The development of issues, the related discussion, and the theoretical and research framework, as well as the practical applications of educational leadership and administration, engage academics, researchers, professional educational practitioners, and education executives, with intensifying trends particularly over the last decades.

Educational administration and educational leadership constitute distinct but closely connected fields of study by theorists and scholars with different epistemological backgrounds. At the same time, the application of principles of educational administration and leadership is directly influenced by the various political, sociological, and administrative contexts internationally. In other words, this field is quite complex, and any effort to examine it must balance between the (many) theoretical approaches and the realistic frameworks of application.

The book Theories of Educational Leadership and Administration operates within this framework. It attempts to summarize and reconstruct theory and research internationally, connect it with application contexts, and also stimulate new reflections, supported by research data, enhancing the related discussion in periods of change and fluidity both in theory and the functioning of educational systems.