2 Contents

Welcome...... 4 Introduction to the Conference...... 8 Programme...... 10 Scientific and Organising Committee...... 16 Organizing Committee for Sub-Conference of World Women Presidents’ Forum...... 23 Keynote Speakers...... 26 Chairs and Speakers...... 32 Participants...... 50 About ITU...... 70 Istanbul ...... 72 Gallery of the Beyond the Glass Ceiling Conference 2012...... 74 Maps and Hotel Information ...... 79

3 Welcome

4 BEYOND THE GLASS CEILING: WOMEN RECTORS ACROSS EUROPE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP IN STRUCTURAL CHANGES

Dear Rectors, Vice Rectors and Academicians,

We are happy to invite and host you at our university during the 4th European Women Rectors Conference, of which the first was held at ITU in 2008. We believe that there is a particular significance in meeting under an exclusive roof, which has trained Turkey’s first female engineer and first female certified engineer. ITU, an example to other techni- cal universities in the world with its ratio of female academics, furthermore attaches importance to the traditional- izing of this conference. As in all fields, along with their vision, discretion, knowledge and talent, women also make a difference in the work that they carry out in the academic world. Such as this conference, I believe that international knowledge networking carries importance in terms of women taking part in a much more active role in university administration, thus, increasing the number of rector and vice rectors in our country and in the world. My wish is for a successful conference, as so in previous years, where academic and administrative experiences and issues will be ad- dressed, concluding in stimulating remarks.

