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Photo   Titel:   Professor
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Umeå universitet
S-901 87 Umeå
  Tel:   +46 (0)90 - 786 78 12
+46 (0)70 - 626 19 94
  Fax:   +46 (0)90 - 786 66 81
  E-post:   olof.johansson@pol.umu.se

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Dr. Olof Johansson is professor of Political Science, Head of Department and Director of the National Head Teachers Training Programme at Umeå University, Sweden. He is also an International Associate of the Centre for the Study of Values and Leadership and a member of the Board of Governors of the UCEA: Willower Centre for the Study of Leadership and Ethics located at Penn State University in USA.

His research interest has over the years been focused on political culture, public policy making and administration. During the last years the focus of his research interest has been on educational leadership. He is at present involved in four different comparative research projects: The Nature, form and Functions of Values in School Administration in Western Australia, Canada and Sweden, The International Project on Successful School Leadership in Australia, Canada, England, Hong Kong Sweden and USA and Leading Schools Successfully in Challenging Urban Context: Strategies for Improvement in Greece, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Ireland, England, Finland and Sweden. The Swedish platform for these projects are the Swedish research project “Structure, Culture, Leadership: Prerequisites for Successful Schools” with Dr Johansson as the main researcher and grant holder. This project is financed by the Swedish research council and has 6 doctoral students and three additional researchers. 

 

Publications in Educational administration

“In search of a Road Map for Gender Equality - On Leadership and Policy Learning” Paper prepared for delivery in panel 333 “The Substantive Representation of Women – theoretical and methodological problems” at the International Political Science Association conference in Santiago, Chile, July, 2009. (with Gunnel Gustafsson, Umeå university).

Ethical dimensions in Scandinavian curriculum – a reality in the school context? (forthcomming) Submitted to an international journal for publication. (with Katarina Norberg Umeå university)

Understanding School Performance: Two Interactive Dimensions (2009). Research paper presented at American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting April 2009, San Diego, California. (With Qing Gu, University of Nottingham)

Superintendents as Collaborative Learners in Communities of Practice: A Socio-cultural Perspective on Professional Learning (2009). Research paper presented at American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting April 2009, San Diego, California. (With Paul V. Bredeson and Hans W. Klar, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Preparing Democratic Educational Leaders: The Case of Belarus (2009). A symposium paper prepared for the International Congress of School Effectiveness and school Improvement (ICSEI) Congress 2009, January 4-7, 2009, Vancouver, BC Arthurs. (With J. Theodore Repa, Touro College, United States of America and Iouri Zagoumennov, Support Center for Associations and Foundations, Minsk, Belarus).

Social Justice for all Children – do principal facilitate education of equivalent value? (2008). Research paper presented at the University Council for Educational Administration Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida 28 Oct to 2 Nov. 2008. (With Jonas Höög, Umeå university)

Responding to Context: Strategies for Effective Superintendent Leadership. Research paper to be presented at the University Council for Educational Administration Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida 28 Oct to 2 Nov. 2008. (With Paul V. Bredeson and Hans Klar, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

School Leadership in Changing Times: The Case of Belarus, chapter 4.2 in John Collard, Anthony Normore & Betty Merchant (eds) Leadership & Intercultural Dynamics (2008, fortcomming), IAP – Information Age Publishing Inc.,. (With Niklas Eklund, Umeå university & J. Theodore Repa, Touro College New York,NY)

Leadership with a difference in schools serving disadvantaged communities: Arenas for success. In K. Tirri (ed.) Educating Moral Sensibilities in Urban Schools. SENSE publishers, in press. (With Chris Day. University of Nottingham)

 Leadership in Context: How Superintendents Understand, Take Action and Shape the Context of Their Work. Research paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting March, 2008, New York, New York (With Paul V Bredeson and Hans Klar, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

"Educational Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice". (2008). In School Leadership - International Perspectives, to be published by Peter Lang Publishing Group Bern, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt a.M., New York, Oxford, Vienna. (With Elisabeth Zachrisson.)

"School Principal Preparation in Europe". In The International Journal of Educational Management, vol 21, no 1, 2007. (With Angela Thody, Zoi Papanaoum and Petros Pashiardis.

