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IAU represented at events
The IAU represents its Members and speaks out on behalf of the global higher education community at meetings and events around the world. The Association, represented by the IAU President, members of the IAU Administrative Board, the Secretary General and senior staff from the secretariat, presents its work and shares expertise on strategic issues for higher education and society at large. The selection of events listed aims at showcasing the ways in which the Association engages with HE stakeholders around the world for the benefit of the HE sector and society at large.
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January 2025
23-25 January
Learning Planet Festival
The IAU was pleased to take part in the Learning Planet Festival in different events around ESD, transformative learning, peace education and more. Isabel Toman, Programme Officer for HESD, spoke at the event ‘Perspectives on Education at the UN’ organised by the Global Student Forum and Education and Academia Stakeholder group.
2024
DECEMBER 2024
2-4 December
UNESCO Futures of Education International Forum
From 2-4 December, UNESCO convened the International Forum on the Futures of Education in Suwon, Republic of Korea. The forum focused on the call to renew the Social Contract for Education, a call issued by the international Commission which authored the UNESCO Report on the Futures of Education. Hilligje van’t Land, IAU Secretary General and Member of the International Advisory Committee to the Futures of Education Report, took an active part in the discussions and was invited as a speaker to the thematic workshop on “Futures of Higher Education.”
November 2024
8 November
UNESCO Global Education Meeting: Accelerating Progress Towards SDG 4
On 8 November, The International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) discussed what it would take to establish an international higher education area at the global level. Representing the IAU, Deputy Secretary General Andreas Corcoran spoke about political and academic limitations currently hemming such a process alongside the UNESCO Director for Policies and Lifelong Learning Systems Borhene Chakroun and other key stakeholders.
October 2024
31 October - 2 November
UNESCO Global Education Meeting: Accelerating Progress Towards SDG 4
IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land attended the 2024 UNESCO Global Education Meeting (GEM 2024) in Fortaleza, Brazil. The meeting acted as a stock-taking of transformative actions in education. At the GEM, she spoke on the session "Equitable Access, Quality and Mobility in Higher Education." The session aimed to address issues related to ensuring relevant and quality higher education, expanding access and inclusion, innovative financing, internationalization and mobility as well as the flexibilization of higher education, including through digital means, to pave the way for accelerated action. The Fortaleza Declaration was adopted on 1 November.
September 2024
30 September - 2 October
Transforming knowledge for Africa’s future
The IAU was pleased to partner with UNESCO for the 2024 Chairs and Partners Forum in Addis Ababa. Transforming knowledge systems is crucial for Africa to overcome the existing barriers and unlock its full potential for sustainable development. The IAU convened the session "Stronger Higher Education and Impactful Doctoral Education for a Stronger African Continent." This session, moderated by IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land, welcomed IAU Board Members and leaders from the University of Ghana; St Mary’s University, Ethiopia; Abuja University, Nigeria; and Zimbabwe Women’s University to the panel. In addition to convening this session, representatives of the IAU also contributed to several sessions and was represented by Member institutions not only from the African continent but from around the world. Learn more about the conference here.
17-20 September
European Association for International Education - EAIE
The IAU was represented at the EAIE 2024 conference in Toulouse by Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land and Manager for Internationalization Giorgio Marinoni. Dr. van’t Land and Giorgio Marinoni will contribute to three sessions throughout the Conference. 12 September
Open the Academic year at Macerata University
IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land spoke on The Value of the University at the Inauguration of the 735th Academic Year of Macerata University. The ceremony celebrated The Value of the European University and focus on ERUA, Internationalization and the value of global engagement today. 8-12 September
Higher Education Summit 2024 - HES
The IAU facilitated a workshop during the 2024 Higher Education Summit (HES), hosted by IAU Members the University of Padova, Italy, and Copernicus Allicance. The workshop, led by IAU Programme Officer for HESD Isabel Toman, explored the question: Different paths, same destination? Jointly towards a whole-institution approach to sustainable development in higher education.
August 2024
13-15 August
LACHEC Conference
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and Internationalization was a keynote speakers at the Latin American and Caribbean Conference for the Internationalization of Higher Education, LACHEC in Bogota, Colombia. LACHEC is a space for dialogue and international interaction, which pursues the construction of new knowledge regarding the transversal processes of internationalization carried out by the different Higher Education Institutions - IES.
July 2024
16 July
UN High Level Political Forum
The IAU was pleased to co-organise an official side event with the University of Bergen at the UN High Level Political Forum (UN-HLPF) 2024. The event, "Empowering Communities: Innovations in Local Air Monitoring for Sustainable Development amidst Multiple Crises," aligned with the 2024 High-Level Political Forum’s theme of "Eradicating poverty in times of multiple crises" by focusing on SDG 1 and SDG 13.
June 2024
25-27 June
ERUA summit on "Social Innovations for Transformative Society – SOCIN‘24
IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land was a keynote speaker at the ERUA summit on "Social Innovations for Transformative Society – SOCIN‘24“. The summit explored the role that universities play in questioning, nurturing and developing social innovations. In particular, the summit considered the synergy between education and research as joint catalysts for social innovation.
23-25 June
ENIC-NARIC Meeting
The IAU was represented at the Annual Meeting of the ENIC-NARIC Network in Naples by Deputy Secretary General Andreas Corcoran. There, he underlined the importance of the IAU World Higher Education Database (WHED) as a resource for academic recognition and the circulation of knowledge. 18 June
Teaching, Learning & Higher Education Research at Central European University
IAU Deputy Secretary General Andreas Corcoran spoke at Yehuda Elkana Center for Teaching, Learning & Higher Education Research at Central European University in Vienna on Collaboration, Collective Intelligence, and the Future of Education. 12-13 June
Science, Technology and Innovation Conference at the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan
IAU Deputy Secretary General Andreas Corcoran represented the IAU at an International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation organised by the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan. He spoke on “Higher Education, Sustainable Development and International Cooperation – The Role of the International Association of Universities (IAU)”. 4-5 June
WES-CIHE Summer Institute
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager, HE and Internationalization contributed to the WES-CIHE Summer Institute in June 2024. The WES-CIHE Summer Institute supports the development of the next generation of international higher education scholars, by connecting graduate students and early career researchers with seasoned professionals and senior scholars from around the world.
May 2024
28-31 May
NAFSA 2024 Annual Conference & Expo
IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land delivered the keynote address at the NAFSA Symposium on Leadership that formed part of the NAFSA 2024 Annual Conference & Expo in New Orleans, USA. In line with the conference theme, she spoke on "resilience, renewal and community." Also at the NAFSA conference, IAU Manager for Internationalization Giorgio Marinoni represented the IAU and coordinated the meeting of the Network of International Education Associations (NIEA).
22-23 May
EURASHE 33RD Annual Conference
IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land participated in the 33rd annual EURASHE Conference in St. Polten, Austria. There, she moderated the Plenary Session on ’Transnational Cooperation Outside the European Higher Education Area.’ 15-17 May
Forum on History Education
The Council of Europe’s annual Forum for History Education provides a platform for various stakeholders to exchange their perspectives and practices in history education and collaboratively develop guidelines for improving history education. IAU was a key partner to this forum, hosted by the University of Bologna, in Italy and will bring in a global perspective. IAU Secretariat leadership and various Board Members participated. 13-15 May
ENIS 2024 Conference
As a member of the Management Committee of the ENIS Action for Connecting Research and Practice, IAU Manager for Internationalization Giorgio Marinoni was a plenary speaker at this conference in Tbilisi, Georgia. 8-10 May
Manouba University Symposium
IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land delivered the keynote opening speech to the 11th Symposium on “Liberty and Responsibility" and questioned ’what kind of freedom (legal, political, etc.) can we still talk about? What would be its object and limits? What moral, ethical or political responsibility should be invoked? And which parties (authorities, actors) should formulate the terms and the object?’
April 2024
20-24 April
FAUBAI Conference
The FAUBAI Annual Conference is the largest and oldest event in Latin America dedicated to the internationalization of higher education. It gathers more than 600 participants from all around the world yearly. The IAU, AULP and FAUBAI jointly organize this year’s FAUBAI President’s Day, which took place on 23 April. Presidents, Vice Chancellors and Provosts of Member universities of IAU and AULP were invited to attend.
10-12 April
UN Ocean Decade Conference
The IAU supported a side event on Ocean Science Diplomacy with the University of Bergen at the UN Ocean Decade Conference.
February 2024
28 February - 1 March
Informal Meeting of Education Ministers
IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land was invited by the Belgian Presidency of the European Union to facilitate an Informal Roundtable of Education Ministers at the Palais Egmont in Brussels, Belgium. The Roundtable focused on the Future of Internationalization, in particular credit mobility, in Europe as part of the consolidation of the European Higher Education Area.
January 2024
24-25 January
UNESCO Transforming Mentalities On 24 and 25 January, the IAU met with other NGOs for the 15th International Forum of NGOs hosted by UNESCO. The forum, which followed the theme of "Transforming Mentalities," sought to highlight good practices and showcase effective ways of addressing persistent social inequalities. This theme aligned well with many of the discussions held the IAU 2023 International Conference on "Higher Education with Impact: the Importance of Intercultural Learning and Dialogue."
2023
DECEMBER 2023
18-21 December
ESD-Net 2030 Global Meeting
Following the launch of the ESD for 2030 Programme in 2021 during the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development in Berlin (Germany), the global community will come together for the UNESCO ESD-Net Global Meeting in Tokyo (Japan) to evaluate progress and strengthen ESD within the SDG implementation efforts for 2024-2025. Furthermore, the meeting aims to continue to advance the processes transforming education, develop systemic education responses to current global challenges, and facilitate further multi-stakeholder engagement within the implementation of ESD for 2030. IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land will attend and co-lead the session on HESD. In-person participation is upon invitation only, but online registration is available here.
November 2023
20 November
FEDE Academic Conference 2023
On Monday 20 November, the IAU partook in the FEDE Academic Conference 2023, for which it is a partner. IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land spoke at the event to raise awareness of the importance of international cooperation and intercultural understanding in higher education. Learn more about the event here. 7-22 November
UNESCO General Conference
IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land spoke at the conference to discuss the role of UNESCO in securing higher education in society. She emphasised the IAU’s work to encourage intercultural dialogue, learning, and citizenship through higher education. Other representatives from the IAU attend various sessions of the 2023 UNESCO General Conference in Paris. 6-8 November
Conference of the Americas on International Education (CAIE)
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager, HE and internationalization contributed to the expert panel “What’s next for International Education: A Global Dialogue” at the Conference of the Americas on International Education (CAIE), organized by IAU member organization Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (IOHE) in Las Vegas this week. Learn more on the conference website. 2-23 November
EWORA Conference: Global Female Leadership and the Future of Universities
8th European Women Rectors Association (EWORA) Conference was held from 2-3 November in Istanbul on the topic of “Global Female Leadership and the Future of Universities." IAU Vice President Inga Zalienene and Secretary General Dr. Hilligje van’t Land represented the IAU and spoke on Roundtable Four. The conference celebrated Gülsün Saglamer for her extraordinary leadership of this network and saw the election of Kerstin Tham, Vice Chancellor, Malmö University, as the new President of the EWORA.
