Feng Su is Senior Lecturer at Liverpool Hope University, UK.Margaret Wood is Senior Lecturer at York St John University, UK.

• Notes on ContributorsSeries Editors ForewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Towards a Cosmopolitan Outlook on Academic Leadership, Feng Su, Liverpool Hope University, UK, and Margaret Wood, York St John University, UKPart 1 Theoretical Orientations1. Academic Leadership and Its Discontents: Cosmopolitan Perspectives, John Smyth, University of Huddersfield, UK2. Everyday Cosmopolitanism: The Challenges of Academic Leadership, Fazal Rizvi, University of Melbourne, Australia and Jason Beech, Universidad de San Andres, ArgentinaPart 2 Cosmopolitan Narratives3. Academic Leadership and Political Oppression in Palestine: Lessons to be learnt, Rabab Tamish, Bethlehem University, Palestine4. Political Extremes in the Philippines: Academic Leadership and Social Engagement, Bienvenido F. Nebres, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines5. Leadership of Academic Writing Development in England: Narratives of Problems, Pragmatism and Possibility, Carol A. Taylor and Jacqueline Stevenson, Sheffield Hallam University, UK6. Socio-political Complexities in South Africa: Academic Leadership and Social Justice, Bill Holderness, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa7. Being a Woman Academic Leader in Japan: Intellectual Leadership and Culture Difference, Beverley Yamamoto, Osaka University, Japan8. Crossing Higher Education Borders: Academic Leadership in the Learning University, Chris Duke, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, AustraliaPart 3 Future Directions9. Enabling Academic Leadership: Changing Academic Practice, Geoff Layer, University of Wolverhampton, UK 10. Ethics of Academic Leadership: Guiding Learning and Teaching, Alison Cook-Sather, Bryn Mawr College, USA, and Peter Felten, Elon University, USACoda: A Response, Helen M. Gunter, The University of Manchester, UKIndex

I strongly recommend this book as a significant contribution to the debate of academic leadership and further the role of higher education institutions. The theory elements have stimulated revision of my own view of the sector and the forces shaping change while the narratives are intriguing in demonstrating the role of cosmopolitan learning in the development of successful academic leaders in a number of different contexts.