Respectfully yours,

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Karaca Rector

5 Dear Colleagues, It has been a great pleasure for us to organise the 4th European Women Rectors Conference at Istanbul Technical University and, with our Scientific Committee members, who have made remarkable contributions to the development of the vision and mission of this movement from the beginning, to establish the “European Women Rectors Platform”. Since 2008, a handful of woman leaders in academia have been trying to create awareness about the importance of leadership in higher education and research for women academics at the European level in order to tap the unfulfilled potential of that half of society. Although there have been remarkable developments in the representa- tion of women in science at the European level in recent years, SHE Figures show that women still stand less chance of reaching senior levels in higher education and research institutions, and also of holding positions of influence through membership in scientific boards. Optimism is appropriate when we look at the latest developments in the European Commission’s commitments. According to Communica- tion on the ERA 2012, gender is one of 5 priorities. Member states are invited to: create a legal and policy environment and provide incen- tives, engage in partnerships with funding agencies, research organisations and universities to foster cultural and institutional change on gender, ensure that at least 40% of the under-represented sex participate in committees involved in recruitment/career progression and in establishing and evaluating research programmes. In Horizon 2020, Art. 15, it is stated that “Structural change for ensuring equal opportuni- ties and promoting women’s careers and promoting integration of gender dimensions in research and innovation content should be given importance. Gender equality in research and innovation is the commitment of Horizon 2020 by achieving gender balance in research teams, gender balance in decision making and integrating gender analysis in decision making. Therefore it is obvious that structural change aimed at achieving gender equality is a major topic on the agenda of universities and that is why we have chosen to focus on this theme. We are making substantial changes in our higher education and research institutions with the aim of achieving gender equality across the world, but as a careful observer of academia notes: “Universities, with all their brainpower, are much more resistant to change than many other institutions. Universities are great at studying and recommending change for others, but when it comes to themselves, that is another matter. So what makes the difference between an institution that can change and one that cannot? Leadership. But what kind of leader- ship?” (Fullan, M. & Scott, G., 2009). As leaders of our universities we are expected to make these structural changes in our universities and provide equal opportunities to women and men academics in order not to lose talented people. Structural as well as cultural barriers of the university appear to be major factors explaining the reproduction of traditional structures and patterns which support male domination. Holistic approaches are needed for making structural changes in research institutions and universities to provide equal opportunities for women and men. It’s extremely important to combine top down and bottom up strategies to realise the changes. There are external and internal forces that foster organisational change in our institutions. Among the external forces are the marketplace, government laws and regulations, technology, labour markets and economic changes, while among internal forces are administrative processes and people issues. According to Lunenburg, types of resistance to organisational change can be listed as follows: uncertainty, concern over personal loss, group resistance, dependence, trust in administration, lack of awareness, and weakness in the proposed change (Lunenburg, F.C., 2010). We are faced with many kinds of resistance in our institutions when we try to bring about change. What is resis- tance? Resistance is defined by Lombardo and Mergeart as follows: “A phenomenon that emerges during processes of change that is aimed at maintaining the status quo and opposing change. (Lombardo and Mergeart, 2013). O’Toole (1995) reported that resistance to change is an effort to protect established social relations perceived to be threatened. It was pointed out that resistance occurs because it threatens the status quo or increases the fear of and anxiety about real or imagined consequences (Spector 1989). Change threatens personal security and confidence in ability to perform. Moreover, change may also be resisted because it threatens the way people make sense of the world, calling into question their values and rationality and prompting some form of self-justification or defensive reasoning (Bryant, 2006). Strate- gies to overcome resistance towards change are listed as follows: education and communication, fostering open communication, participa- tion and involvement, facilitation and support, negotiation and agreement, manipulation and co-optation, implicit and explicit coercion. There is no “one-size fits all” approach here. Every organisation has to design its own change process by giving different priorities to differ- ent strategies based on its structure, resources, capabilities and institutional culture. As leaders of our institutions along with our leadership teams, we have to learn from good practices and set our own strategies for making structural changes to achieve gender equality in our institutions. In this change process it is very important to understand the relationship between the forces of change and the resistance that we observe in our institutions. As mentioned in the report by Dr D. Avramov (2011) we have to be innovative, effective and efficient in pursuing a holistic approach and implementing an integrated toolbox for addressing the multi-layered dimensions of this change process. We have to create awareness and put in place effective communication tools to make 6 the stakeholders own the idea of change, and then design the change process with all the stakeholders’ contributions by the adoption of legal instruments and provision of incentives for increasing gender equality. Then we can move on to the implementation of change, and here we need close and careful monitoring and evaluation in order to make the necessary adjustments throughout the change process. There are certain issues that should be given importance in the process: recruitment, promotion and retaining of academic staff, research excellence and distribution of funding, work-life balance, mobility and opportunities for internationalisation. In the 4th EWRC we are also hosting a sub-conference for the coming World Women University Presidents Forum Conference which will take place in Beijing on 7th-9th September, 2014. The European Women Rectors Platform and the World Women University Presidents Forum have applied to UNESCO for patronage of the conferences which are taking place in 2014 and UNESCO has accepted this proposal. We are honoured to organize this conference under the patronage of UNESCO. We are also working together with the WWUPF on the formation of an umbrella organisation for women leaders in academia across the world. I would like to thank Mrs. Irina Bokova the Director General of UNESCO for her support and also Ms Saniye Gulser Corat who is representing UNESCO here at this conference. We have received nearly 90 registrations from 30 countries for the 4th European Women Rectors Conference which is the most yet in this se- ries. We have created a database of current women rectors/vice-chancellors and vice rectors/pro-vice-chancellors (at mainly European uni- versities), and also, as far as possible, the former holders of these positions and invited them to join us for this event. At the conference we will have a different structure than the previous ones: we have not only invited rectors/vice-chancellors, vice rectors, pro-vice-chancellors but also well known researchers in the area of women’s studies in Higher Education and Research as keynote speakers for plenary sessions, and have tried to organise parallel sessions co-chaired by women rectors/vice chancellors and keynote speakers to discuss the different aspects of leadership and their role in making structural changes to create gender equality in higher education and research. The aim of the conference is to formulate a set of recommendations for supra-national organisations and nation-states as well as academic institutions. Drawing on the experiences of women leaders in academia and the knowledge of researchers who have done much research on gender equality, we hope to discuss what the structural changes are that we need in higher education and research, how we are going to initiate change, what kinds of resistance to the processes of change exist, how we are going to monitor these processes and ensure their success. Before I finish, I would like to thank all of you for being here and sharing your opinions and experiences with us. We have been honoured by the president of EUA, Prof. Helena Nazare and President of WWUPF, Prof. Liu Jinan at this conference. I would like to thank them for their invaluable contributions. My special thanks go to our Scientific Committee for their continuous commitment to this platform. I would like to thank our keynote speakers and session chairs for devoting their precious time with us here. I also would like to thank all our speakers and rapporteurs for their contributions. I do not know how to thank Istanbul Technical University and its Development Foundation for their con- tinuous support in organising and funding these conferences since 2008. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to GARANTI BANKASI. Without their contribution we would not have been able to hold this conference here. I also would like to thank ENAR and IAUP and CMU for their support. EUA has always helped us by providing information about their member universities’ women rectors. I also would like to thank EUA for their support. Last but not least, I would like to thank our organising committee members. Hulya Caglayan has demonstrated a remarkable capacity for multitasking with her efficient and effective organisational skills and has made a substantial contribution to pre- paring the above mentioned database, Mehtap Kahraman taking care of all the administrative issues that were involved, and the director of this Cultural Centre, Didem Yücel has done an excellent job of organising the conference here for the fourth time. I hope that not only half of society, but the whole of society will soon be sharing the same opportunities to serve mankind together to make the world a better place. Prof. Dr. Gulsun Sağlamer Chair

