital and Community

2023

• Outstanding Paper Award, Emerald Literati Awards, Journal of Professional Capital and Community

2021

• Innovation Award – Journal of Professional Capital and Community (JPCC)/  International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI)

2017

• Reflective Practice Award, British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society (BELMAS)

2016

• ICSEI and Scottish Educational Review Best Paper Award
   

Funded Projects

• PI. Being and becoming a school leader: preparation, transitions and sustainability. The University of Hong Kong Seed Fund for Basic Research for New Staff. Duration: 04/2025 - 04/2027. Budget: HK$210,000.
• PI. Professional Collaboration, School Leadership and Educational Change Across Contexts: Comparative Insights from Scotland and Hong Kong. University of Glasgow/ University of Hong Kong Early Career Mobility Funds 2026-27. Duration: 09/2026 - 08/2027. Budget: HK$50,000.
• PI. Leadership for Collaborative Educational Change: An Exploratory Study in Hong Kong School. The University of Hong Kong Seed Fund for Basic Research for Resubmission of GRF/ECS Proposals 2025. Duration: 07/2025 – 11/2025. Budget: HK$22,600.
• Co-I. A research study on effectiveness of parent-teacher associations. The Hong Kong Education Bureau (EDB). Duration: 04/2025 – 12/2026. PI: Professor Cheng Yong Tan. Co-I: Professor Paul Campbell, Professor Nutsa Zobakhidze, Professor Sung Tae Jang & Professor Stephanie Chan. Budget: HK$1,359,999. 
• PI. Exploring the antecedents and effects of organizational ambidexterity in Chinese contexts. EdUHK Department of Education Policy & Leadership Research Programs Support Scheme. Duration: 01/01/2024 to 31/12/2025. Co-I: Assoc. Prof. Haiyan Qian, Assoc. Prof. Sedat Gumus, Assoc. Prof. Jiafang Lu, Assist. Prof. Maxwell Ho, Assist. Prof. Soobin Choi. International Collaborators: Prof. Kai Yu (Beijing Normal University), Prof. Yulian Zheng (Guizhou Education University), and Prof. Marcus Pietsch (Leuphana University of Lüneburg). Budget: $120,000.
• PI. Professional collaboration in the Hong Kong education system: examining the intersection of collaboration and leadership. EdUHK Start-Up Grant for Assistant Professors, Committee on Research & Development. Duration: 15/12/2023 to 14/12/2024. Budget: HK$ 150,000.
• PI. Principal Life Histories in Relation to Reform. Co-I: Prof. Amanda Datnow, UC San Diego, USA and Dr. Vicki Park, San Diego State University, USA.
• PI. Research and evidence informed policy making. EdUHK Faculty of Education and Human Development Targeted Research Exchange Scheme (2023-2024). Co-I: Prof. Melanie EHREN, VU (Netherlands)/ UCL (UK). Duration: 16/09/2023 to 15/09/2024. Budget: HK$ 80,000.
• PI. Collaboration: the ubiquitous panacea for challenges in education. BELMAS Research Bursary (2019). Duration: 26/9/2018 to 25/09/2020. HK$20,000.

PhD and EdD Supervision
 

Primary Supervisor:
 

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (Year 2)

  • Wang Yuhan: ‘Artificial Intelligence and Educational Equity: Examining Urban-Rural Divides in China’s Middle School Education’ (Principal Supervisor)

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (Year 2)

  • Yu Jiaheng: ‘School-Based Environmental Education: Examining the Role of Green Leadership in the Hong Kong Context’ (Principal Supervisor)

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (Year 1)

  • Wang Yuting: ‘From Policy to Practice: Multi-level Policy Enactment, Principal Leadership, and Family-School-Community Partnerships in China’ (Principal Supervisor)

• Doctor of Education (EdD) (Year 2)

  • Wang Ban: ‘Innovation Leadership in China's Education Periphery: Leaders’ Innovation Brokerage and Policy Translation in Resource-Constrained Schools’ (Principal Supervisor)

• Doctor of Education (EdD) (Year 4)