October 2023
23-25 October
Anniversary of the Magna Charta Universitatum
IAU Vice President Patrick Deane, Former IAU VP Pornchai Mongkhonvanit, IAU Senior Fellow Marcelo Knobel, and IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land were pleased to attend the anniversary of IAU Affiliate Member Magna Charta Observatory in Lodz, Poland, in October 2023. The conference discussed Universities and Re-Construction of Cities: the Role of Research and Education and focused in particular on Ukrainian HE and its role in rebuilding the country. Learn more about the event here. 19-21 October
UIL International Conference on Promoting Lifelong Learning in Higher Education: From Institutional Strategies to Practical Implementation
The IAU was pleased to be a key partner in the UIL International Conference on Lifelong Learning in Shanghai, China from 19-21 October. IAU President Andrew Deeks, IAU Board Members Sunungurai Dominica Chingarande and Jouhaina Gherib, and IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land actively participated in the conference. Read the resulting Recommendations for Promoting Lifelong Learning in Higher Education here.Learn more about the event and discover conference materials here. 17-18 October
First International Forum on Higher Education in Mongolia
Andreas Corcoran, Deputy Secretary General, contributed to the First International Forum on Higher Education in Mongolia in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and spoke on Innovation: Challenges and Best practices in Higher Education. The forum was organized jointly by the Mongolia Ministry of Education and Science (MoES), the Mongolia National Commission for UNESCO, UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office for East Asia, with solid support from UNESCO UIL and the International Association of Universities (IAU), amongst others. The forum’s key recommendations were received by the Minister of Education of Mongolia as part of the government’s agenda to reform the Mongolian higher education sector. 10 October
ACA Strategic Summit 2023 - Internationalisation of Higher Education in a Changing Context and ACA 30th Anniversary Celebration
On Tuesday 10 October, Hilligje van’t Land, IAU Secretary General, and Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and Internationalization, participated in the ACA Strategic Summit 2023 and ACA 30th anniversary celebration. Hilligje van’t Land contributed to a panel discussion on “Diversity in international higher education cooperation”. Pictures from and information about the event are available on the ACA website.
September 2023
26-29 September
EAIE 2023 Conference in Rotterdam
IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land and Manager for Internationalization Giorgio Marinoni attended the 2023 EAIE Conference in Rotterdam from 26-29 September 2023. They presented on Strategic Data Management; Internationalization and Sustainable Development Strategies; Perspectives on Internationalization in and with Latin America; Connecting Research and Practice in International Student Mobility and lead discussions on the role and future of higher education in society. Click here to explore the programme and discover the sessions they engaged with. 27 September
Innovations in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (iSoTL) Conference
Trine Jensen, IAU Manager for Digital Transformation, participated as keynote speaker in the Innovations in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (iSoTL) Conference organized by the University of Kwazulu-Natal to discuss transformations in Teaching and Learning on 27 September. 4-7 September
UNESCO Digital Learning Week 2023
Digital Learning Week, the reimagining of UNESCO’s Mobile Learning Week, brings together educators, policy makers, private sector partners, researchers and other stakeholders "to steer the human-centred digital transformation of education." IAU Manager for Digital Transformation Trine Jensen attended this event in Paris from 4-7 September. 1 September
ENIS Virtual Summer School
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and Internationalization, was a keynote speaker at the first ENIS Virtual Summer School that took place on Friday 1st September. The title of his contribution was “Practice oriented research: how to have an effective collaboration between researchers and practitioners."
August 2023
22-25 August
IEASA conference and NIEA meeting
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and Internationalization spoke at the session “What future for internationalization of higher education around the world?” at the IEASA conference. He also coordinated the meeting of the Network of International Education Associations that took place at the conference. 16-17 August
SDG 8 Cluster Meeting and Workshop at the University of Gothenburg
From 16-17 August, the SDG 8 Initiative at the University of Gothenburg (GU), part of the IAU HESD Cluster, arranged a two-day workshop to advance its collaborative work. The first day was dedicated to discussing a book on SDG 8 that will be launched in 2024. The aim of the book is to review relevant research and capacity-building needs for the achievement of the SDG 8 targets. The second day included a discussion on how to move the subcluster forward, with an online intervention from Isabel Toman, IAU Programme Officer for Sustainable Development.
July 2023
10-19 July
United Nations High Level Political Forum (HLPF)
IAU again took part in the UN HLPF. The 2023 forum focused on "Accelerating the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels." More information can be found here. 12 July
Revision of the 1974 Recommendation: UNESCO Member States Reach Consensus
The 1974 Recommendation is an international standard-setting instrument that articulates education’s role in building peace, human rights, international understanding, cooperation, fundamental freedoms, global citizenship and sustainable development. It establishes international principles and standards for governing education. To ensure its continued relevance, experts from 112 countries and 50 partner organizations, including IAU representatives, met in Paris to agree on a revised text to be adopted by all UNESCO Member States at the General Conference in November.
June 2023
26-27 June
UNESCO ESD-Net 2030: Europe-North America Regional Meeting
Launched in October 2022 by UNESCO, the ESD-Net 2030 is a global network to advance Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) policy and implementation, following the previous Global Action Programme (GAP). As a partner of ESD-Net 2030, IAU was pleased to join the ESD-Net 2030 Regional Meeting in Paris on 26 and 27 June, co-organized by UNESCO, UNECE, and the European Commission. IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land joined the panel with IAU Member representatives Robert J. Didham (Inland University of Applied Sciences, Norway) and Charles Hopkins (York University, Canada) to discuss the role of ESD in transforming (higher) education. 21 - 23 June
HER Conference Glasgow, Scotland
IAU Secretary General Dr. Hilligje van’t Land was one of five keynote speakers at the Higher Education Reform 2023 Conference. The conference was hosted by the University of Glasgow Center for Research & Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning (CR&DALL). 22 June
ARES Summer School on Internationalization
Isabel Toman, IAU Programme Officer for Higher Education and Research for Sustainable Development (HESD), attended and presented at the ARES Summer School on Internationalization in Brussels on 22 June. Her presentation, entitled "Internationalization and Sustainable Development – Incompatible or Mutually Beneficial Partners?", highlighted the work of two of IAU’s priority areas. 19 - 20 June
ANGEL Conference, UNESCO Paris, France
The Academic Network for Global Education & Learning (ANGEL), in partnership with UNESCO, hosted its fourth international conference. The IAU was proud to co-host a session dedicated to the theme Global Education & Learning for a Just, Peaceful and Sustainable World. 11-13 June
Annual Joint Meeting of the ENIC and NARIC Networks
IAU Deputy Secretary General Dr. Andreas Corcoran attended the Annual Joint Meeting of the ENIC and NARIC Networks from 11-13 June 2023 in Stockholm, Sweden. There, he met with the Swedish Council for Higher Education (ENIC-NARIC Sweden), the ENIC Bureau and NARIC Advisory Board, the European Commission, the Council of Europe, and UNESCO representatives to discuss developments in the field of higher education qualification recognition. 9-10 June
CIHE 2023 Biennial Conference on International Higher Education, Boston, USA
On Saturday, 10 June, Hilligje van’t Land, IAU Secretary General participated in the closing panel discussion “Global trends and actors, local needs and policies: tensions and opportunities” of the CIHE 2023 Biennial Conference on International Higher Education. Since 1995, CIHE has promoted the belief that an international perspective is needed to foster enlightened policies and practices in higher education. This biennial gathering of researchers in the field deepened that commitment by providing a new forum for rich dialogue in a collaborative, interdisciplinary, and intimate environment. 7 June
2023 WES-CIHE Summer Institute, Boston, USA
On Wednesday 7 June, Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and Internationalization presented the IAU’s research work in a panel discussion on practitioner-oriented research at the WES-CIHE Summer Institute. This event supported the development of the next generation of international higher education scholars, by connecting graduate students and early career researchers with seasoned professionals and senior scholars from around the world. 30 May- 2 June
75th NAFSA Annual Conference & Expo and first NIEA meeting, Washington, D.C., USA
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and Internationalization represented the IAU at the 75th NAFSA Annual Conference & Expo by chairing the panel “Our shared global future: Perspectives on internationalization from International Education Associations” with representatives from the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA), the Mexican Association for International Education (AMPEI) and the International Education Association of Australia (IEAA). The first meeting of the year of the Network of International Education Associations (NIEA), which is chaired by IAU, also took place at this NAFSA Conference.
May 2023
22-26 May
4th UArctic Assembly, hosted by Université Laval, in Québec
The Assembly brought together the broader UArctic community to discuss the strategy of the Association and focused on the future teaching and learning and research in and on the Arctic. The program included discussions about the geopolitical challenges affecting this multicultural region and a panel discussion on sustainable development and climate changes in the northern and Arctic regions. The IAU Secretary General represented the IAU on this panel. 8-10 May
5th Universia International Rectors’ Summit
The 5th International Rectors’ Summit focused on the role of Universities as a driving force for a more sustainable social and economic development. IAU Secretary General Dr. Hilligje van’t Land presented at the Summit on creating new frameworks and networks for mobility. 5 May
SDG 3 Cluster Meeting at the eHealth Center of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
The IAU HESD Cluster on SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being, recently held its first face-to-face meeting over three days, coordinated by the eHealth Center of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). Experts from six universities shared their progress, pooled their knowledge, and worked to continue building a collaborative space. Learn about key messages in the summary article here and watch the short video here.
April 2023
20-21 April
EUA Annual Conference
The European University Association’s 2023 Annual Conference shone a light on what we mean when we talk about university impact. The conference explored the role of university leadership in delivering on various forms of impact. The event was hosted by Politechnika Gdańska.
March 2023
30 March
UNESCO ESD Webinar - IAU Session on Transformative Approaches in Teaching SDG 4
To promote knowledge sharing, collaboration, and mutual learning ESD-Net 2030 organized a series of learning webinars on ESD pedagogy to highlight and promote innovative practices in ESD. IAU was pleased to have been selected as one of the workshop implementers. The breakout session focused on “Higher Education & ESD: Taking a transdisciplinary approach to teaching based on SDG 4 and ESD at universities". 27-28 March
IAU met with ACU and AUF in Paris
A group of 18 colleagues, including the leadership, of the International Association of Universities (IAU), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), and the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) met at AUF offices in Paris to strengthen our cooperation for the higher education sector and our contributions towards a more sustainable future. 23 March
Higher Education at the UN 2023 Water Conference
IAU supported an official side event organised by the University of Bergen and other partners at the UN 2023 Water Conference (UNWC23) which took place at UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday 23 March. 22 March
The Role of Higher Education to Contribute to the SDGs on the Way Towards a More Sustainable Future
IAU Programme Officer for HESD Isabel Toman spoke at a Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas webinar on the Role of Higher Education to Contribute to the SDGs on the Way Towards a More Sustainable Future. 10 March
ASEF ARC9 Report Launch Event
The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) launched the ARC9 Study report on ’Higher Education Mapping: working towards the SDGs’ on 10 March. IAU Programme Officer Isabel Toman joined the panel at this virtual event. The twofold ASEF ARC9 Study provides insights into the practices at higher education institutions and policy in the region. Part of the data draws on the data from the recent IAU-HESD Survey, which was conducted in partnership with ASEF. 7-9 March
IAU SDG 3 Cluster Meeting in Barcelona
IAU Programme Officer for HESD Isabel Toman took part in a 3-day workshop for the members of the IAU HESD Cluster on SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing, hosted by the Open University of Catalonia (UOC), IAU Member and Cluster Lead, in Barcelona. Representatives of six universities from all continents discussed how “Catalysing collaboration for an integrated approach to health in support of equity and wellbeing worldwide” can be put into action.
February 2023
24 February
Academic Colloquium at Daystar University, Kenya
At the Academic Colloquium organised by Daystar University, Kenya on 24 February, Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and Internationalization, presented the chapter that he wrote together with Trine Jensen, IAU Manager HE & Digital Transformation, Publication and Events: The Impact of the Pandemic on Higher Education and Potential Implications for the Future for the book Online Learning, Instruction, and Research in Post-Pandemic Higher Education in Africa (Munyao, M. (Ed.) (2022)). 23 February
US Transforming Education Summit
On 23rd February, IAU Secretarty General Hilligje van’t Land was invited to give a keynote at the opening of the US Summit for Transformative Education, organised by SDSN and Columbia Unviersity. In her presentation, she showed how finding dynamics between (higher) education and the 2030 Agenda and colllaboration can show the way towards a more sustainable future. Learn more about the 3- day virtual event or watch the recording here.
