QS Global Academic Advisory Board

The board exists to advise QS on any aspect of university rankings, including the methods used to produce them, possible new rankings, and the effect and impact of rankings around the world.

It is convened by Martin Ince, a British science and education journalist who has been involved in the QS Rankings since 2004. He was formerly deputy editor of the Times Higher Education Supplement and advises universities in Europe and Asia on rankings issues.

Its other members include:

Angel Calderon, principal advisor on planning and research at RMIT University, Australia.Monique Canto-Sperber, president of Paris Science et Lettres, former director of the Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris.Maria Elisa Celis, director general of the educational service, Unam, the National Autonomous University of Mexico.Bhaskar Das, president of BCCL, publisher of the Times of India.Kevin Downing, consultant to QS and director of knowledge, enterprise and analysis, City University of Hong Kong.Julio C. Durand, Registrar, Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina.Amilcar Falcao, vice rector for research and professor of pharmacology, University of Coimbra, Portugal.Peter Halligan, dean of strategic futures and interdisciplinary studies, Cardiff University, Wales.Edouard Housson, historian and director general of ESCP Europe, the multinational European business school.Santiago Iniguez de Onzono, president of IE University, Madrid.Alan Kantrow, education consultant based near Boston, Massachusetts.Nasser Khalili, associate dean (research), faculty of engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia.Robert Morse, editor of the US News and World Report “Best Colleges,” the world’s most prestigious national ranking of universities. US News also publishes the QS World University Rankings in the US.Hajime Nishitani, law academic and deputy vice president of Hiroshima University, Japan.John O’Leary, UK education journalist, editor of the Times Good University Guide, formerly editor of THES and education editor of The Times.Nunzio Quacquarelli, managing director of QS.Seeram Ramakrishna, vice president for research strategy, National University of Singapore.Emma Rasiel, associate professor of practice at Duke University, US.Tony Sheil, deputy director of research policy, Griffith University, Australia.Christina Slade, vice chancellor of Bath Spa University, UK.Teng Jin-Guang, chair professor of structural engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.Leandro Tessler, former director of international relations, Unicamp, Brazil.Paul Thurman, Clinical Professor, Columbia University, Mailman School for Public Health, and School of International and Public Affairs.Tsui Lap-Chee, geneticist and president and vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong.Paul Wellings, vice chancellor of Wollongong University, Australia.Jerry (Yoram) Wind, professor at Wharton Business School, US, and academic director of the Wharton Fellow Program.Zhou Zhong, associate professor of higher education, Tsinghua University, Beijing.

Link to www.martinince.eu

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