Cheng Yong Tan is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong. His research programme critically examines how different sources of influence (home, school, sociocultural and technological) give rise to equity and other complex educational issues that require comprehensive educational solutions in the form of educational policy, leadership, and practice, and school–home partnerships. Tan is engaged in research internationally. He serves as an associate editor on four journals (International Journal of Educational Management, Leadership and Policy in Schools, Frontiers in Education and Frontiers in Psychology) and as an Editorial Board member on three other journals (Journal of Research in Childhood Education, Education Journal and Education Reform Journal). He is affiliated with the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change at the University of Glasgow as an International Associate.