Jason Cong LIN is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education Policy and Leadership at the Education University of Hong Kong, and a Co-MPhil/PhD supervisor at the University of Malta. 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 edited books include Ethnic Minorities: Cultural Perspectives, Stereotypes and Social Challenges (Nova, 2025) and Encyclopedia of Teacher Education (Springer, 2019). His research has been published in well-regarded journals, such as Daedalus, Journal of Contemporary China, 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, Institute of International Education, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Ford Foundation, Harvard -Yenching Institute, Henry Luce Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Fulbright Scholarship program, Association for Moral Education, 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. His works have been presented at prestigious institutions, including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, and UCL.

Jason is the secretary/treasurer of the AERA Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Education SIG, an Editor of the Cogent Education and Local/Global Issues in Education (the Australian Association for Research in Education book series, published by Routledge), a Regional Editor of the Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies, an Associate Editor of the European Journal of Education and Cogent Social Sciences, an Assistant Editor of the Brill Research Perspectives in Philosophy of Education Series, and an Advisory Editor of The Social Educator. He is also on the editorial board for British Educational Research Journal, Compare, Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, Multicultural Education Review,and The Curriculum Journal. He is a reviewer for over 30 reputable journals (e.g., The China Quarterly, Journal of Contemporary China, Teaching and Teacher Education, and British Educational Research Journal) and publishers (e.g., Routledge and Bloomsbury).

Students supervised by Jason receive funding from various programs, including the prestigious Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme funded by the Research Grants Council.

• The Sustainable Development Goals and Education
• 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

Inclusion Committee Member: Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain

Editor: Cogent Education

Editor: Local/Global Issues in Education (the Australian Association for Research in Education book series, published by Routledge)

Regional Editor: Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies

Associate Editor: European Journal of Education

Assistant Editor: Brill Research Perspectives in Philosophy of Education Series

Associate Editor: Cogent Social Sciences

Advisory Editor: The Social Educator

Editorial Board Member: British Educational Research Journal

Guest Editor/Handling Associate Editor/Editorial Board Member: Humanities & Social Sciences Communications

Editorial Board Member: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education

Editorial Board Member: The Curriculum Journal

Editorial Board Member: Multicultural Education Review