  • Luo Rong: ‘Leading Through Reform: How Higher Vocational Education Leaders in China Make Sense of and Respond to Shifting Policy Agendas’ (Principal Supervisor)

• Doctor of Education (EdD) (Year 2)

  • Marco Shek: ‘From School to System: Ecological Leadership Approaches to Innovation Diffusion in Hong Kong Schools’ (Principal Supervisor) 

• Doctor of Education (EdD)  (Year 1)

  • Jackie Chong: ‘Orchestrating Transformation — A Case Study of School Management and Leadership in the Implementation of Al-Assisted Self-Directed Learning’ (Principal Supervisor) 

Co-Supervisor:

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  • Skylar Dai: ‘Exploring Experiences of Belonging at School Among Rural-to-Urban Migrant Students in China: the Critical Role of School Climate’ (Co-Supervisor; Primary Supervisor: Professor David Carless)

• Doctor of Education (EdD)

  • Leung Hay Man (Co-Supervisor; Primary Supervisor: Professor Gerry Postiglonie)

Publications

*with student(s)

Journal Articles
 

• Mertkan, S. & Campbell, P. (In Press). Academic Voice and Epistemic Power in Educational Leadership: How Authority, Visibility, and ‘International’ Standards Shape the Field, Educational Management, Administration and Leadership, (Q1, IF4.2)

• Mifsud, D., Campbell, P., & Niesche, R. (In Press). School leadership and Artificial Intelligence: A framework for critical and reflexive engagement and enactment, Management in Education, DOI: 10.1177/08920206261475462 (Q1, IF4.3)

• Skedsmo, G. & Campbell, P. (2026). Editorial: From research use to knowledge work: rethinking the research–policy–practice nexus in education, Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 11(3), 273–276. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPCC-07-2026-209 (Scopus 6.8, IF 3.8)

• Campbell, P., Ehren. M. M. & Chung K. Y. (2026). Research and evidence use in education policy: Supranational discourses, systemic conditions and implications for decision-making communities, Journal of Professional Capital and Community, Advance online publication, https://doi.org/10.1108/JPCC-10-2025-0109

• Campbell, P. & Kam, Y. C. (2026). Leading Collaborative Educational Change: A Critical Policy Analysis of Leadership and Governance in Hong Kong Schools, Leadership and Policy in Schools, 1-21, https://doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2026.2636612 (Q1, IF2)

• Campbell, P., Macgregor, S. & Sum, N. (2026). Editorial: Conceptualizing Innovation in Education: Implications for School Leadership and Change, School Leadership and Management, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2026.2631919 (Q1, IF3.7)

• Campbell, P. & Sum, N. (2026). Leadership for Learning: A Policy Analysis of the Global Education Monitoring Report 2024 and Its Local Implications for School Leadership, Management in Education, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1177/08920206261430580 (Q1, IF3)

• Campbell, P. & Kam, Y. C. (2026). “I’m Working on the Margins in Order to Shake the Core”:  Educational Leadership, Agency, and the Reimagining of the Principalship, Journal of Educational Administration, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1108%2FJEA-06-2025-0246 (Q1, IF2.9)

• Mifsud, D., Campbell, P. & Niesche, R. (2026). The Impact of AI on School Leadership Practices and Policy Enactment:A Scoping Literature Review. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2026.2679510 (Q1, IF2)

• van Houten, M. M. & Campbell, P. (2026). From label to level: Governance choices impacting recognition of (Professional) doctorates. Tertiary Education and Management, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11233-026-09163-2 (Q2, IF1.9)

• Campbell, P. & Mertkan, S. (2025). Geographical Diversification of Educational Leadership Research: Gaps in Our Understanding, Management in Education, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1177/08920206251407030 (Q1, IF3)

• Campbell, P., Macgregor, S., Sum, N., Friesen, S., Sawalhi, R., Conway, J., Andrews, D. Braunberger, D. & Kam, Y. (2025). Conceptualising Innovation in Education: A Scoping Review of Implications for School Leadership and Change, School Leadership and Management, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2025.2602874 (Q1, IF3.7)

