The Bloomsbury Handbook of Context and Transformative Leadership in Higher Education explores the importance of cultural, political, socioeconomic and historical context in change leadership in higher education. With contributions from four continents, the handbook brings together multi-contextual perspectives to explore the importance of context to the development of the field. A broad range of topics are covered, including skills, strategies and dispositions; local, regional and cross-national partnership development; opportunities and considerations for technology; and, future visions. Countries covered include Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Dubai, Ghana, Japan, Malaysia, South Africa, Turkey, the UK and the USA.

The book forms part of the Bloomsbury Handbooks of Crises and Transformative Leadership in Higher Education collection, brought together by Mary Drinkwater.

Mary Drinkwater is a Lecturer in Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, and Comparative International and Development Education, at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada. She is also an Adjunct Faculty at Yorkville University, Canada.

Patrick Deane is the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University, Canada. He is also President of the Governing Council of the Magna Charta Observatory in Bologna, Italy, and Vice-President of the International Association of Universities.