Frans A.van Vught#
| Membership Number: | 1886 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | GOVERNANCE, INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES |
| Elected: | 1998 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.lhmartininstitute.edu.au/about-the-institute/our-fellows/85-prof-frans-van-vught |
Present and Previous Positions
- Independent higher education expert, combining a number of European and international functions
- 1997 - 2005 Rector and President of the University of Twente
- 1984 - 1996 Founding director of the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS)
- President of the European Center for Strategic Management of Universities (Esmu)
- President of the Netherlands’ House for Education and Research (Nether)
Fields of Scholarship
- Higher education policy and management
- Research policy
- Innovation policy
Honours and Awards
- Member of the Group of Societal Policy Analysis (GSPA) of the European Commission
- Member of the National Innovation Platform
- Member of the National Social Economic Council
- Member of the Academia Europaea
- Member of the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong and the German "Akkreditierungsrat"
- Honorary doctor of the University of Ghent, Belgium (1999)
- Honorary doctor of the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow (2007)
