Lee Wing-on

Professor Lee Wing-on is Dean of Education Research at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore, and is President of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies and Honorary Professor at the University of Hong Kong, University of Sydney and Beijing Normal University. Prof. Lee has previously served in various capacities at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, as Vice President (Academic), Deputy to the President and Acting President, Chair Professor of Comparative Education, Founding Dean of the School of Foundations in Education, Head of two Departments, Founding Head of Citizenship Education Centre, etc. In 2005, he was invited by the University of Sydney to be Professor of Education at the Faculty of Education and Social Work and Director (International) at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. He has also served at the University of Hong Kong as Associate Dean of Education and Founding Director of the Comparative Education Research Centre.

Prof. Lee is a world-renowned scholar in the fields of comparative education, citizenship education, and moral and values education. He has published some 28 books and 150 journal articles and book chapters. He has been Visiting/Honorary Professor at a number of universities in the UK, USA and Chinese Mainland. He has served as a consultant for World Bank and Asian Development Bank projects, and is at present a member of the International Advisory Board of Mongolian Education Alliance. He has also served on the International Steering Committee of the 1995 IEA Civic Education Study, and the Project Advisory Committee of the 2009 IEA International Civics and Citizenship Study.

In 2003, Prof Lee received the Medal of Honour awarded by the Hong Kong Government. He was also awarded the Bronze Education Award and Education Innovation Award from the Educational Art Research Association and the Educational Development Forum in Beijing. In 2010, he received the Hong Kong Soka Gakkai International Award for his contribution to values education.