January 2023
16-18 January
SDG 14 Meeting in Cape Town
IAU and the University of Bergen, Norway (IAU Global HESD Cluster Lead for SDG 14) co-organized an expert workshop on teaching and research for the SDGs, in particular relating to Ocean and Climate (SDG 13 and 14), in Cape Town in January. The Workshop included a series of sessions on the Norwegian Tall Ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl where students that spent a 4-month course on board explained the T&L and research projects they worked on. IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land and Programme Officer Isabel Toman used this unique opportunity to also meet with the Leadership and the International Office at the University of Cape Town and the leadership at IAU Members Durban University of Technology (DUT) and University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN).
2022
December 2022
16 December
Higher Education at a Crossroads: Envisioning Future Scenarios for the Field and for Society
IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land was invited to be the first speaker opening the Tokyo College series Higher Education at a Crossroads: Envisioning Future Scenarios for the Field and for Society on 16 December 2022. This seminar discussed the transformative power of higher education, and at the same, time debated what transformations the sector is required to undergo to better respond to the expectations of society. It identified strategic challenges and opportunities ahead. Watch the recording here, or learn more about the dialogue of the series online. 15 December
Ubuntu Committee of Peers meeting at UNU
IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land travelled to Tokyo to take part in the Ubuntu Committee of Peers meeting at UNU and to reflecting on the past, present and future of RCEs. As well, she met with IAU Members in Japan and in particular with Toyo University, Tsukuba University, Tokai University. 7-8 December
Presentation on Strategic Internationalization at Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) in Mexico City
On 7th and 8th December 2022, Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager, HE and Internationalization gave a presentation on internationalization as a strategic process (in Spanish: La internalización como Proceso Estratégico en las Instituciones de Educación Superior) at the event “1er Coloquio Internacional El IPN Sin Fronteras” organized by the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) in Mexico City. Access the recordings here.
November 2022
24 November
IAU at OECD - EECOLE Project
IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land and Isabel Toman, Programme Officer HESD, were invited on 24 November to take part in the 1st roundtable exploring how universities can become more entrepreneurial, foster creative and critical skills, and contribute to innovation, in the context of the EECOLE project, organised by the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities at OECD in Paris. 16-17 November
RCEP / UAE on Future Scenarios for HE
From November 16-17, 2022, the Regional Center for Educational Planning (RCEP) hosted its 6th international conference. IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land delivered the keynote address on "Future Scenarios for Higher Education: Exploring Opportunities and Challenges”. 17 November
SOTG 2022: IAU was pleased to be a partner for the second time at the Sustainable on the Go 2022 (SOTG22) on 17 November and take part in the discussions, which were guided by three themes – Connecting the Local and Global Classrooms, Sustainable and Inclusive Global Learning, and Local and Global Community Engagement– while Gender, Education for Sustainable Development, and Inclusivity were considered cross-cutting pillars for all conversations. 17 November
2022 United Nations Transforming Education Summit
Hilligje van’t Land, IAU Secretary General, moderated plenary 1 with the keynote speaker Leonardo Garnier, Special Advisor for the 2022 United Nations Transforming Education Summit, Costa Rica. Furthermore, IAU hosted a Networking Session, which was facilitated by Giorgio Marinoni, Manager, Internationalization. Watch the recordings here.
https://yorkinternational.yorku.ca/sotg-2022/ 17 November
2022 Annual International Forum on Higher Education UNESCO Sub-forum
IAU Deputy Secretary General Andreas Corcoran presented on the role of the World Higher Education Database (WHED) developed by IAU in cooperation with UNESCO as a Resource for Recognition and the Global Convention at the 2022 Annual International Forum on Higher Education organised by the China Association of Higher Education, the UNESCO Beijing Office, and the Huazhong University of Science and Technology. 16-17 November
RCEP’s 6th International Conference Co-designing the Futures of Education
From November 16-17, 2022, the Regional Center for Educational Planning (RCEP) hosted its 6th international conference. IAU Secretary General, Dr. Hilligje van’t Land delivered the keynote address on "Future Scenarios for Higher Education: Exploring Opportunities and Challenges”, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1npFE4nFsE 7-9 November
2nd ERUA Summit Internal Programme: IAU sits on the Advisory Board to the European Reform University Alliance and took an active part in the discussions shaping the next developments of this European University Alliance.
https://erua-eui.eu/second-annual-summit/ 3-4 November
IAU at the UNESCO Chairs 30th Anniversary Conference, Paris, UNESCO headquarters
IAU attended the 2-day UNESCO UNITWIN Chairs Conference at UNESCO HQ in Paris, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the programme which connects academics, HEIs and UNESCO’s work all over the globe. IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land, invited keynote speaker on the plenary Responding to Multi-dimensional Crises: Implications for Research, stressed the importance of collaboration in higher education for democracy, fairness and inclusion to transform knowledge systems for the future, including the role of research to achieve this. IAU was pleased to meet with many Member representatives at the Conference, as well as with colleagues from the IAU Global HESD Cluster.
https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/30th-anniversary-unitwinunesco-chairs-programme-transforming-knowledge-just-and-sustainable-futures
OCTOBER 2022
21 October
Giorgio Marinoni, Manager, HE and Internationalization policy and projects, moderated a discussion panel on Internationalisation of higher education in the Covid-19 era: virtual and hybrid internationalisation, challenges and opportunitiesat at the “Higher Education – European Networking Summit” organised by garagErasmus Foundation, in Brussels, Belgium. The event saw the participation of 30 people, between experts and representatives of Higher Education Institutions, resulting in two days of intense activities and a fruitful exchange of ideas, opinions and best practices. 7 October
IAU attended the 215th session of the Executive Board Meeting of the Committee on Non-Governmental Partners (NGP) to reaffirm IAU’s support to this mother organization to the IAU
https://www.unesco.org/zh/event/215th-session-executive-board-committee-non-governmental-partners-7 6-7 October
Giorgio Marinoni, Manager, HE and Internationalization policy and projects, will represent IAU at the first ENIS Conference, a hybrid event, in Tartu, Estonia. The conference will present four thematic reviews on the impact of Covid-19 on international student mobility issues, social inequalities, the social and cultural integration of students, and labour market outcomes. 5 October
Erasmus University and Council of Europe Conference on Academic Integrity
This conference at the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) was organised in partnership with the Council of Europe Best Practice Programme on Promoting Academic. The Council launched this programme in 2021 to reward institutions and academics whose promotion of academic integrity can serve as an example and inspiration for others. The EUR won their Award with the Dilemma Game App in 2022. This conference provided a unique opportunity to showcase and celebrate the Dilemma Game App and to provide a forum for discussion and the sharing of knowledge. IAU was invited to present a keynote on the work of the IAU on the values to be upheld to ensure quality higher education .
https://www.eur.nl/en/events/conference-promoting-academic-integrity-2022-10-05
SEPTEMBER 2022
28-30 September
Council of Europe Steering Committee for Education (CDEDU) – Strasbourg
After three years of virtual meetings, Hilligje van’t Land was pleased to attend the Steering Committee for Education (CDEDU) meeting at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg from 28-30 September. At this meeting, significant attention was given to the Russian aggression on Ukraine and its impact on higher education. In addition, 30 September was the occasion for the IAU and the Council of Europe to sign an MoU for the 6th IAU Global Survey on Internationalization. The CoE will sit on the survey advisory committee of the Global Survey. Learn more about the partners and sponsors. 21 September
The Senate of Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) conferred an honorary doctorate to Prof. Dr. Pam Fredman, IAU President.
The MRU Honorary Doctorate is awarded for her significant contribution to increasing the role of higher education in strengthening democratic processes and sustainable development decision-making, forming an education and science policy based on humanism, promoting equal opportunities to pursue education, reducing segregation on regional and social education levels as well as in the field of science. 21 September
On the International Day of Peace, Hilligje van’t Land joined the virtual panel of higher education experts to explore key contributions of higher education to building peace. In her talk, she addressed the contribution of higher education to the SDGs, citing the IAU publication How Higher Education Engages with SDG 16. The event was co-organized by CETYS University, an IAU Member, and the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP). 20 September
IAU facilitated a virtual meeting of the IAU HESD Cluster. Twenty-two experts representing 15 HEIs and the IAU secretariat met for this bi-annual meeting to discuss updates and joint projects. Download the latest report on HEI activities for the SDGs from the Cluster. 19 September
Trine Jensen, Manager, Digital Transformation and Higher Education, will be one of the panellists at the SDSN Leadership Council Meeting: Tech Innovation for Education and Training, a hybrid event held at Columbia University. 17 September
Trine Jensen, IAU Manager, Digital Transformation and Higher Education, will present in the session: Transforming Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). The SDG Academy organized the session in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Ireland and Ghana. 14-16 September
Andreas Corcoran, Deputy Secretary-General, will represent the IAU at the annual Magna Charta Observatory international conference, 2022 MCO, alongside IAU Members at this event. Dr Corcoran will chair the World Café sessions on University engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals. 13-16 September
Hilligje van’t Land, IAU Secretary General, and Giorgio Marinoni, Manager, HE and Internationalization, attended the EAIE Conference in Barcelona. Hilligje van’t Land spoke at one of the EAIE 2022 Critical Conversations: When values collide, on Thursday 15 September at 3:30. 15 September
Giorgio Marinoni, Manager, HE and Internationalization, will join Maia Gelashvili, CIHE - Boston College, and Adriana Marroquin Rodriguez, OISE, University of Toronto, in the session The future of internationalisation after Covid-19 on 15 September at 9:30 CEST. 9 September
High Level Event “Act Now to Protect Education from Attack”: the IAU contributed insights to the panel discussions and explored how to support initiatives and develop new ones:
https://events.unesco.org/event?id=603709163&lang=1033 8 September
Isabel Toman, Programme Officer, Sustainable Development, spoke at the HEInnovate webinar “Embedding SDGs in HEI practices” .
AUGUST 2022
31 August
Giorgio Marinoni, Manager HE and Internationalization and Roberto Escalante, UDUAL Secretary General and IAU Board member, presented at the webinar “The University of the Future” organized by Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas UNACH. Webinar recordings and presentations will be available at “The University of the Future” (in Spanish) 25 August
Giorgio Marinoni, Manager HE and Internationalization contributed to the closing panel of the “IEASA 2022 conference” together with other representatives from the Network of International Education Associations (NIEA).
JULY 2022
11-15 July
Hilligje van’t Land, Secretary-General, took part in the XXXI Annual Meeting of the Coimbra group at the University of Coimbra, Portugal 5-15 July
IAU was active at the UN High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2022 and co-organised/spoke in different virtual events. See also the IAU at HLPF overview here
JUNE 2022
30 June
Hilligje van’t Land, Secretary-General, and Giorgio Marinoni, Manager, HE and Internationalization, attended the “Campus of European Universities” in Versailles. As the closing event of the French presidency of the European Union, this event gathered representatives from 41 European university alliances and European and national policymakers and stakeholders. 28-30 June
IAU attended the “UNESCO Transforming Education Pre-Summit” to represent the voice of higher education. IAU staff took part in the global dialogue on the actions needed to reinvigorate progress towards SDG4, reinforce lessons learnt during the pandemic, and reimagine education systems in a post-COVID world. Members of the IAU Global Cluster on HESD actively participated in this event.
On 29 June, Trine Jensen, IAU Manager “Digital Transformation in and of Higher Education” spoke in the session on “Transforming Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)” with FAIR OEERs, Digital Innovation, and Diamond Partnerships. It united speakers from the UN, government, academia and the private sector to discuss the importance of Digital Innovation and Diamond Partnerships around FAIR Open Educational Resource Repositories (OERRs). Recommendations will be made on implementing these initiatives as the basis for achieving SDG Target 4.7, creating access to SDG education and training at any stage of life around the world.