"A perspective of diversity and equity in Swedish schools" in School Leadership and Management, vol 27, No 1, February 2007, pp. 21-33. London (With Anna Davis and Luule Geijer)

“Ethical Dilemmas of Swedish School Leaders - Contrasts and Common Themes” . in Journal of Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2007, vol 35 (2), pp. 279-296. Guest editor: Paul Begley. (With Katarina Norberg)

"Conformity to new Global Imperatives and Demands - the case of Swedish school principals". In European Educational Research Journal. Guest Editor: Lejf Moos, EJER Vol 5, 2007, No 3-4, pp. 263-275. (With Jonas Höög and Paul V.  Bredesson)

"Successful principalship – The Swedish Case" (2007). In Day, C., Leithwood, K. (Ed.) Successful School Leadership in Times of Change. pp 87-101. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Publishers. (with Höög, J., Olofsson, A)

Successful principalship – The Swedish Case. (2005) Journal of Eduactional Administration Vol. 43 No 6, 2005, pp 595-606. (With Höög, J., Olofsson, A)

“Gender and School Leadership in Sweden”. In Collard J & Reynolds C. Leadership, Gender & Culture in Education – Male and Female perspectives  Open University Press – McGraw-Hill Education (2005) (With Anna Davis)

Guest Editor: Democracy and leadership, In Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 42 No. 6, 2004. Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

“Introduction - Democracy and leadership – or training for democratic leadership” in Journal of Educational Administration; Guest editor Olof Johansson, Vol 42, Number 6, 2004. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, England, pp 620 - 624

“A Democratic, learning and communicative leadership” in Journal of Educational Administration; Guest editor Olof Johansson, Vol 42, Number 6, 2004. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, England, pp 697 - 707

“A Scandinavian Perspective on the Culture of Educational Leadership”. In The Educational Forum, Vol. 68, Number 3, Spring 2004, United States (with Moos, L. and Møller, J.), pp200 - 210

“Sweden – Split Responsibility between State and Municipalities”  in Huber, S.G. (ed.) Preparing School Leaders for the 21st Century: An International Comparison of Development Programmes in 15 Countries. Ed. Huber S.G. Swets & Zeitlinger, Lisse (with Huber, S. G.), 2004, pp 106 - 116.

“Structure, Culture, Leadership: Prerequisites for successful Schools?” in Widerstedt, B. Proceedings from the 1st International Conference on Values in Education across Boundaries. Skrifter från Värdegrundscentrum, Umeå universitet, 2003 (with Högg, J., Lindberg, L. & Olofsson, A.).

School Leadership in Belarus, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, 2003 (with Begley, P.), 78 pp. Also published in Russian.

“Leadership and Compulsory Schooling in Sweden: What’s Going On?” in Watson, L.E. (ed.)  Selecting and Developing Heads of Schools: Twenty-Three European Perspectives. Published by The European Forum on Educational Administration, 2003.

Guest editor: “Exploring New Horizons in School Leadership for Democratic Schools” in Leadership and Policy in Schools, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2003, pp. 81-91.

“European Educational Leadership, Searching for Consensus in Diversity”. Master course module published on CD, University of Cyprus Press, 2003 (with Pashiardis, P., Pappano, Z. and Thody, A.).

“New Expectations for Democratic School Leadership in a Global Community” in Begley, P.T. & Johansson, O. (eds) The Ethical Dimensions of School Leadership. Kluwer Academic  Publishers, Dordrecht, 2003 (with Begley, P.).

“School Leadership as a Democratic Arena”, Chapter 14, in Begley, P.T. & Johansson, O. (eds) The Ethical Dimensions of School Leadership. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2003.

“Leadership, Gender and Democracy”, Leading & Managing. Journal of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2002, pp. 144-153 (with Davis, A.).

“School Leadership – Perspectives for Tomorrow” in Goddard, J.T. (ed.) Educational  Leadership for a New  Century. KEDP Press, Pristina, Kosovo, 2002.

“Changed Leadership Roles – or School Leadership by Goals and Objectives” in Hudson, C. and Lidström, A. (eds) Local Educational Policy: Comparing Sweden and England. McMillan, Houndsmitts, 2001 (with Lundberg, L.).

“Swedish School Leadership in Transition: In search of a democratic learning and communicative leadership?” Pedagogy, Culture & Society, Vol. 9,  No. 3, 2001, pp. 387-406.

“School Leadership Training in Sweden – Perspectives for Tomorrow”, Journal of In-Service Education, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2001, pp. 185-202.

School Leadership in Belarus, 1st edition. Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, 2001 (with Begley, P.), 78 pp.

Leadership for Democratic Schools. Paper delivered at the 14th Annual International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, Toronto, 2001 (with Begley, P.).

Swedish – Belarusian Transformation: School Leaders Initiative or Leadership for Democratic Schools. Paper delivered at the 14th Annual International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, Toronto, 2001 (with Zagoumennov, Y).

Using What We Know About Values: Promoting Authentic Leadership and Democracy in Schools. Paper delivered at the Annual UCEA Conference Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2000 (with Begley, P.).