• Friesen, S., Sum, N., Sawalhi, R., Macgregor, S., Campbell, P., Conway, J. & Andrews, D. (2025). The Leadership of Innovation in Education: Findings from an Environmental Scan, School Leadership and Management, 1–33. https://doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2025.2602008 (Q1, IF3.7)

• Campbell, P. (2025). Re-examining Principal Learning and Leadership in Times of Complexity, Journal of Teacher Education (Journal für LehrerInnenbildung) (Special Issue), 82-91. https://doi.org/10.35468/jlb-03-2025
• Choi, S., Gumus, S., Campbell, P*. (2025). Principal–teacher perceptual (in)congruence in instructional leadership, teacher collaboration, and organisational trust in Hong Kong schools, Educational Management, Administration and Leadership, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432251389093 *Corresponding Author (Q1, IF4.2)
• Campbell, P. (2025). Reframing Teacher Wellbeing: Policy, Leadership, and Localized Insight through Asia as Method, Chinese Education and Society, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/10611932.2025.2549414
• Campbell, P. (2024). Conceptualising collaboration for educational change: the role of leadership and governance, School Leadership & Management. 44: 4, 347-372. https://doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2024.2355469 (Q1, IF3.7)
• Campbell, P. (2024). Leadership for Action on Climate Change: the role of Education Policy and Professional Standards in the Hong Kong Context. Journal of Professional Capital and Community. 10: 1, 62-78. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPCC-01-2024-0010 (Q1, IF 3.8).
• Campbell, P., Klein, E. D., & Sawalhi, R. (2023). Leading in times of disruption – preparedness, problems, and possibilities (Part 1), School Leadership & Management, 43:2, 99-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2023.2217499. (Q1, IF3.7)
• Hollweck, T., Netolicky, D.M. and Campbell, P. (2022). Guest editorial: Pracademia: exploring the possibilities, power and politics of boundary-spanners straddling the worlds of practice and scholarship, Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 7:1, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPCC-01-2022-103. (Q1, IF3.8)
• Hollweck, T., Netolicky, D.M. and Campbell, P. (2022). Defining and exploring pracademia: identity, community, and engagement, Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 7:1, 6-25. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPCC-05-2021-0026. (Q1, IF3.8)
• Lu, J. &  Campbell, P. (2021). Conceptualising innovation and professional learning in the Hong Kong context, PRACTICE, 3:1, 67-72, DOI: 10.1080/25783858.2020.1831887
• Campbell, P. (2020). Rethinking professional collaboration and agency in a post-pandemic era. Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 5:3/4, 337-341. (Q1, IF 3.8).

Books and Book Chapters

• (Book) Sum, N., Campbell, P., MacGregor, S., & Sawalhi, R. (Eds). (In Press). The Emerald Handbook of Global Perspectives on Educational Innovation and Leadership. Emerald Publishing.

• *Campbell, P. & Shek, M. (In Press). Innovation as Policy Rhetoric and Practice: A Critical Policy Analysis of Educational Innovation and Leadership in Hong Kong. In, Sum, N., Campbell, P., MacGregor, S., & Sawalhi, R. (Eds). (In Press). The Emerald Handbook of Global Perspectives on Educational Innovation and Leadership. Emerald Publishing. 

• Sawalhi, R., & Campbell, P. (In Press). Educational leadership in times of crisis: Typologies, strategies, and the CLEAR model. In A. Kafa, M. Striepe, & P. Virella (Eds.), The Bloomsbury handbook of crisis leadership and management in education. Bloomsbury Academic.

• Campbell, P. (2023). Teacher Education in a Postcolonial Hong Kong: Forms, Drivers, Influences, and Agency. In: Mifsud, D., Day, S.P. (eds) Teacher Education as an Ongoing Professional Trajectory. Teacher Education, Learning Innovation and Accountability. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28620-9_3
• Campbell, P., Hollweck, T., Netolicky, D.M. (2023). Grappling with pracademia in education: Forms, functions, and futures. In: Dickinson, J., Griffiths, TL. (eds) Professional Development for Practitioners in Academia. Knowledge Studies in Higher Education, vol 13. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33746-8_6

Editorial Work

2026 – Present

• Associate Editor – Educational Management, Administration and Leadership (Q1)
• Associate Editor – School Leadership and Management (Q1)

