Dr Paul Campbell is an experienced senior educational leader and educator having been a Vice Principal, Senior Leader and Primary Teacher in Scotland, Australia, Spain and Hong Kong prior to moving into academia. Paul has always been driven by a belief in the power of education and public services more broadly to transform lives and communities. His research interests focus on the intersection of research engagement, policy making, and leadership and how this influences educational change. Having originally studied for a B.Ed. in Primary Education, and subsequently an M.Ed. in Education Studies at the University of Strathclyde, then an Ed.D. at the University of Glasgow, Paul is also interested in the varied and nuanced complexities of education systems across the globe. This is what brought him to Hong Kong, and continues to drive his professional and research work internationally.

Paul is widely engaged in the broader education community. He is an elected board member and director of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI) and also serves as a Co-coordinator of their Educational Leadership Network, chair of their Communication and Knowledge Sharing Standing Committee, as well as overseeing ICSEI networks. He is also an Honorary International Affiliate of the Centre for International Research into Leadership in Education (CIRLE). Paul also sits on the editorial board of the School Leadership and Management (SLAM) and Management in Education (MiE) journals, and the Publications Committee of the British Educational Research Association (BERA). He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (the RSA), and a member of the WISE ALL-IN network.

His work has been recognised by a number of international organisations, including the Emerald Outstand Paper Award 2023, 2021 ICSEI/ JPCC Innovation Award, the 2018 BELMAS Research Bursary, the 2017 BELMAS Reflective Practice Award, and the 2016 Scottish Educational Review/ ICSEI Best Paper award.

Paul teaches on a range of programmes at EdUHK, and is currently the Associate Programme Leader for the Executive Master of Arts in International Educational Leadership and Change (IELC). He also serves on the Faculty Research and Higher Degrees Support Committee, and chairs the Departmental Marketing Committee.

• School Leadership
• Vice/ Deputy Principals/ Deputy Head Teachers
• Leadership Development
• Collaboration
• Educational Change
• Policy Analysis
• Research Engagement
• Sociology of Education

• Educational change
• School improvement
• Professional learning
• Leadership development
• Early Years and Primary Education
• Learning, teaching, curriculum and assessment
• Associate Programme Leader for the Executive Master of Arts in International Educational Leadership and Change (IELC)

2023 - Present | Honorary International Affiliate, Centre for International Research into Leadership in Education (CIRLE).

2022 - Present | Elected Board Member and Director, International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement.

2022 - Present | Editorial Board Member, School Leadership and Management Journal.

2019 - Present | External Reviewer, Master of Education (M.Ed.) international contexts specialism pathways, University of Hong Kong.

2019 - Present | Publications Committee Member, British Educational Research Association.

2018 - Present | Editorial Board Member and Social Media Editor, Management in Education Journal.