References Avramow, D., Rapporteur, 2011. Initiating and Sustaining Structural Change: Reflection on the outcomes of the workshop on Structural Change in order to Improve Gender Equality in Research Organizations in Europe. Bryant, M., 2006.Talking about Change: Understanding employee responses through qualitative research. Management Decision, Vol. 135 No.1, pp. 25-41 Lombardo E. and Mergeart L.,2013. Gender Mainstreaming and Resistance to Gender Training: A Framework for Studying Implementation, NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, 21:4, 296-311. Lunenburg, F.C., 2010. Forces for and Resistance to Organizational Change., National Forum of Educational Administration and Supervision Journal, Vol 27, No 4. Fullan, M. & Scott, G., Jossey-Bass, 2009. Turnaround Leadership for Higher Education, San Franciso CA: Jossey-Bass. O’Toole, J., 1995., Leading Change: Overcoming the Ideology of Comfort and the Tyranny of Custom. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA Spector, P.E., 1986., Perceived Control by Employees: a meta-analysis of studies concerning autonomy and participation at work. Human Relations, 39, 1005-1016 7 Introduction to the Conference

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8 BEYOND THE GLASS CEILING: WOMEN RECTORS ACROSS EUROPE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP IN STRUCTURAL CHANGES

Gender inequality issue is a problem which is as old as human history and we have reasons not be overoptimistic in our expectations when we remember that women were accepted to colleges and universities only 150 years ago. Data for aca- demic staff by gender show patterns of both horizontal segregation which describes women’s asymmetrical participation in scientific areas and vertical segregation which is used to define the difficulties women face in their career progressions.

European Commission’s SHE Figures show that women stand less chance of reaching senior levels in higher education and research institutions, and also of holding positions of influence through membership in scientific boards. Structural as well as cultural barriers of the university appear to be the major factors explaining the reproduction of traditional structures and patterns which support a masculine domination.

In the Communication on the ERA 2012 “Gender” is one of the 5 priorities and member states are invited to create a legal and policy environment and provide incentives; Engage in partnerships with funding agencies, research organizations and universities to foster cultural and institutional change on gender; Ensure that at least 40% of the under-represented sex participate in committees involved in recruitment/career progression and in establishing and evaluating research programs. In The Horizon 2020 Art. 15 following goals are given; Structural change for ensuring equal opportunities and promoting women’s careers and Promoting integration of gender dimensions in research and innovation content.