2025 – Present

• Associate Editor – Improving Schools (Q2)

2025 – Present

• Editorial Board Member – Journal of Professional Capital and Community (JPCC) (Q1, IF3.2)

2025-Present     

• Editorial Board Member – International Journal of Educational Management (Q2)

2025-Present     

• Guest Editor – Special Issue: Catalysts of Change: School Leadership and Innovation in Education, School Leadership and Management (Q1)

2025 – Present    

• Guest Editor – Special Issue:  Diversification and Issues of Equity in Knowledge Production in Educational Leadership: Contemporary Issues and Future Alternatives, Educational Management, Administration and Leadership, (Q1, IF4.2)

2025-Present     

• AERA Division A (Leadership, Administration & Organisations) Associate Editor – Newsletter 

2024-Present    

• Guest Editor – Special Issue: Teachers’ Use of Knowledge Sources to Develop and Improve Practice, Journal of Professional Capital and Community (Scopus 6.8, IF3.8)

2024-Present     

• Guest Editor – Special Issue: A Nexus Between Teacher Agency and Accountability: Research and Practice, Education Sciences (Q2)

2024-Present    

• Guest Editor – Special Issue: Teachers’ Use of Knowledge Sources to Develop and Improve Practice, Journal of Professional Capital and Community (Scopus 6.8, IF3.8)

2023-Present    

• Editorial Board Member – British Educational Research Association (BERA) ‘BERA Guides’ Series

2023-Present    

• Publishing Mentor, BERA Curriculum Journal (Q2, IF1.6) 

2022-Present     

• Editorial Board Member – School Leadership and Management Journal (Q1, IF3.7)

2021-Present    

• Social Media Editor and Editorial Board Member – Management in Education (Q1, IF2.5)

2021-2023        

• Guest Editor – Special Issue (3 parts) Leading in times of disruption –  preparedness, problems, and possibilities, School Leadership and Management, 43(2) (Q1, IF3.7)

2020-2022     

• Guest Editor – Special Issue: Pracademia: Exploring the possibilities, power and politics of boundary-spanners straddling the worlds of practice and scholarship, Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 7(1) (Scopus 6.8, IF3.8)

2020-Present    

• Co-editor – ICSEI Dialogic (Annual Issue) - International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI)  

2018-Present    

• Editorial Board Member – Management in Education (Q1, IF2.5)

Selected Recent Peer Reviewed Conference Presentations

• Campbell, P. & Mertkan, S. (2026, August 21). “Professional Paths Within and Beyond Dominant Epistemic Traditions in Educational Leadership” [Symposium (Chair and Presenter)]. American Educational Research Association 2026 Annual Meeting (AERA): " Knowing and Acting: The changing conditions and potentials of education research" (ECER 2026), Tampere, Finland.

• Campbell, P. (2026, August 20). “Being and Becoming a School Leader: Preparation, Transitions, and Sustainability in a Complex Policy Era” [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association 2026 Annual Meeting (AERA): " Knowing and Acting: The changing conditions and potentials of education research" (ECER 2026), Tampere, Finland.

• *Wang B. & Campbell, P. (2026, April 12). “Principals as Innovation Brokers in AI Integration Amidst Exam Pressures in China’s Periphery” [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association 2026 Annual Meeting (AERA): "Unforgetting Histories and Imagining Futures: Constructing a New Vision for Education Research" (AERA 2026), Los Angeles, California, United States.

• Campbell, P. (2026, April 12). “Preparation to Practice: Re-examining Principal Learning and Leadership in Times of Complexity” [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association 2026 Annual Meeting (AERA): "Unforgetting Histories and Imagining Futures: Constructing a New Vision for Education Research" (AERA 2026), Los Angeles, California, United States.

• Campbell, P. (2026, April 10). “Re-examining the Principalship in times of Change: Conceptualising Principal Agency” [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association 2026 Annual Meeting (AERA): "Unforgetting Histories and Imagining Futures: Constructing a New Vision for Education Research" (AERA 2026), Los Angeles, California, United States.

