Dr. Andreas Corcoran took up the position as Deputy Secretary General of the International Association of Universities in 2019 where he contributes to the organisation’s institutional development, the conceptual design of the IAU strategic plan, takes the lead on the IAU’s university leadership programme, and the IAU cooperation with partners and Members. He also oversees the strategic development of the reference publications, including the World Higher Education Database.

Prior to joining the IAU, Dr. Corcoran was Director of Higher Education at SOFIA in Rome where he managed the higher education portfolio in charge of the financial, academic and institutional development of a university in Tanzania spanning across strategy, governance, recruitment, and internationalisation.

Previously, Dr. Corcoran worked for the University of Kent in the UK, the Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt Foundation and the German Historical Museum in Berlin. Dr. Corcoran has published and lectured on university management, history and epistemic culture and holds a PhD in intellectual history from the European University Institute in Florence and a Master’s degree in Reformation and Enlightenment Studies from Trinity College Dublin.