Furthermore, the Pre-Summit presented an opportunity to exchange with colleagues from the “IAU Global Cluster on HESD” including from the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) and York University, and partnering organizations such as the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU). 23-25 June
Hilligje van’t Land, Secretary-General attended the Advisory Board meeting of the“Global Observatory of Academic Freedom (GOAF - Soros Foundation)” to define its future. 21 June
Isabel Toman, Programme Officer, Sustainable Development, spoke at the HESI Webinar “Inspirational higher education initiatives for SDG 4, 5, 14, 15 and 17 ” . 13 June
Hilligje van’t Land, Secretary-General, and Giorgio Marinoni, Manager, HE and Internationalization, spoke at the “Study in Europe” event organised by “Campus France” and the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, together with National Promotion Agencies from 24 European countries and the European Commission. 9 June
Hilligje van’t Land, Secretary-General was invited to participate in the “Circle U” General Assembly and deliver a keynote to the discussions on their Global Strategy and CircleU 2030. 6-8 June
The IAU expert panel, composed of Eva Egron-Polak, Former IAU Secretary-General and Giorgio Marinoni, Manager, HE and Internationalization, visited the “Bader International Study Centre of Queen’s University” in the United Kingdom. This visit takes place within the “ISAS (2.0) Planning and Strategy” service framework. Following this visit, the panel will submit a report to the university with recommendations on their global engagement strategy and activities.
MAY 2022
30 May
Hilligje van’t Land, IAU Secretary General, was invited to give a public lecture on Transformation in Higher Education virtually at “Sohar University, Oman” in which she reflected on the challenges facing higher education and presented potential means to respond to these. This gave way to lively discussions with the audience. 18-20 May
IAU joined more than 1500 higher education stakeholders in Barcelona for the “UNESCO WHEC2022” to help reshape the future of higher education. As a key event partner, IAU actively contributed to the Conference by hosting and participating in roundtables, joint sessions, and virtual pre-events. Together with our partners and members, we advanced university perspectives in reshaping ideas and practices in higher education to ensure sustainable development for the planet and humanity.
On the final day of the Conference, UNESCO released the proposed WHEC2022 Roadmap for higher education - Beyond Limits: New Ways to Reinvent Higher. Education. The Roadmap is still a working document. Stakeholders are invited to engage with it to enhance the contribution of higher education institutions and systems worldwide under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development pledge to leave no one behind and shape a new future for education contract following UNESCO’s Futures of Education initiative.
To learn more about our actions and download the Roadmap, visit our dedicated IAU at the “UNESCO WHEC2022 web page.” 16-17 May
Giorgio Marinoni, Manager HE and Internationalization participated in the first working group meeting of the “European Network on International Student mobility (ENIS)” that took place in Lisbon, hosted by The Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-Iscte) of University Institute of Lisbon (Iscte-IUL). The event allowed ENIS’ members to collaborate together on the thematic reviews on the impact of COVID-19 on International Student Mobility and helped strengthening the network. 9-11 May
The IAU expert panel, composed of Eva Egron-Polak, IAU Senior Fellow and former Secretary-General, Alessandra Scagliarini, Vice Rector for International Relations, University of Bologna, Italy, Harvey Charles Dean for International Education and Vice Provost for Global Strategy, University at Albany, State University of New York, U.S.A. and Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and internationalization visited Queen’s University main university campus in Kingston, Canada in the framework of the “ISAS (2.0) Planning and Strategy” service. 6 May
Giorgio Marinoni, Manager HE and Internationalization visited York University in Toronto, Canada and met with Charles Hopkins and Katrin Kohl, “UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education towards Sustainability” and Helen Balderama, Director, Global Engagement Programs & Partnerships and the team of York International “York International”. Among other subjects they discussed the preparation of the “Sustainable on the Go Conference” 5 May
Giorgio Marinoni, Manager HE and Internationalization visited the “Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)” and met with Elizabeth Buckner assistant professor in the Department of Leadership, Higher, and Adult Education at OISE and Project Director of The Future of Internationalization Partnership (FIP) project in which IAU is a partner. 3 May
Giorgio Marinoni, Manager HE and Internationalization gave a presentation on Infusing sustainability in internationalization at the “KU Leuven International Staff Week” organized at KU Leuven Brussels campus.
APRIL 2022
27 April
Giorgio Marinoni, Manager HE and Internationalization participated in the “Global Dialogue Panel” at the “FAUBAI 2022 virtual conference”: a panel with representatives from different Associations of International Education all over the world jointly discussing the challenges for the internationalization of higher education in the difficult and complex current context.- 1 April
Hilligje van’t Land, Secretary-General, spoke at the virtual 2022 OECD Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forumfollowing an invitation by UNODC.
MARCH 2022
24 March
Giorgio Marinoni, Manager Internationalisation gave a presentation on “The Global Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Higher Education” at EUA’s webinar “The pandemic two years on – what consequences for international cooperation?”. Two years ago, the pandemic hit Europe and the world and halted most physical travel. At the same time it also meant expansion and innovation in online, non-presential learning and demonstrated how global data sharing can make science respond quickly. What were the direct effects on universities and what does the future look like – will we build back better or go back to the old normal? This webinar looked at evidence of the impact of the pandemic as a basis for a discussion about the future.
JANUARY 2022
25-26 January
The IAU attended the Forum of universities for the future of Europe presenting the work plans of all European University Alliances. See: https://www.forum-des-universites-europe2022.fr/en/home/ 19-21 January
The Global Observatory on Academic Freedom (GOAF) (ceu.edu) is now launched and work on the the future of academic freedom has started. Dr van ‘t Land, IAU Secretary General sits on the Advisory Board 17 January
The Recording of the joint IAU-ACE Webinar on “The global role of university associations” is available online. Feel free to circulate: https://youtu.be/LWghEIMxxjQ 14 January
The Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Change Education (MECCE) discussed and adopted its 2022 strategy. The IAU sits on the Advisory Board to the project – for More information on MECCE, see: https://sepn.ca/category/news/
2021
DECEMBER 2021
13 December
The University of Sassari, Member of the IAU, organizes a cycle of training activities on Public Engagement (PE) of research and the social impact of universities. This training is conceived as a series of action-learning initiatives aimed at sharing and increasing knowledge among participants, but also at identifying possible perspectives and developments aimed at fostering and enhancing PE in our University. Activities include: a) policy, strategic and governance aspects, and b) concrete "on the ground" practices of PE applied to teaching and research. These themes are debated through a series of online webinars and in-person workshops. Dr Van’t Land was invited to speak to the role of HE for sustainable development and the promise of higher education see recordings here https://www.uniss.it/formazione_pe 13-15 December
The 8th Senior Officials Meeting and ASEMME8 (Asia Europe Ministers Meeting) hosted by Thailand (online) took place in December. It saw the launch of the ASEM Strategic Plan and the Action Plan. These ASEMM8 Documents along with the Conclusions by the Chair and the joint AUN – EUA and IAU Letter to the meeting can be downloaded here https://asem-education.org/documents/.
The ASEM Process is awaiting a new secretariat to continue its important work. https://asem-education.org/about/ 5-6 December
UARCTIC Rectors’ meeting: Rectors representing the Universities member of UArctic and IAU met in Versailles at Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines (UVSQ) and Paris Saclay in December. Dr van ’t Land was invited to chair one of the plenary sessions. The Conference came with a beautiful hosting at the Chateau de Versailles thanks to UVSQ: https://www.uarctic.org/news/2021/12/uarctic-rectors-meet-in-versailles/ 2-4 December
ERUA Summit in Sofia (online): Dr van’t Land, IAU Secretary General sits on the Advisory Board to EUEA – the European Research University Alliance, one of the 41 University Alliances funded by the European Union. ERUA met for the first time in December http://erua-eui.eu/summit/ 1-2 December
The IAU took the lead on a TAM session on “Higher Education and Research for Sustainable Development – Getting started and taking action” for all universities in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan and developed as part of the SPHER project (Support and Promotion for Higher Education Reform Experts). Universities in that region of Azerbaijan are developing new strategic approaches on how to best engage with Agenda 2030 and the SDGs. The session welcomed the presentations of Hilligje van’t Land, IAU; Nomeda Gudelienė, Advisor to Deputy-Rector on Sustainable Development, Community Wellbeing Centre, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania: „How leadership can introduce/build up a strategy and encourage action for SD”; Wim Gabriels, project coordinator of our SocialErasmus+ and Social Inclusion and Engagement in Mobility projects, Erasmus Student Network (ESN) and Roger Petry, University of Regina/Luther College, Canada, sharing experience on working with the UN Agenda 2030 and SDGs at their institution. 1 December
Giorgio Marinoni, Manager of Higher Education and Internationalization at the International Association of Universities (IAU), presented IAU and the benefits and the importance of internationalization for universities at the event “VII Café Internacional” organized by Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Brazil.
The video message is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX3zd4zZoMI
NOVEMBER 2021
30 November
Joint ACU, Wellcome Trust and IAU organized webinar to debate the Wellcome commissioned Report on “Language equity in health sciences in Africa”.- Consult the policy brief and key findings here https://cms.wellcome.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/language-based-equity-in-african-health-science-research-policy-brief.pdf.
- For further information, see: https://www.acu.ac.uk/acu-events/language-based-equity-african-health-research/
18-19 November
HERE Annual (Final) Conference 2021 offered an opportunity to take stock of achievements and to look forward: What is in store for the new EU cooperation programmes for higher education and where is emphasis placed? How do HERE envisage the university of the immediate future and how can this be achieved? How have the dynamics of global cooperation changed and where are there new challenges and opportunities? Dr van ‘t Land chaired one of the sessions and reflected on two TAM sessions organized by the IAU in the context of the HERE programme – one in Israël and the other one in Azerbaijan. More info: https://supporthere.org/finalconference & https://supporthere.org/event/here-annual-conference-2021 17 November
The 4th World Access to Higher Education Conference (on WAHE-Day) 2021 asked the question: “Who will be going to university in 2030?” and welcomed Dr van’t Land as keynote speaker, see: https://worldaccesshe.com/event/wahed-2021-who-will-be-going-to-university-in-2030/ . – The WAHED Conference series aims to bring global attention to inequality in access to higher education and accelerate action. 9-24 November
41st General Conference of UNESCO: IAU took an active part in the General Conference, in particular in the sessions on education - https://www.unesco.org/en/general-conference/41
OCTOBER 2021
13-15 October
IAU is an observer to the Steering Committee for Educational Policy and Practice (CDPPE) which oversees the Council of Europe’s programmes in the field of education and advises the Committee of Ministers on education issues. Dr van ‘t Land presented the work on the local mission of the university to which the IAU contributes. A Global Forum to debate on the topic is scheduled for June 2022 in Dublin.
See: https://www.coe.int/en/web/education/cdppe 11 October
IAU Secretary General Dr. Hilligje van’t Land is invited to a pre-COP26 webinar on Higher Education, Knowledge Democracy and Sustainability on Monday, 11th October 2021 from 4-5:30 CEST. Based on the book Socially Responsible Higher Education: International Perspectives on Knowledge Democracy, this webinar will focus on two themes: knowledge democracy and place-based learning, offering perspectives from India, Africa, Latin America, and North America. The event is a joint initiative between the UNESCO Chair in Community-based Research and Social Responsibility, the Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning (University of Glasgow) and the Low and Middle Income Countries Research Network (University of Glasgow).
