Professor Lani Florian is Bell Chair of Education at the University of Edinburgh and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS). Her influential research in the field of inclusive education supports initiatives in many countries funded by international agencies including the British Council, Open Society Foundations, and the Council of Europe. She is frequently invited to give keynote addresses and lead seminars on inclusive pedagogy and teacher education for inclusive education. She is editor of the Sage Handbook of Special Education, now in its second edition, and co-author of Achievement and Inclusion in Schools, also in its second edition.