“The School Principal’s Role in Teacher Professional Development”, Journal of In-Service Education, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2000, pp. 385-402 (with Bredeson, P.V).

”Om rektors demokratiska lärande och kommunikativa ledarskap” in Lundberg, L. (ed.) Görandets lov – Lova att göra. Skrifter från Centrum för skolledarutveckling 2000:1, Umeå universitet, Umeå.

Skoleledelse i Norden - en kortlægning af skoleledernes arbejdsvilkår, rammebetingelser og opgaver. En rapport till Nordisk Ministerråd, Nord 2000:14, Köpenhamn (with Moos, L., Carney, S. and Mehlbye, J.).

”Visjon om en demokratisk reflekterende ledelse. Noen sentrale perspektiver i en forståelse av nordisk skoleledelse” in Moos, L., Carney, S., Johansson, O. and Mehlbye, J. (eds) Skoleledelse i Norden - en kortlægning af skoleledernes arbejdsvilkår, rammebetingelser og opgaver. En rapport till Nordisk Ministerråd, Nord 2000:14, Köpenhamn (with Moos, L. and Møller, J.).

”Den svenske rektorn efter 1945 - kvalifikationer, arbetsuppgifter och utmaningar” in Moos, L., Carney, S., Johansson, O. and Mehlbye, J. (eds) Skoleledelse i Norden - en kortlægning af skoleledernes arbejdsvilkår, rammebetingelser og opgaver. En rapport till Nordisk Ministerråd, Nord 2000:14, Köpenhamn (with Nygren, A-M.).

“Value Orchestration by the Policy Community for the  Learning Community: Reality and myth” in Begley, P. (ed.) Values and Educational Leadership. State University of New York Press, Albany, 1999  (with Bredeson, P.).

The Values of Educational Leadership in Canadian and Swedish Schools: Theory development and recent research. Paper prepared for delivery at the 6th triennial conference of the Nordic Association for Canadian Studies, Reykjavik. Iceland, 1999 (with Begley, P.).

“Leadership for Learning: A study of the instructual leadership roles of superintendents in Sweden and Wisconsin”, Toward The Year 2000: Leadership for Quality Schools. The Sixth Yearbook of The National Council of Professors of Educational Administration, NCPEA  1998 Yearbook, Technomic Publishing Company, Inc., Lancaster, Pa, USA (with Bredeson, P.).

“The Values of School Administration: Preferences, Ethics and Conflicts”, The Journal of School Leadership, 1998, 4:399-422 (with Begley, P.).

School Reform and Administrator Work - Superintendent leadership in Sweden and the United States. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational     Research Association, Chicago, Illinois, 1997 (with Bredeson, P.).

Leadership for Learning: A study of the instructual leadership roles of superintendents in Sweden and Wisconsin. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois, 1997 (with Bredeson, P.).

Values and School Administration: Preferences, ethics and conflicts”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois, 1997 (with Begley, P.).

Tänk utveckling! En antologi om skolans kvalitet och effektivitet - vad kan ledaren göra? Rektors-utbildningen, Norra regionen, Umeå, 1996 (with Kallós, D.).

”Introduktion” in Johansson, O. and Kallós, D. (eds) Tänk utveckling! En antologi om skolans kvalitet och effektivitet - vad kan ledaren göra? Rektorsutbildningen,  Norra regionen, Umeå, 1996 (with Kallós, D.).

”Nya krav på ledarskap i barnomsorg och skola?” in Johansson, O. och Kallós, D. (eds) Tänk utveckling! En antologi om skolans kvalitet och effektivitet - vad kan ledaren göra? Rektorsutbildningen, Norra regionen, Umeå, 1996 (with Lindberg,  L.).

”Kommunal skolutveckling - möjlig via den kommunala skolplanen?”, in Johansson, O. and Kallós, D. (eds) Tänk utveckling! En antologi om skolans kvalitet och effektivitet - vad kan ledaren göra? Rektorsutbildningen, Norra regionen, Umeå, 1996 (with Staberg, U.).

”Tänk utveckling - om effektivitet och kvalitet ur ett ledarperspektiv”, in Johansson, O. and Kallós, D. (eds. ) Tänk utveckling! En antologi om skolans kvalitet och effektivitet – vad kan ledaren göra? Rektorsutbildningen,  Norra regionen, Umeå, 1996 (with Kallós, D.).

Value Orchestrations by the Policy Community for Educational Leadership - Reality and myth. Paper presented at The OISE/UT Centre for the Study of Values and Leadership, 1996.