Transformative Learning, Leadership, and Technology in Education: Experiences from Global South contexts

Abstract

Welcome to this Special Issue of the Journal of Leadership and Developing Societies. This special issue is titled Transformative Learning, Leadership, and Technology in Education: Experiences from Global South contexts. This compilation forms part of African Leadership Centres Research Cluster 6 ongoing research agenda on Peace, Society and the State in Africa, which focuses on the interface between international political-economy contexts and the notions and realities of African statehood across times. It is also an extension of the Universities Network on Global Leadership, Peace and Development, a research and education collaboration between ALC-Kings, Peking University, and nine African partner universities.^[1]

[1] This 3-year project was led by the African Leadership Centre (ALC), Kings College London, as a joint collaboration between: Centre for African Studies, Peking University; Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi; Department of Political Science, University of Pretoria; Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Buea; Department of History and International Studies, University of Jos; Department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University; Debre Berhan University; Institute of African Studies, University of Legon; and University of Port Harcourt. All partners are from countries that are part of Chinas Belt and Road Initiative