Registration and more information here: onhttps://policyscotland.gla.ac.uk/events/pre-cop26-webinar-series/. 7-9 October
IAU Manager Digital Transformation of HE and IAU Secretary General took part in an in person meeting to work with partners on the development of deliverables in the project ‘Innovative Doctoral Courses for Sustainability’ (IDOCOS), in Sweden. IAU Secretary General also met with the leadership of UKÄ to plan for a study visit to France in Spring 2022. 6-8 October
2nd Universities South Africa (USAf) Higher Education Conference 2021 focused on “The engaged university”. The conference provided a platform for thought leadership, debates, deliberation and shared understanding among senior academics, researchers, executive leadership of public universities, government, business and civil society and offered to reflect on the state and purpose of South Africa’s higher education system – looking at the past, the present and the future.. The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) endorsed the conference as a key national event for the sector. The IAU was invited to take an active part by presenting and taking part in the debates, see: https://www.usaf.ac.za/2nd-national-higher-education-conference-2021/
SEPTEMBER 2021
30 September
IAU co-hosted a series of sessions on the future of internationalisation of higher education - EAIE
https://www.eaie.org/exchange-2021/programme/schedule/session/spotlight-on-social-responsibility.html 15 September
Joint IIUM-IAU International Webinar on Higher Education Leadership : Future of Education with a Soul – see: https://www.iium.edu.my/v2/event/international-webinar-on-higher-education-future-of-education-with-a-soul/ 14-15 September
ASEM SOM https://asem-education.org/events/senior-officials-meeting-1-som1/ 13-15 September
IAU organised a session on Higher Education and Research – How universities around the world engage with Sustainability and build partnerships for the SDGs" as part of the 9th World Sustainability Forum (WSF), which took place virtually from 13-15 September (https://wsf-9.sciforum.net/). Experts from the IAU network made a strong case for higher education’s role in sustainable development, and also linked it with IAU’s work on its strategic priority of Higher Education and Research for Sustainable Development (HESD). Strategies for increased collaboration between universities and other higher education institutions around the world were outlined, supported by presentations from representatives from the IAU Global HESD Cluster. The session focused specifically on SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing; SDG 4: Quality Education; and SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals.
The recording is available on the IAU Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQjEjOvT3wU 10 September
Giorgio Marinoni, Manager Internationalisation and Hilligje van ‘t Land, IAU Secretary General spoke to Inclusive International Mobility of People and Knowledge at the 8th ASEF Regional Conference on Higher Education (ARC8)
https://arc.asef.org/arc8/arc8-agenda/ 10 September
IAU Secretary General contributed to the Meeting of the National Correspondents for Qualifications Frameworks (QFEHEA) as an expert – see: http://www.ehea.info/Upload/BFUG%20Board_SI_AM_77_QF%20Annual%20Meeting%202021%20Report.pdf 9 September
Together with Ocean Sustainability Bergen, Cluster Lead for SDG 14: Life Below Water, IAU organised a session at SANORD Conference on "Bringing SDG 14 to the forefront of Higher Education". Speakers included Lise Øvreås (UiB), Hilligje van’t Land (IAU), Stacy Kennedy (UWI), Martin Visbeck (Geomar Kiel), Isabelle Ansorge (University of Cape Town), and Aschneel Chandra (UiB).
More information here: https://t.co/fDKxYaMWmH?amp=1 7 September
IAU Secretary General presented the outcomes of the IAU UIL global survey on the role of higher education in lifelong learning at the September EUCEN Policy Talks “Messages and consequences of recent trends in ULLL across Europe to Policy Makers | Equity, Management, Pedagogy, Quality, HE-VET” - see https://eucenstudies.eucen.eu/policy-talks/
AUGUST 2021
26-27 August
Pam Fredman, IAU President, opened the 2021 Gothenburg International Research Conference on SDG 8, which was organised by the team at Gothenburg University also working with the IAU HESD Cluster as Lead for SDG 8. Fredman was also a discussant in a session on higher education’s role for the future of work on one of the conference days.
More information: https://ui.ungpd.com/Events/15b6a516-39e8-4f15-82d9-d6a7fb6544dc# 23 August
Pam Fredman, IAU President took part in policy makers’ panel on: Universities for the future: the contribution of research in learning and instruction , which took place during the 19th Biennial EARLI Conference 2021. Participants presented results and ideas on state-of-the-art research in learning and instruction, specifically around the topic "Education and Citizenship: Learning and Instruction and the Shaping of Futures ". https://www.earli.org/EARLI2021
JULY 2021
30 July
IAUP Triennial Virtual Conference : Key Priorities for Higher Education in a Post Pandemic World, Virtual/Mexico 2021. The conference focused on ‘Major Challenges in Higher Education’, ‘Innovation: Universities and the Future’, ‘Inclusion: A Major Challenge for Globalized Universities’. Pam Fredman, IAU President talked about Trends in HE in 2021.
https://www.cetys.mx/iauptriennial2021/ 6-15 July
For the third consecutive year, IAU was actively involved in the UN High-Level Political Forum.
All events and details here: https://www.iau-aiu.net/HESD?onglet=3
JUNE 2021
22 June
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and internationalisation, member of the Steering Committee, contributed to the session "Capitalizing on the existing regional networks and collaborations” at the launch event of the report of the study “The Internationalisation of Higher Education: current and prospective trends”. The event was organised by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the study was commissioned by UfM and conducted by UNIMED Mediterranean Universities Union.
The recordings of the event are available on the UfM YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhhZySWU0k8 16 June
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and internationalisation presented the first results of the second edition of the IAU Global Survey on the impact of Covid-19 on higher education during a session at the Going Global conference. The session recordings are not available to the general public, but some highlights of the second day are available at https://www.britishcouncil.org/going-global/programme/highlights/day-2 11 June
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and internationalisation presented IAU’s work in research, with a special focus on research on internationalisation, at the WES-CIHE Summer Institute 2021 Fourth Panel: Practitioner-Oriented Research. The session recordings are available on the CHIE YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YFv878fhmk 10 June
7th EWORA Conference "Leadership in Higher Education and Research in Times of Dynamic Global Change" was organized online jointly by ETH Zurich and EWORA on 9-10 June 2021. Pam Fredman represented the IAU at this event.
See: https://www.ewora.org/7th-ewora--quot-online-quot--conference 9-10 June
The IAU President Pam Fredman spoke on Gendered Impacts of the Pandemic in the context of Higher Education, during the 7th EWORA (European Women Rectors Association) online Conference. See programme 2-4 June
Global University leaders council, Hamburg, on The Role of Universities and their Leaders facing the Grand Challenges of Climate Change and Sustainability (see https://www.guc-hamburg.de/): 45 University leaders from 27 countries, including Pam Fredman, President, International Association of Universities, met virtually to discuss the contribution of universities to tackling climate change and making society more sustainable.
In their final declaration, the university leaders committed their institutions to taking a holistic approach to climate protection and sustainability.- Hamburg Declaration “Facing the Grand Challenges of Climate Change and Sustainability” (Download PDF English)
- Declaración de Hamburgo “Hacer frente a los grandes retos del cambio climático y la sostenibilidad” (Download PDF Spanish)
MAY 2021
- 26 May:
Dr Hilligje van‘t Land joined Eddie Watson, AAC&U, Olivia Fleming, OneHE and Warren Kennard, CONNECTed for a debate on The future of higher education, A global perspective, as part of a series of conversations in the GlobalMindEd-OneHE Virtual Events’ Week. 19 May:
IAU takes part in the Calie Conference: https://calieproject.com/ 17 May:
IAU supports the C40 Students Reinventing Cities: https://www.c40reinventingcities.org/en/students/ 12 May:
AAP dialogue on Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in Africa and the Diaspora: https://aap.isp.msu.edu/engage/aap-public-dialogue-series/ sponsored by the IAU 7 May:
First Advisory Board meeting of the newly launched Global Observatory on Academic Freedom (GOAF): https://elkanacenter.ceu.edu/global-observatory-academic-freedom 4 May:
University of Rosario Launch event on the Digital transformation of HE and its impact on internationalization and interculturality: https://www.urosario.edu.co/Eventos-UR/Internacional/Transformacion-digital-y-su-impacto-en-la-internac/ 4 May:
Deputy Secretary General Andreas Corcoran spoke at the ENIC NARIC network roundtable focusing on access to higher education due to COVID-19 and recognition of qualifications giving access to higher education.
APRIL 2021
31 April:
EARLI Conference 2021 - The 19th Biennial EARLI Conference was hosted by the EARLI Executive Committee as an online conference. Participants presented results and ideas on state-of-the-art research in learning and instruction, specifically around the topic "Education and Citizenship: Learning and Instruction and the Shaping of Futures ". Pam Fredman, international Association of Universities, Sweden spoke to the session on “Universities for the Future: The Contribution of Research in Learning and Instruction” with Sari Lindblom, University of Helsinki, Finland and Ian Dunn, Coventry University, United Kingdom
https://www.earli.org/EARLI2021 28-29 April:
Dr Hilligje van‘t Land spoke on the transformation of internationalization and new dynamics ahead at the Faubai Virtual Conference 2021 26 April:
The IAU attended the third Expert Group Meeting working on the global report on HESD to be launched at the UNESCO WHEC 22-23 April:
2021 EUA Annual Conference Universities 2030: From vision to reality, online: Pam Fredman IAU President spoke in the Official Opening and Session I: The future of Europe and its universities. The session opened with a Video message by Charles Michel, President, European Council, followed by an exchange with Pam Fredman, President, International Association of Universities (IAU) and Michael Murphy, President, EUA and moderated by Amanda Crowfoot, Secretary General, EUA. The Session set the scene for the conference by discussing the path ahead based on the European Union’s ambitions for research and higher education and the position published by EUA: Universities without walls – A vision for 2030 22 April:
EUA Annual conference: Universities 2030: From vision to reality – Both Pam Fredman, President, and Hilligje van’t Land, IAU Secretary General IAU took part in the meeting
https://eua.eu/events/131-2021-eua-annual-conference.html 20 April:
IAU ACU and AUF spoke on Higher Education for Sustainable Development at the THE Innovation and Impact Summit. Prof Barnabas Manangwe, VC Makerere University moderated the international Panel. 20 April:
IAU presented on the role of higher education and global networking for sustainable development to the Greek Ministry of Higher Education Meeting. 19 April:
IAU attended the Launch meeting of the AUF UniLab project 14 April:
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and Internationalisation, presented on the topic of South / South mobility and cooperation at the virtual conference "South / South mobility: a framework for cooperation and action” organised by UNIMED, Mediterranean Universities Union 13 April:
IAU took part in the first Steering Committee meeting on to launch the “Best Practice Programme in Promoting Academic Integrity”
– Watch this space: a Call for proposals will be issued shortly.
https://www.coe.int/en/web/education/-/best-practice-programme-in-promoting-academic-integrity-holds-its-first-steering-committee-meeting 13 April:
IAU attended the UIL Advisory Group meeting on a joint international project on the role of higher education for Lifelong Learning 8 April:
IAU took an active part in the IInd Central Asia Nobel Fest Conference - YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCff6kLmVoRpy5Wti9VaWpDg with Andrew Deeks, VC University College and IAU Board Member delivering a speech on the importance of science; Trine Jensen, Manager Events and Digital Transformation speaking on “The digital transformation of HE” and Hilligje van ‘t land, IAU Secretary General on “Soft Skills” – see: https://stream.inpolicy.net/en#!/tab/300184980-2
MARCH 2021
24 - 26 March:
IAU is an Observer to the Steering Committee for Educational Policy and Practice (CDPPE) which oversees the Council of Europe’s programmes in the field of education and advises the Committee of Ministers on education issues. IAU is involved in the work on democracy, ETINED, The Local Mission of the University and a new project on Academic Integrity 22 March:
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and Internationalisation and Isabel Toman, IAU Programme Officer, Sustainable Development, gave a presentation titled "Higher Education around the world in the (post) Covid-19 era” at the University of Florida Wildlife Ecology and Conservation department’s weekly seminar 19 March:
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and Internationalisation, gave a presentation at the Master in Management delle Università, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, on the topic "The challenge of COVID-19 for university systems: an international outlook” 18 March:
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and Internationalisation, participated in the 2nd and last Steering Committee meeting of the 2021 edition of the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) Survey. During the meeting a preliminary report was presented to the Steering Committee members.
https://esn.org/ESNsurvey 18 March:
The Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Change Education (MECCE) Project team, including the IAU, met to debate and define the future work plans for this project with global scope. 15 - 19 March:
The IAU Secretary General spoke at the S4D4C #SciDipNet2021 closing Conference on Addressing Global Challenges together - the Role of Science diplomacy .
