Dr. Petros Pashiardis
Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership and former Rector of the Open University of Cyprus
E-mail: p.pashiardis@ouc.ac.cy 

Dr. Petros Pashiardis is Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership and former Rector of the Open University of Cyprus during the period October 2020-August 2024. He has also been a Visiting Professor with the University of Pretoria in South Africa, and a Visiting Scholar at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, as well as a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Principal Development, Umeå University, Sweden. For the period 2004-2008, Professor Pashiardis has been President of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM).

In 2008 he co-edited the International Handbook on the Preparation and Development of School Leaders, together with Jacky Lumby and Gary Crow, published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis. In 2014 his book, Modeling School Leadership Across Europe: In Search of New Frontiers, was published by Springer Publications. His latest book in English (together with Olof Johansson) was published by Bloomsbury Publications in 2016, under the title: “Successful School Leadership: International Perspectives”. His current thinking and research interests take him beyond “Administrivia” (a term he coined 25 years ago) and the WHAT effective/successful school leaders do and into the HOW they do it, as related to Pedagogical and Entrepreneurial Leadership, which leads to Edupreneurial Leadership.