Dr Michalis Constantinides

  • Lecturer in Educational Leadership and Management (School of Education)

Biography

Michalis Constantinides (PhD, MSc, MA, QTS, BSc) is Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Educational Leadership and Management at the School of Education and programme director for the MEd Educational Leadership.

His research, teaching, and outreach focus on the organisation and management of education systems, with a particular focus on collaborative approaches to address complex problems of practice. His teaching and research expertise also lie in the field of educational change and improvement and the social and policy contexts of leading education at both institutional and systemic levels.

He is particularly interested in how educational leaders can navigate complex systems and drive positive change and how innovations in school collaboration can significantly enhance educational outcomes and foster a more supportive learning environment.

 

Research interests

His research interests also include:

School and systems leadership

Educational change and systemic improvement

Network-based continuous improvement

Equity in education and schooling

Continuing professional learning and development of teachers and leaders

 

Publications

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Jump to: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021
Number of items: 9.

2024

Constantinides, M. (2024) Building and sustaining improvement in disruptive times: school leadership in Aotearoa New Zealand. In: DeMatthews, David E. and Kruse, Sharon D. (eds.) Reimagining School Leadership: Sustaining Improvement Through and Beyond Uncertainty. Series: Transforming education through critical leadership, policy and practice. Emerald Publishing Limited: Leeds, pp. 13-29. ISBN 9781837974115 (doi: 10.1108/978-1-83797-410-820241002)

2023

Constantinides, M. (2023) Successful school leadership in New Zealand: a scoping review. Education Sciences, 13(12), 1189. (doi: 10.3390/educsci13121189)

Constantinides, M. (2023) Making sense of complex relationships in the workplace: principals in action. Cambridge Journal of Education, (doi: 10.1080/0305764X.2023.2191930) (Early Online Publication)

Constantinides, M. (2023) Instructional reform and multiple institutional logics: insights from executive leadership in English Multi-Academy Trusts. Educational Review, 75(2), pp. 287-304. (doi: 10.1080/00131911.2021.1916441)

Constantinides, M. and Eleftheriadou, S. (2023) The role of leadership in communities of learning | Kāhui Ako: a systematic literature review. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 58, pp. 341-359. (doi: 10.1007/s40841-023-00295-2)

2022

Constantinides, M. (2022) Executive leadership and the coupling nature of the relationship between educational organizations and member schools in England. Leadership and Policy in Schools, (doi: 10.1080/15700763.2022.2098505) (Early Online Publication)

Constantinides, M. (2022) Systemically oriented leadership: leading multi-school organisations in England. Journal of Educational Change, (doi: 10.1007/s10833-022-09456-4) (Early Online Publication)

Constantinides, M. (2022) High-stakes accountability policies and local adaptation: exploring how school principals respond to multiple policy demands. School Leadership and Management, 42(2), pp. 170-187. (doi: 10.1080/13632434.2021.2016687)

2021

Constantinides, M. (2021) Understanding the complexity of system-level leadership in the English schooling landscape. Journal of Educational Administration, 59(6), pp. 688-701. (doi: 10.1108/JEA-09-2020-0200)

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Number of items: 9.

Articles

Constantinides, M. (2023) Successful school leadership in New Zealand: a scoping review. Education Sciences, 13(12), 1189. (doi: 10.3390/educsci13121189)

Constantinides, M. (2023) Making sense of complex relationships in the workplace: principals in action. Cambridge Journal of Education, (doi: 10.1080/0305764X.2023.2191930) (Early Online Publication)

Constantinides, M. (2023) Instructional reform and multiple institutional logics: insights from executive leadership in English Multi-Academy Trusts. Educational Review, 75(2), pp. 287-304. (doi: 10.1080/00131911.2021.1916441)

Constantinides, M. and Eleftheriadou, S. (2023) The role of leadership in communities of learning | Kāhui Ako: a systematic literature review. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 58, pp. 341-359. (doi: 10.1007/s40841-023-00295-2)

Constantinides, M. (2022) Executive leadership and the coupling nature of the relationship between educational organizations and member schools in England. Leadership and Policy in Schools, (doi: 10.1080/15700763.2022.2098505) (Early Online Publication)

Constantinides, M. (2022) Systemically oriented leadership: leading multi-school organisations in England. Journal of Educational Change, (doi: 10.1007/s10833-022-09456-4) (Early Online Publication)

Constantinides, M. (2022) High-stakes accountability policies and local adaptation: exploring how school principals respond to multiple policy demands. School Leadership and Management, 42(2), pp. 170-187. (doi: 10.1080/13632434.2021.2016687)

Constantinides, M. (2021) Understanding the complexity of system-level leadership in the English schooling landscape. Journal of Educational Administration, 59(6), pp. 688-701. (doi: 10.1108/JEA-09-2020-0200)

Book Sections

Constantinides, M. (2024) Building and sustaining improvement in disruptive times: school leadership in Aotearoa New Zealand. In: DeMatthews, David E. and Kruse, Sharon D. (eds.) Reimagining School Leadership: Sustaining Improvement Through and Beyond Uncertainty. Series: Transforming education through critical leadership, policy and practice. Emerald Publishing Limited: Leeds, pp. 13-29. ISBN 9781837974115 (doi: 10.1108/978-1-83797-410-820241002)

This list was generated on Fri Mar 28 02:15:02 2025 GMT.

Teaching

Michalis coordinates, teaches and supervises dissertations on the MEd Educational Leadership.

Professional activities & recognition

Professional & learned societies

  • 2020: Member, International Successful School Principalship Project (ISSPP)
  • 2019: Member, American Educational Research Association (AERA)
  • 2019: Member, British Educational Research Association (BERA)
  • 2018: Member, International Congress for School Effectiveness, and Improvement (ICSEI)
  • 2015: Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)

Supplementary

  • Co-convenor for the European Educational Research Association (EERA) Network 26: Educational Leadership. https://eera-ecer.de/networks/26-educational-leadership/convenors

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