A Summary is available here. The plenary sessions are available on YouTube channel. #SciDipNet2021 was a great milestone for the S4D4C initiative and, while the project is ending in April, its achievements and those of the science diplomacy cluster are not stopping here: learn more about the European Union Science Diplomacy Alliance here. 11 March:
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and Internationalisation, participated in the 4th and last Steering Committee meeting of the Study on the Internationalisation of Higher Education in the Euro-Mediterranean region commissioned by UfM, Union for the Mediterranean and conducted by UNIMED, Mediterranean Universities Union. The study has been completed and a preliminary report was presented to the Steering Committee. 11 March:
IAU was invited to organize a workshop on how universities engage with Agenda 2030 and the SDGs for the Council of Higher Education Israel. Muneo Kaigo, Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsukuba University , Japan and Eva Wiberg, Rector, Gothenburg University, Sweden shared their vision and work during the Session. Context – Erasmus + Project 10 March:
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and Internationalisation represented IAU at the meeting to present the report on the solidarity project of NGO partners of UNESCO to fight against the pandemic. 1 March:
A virtual meeting of the Network of International Education Associations, of which IAU act as coordinator, took place. The meeting discussed mainly internal organisational matters of the network such as the election of NIEA chair for the year 2021 or applications for NIEA membership and agreed to hold the next two official meetings for the year 2021 in a virtual form coinciding with the NAFSA and CAIE conferences in June and October respectively. 1 March:
International Working Group Meeting on new international project on the Local Mission of Higher Education
FEBRUARY 2021
26 February:
15th Meeting of the Ubuntu Committee of Peers for the RCEs – for further information: https://www.rcenetwork.org/portal/ 25-26 February:
Trine Jensen coorganised a workshop on digital transformation of higher education for the Falling Walls Digital Education Conference 16 February:
Meeting of the Administrative Board of Sulitest. IAU sits on the AB; SULITEST scales up its activities see: https://www.sulitest.org/en/index.html 5 February:
IAU attended the Council of Europe 4th meeting of the ETINED Platform. The Council of Europe Platform on Ethics, Transparency and Integrity in Education (ETINED) tries to address these challenges through a genuinely European dialogue and by drawing upon the materials and norms developed by the Council of Europe over the years. IAU brings in a global perspective and brings the ETINED outcomes to the attention of the global higher education community. 1 February:
IAU and the International Science Council are supporting partners to the UNESCO / University of Bergen Global Independent Expert Group on the Universities and the 2030 Agenda (EGU2030). The Expert group and supporting partners met in February to advance on the development of the Project Report to be submitted at the UNESCO WHEC2021
JANUARY 2021
28 January:
The International Steering Committee Meeting to discuss the future work of the Global Cooperation to Advance the Democratic Mission of Higher Education -CoE/IC/OAS/IAU took place in January. 27 January:
WUN Webinar on: BUILDING SOCIAL IMPACT AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: Universities play a crucial role in creating new knowledge and educating the people who can apply this knowledge to benefit the society. This webinar will explore how universities, through civic engagement and development of social impact and young change leaders, can become a leading force for positive change both locally and internationally. The session is hosted by University World News and Mastercard Foundation. The panelsist are Hilligje van’t Land, IAU Secretary-General, Lorlene Hoyt, Executive Director, Talloires Network of Engaged Universities and Maha Haidar Makki, Director, MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program, American University of Beirut (AUB)
The session is moderated by Brendan O’Malley, Managing Editor, University World News 22 January:
IAU sits on the UNU Ubuntu Committee of Peers. The RCEs, Session 2, debating the new Strategic orientation for the RCE community took place in January, online 20-22 January:
IAU supported the York Conference “Sustainability on the Go” and contributed to several panels, including in particular: on Sustainable and Inclusive Internationalization. Read the Conference Statement on 2021 Toronto Declaration on the Future of Sustainable and Inclusive Internationalization in Higher Education 19 January:
Dr Hilligje van’t Land sits on the High Level Advisory Group for Mission 4.7. A first meeting of the Group took place in January. 18 January:
Dr Hilligje van’t Land, IAU Secretary General sits on the new Advisory Board for the redevelopment of U-Mutirank. The 1st Advisory Board Meeting to debate the future of U-Multirank took place 14-15 January:
The MRU-AIUB Webinar on Higher Education in the New Normal
Pam Fredman and Hilligje van’t Land respectively opened the event and presented on the challenges and opportunities marking the HE landscape today. 12 January:
Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and Internationalisation, participated in the 3rd Steering Committee meeting of the Study on the Internationalisation of Higher Education in the Euro-Mediterranean region commissioned by UfM, Union for the Mediterranean and conducted by UNIMED, Mediterranean Universities Union. During the meeting UNIMED updated the Steering Committee on the development of the study. 8 January:
Giorgio Marinoni, Manager Internationalization IAU, contributed to the “Forum des Carrières” organized by ISIT PARIS – Institut de Management et de Communication Interculturels
2020
DECEMBER 2020
1 December: IAU Manager HE and Internationalisation, Giorgio Marinoni contributed to the XIV webinar of the International Fair of Higher Education (FIESA) organised by the Inter-university National Council (CIN) of Argentina on the theme “Times of global change in Higher Education. Effects on Internationalisation processes.” The webinar language is Spanish. 2 December: IAU partnered with NUFFIC, DAAD and AAU and prepared the Opening Round Table on “Leave no knowledge behind” during the Africa Know! Conference
https://www.africaknows.eu/ 2-4 December: IAU took an active part in the UNODC E4J Dialogue series 2020 “Reimagining education for a more just world – inspire, change together”
IAU coorganised two sessions and took an active part in the in the Opening and closing sessions: “Reaching SDG16 through higher education: Are we ready to educate the future leaders?”- Higher Education’s Role in Preventing Environmental Crime by Promoting SDG 16
- Rethinking Education for Justice
If you want to know more about the E4J Global Dialogue Series, please visit the following webpage, where you can access video recordings and other materials of the various sessions. In addition, please read the webstory about the E4J Dialogue Series. If you would like to keep up to date with the Education for Justice’s activities and materials, please register here.
3 December: IAU Manager HE and Internationalisation, Giorgio Marinoni contributed to the 2020 One Belt One Road Education Forum: "Educational Cooperation and Development under the Belt and Road Initiative framework” organised by Beijing Normal University, China in collaboration with Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia. Giorgio Marinoni contributed with the presentation “From talent attraction to talent circulation: the world needs more collaboration and less competition” under session 2 of the forum “Talent Training and International Cooperation in BRI countries” 16-18 December: IAU 2020 international Conference of NGOs to UNESCO “Envisioning a better and sustainable future: a new paradigm for civil society”. IAU chaired the Round table on the Role of Higher Education.
The Conference resolution can be accessed online.
NOVEMBER 2020
3 November: IAU participated in the Austrian Higher Education Conference (Hochschultagung 2020) organised by the Austrian Agency for Education and Internationalisation (OeAD). Hilligje van’t Land was the keynote speaker at the conference on the topic “Internationalization of higher education under review: is it time for a new paradigm?”.- OeAD: https://oead.at/en/
- The conference website : https://oead.at/fileadmin/Dokumente/oead.at/KIM/Veranstaltungen/2020/programm_hochschultagung_2020.pdf
6 November: IAU Secretary-General Hilligje van’t Land contributed through a video message to the annual conference of the Japan Society for Global System and Ethics (JSGSE). In the video message Secretary-General Hilligje van’t Land reflected on the actual state of higher education in the world and on future society.
https://sites.google.com/site/jasgseenglish/home 9 November: IAU participated in the Falling Walls Day as part of the Jury selecting the Breakthroughs of the Year in digital transformation of teaching and learning. Held on the anniversary of the historic fall of the Berlin Wall, the event is organized every year in Berlin by the Falling Walls Foundation, in cooperation with the Centre for Higher Education (CHE), the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) and the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research, this year online.
https://hochschulforumdigitalisierung.de/en/termine/falling-walls-remote-2020-breakthroughs-year 18 November: IAU Secretary-General Hilligje van’t Land attended the Wilton Park Dialogue on Putting African Youth at the Centre of COVID-19 Recovery. The event was organised by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Wilton Park Youth Dialogues, in partnership with the African Union.
https://www.wiltonpark.org.uk/event/wilton-park-series-putting-african-youth-at-the-centre-of-covid-19-recovery-education-employment-entrepreneurship-and-empowerment-wp1847/ 18 - 20 November: IAU took part in the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) annual Conference which was themed ‘Advancing Full Participation’. Ira Harkavy, Netter Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania, Ahmed Bawa, UNISA, and Hilligje van’t Land presented in the session entitled ‘Higher Education’s Mandate in Comparative Context: The Fight for Diverse, Inclusive, Anti-Racist Democracies.’ A follow up project is being developed.
https://www.ashe.ws/ev_calendar_day.asp?eventid=58 19 November: IAU attended the European Higher Education Area Ministerial Conference (EHEA 2020) that took place online yet out of Rome this year and applauds the adoption of: EHEA 2020 Ministerial Communiqué ; Annex I - Statement on Academic Freedom; Annex II - Principles and Guidelines to Strengthen the Social Dimension of Higher Education in the EHEA; Annex III - Recommendations to National Authorities for the Enhancement of Higher Education Learning and Teaching in the EHEA. All documents can be accessed here https://ehea2020rome.it/pages/documents. 26 November: IAU participated in the UNESCO IIEP Strategic Debate: Resilience of Higher Education. The webinar participants – Francisco Marmolejo, N.V. Varghese, Hilligje van’t Land, and facilitated by Michaela Martin – discussed the disruption of higher education caused by COVID-19 and how some systems and institutions have adapted and responded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeUll9Pd9t8.
