迈克尔．威尔逊教授是英国利兹大学151amjs澳金沙门国际教育管理项目主任，他的研究方向主要是国际教育政策比较，教育管理和领导，领导伦理和学校文化，课程文化和课程领导。目前他研究的项目有： 1. Reforming secondary education in Bahrain: A multi-case study of the policy implementation and the management of change at Alkurumah boys' and Almajd girls' secondary schools (EdD). 2. Understanding student choice of university and marketing strategies in Syrian private higher education (PhD). 3. Educational decentralisation and its implications for teacher leadership in secondary schools in Abuja, Nigeria (PhD)等等。

他发表的部分作品有：1. Wilson, M. and Zhang, H. (2010). “Job Satisfaction in a Chinese University Foreign Languages School: An Exploratory Case Study”. International Studies in Educational Administration, 38 (3), 99-114. 2. Wilson, M. (2009). “Implementing school reform in the People's Republic of China: Implications for further research in support of school leader development”. Paper presented at the British Educational Leadership, Management & Administration Society (BELMAS) Annual Conference, Educational Leadership: where do we go from here? July 3-5, x, x. 3. Wilson, M. (2008). “Applied virtue ethics: A philosophic perspective on authentic school leadership”. Paper presented at the PESGB annual conference, Oxford University, 28-30 March, view paper, x, x.4. Lumby, J. , Harris, A., Morrison, M., Muijs, D., Sood, K, Glover, D & Wilson, M. (2005). “Leadership, Development and Diversity in the Learning Skills Sector.”. LSRC. 5. Lumby, J. , Briggs, A., Wilson, M., Glover, D. & Pell, T. (2002). “Sixth Form Colleges: Policy, purpose and practice.”. University of Leicester.