Andrew Brown is Professor of Education, and Dean of the Doctoral School at the Institute of Education, University of London. His research interests include the process of research capacity building, inter-professional practice, and learning and transformation of practice through workplace-based research. In 2009 he was Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Adult Learning (Singapore), where he worked on the development of the IAL research strategy.

He has been an international consultant on projects in Bangladesh, Brazil, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya and South Africa. Recent publications include Doing Research/Reading Research: Re-interrogating Education (with Paul Dowling, 2010, Routledge) and Working with Qualitative Data (with Will Gibson, 2009, Sage).

Christine Han is the Course Leader of the MA LLL (Singapore), and a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies, Institute of Education, University of London.  Her research interests include Singapore education, ‘Asian’ values and democracy, citizenship and moral education, and lifelong learning.

She taught at the National Institute of Education in Singapore before moving to London.  Her publications include ‘The politics of ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages): implications for citizenship and social justice (with Hugh Starkey and Andy Green, forthcoming) in International Journal of Lifelong Education, ‘Creating good citizens, or a competitive workforce, or just plain political socialisation?’ (2009) in Education as a Political Tool in Asia (Routledge), and ‘History education and ‘Asian’ Values for an ‘Asian’ Democracy: the Case of Singapore’ (2007) in Compare.

Norman Lucas is Head of the Lifelong and Comparative Education Department, and Course Leader of the MA Teaching in the Post-Compulsory Sector, Institute of Education, University of London.  He has research and consultancy experience in adult literacy and numeracy, and in supporting the development of teacher expertise at work.

His recent publications include ‘14-16 Year Old School Pupils Undertaking Vocational Programs in Further Education Colleges in England’ (forthcoming) in Knowing Work (Springer Academic Press), ‘Perspectives on Teachers of Vocational and Technical Education in the UK’ (2007) in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (Springer Academic Publishers), and ‘Rethinking Initial Teacher Education for Further Education Teachers’ (2007) in Teacher Education.

Paul Morris worked at Hong Kong University (1976-2002), and then was President of the Hong Kong Institute of Education until 2007, when he joined the IOE as Professor of Education.  His scholarly pursuits cover comparative education, curriculum, policy analysis, teacher and civic education. 

He is the author / co-editor of Teacher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Systems, Tensions and Prospects (with J. Williamson, 2000), Civic Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Case Studies across Six Societies (with J. Cogan & M. Print, 2002), and What Matters? Discovering Critical Conditions of Classroom Learning (with F. Marton, 2002).  He is a Co-editor of Compare; a member of the Editorial Panels of the Cambridge Journal of Education and Curriculum Perspectives;  a member of the International Advisory Board for Research Papers in Education;  and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Education for Teaching.

Michael Young is Professor of Education at the Institute of Education.  He has directed or co-directed a number of national and international research projects concerned with post compulsory education and training, and has lectured in many countries including Brazil, China, Chile, South Africa, Canada, the USA, Australia, Taiwan, Japan, and many European countries. 

His publications include 'Education, globalisation and the 'voice of knowledge' (2009) in Journal of Education and Work, 'What are schools for?' (2009) in Knowledge, Values and Educational Policy (Routledge), and Bringing Knowledge Back In (2007, Routledge).  He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the British Journal of Sociology of Education and Assistant Editor of the Journal of Education and Work.