Higher Education Speaker Series
November 21, 2024 at 4pm CET
Pedro N. Teixeira, Professor in Economics at the Faculty of Economics (University of Porto)
title: This time is different? The impact of AI on graduate employment and its implications for higher education
registration: verena.herbsthofer@wu.ac.at
Livestream: via MS Teams
Previous lectures
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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”
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”
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“
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”