Title
Council member, Magna Charta Observatory &
Institution / Organization
Former Secretary General, International Association of Universities (IAU)
Bio
Eva Egron-Polak studied French Literature, Political Science and International Political Economy in Canada and in France. She held several positions including as Vice President, International at Universities Canada before becoming the Secretary General of the International Association of Universities (IAU) in 2002. She stepped down from this position in 2017, though she continues as a higher education consultant and serves as an IAU Senior Fellow. During her tenure at IAU, she developed many activities and services, most especially in internationalization, leadership development as well as promoting equitable access and success in higher education, ethics, academic values and higher education’s responsibility to society. She has undertaken reviews of higher education institutions and systems in countries in Europe, Asia and Africa and serves on Boards and international advisory committees of organizations such as the Magna Charta Observatory, the Global Access to Postsecondary Education initiative, the Global Centre for Higher Education, StudyPortal and the University Granada. She has acted as a consultant for the OECD, the European Commission and the World Bank among others. Eva Egron-Polak co-authored two editions of the IAU Global Survey Report on Internationalization of Higher Education (2010 and 2014 respectively), the study on Internationalization of Higher Education for the EU Parliament (2015), and numerous articles and book chapters on higher education policy. She is the recipient of the Palmes académiques from the Government of France and holds a Doctorate honoris causa from Mykolas Romeris University.