Liviu Matei

He is a higher education scholar, educator and policy entrepreneur. He holds a professorship in higher education and public policy, and is Head of the School of Education, Communication and Society at King's College London. He taught at universities in Europe and the U.S, consulted extensively in higher education and conducted applied policy research projects for the Council of Europe, the European Commission, World Bank, UNESCO, OSCE, other international intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations; for national authorities and universities from Europe and Asia. He founded and directed the Yehuda Elkana Center for Higher Education, the Global Observatory on Academic Freedom, and the Global Teaching Fellowships Program, He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the American University of Central Asia and serves on the editorial board of the Internationalisation of Higher Education: Policy and Practice. His primary areas of expertise include university governance, funding, internationalization of higher education, academic freedom and university autonomy, quality assurance, and history and politics of higher education.