Pasi Sahlberg

Pasi Sahlberg (born October 26, 1959, in Oulu ) is a Finnish education expert, author and professor at the University of Melbourne in Australia. Previously, Sahlberg has worked as a professor of practice at Harvard University at the World Bank, and as the director of the Centre for International Mobility (CIMO) in Finland. His work Finnish Lessons: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland? won the Grawemeyer Award in 2013.

Education
Sahlberg is a graduate of University of Helsinki and the University of Oulu. He received his PhD from the University of Jyväskylä in 1996 with a thesis titled Who would help a teacher – post-modern perspective on change in teaching in light of one school improvement project.

Career
Sahlberg taught mathematics and information technology for eight years in middle school and high school. His research investigates issues in educational reform, school improvement and education policy.