Professor Viviane Robinson

Speaker Summary

Viviane Robinson is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and Visiting Professor at UCL.

She has devoted her career to investigating and developing the capabilities leaders need to work productively with their teachers to improve the wellbeing and achievement of their students. Her research programme and service to the profession has led to numerous national and international awards from academic and professional associations.

In her latest book Virtuous Educational Leadership: Doing the Right Work the Right Way (Corwin Press, 2023) Viviane extends her previous work on student-centred leadership (Student-Centered Leadership, Jossey Bass, 2011) and school improvement (Reduce Change to Increase Improvement, Corwin, 2018) by discussing those aspects of leadership character which are required for excellent performance of the role.

Areas of Expertise

Leadership and Management – Whole School Improvement