The first, second and third conferences on “Women Academics Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Women Rectors across Europe” were organised and hosted by Istanbul Technical University on 11th of November 2008, 12-14 April 2010 and 21- 23 May 2012. In these conferences we shared experiences and developed new ideas to improve the conditions for women aca- demics to remove the barriers for horizontal and vertical segregation. The participants of these conferences agreed upon furthering this exchange and establishing a platform for European Women Rectors for future actions and activities. European Women Rectors Platform and Istanbul Technical University have organized the fourth conference on “Beyond The Glass Ceiling: Women Rectors Across Europe, Role of Leadership in Structural Changes” in Istanbul on 15-17 May 2014. For this conference encouraging responses have been received from women leaders in academia with some 90 registrations from 30 countries.

The theme of the fourth conference is the role of leadership in structural changes for achieving gender equality in academia. As it is widely accepted that leadership plays a crucial role in all change processes in Higher Education and Research we have decided to focus on “Role of Leadership in Structural Changes” for this confer¬ence. We hope and expect to discuss such questions as: What are the structural changes that we need in higher education and research for gender equality? How are we going to initiate these changes? How are we going to monitor these processes? The aim of the conference is to articulate a set of recommendations for different bodies such as European Commission, nation states and academic institutions.

There has been close collaboration between The European Women Rectors Platform (EWRP) and The World Women Univer- sity Presidents Forum (WWUPF) since 2010 and both sides decided to work together for future developments. Half day sub conferences for the WWUPF have been organized since 2012 under the program of EWRC2012 and EWRC2014 to integrate efforts for increasing women representation at decision making levels in Higher Education. We hope that UNESCO support for EWRP and WWUPF will lead us to a new era where we will have better chances to reach all our colleagues across the world. 9 Programme

10 Thursday, May 14

08.00-09.00 Registration

09.00-10.00 Welcome and Opening Remarks

Senate Hall Gülsün Sağlamer (Chair of the Organization Committee of EWRC) Mehmet Karaca (Rector of Istanbul Technical University) Helena Nazaré (President, EUA) Liu Jinan (Honorary President, Communication University of China) Ebru Dildar Edin (Executive Vice President, Garanti Bank)

10.00-11.00 Plenary Session I Programme Chair: Gülsün Sağlamer

Senate Hall Saniye Gülser Corat (Director, Division for Gender Equality, UNESCO) “Gender Equality in Decision-Making in Higher Education: Where are the Women?” Prof. Teresa Rees (Former Pro Vice Chancellor, Cardiff University) “Cultural Change in Academic Leadership”

11.00-11.30 Coffee Break

11.30-13.00 Parallel Sessions I

Workshop Session IA, Recruitment/Promotion/Retaining Room #1 Co-Chairs: Louise Morley, Mine G. Tan Danica Skara (Former Vice Rector, University of Split) Horizontal And Vertical Segregation In High Education And Its Relevance To The Glass Ceiling Phenomenon Corina Adriana Dumitrescu (Rector, ”Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University) “Good Governance and leadership – the way to Achieve the Right to Happiness” Liljana Markovska (Vice Rector, International Balkan University) “Fostering Structural Changes to Improve Gender Equality at IBU”

Workshop Session IB, Research Excellence/Funding Room #2 Co-chairs: Liisa Husu, Sezer Komsuoglu Tatjana Volkova (Former Rector, BA School of Business and Finance) “Management Teams Diversity as a Source of Enhancement Innovations at Universities” Beatrice-Gabriela Jöger (Vice rector, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism) “Role of Leadership in Structural Changes” Judith Kinnear (Former Vice Chancellor, Massey University) “Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Changing the Outlook in Science”

