Higher Education Speaker Series
![IHM Speaker Series](/fileadmin/wu/_processed_/6/e/csm_IHM_mit_Balken_f%C3%BCr_HP_18a799e6c4.jpg)
Previous lectures
![Cláudia S. Sarrico](/fileadmin/wu/_processed_/6/7/csm_Claudia-Sarrico-700x923-cara_b57779e4d3.jpg)
20th of March 2023, 4pm CET
Cláudia S. Sarrico, policy analyst at the OECD Science, Technology, and Innovation Directorate
title: Beyond the Ivory Tower: Navigating Diverse Career Paths for Emerging Research and Innovation Talent
An abstract and a short bio can be found here.
registration: verena.herbsthofer@wu.ac.at
Livestream: via MS Teams
![Liviu Matei](/fileadmin/wu/_processed_/2/1/csm_Liviu_Matei_437bf16b77.jpg)
November 22, 2023, 4pm CET
Prof. Dr. Liviu Matei, Professor of Higher Education and Public Policy, Head of the King's School of Education, Communication & Society (ECS)
Title: Academic freedom and institutional autonomy in Europe: diverging paths?
Abstract and a short bio can be found here.
Registration: verena.herbsthofer@wu.ac.at
Livestream: via MS Teams
![Piet Naudé](/fileadmin/wu/_processed_/f/7/csm_Piet-Naude_5e2973cac7.jpg)
November 10 2022, 11am CET
Prof. Piet Naudé, Professor of Ethics and the immediate past Director of the University of Stellenbosch Business School
Title: The future of management education: radical shifts, societal expectations, and the role of businesses
A short bio and more information can be found here.
Registration: verena.herbsthofer@wu.ac.at
Livestream: via MS Teams
![Marijk van der Wende](/fileadmin/wu/_processed_/3/2/csm_Vanderwende_1861be1268.jpg)
October 18, 2022, 4pm
Prof. Dr. Marijk van der Wende, Distinguished Faculty Professor of Higher Education an der Fakultät für Law, Economics and Governance der Universität Utrecht
Title: Openness challenged university at risk?
A short bio and more information can be found here.
Registration: verena.herbsthofer@wu.ac.at
Livestream: via MS Teams
![Francisco O. Ramirez](/fileadmin/wu/d/i/ihm/Fotos/ramirez.jpg)
24th of June 2022
Prof. Dr. Francisco O. Ramirez, Professor of Education and (by courtesy) Sociology at Stanford University
Title: Universities: From Historical Institutions to Organizational Actors?
A short bio of Prof. Ramirez can be found here.
Registration: verena.herbsthofer@wu.ac.at
![B. Stensaker](/fileadmin/wu/d/i/ihm/Fotos/bjorste.jpg)
3th of May 2022
Prof. Bjørn Stensaker, Vice-Rector Education, University of Oslo
Title: Strategic university alliances - potential implications for competition and cooperation in the global higher education landscape
A short bio of Prof. Stensaker can be found here.
Registration: verena.herbsthofer@wu.ac.at
![Tatiana Fumasoli](/fileadmin/wu/_processed_/0/5/csm_Fumasoli_400x400_c3bf3469a7.jpg)
24th of March 2022
Prof. Dr. Tatiana Fumasoli, Director, Centre for Higher Education Studies CHES, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, London (UK)
Title: The globally engaged university: organisational capacity and strategic positioning at times of Covid 19
Registration: verena.herbsthofer@wu.ac.at
![Uni.Prof. Dr. Georg Krücken](/fileadmin/wu/_processed_/c/f/csm_Georg_Kruecken_fe069afb9a.jpg)
23rd of November 2021 - via MS Teams
Prof. Dr. Georg Krücken, ICHER-Kassel International Centre for Higher Education Research Kassel
Title: Vom Wettbewerb zum multiplen Wettbewerb im Hochschulsystem
A short bio and the abstract can be found here.
Registration: verena.herbsthofer@wu.ac.at
![Marijk van der Wende](/fileadmin/wu/_processed_/3/2/csm_Vanderwende_1861be1268.jpg)
20th of October 2021
Prof. Dr. Marijk van der Wende, Distinguished Faculty Professor of Higher Education at Utrecht University’s Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance
Title: Facing global change: Eurasian relations in higher education
Registration: verena.herbsthofer@wu.ac.at
Livestream: via Youtube
![Video The Cost of Global University Rankings and Envisioning an Alternative: The New Flagship University Model](/typo3temp/assets/images/vimeo_dffcf6983d0639bdcad11035d490dd69.jpg)
The Cost of Global University…
John Aubrey Douglass is Senior…
Date: 4.12.2019: Institute for Higher Education Management (D5)
Speaker: Prof. John Aubrey Douglass, Senior Research Fellow and Research Professor - Public Policy and Higher Education Center for Studies in Higher Education, University of California – Berkeley, USA
Title: “The Cost of Global University Rankings and Envisioning an Alternative: The New Flagship University Model”
![Video The New Silk Road: implications for higher education and research cooperation between China and Europe](/typo3temp/assets/images/vimeo_f1c31cd705b450dc5a40e0bc6a77f105.jpg)
The New Silk Road: implications…
Recent geopolitical events such as…
Date: 25.11.2019, Institute for Higher Education Management (D5)
Speaker: Prof. Marijk van der Wende, Distinguished Professor of Higher Education, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Title: “The New Silk Road: implications for higher education and research cooperation between China and Europe”
![Video Wettbewerbe in der Wissenschaft – Exzellenzstrategie und Governance in Hochschulen](/typo3temp/assets/images/vimeo_840d45bff70c3a10e43866233d051480.jpg)
Wettbewerbe in der Wissenschaft –…
Reformdebatten verändern…
Date: 11.11.2019, LC Clubraum
Speaker: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jetta Frost, Lehrstuhl Organisation und Unternehmensführung, 2013-19 Vizepräsidentin der Universität Hamburg
Title: “Wettbewerbe in der Wissenschaft – Exzellenzstrategie und Governance in Hochschulen“
![Video The Future of Management Education and Research in a Globalized and Digital World](/typo3temp/assets/images/vimeo_2564a638c4cfd8c2ccc3290f49bad549.jpg)
The Future of Management…
The “Higher Education Speaker…
Date: 8.10.2019, LC Clubraum
Speaker: Prof. Éric Cornuel, Präsident der European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), Brussels, Belgium
Title: “The future of management education and research in a globalized and digital world”