Professor Ulrich Teichler
Professor at the International Centre for Higher Education Research, University of Kassel (Germany), from 1978 to 2009, and former director (for 16 years). Born in 1942; study of sociology at the Free University of Berlin; researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Educational Research, Berlin; doctoral dissertation on higher education in Japan (University of Bremen). Extended research periods in Japan, the Netherlands, and the U.S.; visits of more than 70 countries; for some period professor on part-time/short-term basis at the Northwestern University (U.S.), College of Europe (Belgium), Hiroshima University (Japan), and Open University (UK). Key research areas: higher education and the world of work, comparison of higher education systems, and international mobility in higher education; more than 1,000 publications. Member of the International Academy of Education and the Academia Europaea, former chairman of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers, former president and distinguished member of EAIR, and fellow of the Society for Research into Higher Education. Research Prize of CIEE and Comenius Prize of UNESCO; Dr. h.c. of the University of Turku (Finland).
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