CHER - Board of Governors

Chair
	Hugo Horta Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
General Secretary
	Maria João Rosa Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies Matosinhos, Portugal
Members
	Barbara Sporn WU Vienna University of Econonics and Business Vienna, Austria
	Justin Powell University of Luxembourg, Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
	Marek Kviek University of Poznań Poland
	Taru Siekkinen Finnish Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä, Finland
	Terhi Nokkala Finnish Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä Finland
	Wenqin Shen Peking University, Graduate School of Education Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Chairpersons

1988 to 1990 and 1992 to 1998 Ulrich Teichler (Germany)
1990 to 1991 Guy Neave (UK, France)
1991 to 1992 Jean-Claude Eicher (France)
1998 to 2001 Oliver Fulton (United Kingdom)
2001 to 2006 Alberto Amaral (Portugal)
2006 to 2013 Christine Musselin (France)
2013 to 2015 Patrick Clancy (Ireland)
2015 to 2017 Jussi Välimaa (Finland)
2017 to 2021 Gaële Goastellec (Switzerland)
2021 – … Hugo Horta (The University of Hong Kong)

Secretaries

1988 to 1992 Frans van Vught (The Netherlands)
1992 to 1999 Peter Maassen (The Netherlands)
1999 to 2005 Jürgen Enders (Germany, The Netherlands)
2006 to 2013 Barbara M. Kehm (Germany)
2013 to 2022 Pedro N. Teixeira (Portugal)
2022 – … Maria João Rosa (Portugal)

News & Announcements

CIPES 4th PhD Student Workshop – Call for Papers: Higher Education in Transition: Challenges, Policies, and Future Directions

The CIPES PhD Student Workshop invites PhD students to share and discuss their research on higher education and higher education policies. This Workshop is free of...

12-03-2025

CHELPS Annual Conference

On June 7, 2025 the 1st CHELPS Annual Conference at the North Point Centre of the Education University of Hong Kong will be hosted. The conference...

11-03-2025

CHELPS - Webinar

On March 28, 2025 at 18.00-19.00 HKT (time changed to 6pm for our global webinars), will host a talk with Dr. Giulio Marini from the University of Catania...

11-03-2025

2025 CHER Conference

Notice: The deadline for the submission of abstracts for the 2025 CHER Conference has been extended until March 21, 2025.The information is already available on the Conference website...

10-03-2025

Celebrating the Work of Georg Krücken

We inform you that there will be an event in honor of our late colleague Georg Krucken. More information below

03-03-2025

Save the date: User Webinar on the European Higher Education Sector Scoreboard

We are happy to inform you that we will be organizing in the context of the European Higher Education Sector Observatory two webinars on the European Higher Education Sector...

18-02-2025

CHER 37th Annual Conference

04-10-2024

The CHER 37th Annual Conference will take place in Poznan, Poland, from 3 to 5 September 2025. For more information click here.

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