Jorge Balan launches book about Latin America higher education institutions in the knowledge economy
Jorge Balan, member of the Form and Forces network, has recently edited Latin Americas New Knowledge Economy: Higher Education, Government and International Collaboration. This is the seventh in the Global Education Research Reports series jointly published by the Institute for International Education and the American Institute for Foreign Study Foundation. Previous books have examined higher education initiatives and exchanges in …
Read MoreChaya Herman
Prof Chaya Herman is associate professor in the Department of Education Management and Policy Studies in the Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria. Her main areas of research is doctoral education in South Africa, higher education policy and qualitative research methodology. In 2009, Chaya was commissioned by the Academy of Science for South Africa (ASSAf) to conduct a …
Read MoreUlrike Kohl
Ulrike Kohl is currently Head of Unit at the National Research Fund Luxembourg and has set-up the national PhD and Postdoc grant scheme AFR in Luxembourg in 2008. She has 20 years of professional experience in public research management in Luxembourg. Her expertise comprises management of research programmes and research career development. She is a national expert for Luxembourg in …
Read MoreThoko Mayekiso
Professor Thoko Mayekiso is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and Engagement at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) with effect from 1 May 2009. She obtained the degrees BA, BA Honours and MA in Psychology from the University of Fort Hare. She then obtained a D Phil (Cum laude) from the Free University Berlin, Germany. She is registered as a …
Read MoreArmando Alcantara
Dr. Armando Alcantara is Professor of Higher Education at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), in the Institute for University and Education Studies, and Research Fellow at Mexico’s National System of Researchers (level I). He is a regular member of the Mexican Academy of Science. He earned a B. A. in Psychology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico …
Read MoreIngrid DuMosch DeHaan
Ingrid DuMosch DeHaan has been working with the CIRGE team as an administrator since 2006. She also occasionally works as a program assistant at the University of Washington’s Medical Center. She has had the privilege of living and working overseas, particularly in the U.K., and has traveled extensively in much of Europe as her parents originate from Austria and the …
Read MoreMin, LI
Min, LI is a Researcher Fellow in the Research Institute for Higher Education (RIHE) at the Hiroshima University, Japan. From 1999 to 2002, she served as a lecturer at Department of Japanese, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. She earned her BA at Beijing Foreign Studies University, China and her PhD at Ochanomizu University, Japan. Her doctorate research is about job-seeking by …
Read MoreChristian Schneijderberg
Christian Schneijderberg is researcher at the International Centre for Higher Education Research (INCHER-Kassel) at the University of Kassel in Germany. He directs the research unit “Innovation and Transfer” at INCHER-Kassel. His areas of specialisation include higher education research, transfer and innovation studies, transfer of knowledge and technology, higher education professionals, university as organisation, doctoral education and training, academic careers and …
Read MoreBarbara Kehm
Dr. Barbara M. Kehm studied German Literature, History and Philosophy at Ruhr University Bochum (Germany) where she was also awarded her doctoral degree in German Literature in 1989. From 1986 to 1989 she worked as a lecturer at the School of European Studies of the University of Sussex in Brighton, U.K. In 1990 she started work as a postdoc researcher …
Read MoreHans Kristjan Gudmundsson
Dr. Hans Kristjan Gudmundsson, is since 2008 Dean of the School of Business and Science at the University of Akureyri. He is a physicist with a doctoral degree in Solid State Physics (TechnD) from KTH, Stockholm, 1982. After research, teaching and administrative careers at KTH, the University of Iceland and the Iceland Technology Institute, IceTec, Hans Kristjan Gudmundsson served as scientific counselor with the …
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