11 Workshop Session IC, EU Projects on Gender Equality in Higher Education Room #3 Co-Chairs: Gülay Barbarosoğlu, Fanny M. Cheung Minna Salminen (Gender Equality Specialist, Uppsala University) “FESTA –Female Empowerment in Science and Technology Academia” Maria Caprile (Director of Research, NOTUS) “SHEMERA- SHE Euromediterranean Research Area” Ines Sanches de Madariaga (Head, Women and Science Unit, Ministry of Economy) “Advancing gender equality in European research: genderSTE, a COST policy driven network” Çiler Dursun (Head, Department of Journalism, Ankara University) “A Pioneering Example for Implementation of the Gender Equality Action Plan in Turkey: Ankara University at Genovate Project”

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-14:15 Group Photograph

14:15-15:15 Plenary Session II Chair: Helena Nazaré Senate Hall Prof. Louise Morley (Chair of Education Director CHEER, University of Sussex) Lost Leaders: Women in the Global Academy Prof. Liisa Husu (Co-Director, GEXcel International Collegium for Advanced Transdisciplinary Gender Studies, Örebro University) Promoting gender change in universities: Nordic interventions and experiences

15:15-15:45 Coffee Break

15:45-17:15 Parallel Sessions II

Workshop Session IIA, Raising Awareness/Communication Room #1 Co-Chairs: InesInes Sanches de Madariaga, Tatjana Volkova Gita Revalde (Rector, Ventspils University College) Challenges of woman leadership in science and higher education positions Nathalia Tikhomirova (Rector, Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics) “New Challenges for Higher Education Institutions in the Information Society” Semra Ülkü (Former Rector, Izmir Institute of Technology) “Women Academics And Sustainability” Cristiana Cristureanu (Vice Rector, ”Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University) “Knowledge- based leadership and competitive intelligence”

12 Workshop Session IIB, Monitoring/Measuring Impact Room #2 Co-chairs: Teresa Rees, Ke Yang Gabriella Dodero (Vice Rector, Free University of Bozen Bolzano) A portrait of Italian Women Rectors in 2040 Funda Sivrikaya Şerifoğlu (Rector, Düzce University) & Nigar Demircan Çakar, (Vice Rector, Düzce University) & Ayla Keçeci (Associate Professor, Düzce University) & Şule Ay (Assistant Professor, Düzce University) “How Can We Reach Gender Equality In Managerial Positions In Higher Education? Results From The Rectors’ Workshop” Gunta Veismane “Is there a real difference between men and women’s leadership?” Tiina Rosenberg (Rector, University of the Arts Helsinki) “Performing Power: Reflections on Leadership and Feminism”

Workshop Session IIC , Experiences from Leaders at National Levels Room #3 Co-chairs: Saniye Gulser Corat, Martine Rahier Neelam Kumar (Scientist, National Institute of Science, Technology and Developmental Studies) “Leadership in Indian Academia: The Missing Minerva?”

Mine G. Tan (Professor, Ankara University) “Women’s Participation in Turkish Higher Education” Marja-Liisa Tenhunen (Former President and managing Director, Central Ostrobothnia University of Applied Sciences) “Role of Leadership in Higher Education Reform in Finland Universities of Applied Sciences between the years 2008 - 2015” Giuli Alasania (Chairperson of Board of Trustees, University of Georgia) & Manana Sanadze (Rector, University of Georgia) “Education Reform in Georgia and the University of Georgia”

17:15-17:45 Transfer to Hotel

18:15-19:00 Transfer from Hotel to Pera Palace

19:00-19:30 Welcome Coctail at Pasa Saloon, Pera Palace Hotel

19:30 - 20:00 Prof. Merja Makinen (Principal Lecturer, Director of Programmes for the Culture and Communications area in the Media Department, Middlesex University) “Agatha Christie, the successful travelling woman writer”

20:30-23:00 Gala Dinner at Grand Pera Ballroom

13 Friday, May 16

09.30-10.30 Plenary Session III Senate Hall Chair: Krista Varantola Professor Fanny M.C. Cheung (Pro-Vice-Chancellor/Vice-President, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) “Promoting Women and Women Leadership” Ines Sanches de Madariaga (Head, Women and Science Unit, Ministry of Economy) “On a different voice. Reflection on Women Leaders”

