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Professor Pasi Sahlberg serves as Professor of Educational Leadership in the Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne. A Finnish educator, teacher, scholar, and author, he earned his PhD in Educational Sciences from the University of Jyväskylä in 1996 with a dissertation on postmodern perspectives on educational change. He holds a Teacher’s Diploma in Mathematics and Science from the University of Helsinki in 1986, a Master of Science in Mathematics from the University of Turku in 1984, and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Turku in 1982. Sahlberg began his career as a teacher of mathematics, physics, and chemistry at the University of Helsinki Teacher Training School from 1984 to 1991, while also lecturing at the Department of Teacher Education from 1988 to 1990. He advanced through various roles at Finland’s National Board of Education, including Chief Inspector and Project Director, before directing the Centre for School Development at the University of Helsinki from 2000 to 2002. Internationally, he worked as Senior Education Specialist and Lead Education Specialist at the European Training Foundation in Torino from 2003 to 2009, Director General of the Centre for International Mobility and Cooperation (CIMO) at Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture from 2009 to 2013, and Visiting Professor of Practice at Harvard Graduate School of Education since 2014.