The special issue offers new knowledge about racialised educational experiences by shedding light on racialised leadership in school and higher education in diverse geographical and educational contexts in England, Canada, America and South Africa through a mix of research methods (phenomenological, longitudinal, documentary, semi-structured interviews), analytical (content and textual analysis) and theoretical approaches (critical race theory [CRT], critical ecological). This special issue prioritises the centring of educational leaders’ lived experiences and their voices alongside the research methods used to illuminate the nuances associated with race and educational leadership in schools and higher education. The prism of race enables us to add new educational leadership insights to the field associated with ethnicity, gender, culturally constructed notions of leadership, intersectionality and/or geographical location. The findings highlight implications for researching race and educational leadership.

该特刊通过混合研究方法（现象学、纵向、纪实、半-结构化访谈）、分析（内容和文本分析）和理论方法（批判种族理论 [CRT]、批判生态）。本期特刊重点关注教育领导者的生活经历和他们的声音，以及用于阐明学校和高等教育中种族和教育领导力相关细微差别的研究方法。种族棱镜使我们能够在与种族、性别、文化建构的领导力、交叉性和/或地理位置的概念。这些发现突出了研究种族和教育领导力的意义。