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:00 Conclusions of the Parallel Sessions IA IB IC Senate Hall Chair: Helena Nazaré Representatives of parallel sessions 12:00-13:00 Closing Session – Evaluation and Future Expectations Senate Hall Chair: Gülsün Sağlamer Helena Nazaré, Krista Varantola, Liu Jinan, Mine G. Tan

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-17:00 Sub-Conference of World Women Presidents’ Forum Senate Hall

17:00-18:00 Concert

18:00-20:00 Closing Reception

Saturday, May 17

09.00-09.30 Transfer from the Hotel

09:30 Departure of the Boat

09:30-13:30 Excursion/Bosphorus Boat Tour

13:30-15:30 Lunch at Tapasuma, Sumahan Otel, Asian Side of Istanbul

15:30-16:00 Transfer to European Side by boat

16:00-16:30 Transfer to Hotel

14 Friendship bridge, Equity bridge Announcement of the 6th World Women University President Forum

May 16th, 2014, Istanbul Technical University

Introduction to the World Women University Presidents Forum The World Women University Presidents Forum is launched by Communication University of China (CUC), aiming at pooling strengths of women university presidents from all over the world and creating an international platform for women university presidents to communicate and collaborate, and to share new ideas and thoughts. Since 2001, World Women University Presidents Forum has been held successfully for 5 sessions, attracting more than 800 women university presidents from 79 countries and regions to attend the events. The World Women University Presidents Forum has developed into a worldwide influential brand forum with women university presidents as the major participants.

Tuesday, 16 May

14:00-15:30 Plenary Session I Senate Hall Chair: Zhu Peifen, Vice President of Bejing International Studies University Gülsün Saglamer (Chair of the Organizing Committee of the European Women Conference) Yuan Jun (Vice President of Communication University of China) Judith Kinnear (Former Chancellor of Massey University) Ke Yang (Executive Vice President of Peking University)

15:30-16:00 Tea Break

16:00-17:00 Plenary Session II Senate Hall Chair: Nuran Zeren Gülersoy, Former Vice Rector, Istanbul Technical University Krista Varantola (Chancellor of Tempere University) Gao Xiaohong (Chair of Faculty of Journalism and Communication of Communication University of China) Ljiliana Popovic (Rector of Belgrade University in Arts) Liu Jinan (Honorary President of Communication University of China, Chair of Organizing Committee of the World Women University President Forum)

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16 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Christina ULLENIUS Former Rector, Karlstad University

Gülsün SAĞLAMER Professor and Former Rector of Istanbul Technical University Organization Committee Chair

M. Helena NAZARE‘ President, EUA

Krista VARANTOLA Chancellor, University of Tampere

Lui JINAN Honorary President, Communication University of China

Margaret WINTERMANTEL President, DAAD German Academic Exchange Service

Mine G. TAN Professor, Istanbul Technical University

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Gülsün SAĞLAMER Professor, former Rector of the Istanbul Technical University

Mine G. TAN Professor, Istanbul Technical University

Hülya ÇAĞLAYAN Istanbul Technical University

A.Meltem BASLO Istanbul Technical University

Mehtap KAHRAMAN Istanbul Technical University

17 GÜLSÜN SAĞLAMER Professor and Former Rector of Istanbul Technical University Organization Committee Chair Former Rector of Istanbul Technical University (ITU) from 1996 to 2004. Ms Gülsün Sağlamer is a professor of architecture. She has been a Board Member of EUA (European University Association) between 2005-2009 and a member of the Steering Committee of EUA’s Institutional Evaluation Programme (2009-2013). In addition she is an Executive Committee Member (2003-) and Chair of European Council (2005-2010) of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP). She is the Vice-President of CMU ( Community of Mediterranean Universities. Ms Gülsün Sağlamer was the President of the Council for Technology and Technoparks in Turkey (2006-2010) ) and a Board Member of ITU’s Technology Park and Incubation Centre, ARI Technocity. She is a Member of Board of Trustees of Kadir Has University since 2006 and a Board Member of ITU Development Foundation (2009-2012). She has been invited to the Marie Curie People Programme (EC) Advisory Group for 3 terms (2006-2008-2010-2012).

