Pasi Sahlberg
ProfessorMelbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
Pasi Sahlberg
Dr. Pasi Sahlberg is a Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Melbourne. He former schoolteacher, teacher educator, policy advisor and director general at the Ministry of Education in Finland. Pasi has held several senior specialist posts in education, including in World Bank and European Commission, analyzing and supporting education systems around the world. He has served as an advisor to a number of other governments including Finland, Sweden, Scotland, Malta and state and territory governments in Australia. Pasi’s awards include 2013 Grawemeyer Award, 2014 Robert Owen Award, 2016 Lego Prize, and 2021 Hedley Beare Award. Currently he leads research on learning through play, growing up digital, and equity in education. His other fields of expertise are whole-system change, teacher education and development, cooperative learning, and teaching mathematics. He lives with his family in Melbourne, Australia.
Recent Publications:
Sahlberg, P. & Walker, T. (2021). In Teachers We Trust: The Finnish Way to World-Class Schools”. W.W. Norton & Co.
Sahlberg, P. & Cobbold, T. (2021). Leadership for Equity and Adequacy in Education. Journal of School Leadership & Management, 41(4/5), 447-469.
Sahlberg, P. & Doyle, W. (2019). Let the Children Play. Why More Play Will Save Our Schools and Help Children Thrive. Oxford University Press.