• Jensen, B., Datnow, A., & Campbell, P. (2026, April 9). “Sustaining Productive Teacher Collaborations: Insights across International Contexts” [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association 2026 Annual Meeting (AERA): " Unforgetting Histories and Imagining Futures: Constructing a New Vision for Education Research " (AERA 2026), Los Angeles, California, United States.

• Sum, N., MacGregor, S., & Campbell, P. (2026, April 9). “Catalysts of Change: School Leadership and Innovation in Education” [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association 2026 Annual Meeting (AERA): " Unforgetting Histories and Imagining Futures: Constructing a New Vision for Education Research " (AERA 2026), Los Angeles, California, United States.

• *Wang, B. & Campbell, P. (2026, April 9). “Bridging the AI Equity Gap: Unfunded Mandates and Teacher Resistance” [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association 2026 Annual Meeting (AERA): " Unforgetting Histories and Imagining Futures: Constructing a New Vision for Education Research " (AERA 2026), Los Angeles, California, United States.

• Campbell, P. (2026, January 21). “I'm Working on the Margins to Shake the Core”: Leadership, Agency, and the Reimagining of the Principalship [Paper presentation]. 2026 International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI): "Crossing Borders in Education: Fostering Innovative, Inclusive and Sustainable Learning Environments " (ICSEI 2026), Doha, Qatar.

• Campbell, P. (2025, November 22). Re-examining the Principalship in times of Change: Conceptualising Principal Agency [Paper presentation]. 2026 University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Annual Convention: "Fostering Leadership Resilience Through Collaboration and Community" (UCEA 2026), San Juan, Puerto Rico.

• Choi, S., Gumus, S., & Campbell, P. (2025, November 21). Instructional leadership, teacher collaboration, and organizational trust: (In)congruence framework using Hong Kong PISA 2022 [Paper presentation]. 2026 University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Annual Convention: "Fostering Leadership Resilience Through Collaboration and Community" (UCEA 2026), San Juan, Puerto Rico.

• Campbell, P. (2025, September 12). Re-examining the Principalship in Times of Change: Conceptualising Principal Agency and Empowerment [Paper presentation]. 2025 European Conference on Educational Research (ECER): " Charting the Way Forward: Education, Research, Potentials and Perspectives" (ECER 2025), Belgrade, Serbia.

• Mertkan, S., Campbell, P., & Dimmock, C. (2025, September 12). Diversification of Educational Leadership and Management Research: Cosmetic or Real Change? [Paper presentation]. 2025 European Conference on Educational Research (ECER): " Charting the Way Forward: Education, Research, Potentials and Perspectives" (ECER 2025), Belgrade, Serbia.

• Ehren, M. & Campbell, P. (2025, September 12). Evidence Informed Policy Making: the EU’s Agenda and Framing of Purposes, Processes and Possibilities [Paper presentation]. 2025 European Conference on Educational Research (ECER): " Charting the Way Forward: Education, Research, Potentials and Perspectives" (ECER 2025), Belgrade, Serbia.

• Campbell, P. & Ehren, M. (2025, September 11). Navigating the Complexities of Research and Evidence Use in Education: Conceptualizations, Systemic Influences, and Implications for Practice [Paper presentation]. 2025 European Conference on Educational Research (ECER): " Charting the Way Forward: Education, Research, Potentials and Perspectives" (ECER 2025), Belgrade, Serbia.

