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QIAN Haiyan

Associate Professor

QIAN Haiyan

BA (Nanjing University), MPhil (Cambridge), PhD (CUHK)

Prior to joining the department, Dr. Qian has worked at Fudan University and the Education University of Hong Kong. She has been Director of The Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change (APCLC) and Associate Head of the Department of Education Policy and Leadership at EdUHK. Her research areas include educational leadership, school improvement and reform, and teacher learning. Her scholarly productivity and quality output has been recognized by CUHK Postgraduate Research Output Award (2008/09), UGC Early Career Award (2014/15), EdUHK President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Research (2015/16) and President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching (2016/17). She has published in journals such as Journal of Education Policy, Educational Management, Administration & Leadership, and Journal of Educational Administration. She serves as an editorial board member of Educational Management, Administration & Leadership, Journal of Educational Administration, and Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, and as an associate editor of ECNU Review of Education.

Research Interests
  • Educational Leadership
  • Comparative Education
  • Education Policy
  • Leader Development
  • Qualitative Method
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Recent Publications
  • Zheng, Y. L., Qian, H. Y., Chen, S. Y. & Walker, A. (2024). Principal rotation in China: Policy goals and succession strategies adopted by rotated principals. Journal of Educational Administration, 62 (4), 388-402. (corresponding author).
  • Qian, H. Y., Walker, A., & Chen, S. Y. (2023). The ‘Double-Reduction’ education policy in China: Three prevailing narratives. Journal of Education Policy, 39 (4), 602-621. DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2023.2222381
  • Qian, H. Y., Walker, A., & Zheng, Y. L. (2023). Boundary-spanning practices of system leaders in China: Enabling conditions and inherent tensions. Educational Management Administration & Leadership. DOI: 10.1177/17411432231174690
  • Qian, H. Y., & Walker, A. (2022). Becoming a teacher leader: Capital acquisition and accumulation. Cambridge Journal of Education, 52 (6), 691-714. DOI:10.1080/0305764X.2022.2047891.
  • Qian, H. Y., & Walker, A. (2021). Creating conditions for professional learning communities (PLCs) in schools in China: the role of school principals. Professional Development in Education, 47(4), 586-598.

 

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