To learn more about the debate outcomes, please read the following paper on “COVID-19 tests the resilience of higher education”, by Michaela Martin and Uliana Furiv, published in University World News (UWN) on 12 December 2020 30 November: IAU Manager HE and Internationalisation, Giorgio Marinoni participated in the 1st Steering Committee meeting of the 2021 edition of the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) Survey. The ESNsurvey is a Europe-wide research project covering different topics concerning mobility and education. It is the largest project of its kind carried out solely by volunteers. Every year since the establishment of the project in 2005, the ESNsurvey team develops an online questionnaire and disseminates it among students at European Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to collect information about students’ experiences from their exchange period abroad.
https://esn.org/ESNsurvey
OCTOBER 2020
2 October: Hilligje van’t Land participated in the Steering Committee for Education Policy and Practice (CDPPE) meeting
6 October: Trine Jensen and Hilligje van’t Land took part in the Falling Walls, Digital Education Jury Board session 7 October: Isabel Toman and Hilligje van’t Land took part in UNODC E4J grants for young scholar 9 October: As part of the expert group for the research project “The Lifelong Learning Provision by Institutes of Higher Learning” coordinated by the Institute for Adult Learning Singapore (IAL), IAU Secretary General, Hilligje van’t Land and Project Officer, Lianne Guerra Rondón participated in a virtual meeting on 9 October to provide feedback on a proposal for indicators to measure lifelong learning. 13 October: Trine Jensen chaired the 2020 UNESCO Mobile Learning Week’s break-out session on ’Resources for Distance Learning in Higher Education’. 15 October: Hilligje van’t Land attended CoE/IC/OAS/IAU steering committee meeting 16 October: Hilligje van’t Land spoke at the ProSPER.Net Webinar on Sustainability UNU-IAS Virtual Event 19 October: Giorgio Marinoni took part in the panel discussion on ’The Impact of Covid-19 on Internationalization in Higher Education’ hosted by CLICKS. The session can be watched here. 20 October: IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land participated in the 2020 GEM Theme 1: Protect domestic and international financing of education 21 October: The Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General of IAU met with the the Egyptian UNESCO Delegation to discuss potential parternships 22 October: IAU represented by Hilligje van’t Land attended the UNESCO Extraordinary GEM Meeting High Level Segment 29 October: IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land participated in the Council of Europe Conference of Ministers of Education held under the Greek Chairmanship. Themes discussed were the education response to COVID-19; and utilising education to promote awareness of cultural heritage at risk from climate change in a culture of democracy.
https://www.coe.int/en/web/education/informal-conf-ministers-education-oct2020 29 October: IAU Deputy Secretary-General Andreas Corcoran participated in the ENIC-NARIC meeting entitled DigiRec : Connecting digital student data and credential evaluation.
https://www.nuffic.nl/en/subjects/recognition-projects/digirec 29 October: IAU Manager HE and Internationalisation, Giorgio Marinoniparticipated in the 2nd Steering Committee meeting on “Internationalisation of Higher Education in the Mediterranean”, organised by the Union for the Mediterranean in the framework of a service contract performed by UNIMED - Mediterranean Universities Union. 30 October: IAU Secretary-General Hilligje van’t Land contributed to the launch meeting of the Observatory for Higher Education Transformations OHET, organised by Higher School of Economics in Moscow. The OHET gathers education research institutes of international universities. Based on the principles of equality and reciprocity, mutual understanding, respect and trust, OHET will promote broader international cooperation and carry out high-quality research in response to multiple political, social, economic and technological challenges worldwide.. IAU is invited as the only global association of universities to be part of it.
https://ioe.hse.ru/en/news/419901100.html
SEPTEMBER 2020
1 September: Hilligje van’t Land took part in the COVID-19 roundtable during the virtual Higher Education Summit 2020 1 September: The IAU, represented by Hilligje van’t Land took part in the Global Education Coalition Emergency Meeting for Lebanon 3 September: Hilligje van’t Land spoke at the CGHE 2020 Annual Conference Webinar Panel: Higher Education And Sustainability 4 September: IAU Secretary General Hilligje van’t Land participated in the conference on Modern Universities - Adaptability as a Competitive Advantage 9 September: Giorgio Marinoni took part in the online International Forum & Expo for Academic Collaboration hosted by the University of Guanajuato. The session can be watched here. 18 September: IAU Secretary General who sits on the UNESCO Futures of Education Advisory Board took part in a joint meeting with the UNESCO International Commission to this initiative. 18 September: Hilligje van’t Land participated in the UNESCO Futures of Education Advisory Board Since July 2020, the IAU Secretary General, Hilligje van’t Land, IAU Deputy Secretary General Andreas Corcoran and IAU Manager, HE & Internationalization Giorgio Marinoni have met with several UNESCO delegations to discuss opportunities for collaboration with the Association and to foster the advancement of the higher education sector in various countries: Uganda, Turkey, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Hungary, Kuwait, The Netherlands, Mexico, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Portugal, Mozambique, Egypt.
AUGUST 2020
12 August: Pam Fredman spoke at the virtual International Conference on Phytochemistry, Textile & Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development
20-27 August: Giorgio Marinoni and Hilligje van’t Land took part in LACHEC 2020 online conference
JULY 2020
3 July: Hilligje van’t Land took part in All Africa Students Union’s COVID-19 Global Assessment webinar.
7 July: Hilligje van’t Land spoke at the workshop on ’Developing transformational partnerships to catalyze SDGs implementation’ co-organized by UNODC. 8 July: IAU co-organized the HESI workshop ’Where Next? Reimagining Further Education for the Future’ and Hilligje van’t Landmoderated the panel discussion. 8 July: International Green Gown Awards Ceremony 2020-Hilligje van’t Land presented the winner for ‘Sustainability Institution of the year’ 13 July: IAU co-organized the workshop ’Teaching, Learning and Integrating the SDGs at universities and beyond - Linking to the Decade of Action’ and Hilligje van’t Landmoderated the panel discussion. 15 July: Hilligje van’t Land took part in the HESI Rountable on how ’Higher Education can come together to redesign the future of further and higher education’ 29 July: Pam Fredman took part in the 8th Dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) - Europe and Central Asia.
JUNE 2020
2 June: Hilligje van’t Land took part in the discussion about internationalization at universities, organized by RENEPA.
https://youtu.be/mb-y0RIRdd8
5 June: Hilligje van’t Land spoke at the MINES ParisTech – PSL and British Council webinar entitled ‘Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals: Universities and Students Looking for Solutions”.
https://www.britishcouncil.org/going-global/live-events/reaching-SDGs 11 June: Giorgio Marinoni participated in the Symbiosis International University, India webinar ‘Conversations for Communities - The Way Forward’.
https://www.siu.edu.in/ 11-12 June 26: Meeting CDPPE Steering Committee for Education Policy and Practice – IAU is an observer to the CDPPE. The CDPPE discussed the education policies and practices throughout Europe in the context of COVID-19. Sharing of policies and practices allowed to develop the first draft of a joint statement for policy and action to be adopted in the fall.
15 June: Andreas Corcoran took part in the ENIC NARIC annual meeting and presented IAU’s work related to WHED and the WHED-ID.
https://www.enic-naric.net/ 18 June: Online Meeting with leadership Magna Charta Observatory on launch of Magna Charta Universitatum 2020
24 June: International meeting of the Advisory Board to the Futures of Education Initiative under the presidency of HE Sahle-Work Zwede, President of Ethiopia and the leadership of S. Giannini, ADG/ED UNESCO. IAU is one of the Members of the Advisory Board. The Board validated the document “Nine Ideas for Public Action – Education, learning and knowledge in a post-Covid world”, developed by the International Commission on the Futures of Education
25 June: AUF (Bureau de l’Europe de l’Ouest) – Réunion sur le développement d’un document cadre sur la diplomatie académique francophone (en ligne)
25 – 27 June: ACUNS (Academic Council on the United Nations System) Annual Meeting on the Future of partnership and multilateralism - online this year. IAU was invited to speak during the Second Plenary session on Global Partnerships in an International World: Towards Innovative Co-operation.
https://acuns.org/am2020/
MAY 2020
4 May: Pam Fredman was one of the speakers the webinar and online launch of the report ‘New Schools of Thought: Innovative Models for Delivering Higher Education’ by the Qatar Foundation and the Economist Intelligence Unit.
https://bluesyemre.com/2020/05/04/new-schools-of-thought-innovative-models-for-delivering-highereducation/ 11 May: IAU took part in the judging panel for the Green Gown Awards. Developed under the leadership of EAUC, this Award is co organised with IAU, ACU and AUF. The Awards will be announced virtually during the UN High Level Political Forum in New York, in July 2020.
https://www.greengownawards.org/international-green-gown-awards 15 May: The IAU Secretary General was convened to an online meeting with the Ministry of higher Education of Turkmenistan, 10 Rectors from Turkmenistan Universities and representatives from the Embassy of Turkmenistan to France to debate future cooperation and the development of HE in Turkmenistan. For more information on the HE system and the HEIs in Turkmenistan, please use the IAU WHED (www.whed.net).
20 May: The IAU Member University the University of Catalonia organised a Webinar on the Role of higher education to address the Sustainable Development Goal 3 – Health and Well being
22 May: Pam Fredman made a presentation at the Open Up Education event ‘E-learning and open educational resources’.
https://www.openuped.eu/ 28 May:Hilligje van’t Land and Giorgio Marinoni participated in the ASEM (Asia Europe Meeting) meeting to debate future of ASEM work.
https://www.aseminfoboard.org/about/overview 28 May: IAU took part in the CGHE (Centre for Global Higher Education) webinar panel ‘Does Covid-19 mean the end of international education as we know it?’
https://www.researchcghe.org/events/cghe-seminar/webinar-panel-does-covid-19-mean-the-end-of-international-education-as-we-know-it/
APRIL 2020
3 April: IAU attended the EAIE (European Association for International Education) online meeting ‘Placing care at the centre of COVID-19 responses’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVxpJ1GaCjA 6 April: IAU attended the Council of Europe Global Forum meeting, online. 16 April: IAU took part in a CHEA/CIQG Webinar ‘Sustaining and Enhancing Institutional Autonomy: The Role of Quality Assurance’.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=245960223441308 20 April: Trine Jensen attended the UNESCO Expert Meeting for the development of an instrument on ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to shape the first UNESCO Global Recommendation on AI.
https://en.unesco.org/news/unescos-international-expert-group-begins-work-drafting-first-global-recommendation-ethics-ai-0 20 April: IAU took part in the Administrative Board Meeting of Sulitest (online meeting).
https://www.sulitest.org/en/the-sulitest-initiative.html?newWorkingLanguage=en 24 - 27 April: Hilligje van’t Land represented the IAU on the Council of Europe Steering Committee for Education Policy and Practice (CDPPE) meeting (online). In particular the meeting discussed the impact of COVID-19 on European education sector, including higher education and discussed the draft CDPPE position paper
https://www.coe.int/en/web/education/cdppe
MARCH 2020
4 – 6 March: Hilligje van’t Land participated in the GUNi ‘International Conference on
Sustainable Development Goals: Higher Education & Science Take Action’, in Barcelona, Spain.
http://www.guninetwork.org/activity/international-conference-sustainable-development-goals-higher-education-science-take-action
9 – 10 March: Hilligje van’t Land participated in the Council of Europe Expert Group on the local mission of higher education in Strasbourg, France.
12 March: Hilligje van’t Land participated in the first virtual meeting of the UNESCO Advisory Board of the Futures of Education Initiative, as Member of the Advisory Board.
https://en.unesco.org/futuresofeducation/
FEBRUARY 2020
3 February: Hilligje van’t Land attended the 11th European Innovation Summit at the European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, where she presented the outcomes of the IAU Survey Report on "Higher Education in the Digital Era: The current state of transformation around the world"
https://www.knowledge4innovation.eu/k4i-events/11th-european-innovation-summit/
4 – 5 February: Hilligje van’t Land and Lianne Guerra participated in in the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) expert meeting to discuss the role of universities in promoting lifelong learning and to launch IAU’s joint project with the UIL on this topic.
https://uil.unesco.org/lifelong-learning/universities-are-key-lifelong-learning-concludes-uil-workshop
6 – 8 February: Giorgio Marinoni participated in the Conference at RUDN – People’s Friendship University entitled ‘Living values of the university in globalizing world in Moscow, Russian Federation.
http://eng.rudn.ru/science/conferences/international-research-conference-living-values-of-the-university-in-globalizing-world
6 – 7 February: Hilligje van’t Land participated in the 2020 SDG Conference at the University of Bergen, Norway and chaired the session on research for SD.
https://www.uib.no/en/sdgbergen/133560/remembering-2020-sdg-conference-bergen
10-14 February: the IAU President, Pam Fredman was invited to attend the 12th International Conference of Higher Education - Universities 2020 in Havana, Cuba organised by the Ministry of Higher Education together with universities in Cuba.
http://www.congresouniversidad.cu/
13-14 February: Hilligje van’t Land took part in the Council of Europe Directorate of Education Expert Group Meeting on CDC (Competences for Democratic Culture) guidance document for higher education in Paris, France. A document now finalised and available on the Council of Europe website
JANUARY 2020
16 January: Hilligje van’t Land and Giorgio Marinoni presented the outcomes of the IAU 5th Global Survey on Internationalization of Higher Education at the CPU, the French Rectors Conference.