• Campbell, P. * Goel, P. (2025, April 23). A Critical Policy Analysis of School Leadership for Equity and School Improvement. [Paper presentation]. 2025 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association: "Research, Remedy, and Repair: Toward Just Education Renewal" (AERA 2025), Denver, United States.
• Campbell, P., Klein, E.D., Sawalhi, R., Hollweck, T. & Rodway, J. (2025, April 25). (Re) Conceptualizing School Effectiveness and Improvement in Turbulent Times [Invited symposium and Paper presentation]. 2025 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association: "Research, Remedy, and Repair: Toward Just Education Renewal" (AERA 2025), Denver, United States.
• Campbell, P. (2025, April 25). Leading Collaborative Educational Change: Lessons from the Hong Kong Context [Paper presentation]. 2025 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association: "Research, Remedy, and Repair: Toward Just Education Renewal" (AERA 2025), Denver, United States.
• Campbell, P. (2025, April 25). Leading Collaborative Educational Change: Lessons from the Hong Kong Context [Paper presentation]. 2025 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association: "Research, Remedy, and Repair: Toward Just Education Renewal" (AERA 2025), Denver, United States.
• Campbell, P. (2025, February 10). Leadership for Action on Climate Change: The Role of Education Policy and Professional Standards in the Hong Kong Context [Paper presentation]. 38th International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement: " Redefining Education: Purpose and Possibility" (ICSEI 2025), Melbourne, Australia.
• Campbell, P., Sawalhi, R., Conway, J., Andrews, D., MacGregor, S., Sum, N., & Friesen, S. (2025, February 11). Symposium: Catalysts of Change: Global Insights on Innovation and Leadership in Education; Paper: Conceptualizing Innovation and Leadership in Education [Symposium and paper presentation]. 38th International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement: " Redefining Education: Purpose and Possibility" (ICSEI 2025), Melbourne, Australia.
• Campbell, P. (2024, April 11–14). Leading collaborative educational change: Problematizing conceptualizations of collaboration in the context of educational change [Paper presentation]. 2024 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association: "Dismantling Racial Injustice and Constructing Educational Possibilities: A Call to Action" (AERA 2024), Philadelphia, United States.
• Campbell, P. (2024, April 11–14). Teacher education, agency, and change in a postcolonial Hong Kong: Forms, drivers, and influences [Paper presentation]. 2024 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association: "Dismantling Racial Injustice and Constructing Educational Possibilities: A Call to Action" (AERA 2024), Philadelphia, United States.
• Campbell, P., & Ehren, M. (2024, April 11–14). Conceptualizing research- and evidence-informed policy making in education [Paper presentation]. 2024 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association: "Dismantling Racial Injustice and Constructing Educational Possibilities: A Call to Action" (AERA 2024), Philadelphia, United States.

Professional Membership

• Hong Kong Education Bureau (EDB) – Registered Teacher
• General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) – Fully Registered Teacher
• Ministerio de Educación, Formación Profesional y Deportes de España - Registered Teacher
• American Educational Research Association (AERA) 
  • Division A – Leadership
  • Division K – Education Policy
  • Educational Change SIG
• International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI)
• British Educational Research Association (BERA)
• Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA)
• Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong (CESHK)

Invited Keynotes and Presentations

• Campbell, P. (2026, July 10). Leading AI Transformation in Schools: 
  Policy, Practice, and Leadership Capacity. [Invited keynote]. 3rd International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Learning Sciences, Shenzhen, China.

• Campbell, P. (2026, May 28). From Dissertation to Publications. [Invited panel presentation] American Educational Research Association (AERA) Educational Change SIG. Online.

• Campbell, P. (2026, May 11). What is research? [Invited panel presentation] Center for Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong, SAR, PRC.

• Campbell, P. (2026, March 16). Being and Becoming a School Leader: Collaboration, Agency and Trajectories in Complex Systems. [Invited keynote] University of Chile. Online.

• Campbell, P. (2026, February 26). Leadership and agency in high accountability contexts: Concepts, challenges, and insights from Hong Kong. [Invited keynote] University of Manchester East Asia Centre. Hong Kong, SAR, PRC.

• Campbell, P. (2026, January 13). Leadership from the Middle: How Influence Creates Culture. [Invited keynote] ESF Island School Middle Leader Development Day. Hong Kong, SAR, PRC.

• Campbell, P. (2026, January 11). Leading in an Age of AI: Culture, Credibility and the New Work of School Leadership. [Invited presentation]. 8th Global School Heads Forum, Shenzhen, China.

• Campbell, P. (2025, December 10). Leading Collaborative Change: Practical Strategies for Inspiring Schools and Communities. [Invited presentation] [Online]. 5th International School Principals Conference, Istanbul Medeniyet University. Istanbul, Türkiye

• Campbell, P. (2025, October 8). Educational Leadership in High-Accountability Contexts: Principal Agency and the Reframing of the Principalship. [Invited presentation]. Faculty of Education, Monash University. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

• Campbell, P. (2025, June 25). “I’m working on the margins in order to shake the core.” Leading Educational Change through an Agency-Driven Framework. [Invited presentation]. Department of Education, University of Bath. Bath, UK.

