Michael Schratz

As a research assistant at the Institute of Educational Sciences at the University of Innsbruck, he completed his post-doctoral qualifications (Habilitation) in 1984.

After graduation, he took long-term visits abroad to Bristol, United Kingdom, Hanover, Germany, San Diego, California and Geelong, Australia.

As a policy advisor, system developer and consultant, he is involved with numerous national and international projects and networks engaged in quality development of educational systems and the teacher education reform, in particular Leadership for Learning.

As Co-Founder and Academic Director of the Leadership Academy, an Austrian initiative by the Federal Ministry of Education, Art and Culture for system development in the field of education, Schratz has initiated and developed with Wilfried Schley Austria's first professionalization programme across structural boundaries based on Leadership for Learning.

The Leadership Academy networks the potential of leader at various levels throughout the Austrian education system, creating a dynamic for exponential development.