IV Conferencia Internacional de Barcelona sobre Educación Superior

La GUNI ha seleccionado un grupo de especialistas en las áreas temáticas de esta llamada a comunicaciones, manteniendo el equilibrio entre expertos internacionales y académicos procedentes de Cataluña, donde se ubica su Secretariado. Hasta tres expertos por cada una de las líneas temáticas se encargarán de decidir cuáles serán las comunicaciones que se presenten, finalmente, en la conferencia.

GUNI has selected a Scientific Committe for the thematic workshops within this call for papers. All of them are acknowledged and experienced experts on the workshops themes. The Scientific Committee includes authors of the GUNI report Higher Education: New Challenges and Emerging Roles for Human and Social Development, university leaders and other higher education experts, keeping a balance between international and local scholars.

The complete list of members of the Scientific Committee and its belonging institutions are:

[A]. Ethics and relevance of scientific knowledge: what knowledge for what society?

• Josep Maria Esquirol, EPSON Foundation – Institute of Technoethics
• Jeroen van den Hoven, Delft University of Technology (TUDelft)
• Imanol Ordorika, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

[B]. Knowledge technologies for social transformation

• José Francisco Álvarez Álvarez, National University of Distance Education (Spain)
• Mariane Frenay, Catholic University of Leuvain
• Luc Soete, UNU – Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Centre on Innovation and Technology

[C]. Higher education and gender equity

• Marisol Marqués Calvo, Technical University of Catalonia
• Liisa Husu, European Network on Gender Equality in Higher Education and Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Helsinki University

[D]. Higher education, arts and creativity

• Nanci Lee, Formerly with Coady International Institute, St. Francis Xavier University
• Teresa Badia, Centre for the Innovation and Development of Visual Arts

[E]. The role of higher education in peace building and reconciliation processes

• Georges Haddad, UNESCO Division of Higher Education
• Emile Rwamasirabo, Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda in Japan

[F]. Higher education for intercultural dialogue and multiculturalism

• Manuel Ramiro Muñoz, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
• Hans van Ginkel, Formerly with United Nations University

[G]. Higher education for sustainable development

• Miquel Barceló, Technical University of Catalonia
• Didac Ferrer, Technical University of Catalonia
• Abdel Bagi A. G. Babiker, Arab Open University, Faculty of Education

[H]. Higher education and citizenship, participation and democracy

• Peter Taylor, Institute of Development Studies
• Jairam Reddy, UNU – International Leadership Institute

[-]. GUNI Founder Members Representatives

• Georges Haddad, UNESCO Division of Higher Education
• Konrad Osterwalder, United Nations University
• Antoni Giró, Technical University of Catalonia

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