• Campbell, P. (2025, May 26). School Transformation and the Development of Principal Leadership in the AI Era [Invited discussant]. National Training Center for Secondary School Principals, Ministry of Education, People’s Republic of China, Jinxiu Yucai Education Group, Hangzhou, China.

• Mertkan, S. & Campbell, P. (2025, May 24). Publication Challenges and Potential Solutions for Emerging Scholars [Invited panel co-chair]. Asia Leadership Roundtable. Shanghai, China. https://www.eduhk.hk/apclc/roundtable2025/welcome.html 

• Campbell, P. (2025, May 23). Principal Life History in Relation to Education Reform [Invited presentation]. Asia Leadership Roundtable. Shanghai, China. https://www.eduhk.hk/apclc/roundtable2025/welcome.html 

• Campbell, P. (2025, April 30). Principals’ Life Histories in Relation to Reform: Reconceptualising Agency and Empowerment [Invited presentation]. Centre for Leadership & Diversity, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education University of Toronto. Toronto, Canada (Online).
  http://oise.utoronto.ca/home/cld/events/04-30-25-principal-life-histories-relation-education-reform-reconceptualising-agency-and

• Campbell, P. (2025, March 18). Teacher collaboration to support learning diversity [Invited keynote]. Education Bureau, Hong Kong SAR Government, NET Section, Hong Kong, SAR.

• Campbell, P. (2025, February 23). Navigating Change through Leadership Life Histories [Invited presentation]. Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester East Asia Centre, Hong Kong, SAR.

• Campbell, P. (2025, January 16). An Invited Response to the Newly Published Report, ‘From Middle Leader to Senior Leader/Principal – Future-Focused Succession Planning’  [Invited panellist and speaker]. School Leadership Academy, CFT Education Group, Hong Kong, SAR.

• Campbell, P. (2024, November 11). Leading Collaborative Educational Change: insights from Scotland and Hong Kong [Invited presentation]. College of Public Policy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar (Online).

• Campbell, P. (2024, September 23). Leading and governing collaborative educational change: insights from Scotland and Hong Kong [Invited presentation]. LEARN! Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 
  https://vu.nl/en/events/2024/learn-seminar-by-paul-campbell

• Campbell, P. (2024, April 24). Hearing from the Expert Series: Leading Collaborative Educational Change [Invited presentation]. University of Limerick, University of Galway, University College Dublin, OIDE, and the Irish Department of Education, Limerick, Ireland (Online).
  https://www.eduhk.hk/epl/en/highlights.php?id=8753

• Campbell, P. (2024, March 7–9). Leading in times of disruption: Preparedness, problems, and possibilities [Invited paper presentation]. 17th International Congress on Educational Administration (IEAC2024), Istanbul, Turkey.

• Campbell, P. (2024, February 2). Global Perspectives on Leadership Preparation and Development | Hong Kong. [Invited presentation]. British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society (BELMAS) London, U.K. (Online)
  https://www.belmas.org.uk/news/watch-lpd-rig-event-february-2024/

• Campbell, P. (2023, December 2–3). Conceptualising collaboration for educational change: the role of leadership and governance [Invited paper presentation]. Innovation-Driven Education Development International Symposium, Beijing, China.

