Reframing Leadership for School Improvement. Roles, Relationships, and Responsibilities in a Demanding World

School improvement and related school improvement research have been part of the educational landscape for decades. A rich body of research has shaped how we understand what school improvement is and what role leadership plays in it. In recent years, however, there has been a growing call to rethink and reframe school improvement and leadership in the light of new educational, societal, and global challenges - evolving leadership roles, growing relevance of relationality of school improvement, ethical and inclusive responsibilities, cross-system leadership learning, and futures-oriented resilience in an age of uncertainty and crisis. In the Bi-Annual Conference of the Subdivision for Policy and Educational Law (KBBB), endorsed by the International Conference for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI), we want to address these issues, examine their implications for research and practice, and explore how roles, relationships, and responsibilities are changing in schools around the world.