24 January: Hilligje van’t Land – attended the UNODC - the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, in Vienna, Austria Conference to mark the International Education Day. She presented on higher education and research for sustainable development, with special focus on SDG4 and 16.
http://www.unodc.org/
27-29 January: Hilligje van’t Land attended the Association of Commonwealth Universities international partnership meeting in Wilton Park, UK to exchange on how higher education is contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
https://www.acu.ac.uk/news/university-leaders-convene-at-wilton-park-to-drive-sdg-agenda-forward/
29-30 January: Giorgio Marinoni participated in the ARES meeting in Brussels, Belgium.
https://www.ares-ac.be/fr/
29–31 January: the IAU President, Pam Fredman was invited to take part in the Future of Higher Education – Bologna Process Researchers’ Conference in Bucharest, Romania.
http://fohe-bprc.forhe.ro/
2019
DECEMBER 2019
9 December: Pam Fredman, Nobel Week Dialogue - Into the unknown: Uncertainty, risk and opportunity - Gothenburg, Sweden
NOVEMBER 2019
27-28 November: Giorgio Marinoni and Eva Egron-Polak, 1st ISAS visit (Internationalization Strategy Advisory Service) to the University of Bologna, Italy
26 November: Hilligje van’t Land, Meeting of Ministers of Education of the States Parties to the European Cultural Convention, organised under the French Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the theme “Citizenship education in the digital era”, Paris, France
21-22 November: Hilligje van’t Land and Andreas Corcoran, 10th Donor Harmonization Group Forum 2019, London, UK
12-13 & 13-15 November: IAU 2019 Global Meeting of Associations and IAU 2019 International Conference, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
OCTOBER 2019
16–17 October: Pam Fredman, Marta Losada, Roberto Escalante and Eva Egron-Polak, MCO 2019 Conference and Ceremony - University Freedoms and Responsibilities: Responding to the Challenges of the Future, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
7-9 October: Hilligje van’t Land, E4J High Level Conference - Educating for the Rule of Law, Vienna, Austria
2-4 October: Pornchai Mongkhonvanit and Hilligje van’t Land, Tsukuba Conference 2019 - How do science, technology and innovation contribute to achieving Society 5.0 and SDGs?, Tsukuba, Japan
SEPTEMBER 2019
24–27 September: Hilligje van’t Land and Giorgio Marinoni, 31st Annual EAIE Conference, Helsinki, Finland
10-11 September: Hilligje van’t Land, EIT Digital Conference and Partner Event - ’For a Strong Digital Europe’, Brussels, Belgium
11 September: Giorgio Marinoni, Les Midis de l’ARES - Internationalisation de l’enseignement supérieur : bilan, perspectives et défis au niveau mondial, européen et de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgique
AUGUST 2019
21-23 August: Giorgio Marinoni, IEASA 2019 Conference, Internationalisation of Higher Education in the Context of the 4th Industrial Revolution: Innovation, Diversity, Inequality and Inclusivity, Cape Town, South Africa
JULY 2019
9-12 July: Hilligje van’t Land, United Nations High-Level Political Forum, New York, USA
2-3 July: Hilligje van’t Land, UNESCO 2019 Forum on Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
JUNE 2019
21 June: Giorgio Marinoni, Developing networks and alliances – The European sector perspective, a Dialogue on Enhancing international competitiveness of universities - a European perspective, co-organized by the British Council and Université PSL, Collège de France, Paris, France
5-7 June: Pam Fredman, Global University Leaders Council Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
MAY 2019
11-15 May: Hilligje van’t Land and Giorgio Marinoni, 7th ASEF Rectors’ Conference and Students’ Forum (ARC7), Bucharest, Romania
27-28-29 May: Hilligje van’t Land, 3ème conférence internationale de la Chaire UNESCO Education, Formation et Recherche en Développement Durable - L’éducation au Développement Durable, levier de transition pour nos sociétés, Bordeaux, France
26-31 May: Giorgio Marinoni, NAFSA 2019 Annual Conference & Expo, "Global Leadership, Learning, and Change., Washington, D.C., USA
APRIL 2019
13-17 April: Hilligje van’t Land, FAUBAI 2019 Conference, Belem, Brazil
11-12 April: Hilligje van’t Land, 2019 EUA Annual Conference, Paris, France
MARCH 2019
30 March: Pam Fredman, Rethinking Higher Education: Inspired by the Sustainable Development Goals, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
26-27 March: Hilligje van’t Land, the Meeting of the Expert Group for Council of Europe’s Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
18-22 March: Hilligje van’t Land, the Second Intergovernmental Meeting on the Global Convention on the Recognition of Higher Education Qualifications, UNESCO headquarters, Paris, France
11-12 March: Hilligje van’t Land, the 6th SDG-Education 2030 Steering Committee meeting, UNESCO headquarters, Paris, France
FEBRUARY 2019
11-12 February: Hilligje van’t Land at the Helsinki University to advise on its institutional strategy, Helsinki, Finland
7-8 February: Pam Fredman, SDG Conference Bergen, Re: thinking, Re: wording, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
JANUARY 2019
14-16 January: Hilligje van’t Land at the THE Emerging Economies Summit, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
2018
DECEMBER 2018
18 December: Amanda Sudic, ‘Matinée’ Education Sector of Association des Professionnels de l’Information et de la Documentation (ADBS) at the UNESCO International Institute for Education Planning (IIEP) , Paris, France
17-19 December: Hilligje van’t Land and the Secretariat staff at the International Conference of NGOs, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France 13-14 December:Hilligje van’t Land, the UNESCO International Institute for Education Planning (IIEP) to discuss its new international research project on “SDG4: Planning for flexible learning pathways in higher education” in Paris, France 5-7 December:Hilligje van’t Land and Carine Sébast, the Global Convention on the Recognition of
Higher Education Qualifications, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France 3-5 December:Hilligje van’t Land, the UNESCO Global Education Meeting (GEM 2018), in Brussels, Belgium
NOVEMBER 2018
28-29 November:Hilligje van’t Land, the Swiss Agency of Accrediation and Quality Assurance (AAQ) Institutional Accreditation Day 2018, Bern, Switzerland
OCTOBER 2018
29-31 October: Hilligje van’t Land, the Hearing on Competences for Democratic Culture and Higher Education (CDC-HE), Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France 25 October: Hilligje van’t Land, the Convocation of the 10th meeting of the Steering Committee for Education Policy and Practice (CDPPE), Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France 24 October:Hilligje van’t Land, the Europe and North America 2030 Education Consultation jointly convened by UNESCO in close cooperation with the Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Commission, at the CoE, in Strasbourg, France. 15 October: Giorgio Marinoni, Le Programme national d’aide à l’Accueil en Urgence des Scientifiques en Exil (PAUSE), PAUSE Network Day, College de France, Paris, France 5 October:Hilligje van’t Land, U-Multirank Advisory Board Meeting
SEPTEMBER 2018
26-27 September: Hilligje van’t Land at the Western Balkans Regional Meeting on Ethics and Integrity in Higher Education in Skopje, Macedonia. The meeting was organised within the framework of the joint European Union and Council of Europe action “Strengthen integrity and combat corruption in higher education”. 17-19 September: Pam Fredman and Eva Egron-Polak at the 30th Anniversary of the Magna Charta Universitatum - University values in a changing world in Salamanca, Spain 11-14 September: Giorgio Marinoni and Hilligje van’t Land, EAIE 2018 conference, Geneva
AUGUST 2018
28 August -2 September: Giorgio Marinoni, 70th anniversary of Tabriz University, Iran
JULY 2018
8-10 July: Hilligje van’t Land, Jordan Academic Society, Amman
JUNE 2018
27 June: Hilligje van’t Land Symposium "Professions within Higher Education, contributers to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)", Paris, France
Event website25 June: Hilligje van’t Land Sustainability Curriculum Consortium Faculty Conference 2018, Pittsburgh, USA (IAU remote)
Event website 20-21 June: Amanda Sudic, UNESCO-IFAP 10th session of the Intergovernmental Council, Paris, France
Event website 18-19 June: Carine Sébast ENIC Naric Network Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic 11-13 June: Pornchai Mongkhonvanit ISCN Conference "Sustainable Development, acting with purpose", Stockholm, Sweden
Event website 7 June: Pam Fredman spoke at the Conference on “Higher Education in a Challenging World” organised by the Romanian National Council of Rectors (CNR), the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA), in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF). June: Prof Abdulganjyu Ambali, Vice Chancellor, Ilorin University Nigeria and IAU Vice President, represented the IAU at the African Association of Universities (AAU) Board meeting.
MAY 2018
25-25 May: Hilligje van’t Land, EHEA Ministerial Conference, Paris, France
Event website 23 May: Hilligje van’t Land, Observatory Magna Charta (MCO) Seminar, Paris
Event website: Integrity: a Cornerstone Value for Higher Education and Research 21-22 May: Pam Fredman, IV Universia International Rectors’ Meeting, Salamanca, Spain
APRIL 2018
25-27 April: Hilligje van’t Land, UNESCO Global Action Programme on ESD, Costa Rica 12-13 April: Hilligje van’t Land, 2018 Annual Groningen Declaration Network (GDN) Meeting, Paris, France
Event website 5-6 April: Hilligje van’t Land, EUA 2018 Annual Conference: Engaged and responsible universities shaping Europe
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MARCH 2018
14-15 March : Hilligje van’t Land, International Cooperation in Education Conference 2018, Bodø, Norway
Event website 9 March : Hilligje van’t Land, U-Multirank Meeting
FEBRUARY 2018
19 February : Hilligje van’t Land, Council of Europe Meeting on Higher Education and Democracy, Strasbourg, France
15 February : Hilligje van’t Land, UNESCO Regional Consultation Meeting for Western Europe bon Quality Assurance in Higher Education, Geneva, Switzerland
Event website 8-9 February: Hilligje van’t Land, SDG conference on Knowledge for Our Common Future, Bergen, Norway
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JANUARY 2018
31 January - 1st February: Hilligje van’t Land, CHEA 2018 Annual Conference & CIQG 2018 Annual Meeting: A Global Quality Forum, Washington DC, USA
Event website 25 January : Hilligje van’t Land, MIDIS / développement durable - Agenda 2030 : quel rôle pour les établissements d’enseignement supérieur ?
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2017
DECEMBER 2017
5 - 8 dec: Hilligje van’t Land, First RCE Conference : Towards Achieving the SDGs, Okayama, Japan
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NOVEMBER 2017
27 - 29 nov: Hilligje van’t Land, Bologna Process Researchers’ Conference, Bucharest, Roumania
Event website 16 - 17 nov: Pam Fredman, Netter Center 25th Anniversary Conference, Philadelphia, USA
Event website 13 - 14 nov: Hilligje van’t Land, Extraordinary Meeting of the Lisbon Recognition Convention Committee, Strasbourg, France 8 - 10 nov: Hilligje van’t Land, Donor Harmonisation Group, Stockholm, Sweden
OCTOBER 2017
25 - 28 oct: Hilligje van’t Land, 8th Prague Forum, Prague, Czech Republic
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SEPTEMBER 2017
18 - 19 sept: Hilligje van’t Land, GUNI International Conference on Sustainable Development Goals: Actors and Implementation, Barcelona, Spain
Event website 12 - 15 sept: Hilligje van’t Land and Giorgio Marinoni, EAIE 2017 Conference, Seville, Spain
Event website 30 août - 2 sept: Eva Egron-Polak, IAU former Secretary General and IAU Senior Fellow, Magna Carta Observatory Conference XXIX Anniversary, Pécs, Hungary
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