Prof. Dr. Liviu Matei

Professor Liviu Matei is a higher education scholar, educator, and university leader. He is a Professor of Higher Education and Public Policy and Head of the School of Education, Communication and Society at King's College London.

He taught at universities in Europe, the U.S and Asia, consulted extensively in higher education and conducted applied policy research projects for the Council of Europe, the European Commission, World Bank, UNESCO, OSCE, other international intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, and for national public authorities and universities from Europe and Asia.

Liviu Matei is a member of the Board of Trustees of the American University of Central Asia,the Governing Council of Magna Charta Universitatum Observatory, the Global Relations Advisory Group of the Swedish Association of Universities, and the Board of Governors of CHER- the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers.

He serves on the editorial board of the Internationalisation of Higher Education: Policy and Practice. His primary areas of expertise include university governance, academic freedom and university autonomy, funding, internationalization of higher education, quality assurance, and the history and politics of higher education.

He founded and directed the Yehuda Elkana Center for Higher Education, the Global Teaching Fellowships Program, and the Global Observatory on Academic Freedom, which he also directs.

He led the project of developing a monitoring framework for the fundamental values of higher education (academic freedom, university autonomy, integrity, student and staff participation in governance, and responsibility for and of higher education), and currently leads the research team that is undertaking the first monitoring of these values in all but four European countries.