Richard Owens

Director of Woodleigh Institute

Dr. Richard Owens is the Director of the Woodleigh Institute, a global innovation lab dedicated to understanding and enhancing transformative approaches to learning and leadership. The institute has a special interest in regenerative learning and the role it can play in building the capacity of young people to contribute to the thriving of people, places, and our planet.

Richard has over 30 years of experience in teaching, senior leadership, and innovation roles. He has previously served as a teacher, curriculum coordinator, university lecturer, Deputy Head, and Head of School, and was the founding director of an international centre for leadership and learning in Singapore. He has worked with teachers, school administrators, academics, system leaders, regional executives, and academics from Australia, Asia, North and South America, and Europe.

Richard is the Convenor of ReimaginED, a unique nomadic festival of learning in the Asia-Pacific region, dedicated to exploring and shaping the emerging futures of education.He is also the Regional Lead for the Center for Systems Awareness in Australia, a global, community-based organisation focused on compassionate systems change.