National and Transnational Elite Influences on Education: A Comparative Perspective on Shaping and Justifying Reforms

Romuald Normand is Professor of Sociology at the University of Strasbourg, Faculty of Social Sciences, France. (Research Unit CNRS SAGE: Societies, Actors and Government of Europe) and Associate Visiting Professor at the Beijing Normal University and Aarhus University Copenhagen. He works on comparative education policies and politics, Europeanization and Lifelong Learning, Higher Education and Research, educational management and leadership. Romuald Normand is convenor of the network 28 “Sociologies of European Education” at the European Educational Research Association. He is a member of the editorial board of the British Journal of Sociology of Education and Advisory Board member of the Springer series Educational Governance Research.

Lejf Moos is Associate Professor Emeritus of Educational leadership and Governance at the Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Copenhagen, Denmark. He has for many years done research on education, organisation, leadership and governance in education in Denmark and internationally. He has published widely, edited a number of books and journals, and is series editor of Educational Governance Research.

Luís Miguel Carvalho is Professor at the University of Lisbon, Institute of Education (IE-ULisboa), Portugal. His recent research focuses on education policies, international comparative assessments and educational governance, and transnational circulation of education models and reforms. Currently, he is the head of the IE-ULisboa, and coordinates the R&D Centre on Education and Training (UIDEF).