This book explores what academic leadership in higher education might mean in the cosmopolitan and increasingly globalised 21st century through individual academics' narrative accounts drawn from a range of international contexts. The book shows that academic leadership is key to an individual's development and that it could mean different things in different settings as academics operate across the levels of professional practice, institutional organisation, sector-wide systems and international networks. This book argues for the importance of cosmopolitan perspectives on academic leadership which are developed from the particularities of local and everyday situated experience.Part I of the book explores key theoretical perspectives; Part II provides first-hand accounts from the contributors of their own development as academic leaders; and Part III discusses some of the implications for those with responsibility for academic development and for all those concerned with developing the qualities necessary for leadership practices.

Notes on ContributorsSeries Editors ForewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Towards a Cosmopolitan Outlook on Academic Leadership, Feng Su, Liverpool Hope University, UK, and Margaret Wood, York St John University, UKPart 1 Theoretical Orientations1. Academic Leadership and Its Discontents: Cosmopolitan Perspectives, John Smyth, University of Huddersfield, UK2. Everyday Cosmopolitanism: The Challenges of Academic Leadership, Fazal Rizvi, University of Melbourne, Australia and Jason Beech, Universidad de San Andres, ArgentinaPart 2 Cosmopolitan Narratives3. Academic Leadership and Political Oppression in Palestine: Lessons to be learnt, Rabab Tamish, Bethlehem University, Palestine4. Political Extremes in the Philippines: Academic Leadership and Social Engagement, Bienvenido F. Nebres, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines5. Leadership of Academic Writing Development in England: Narratives of Problems, Pragmatism and Possibility, Carol A. Taylor and Jacqueline Stevenson, Sheffield Hallam University, UK6. Socio-political Complexities in South Africa: Academic Leadership and Social Justice, Bill Holderness, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa7. Being a Woman Academic Leader in Japan: Intellectual Leadership and Culture Difference, Beverley Yamamoto, Osaka University, Japan8. Crossing Higher Education Borders: Academic Leadership in the Learning University, Chris Duke, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, AustraliaPart 3 Future Directions9. Enabling Academic Leadership: Changing Academic Practice, Geoff Layer, University of Wolverhampton, UK 10. Ethics of Academic Leadership: Guiding Learning and Teaching, Alison Cook-Sather, Bryn Mawr College, USA, and Peter Felten, Elon University, USACoda: A Response, Helen M. Gunter, The University of Manchester, UKIndex