Emerging Trends in Educational Leadership: Crisis-Resilience and Future Proofing Schooling
A special issue of Education Sciences (ISSN 2227-7102).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 1708
Special Issue Editors
Interests: educational leadership
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to be a part of an educational leadership 2025 Special Issue in the journal of Education Sciences which will be guest edited by Dr. Christine Cunningham and Dr. Michelle Striepe from Edith Cowan University in Australia.
The Special Issue’s theme is crisis-resilience and future-proofing schooling. The conceptual lens that will bind the Special Issue is Striepe and Cunningham’s Crises Leadership Framework (2022), which recognizes six characteristics to help keep schooling functioning in troubled times.
We will be pleased to receive submissions that cover diverse aspects of crisis management in education research, from innovative leadership practices to policy adaptations and technological innovations that maintain learning even during conflicts and crisis situations.
Join us for what will be an interesting and significant research compilation.
Aim and Scope
The aim of this Special Issue is to showcase research that explores how educational leaders build resilience and adaptability into their school communities to ensure continuity and quality in education amidst unforeseen catastrophic challenges. The scope of the Special Issue is hoped to include the latest research and analysis of crisis leadership frameworks, theories and practices that assist educational leaders in future proofing their institutions from the risks of climate, health and human-inflicted crises.
Suggested Themes
We invite submissions addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:
- Case studies of successful crisis management in education;
- Theoretical frameworks for crisis-resilient leadership;
- Policy adaptations and their impact on educational continuity;
- The role of technology in crisis-proofing education access;
- Lessons learned from leading during a crisis or multiple crises.
We look forward to your contributions, which we hope will help shape a resilient future for education and its leaders. Please submit your manuscripts according to the guidelines on the Education Sciences website: Education Sciences | Instructions for Authors (mdpi.com)
Sincerely,
Dr. Christine Cunningham
Dr. Michelle Striepe
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Education Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- educational leadership
- crisis-resilience
- future proofing schooling
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