​​​​Professor ​Bruce Macfarlane

麥博思

I am Chair Professor of Educational Leadership and Dean of the Faculty of Education and Human Development at the Education University of Hong Kong . I am also a guest professor at the University of Boras in Sweden. I have also held visiting professorial positions in Australia, South Africa and Japan. My scholarship explores the sociology and philosophy of higher education and I am especially interested in the ethical dimensions of what it means to be an academic. Using a mix of empirical enquiry and philosophical argument, I have developed an integrated model of academic integrity identifying the moral virtues of academic practice (ie teaching, research and service). I research the responsibilities of academic practice, analyzing some of the frequently used but rarely theorised vocabulary of higher education such as academic integrity, academic freedom, collegiality, authorship and collaboration, academic citizenship and intellectual leadership.  I have published five single authored books and my most recent book is entitled Freedom to Learn (Routledge) which re-appraises the meaning of student academic freedom.