Jason Cong LIN is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Education at the Education University of Hong Kong. He holds a PhD from the University of Hong Kong, and was a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard University. He is the author of National Education in Hong Kong in the New Era (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025), and Multiculturalism, Chinese Identity, and Education: Who Are We? (Routledge, 2022). His research has been published in well-regarded journals, such as Journal of Contemporary China, Daedalus, Globalisation, Societies and Education, Educational Philosophy and Theory, and Asia Pacific Education Review.

Jason’s research has received grants and awards from governments and institutions around the world. These include the Spencer Foundation, Fulbright Scholarship program, Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, Comparative & International Education Society, Korean Association for Multicultural Education, the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research, the Hong Kong Research Grants Council, and the Ministry of Education. His works focus on incorporating intercultural knowledge, skills, and values in education; providing minority and Global South perspectives on educational issues; and working with schools and policy-makers to improve education for all students.

Jason is the secretary/treasurer of the AERA Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Education SIG, an Assistant Editor of the Brill Research Perspectives in Philosophy of Education Series, and an Associate Editor of the Cogent Social Sciences and Journal of Modern Educational Research. He is also on the editorial board for Compare, Multicultural Education Review,and The Curriculum Journal.

Comparative and international education

Philosophy of education

Civic/moral/multicultural education

Politics of education

Identity

• Life Education and Whole-person Development
• Ideals and Reality: Urban Environments
• Truth and Falsity: Critical Thinking
• Life Coaching Through Sports
• Faith and Reason
• Morality and the Good Life: A Comparative Perspective

Secretary/treasurer: AERA Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Education SIG (2023-)

Assistant Editor: Brill Research Perspectives in Philosophy of Education Series (2023-)

Associate Editor: Cogent Social Sciences (2023-)

Associate Editor: Journal of Modern Educational Research (2022-)

Editorial Board Member: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education (2023-)

Editorial Board Member: The Curriculum Journal (2023-)

New Scholar Board Member: Multicultural Education Review (2020-)