Associate Members and Senior Fellows

IAU Associates and Senior Fellows are well-known and respected leaders and experts in higher education who share IAU’s goals and values, and wish to enhance their personal collaboration with the Association. Connected to the information dissemination programme, Associates and Senior Fellows attend conferences and participate in IAU projects. IAU Associates are involved in the thematic work of the IAU Priority areas, and Senior Fellows inform the strategic direction and overall mission vision of the Association.

Associate Members

  • Agneta Bladh

    Former Rector of the University of Kalmar, Sweden

  • Carmen Lamagna

    Vice-Chancellor, American International University, Bangladesh

  • Clifford Nii Boi Tagoe

    Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Ghana

  • Daniel Ruiperez

    Former Rector, University of Salamanca, Spain

  • Etsuko Katsu

    Former Vice-President, International, Meiji University, Japan

  • Fatima Marinho

    Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Porto, Portugal

  • H. Ian Macdonald

    President Emeritus (York); Professor Emeritus of Economics and Public Policy

  • H. Peter Mascher

    Professor, William Sinclair Chair in Optoelectronics, McMaster University, Canada

  • Is-Haq Oloyede

    Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Nigeria

  • Jason Laker

    Professor, Department of Counselor Education San José State University, San José, CA, USA

  • Kevin Kinser

    Department Head, Education Policy Studies, Pennsylvania State University, USA

  • Marta Losada

    Dean of Science, NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE

  • Mirta Martin

    Former President, Fairmont State University, USA

  • Paul Zeleza

    North Star Distinguished Professor and Associate Provost at Case Western Reserve University, United States

  • Pornchai Mongkhonvanit

    President, Siam University, Thailand

  • Ranbir Singh

    Former Vice-Chancellor, National Law University, India

  • Romeela Mohee

    Commissioner, Higher Education Commission, Mauritius

  • Stefan Delplace

    Honorary Secretary General, EURASHE, European Association of Institutions in Higher Education (aisbl)

  • Zoltán Dubéczi

    Secretary General, Hungarian Rectors Conference, Hungary

Senior Fellows

  • Diana-Camelia Iancu

    Associate professor and Dean, Faculty of Public Administration, SNSPA, Bucarest, Romania

  • Eva Egron-Polak

    Former IAU Secretary General

  • Hans de Wit

    Professor Emeritus, Distinguished Fellow of the Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA

  • Hans-Georg van Liempd

    Secretary of the University, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

  • Jocelyne Gacel-Ávila

    Catedra UNESCO, “Internacionalización de la Educación Superior y Ciudadania Global”. Universidad de Guadalajara, México

  • Marcelo Knobel

    Former Rector of the University of Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil

  • Stephen Sterling

    Emeritus Professor of Sustainability Education at the Centre for Sustainable Futures, University of Plymouth, UK