Public Engagement

• Campbell, P. (2025, November 15). Dr. Paul Campbell—Research, Policy, and Practice of Leadership and the Wellbeing for Teachers in Hong Kong and Beyond [Invited podcast]. Journal of Professional Capital and Community, Online (https://open.spotify.com/episode/5t2j16orXSaN11ajE0sUt2)
• Campbell, P. (2025, April 30). Voices from the Field: New Article Preview: Leadership for action on climate change: the role of education policy and professional standards in the Hong Kong context [Invited podcast]. EDUP Xcelerated Excellence Podcast, Online (https://open.spotify.com/episode/64fSDZZ35m5p840BJwXpeW?si=M0N7Wlu2Rw-TwmTgQu9UcQ)
• Campbell, P. (2025, April 10). Paul Campbell - Good and effective school leadership [Invited radio interview]. RTHK (Radio Television Hong Kong) Radio 3: Brunch with Noreen, Online (https://podcast.rthk.hk/podcast/item.php?pid=2063&eid=256898&lang=en-US)
• Campbell, P. (2022b, December 16). Episode 11: Collaboration: From Theory to Practice [Invited podcast]. Leadership Unwrapped, Online (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2874vagQ3V52RB8ni9L0lv?si=beIjgA4sSf-CcZjqoCy4wg)
• Campbell, P. (2022a, June 25). Paul Campbell on leadership, pracademia, and collaboration [Invited podcast]. The Edu Salon, Online. (https://open.spotify.com/episode/5zh1xpvcDUV50G1fysVHmd?si=kRb7198TQBGjs5_fKpBURw)

Editorial Work

2026-Present

• Associate Editor – School Leadership and Management (SLAM) (Q1, IF5.3)
• Associate Editor – Educational Management, Administration and Leadership (EMAL)(Q1, IF4.3)
• Associate Editor – Improving Schools (Q2, IF2)

Board and Committee Membership

2025-Present

• President Elect – International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI)

2025-Present    

• AERA Division H (Research, Evaluation, & Assessment in Schools) Co-Chair: International Relations Committee 
   

2025-Present

• National Representative (Hong Kong) - International Study Association for Teachers and Teaching (ISATT)

2022-Present

• Editorial Board Member - School Leadership and Management Journal (SLAM) (Q1)
   

2019-Present

• Editorial Board Member - Management in Education Journal (MiE) (Q1)
   

2022-2025

• Elected Board Member and Director – International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI)
   

2021-Present    

• International Advisory Board Member, Leadership for Professional Learning Symposium (LfPL)

2020-Present    

• Publications Committee Member, British Educational Research Association (BERA)

2019-2024    

• External Reviewer, Master of Education (M.Ed.) international contexts specialism pathways, University of Hong Kong

2017-Present    

• Educational Leadership Network (ELN) Coordinator, International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI)

2017-Present    

• Reviewer for the journals:
  • School Leadership and Management (Q1)
  • Educational Administration Quarterly (Q1)
  • Journal of Educational Administration (Q1)
  • Management in Education (Q1)
  • Leadership and Policy in Schools (Q1)
  • Journal of Professional Capital and Community (Q1)
  • Professional Development in Education (Q1)
  • Teaching and Teacher Education (Q1)
  • Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability (Q1)
  • Frontiers in Education (Q2)
  • International Journal of Leadership in Education (Q1)
  • International Studies in Sociology of Education (Q2)
  • Chinese Education & Society

2017-Present     

• Conference reviewer for:
  • American Educational Research Association (AERA)
  • British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society (BELMAS)
  • British Educational Research Association (BERA)
  • International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI)
  • University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA)

Honorary Positions

2025-Present

• Group Member, Educational Leadership for Innovation and Sustainability (ELIS) Research Group, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

2025 (October)

• Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

2025 (June)

• Visiting Scholar, Department of Education, University of Bath, UK

2023-Present    

• Honorary International Affiliate, Centre for International Research into Leadership in Education (CIRLE), Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK

2022-Present    

• Fellow, Royal society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures and commerce (FRSA)

2021-Present

• Scholar Practitioner Fellow,  The Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable Trust Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change (APCLC)

Teaching List (Current)

• (2025/2026) Master of Education (M.Ed.) Advanced Research Methods – MEDD8936 – Case Study Research: Examining and Responding to Contemporary Educational Challenges 
• (2025/2026) Master of Education (M.Ed.) Educational Administration and Leadership Specialism – MEDD6193 – Concepts and Issues in School Based Management
• (2025/2026) Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) (Primary) (Part-Time) – EDUC6760 – Educational Inquiry (Sociology of Education)
• (October - November 2025) Leading for Impact: Innovative School Leadership & Development in Practice. (Programme designer and facilitatior) Principal Professional Learning Programme (In-service Teacher Education Programme (INSTEP)) for Wenzhou Municipal Education Bureau.