She has been in the Scientific Committee of TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey), INTAG between 1990-1996. Prof Saglamer has been invited to Queen’s University of Belfast as Visiting Professor between 1993 and1996 and has also been invited to be an external examiner in the same university for four years between 1999 and 2003. She has been a visiting scholar at the Martin Centre, Cambridge University in 1975-76 and for short periods in 1987 and 1989. She has been on numerous juries such as the prestigious Daimler-Chrysler-UNESCO Mondialogo Engineering Prize 2005.

Since 1992 she has focused on higher education and research and realized profound reforms in her university, created many research centers in ITU and gave over 50 invited lectures on different aspects of higher education (such as research, innovation, quality assurance, funding and women leadership in HE) at international meetings. She has been invited to the” Expert Working Group On The External Research Funding of Universities”, established by the EC (2007-2008) and several EC funded research projects as an expert in recent years. She is a member of the Steering Committee of the OECD/IMHE Quality Teaching Project since 2009.

She is a member of the editorial board of three international scientific journals. She has received several architectural prizes and was awarded Honoris Causa by Carleton University, Canada (2001), Universitatea de Nord Din Baia Mare University, Romania (2002) and Ovidius University of Constantza in Romania (2009). American Institute of Architects (AIA) awarded her “Honorary Fellowship (Hon FAIA) in 2006 and she has been also awarded “Leonardo da Vinci Medal” by SEFI (Société Européenne Pour la Formation Ingénieurs-European Society for Engineering Education) in 2005-2006. She is a member of European Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters since 2011. 18 MARIA HELENA VAZ DE CARVALHO NAZARE President, EUA

Maria Helena Nazaré was trained as a physicist, graduating, in 1972, from University of Lisbon and obtained the PhD from King’s College London, in 1978. In 1986, she took up leadership of the research group in Spectroscopy of Semi- conductors in the Department of Physics at the University of Aveiro. She has been Head of Department, between 1978 and 1980 and again between 1988 and 1990, Vice-President of the Scientific Council in 1990-91 and Vice-Rec- tor of the University of Aveiro, a position held until 1998.

Rector of the University of Aveiro during the period of 2002 – 2010, she has been the chair of the Portuguese Rectors Conference Committee for research and knowledge - transference, and a Member of the Research Working Group of the European University Association. Member of the EUA Institutional Evaluation Pool, since 2004, she has participated in the evaluation of universities in Spain, Turkey, Palestine, Slovenia and Kazakhstan. She has been appointed Vice-President of the EUA in 2009 and elected as President in April 2011. She has also participated in OECD lead evaluations in Catalonia and Lombardy and ENQA evaluations in Galiza and Finland. Currently she is a member of the Portuguese National Education Council and Chair of its Higher Education Comission, Member of the Administration Board of Portugal Telecom, President of the Advisory Board of Fundação Galp Energia and President of the Portuguese Physics Society.

CHRISTINA ULLENIUS Chairperson, Governing board, Luleå University of Technology

Christina Ullenius was recruited in 1994 to lead the development of the former polytechnic institution Högskolan Karlstad to a full university in 1999. Under her leadership Karlstad University developed into a strong academic institution of international standing in strategic areas for regional development, life-long learning, flexible and distance education. She left Karlstad after 12 years.

Ullenius is a chemical engineer by training and has had a long research and teaching career in organic chemistry at Chalmers University of Technology. She was vice rector at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg 1989 – 1994. She has also spent periods of research in the United States, eg at Princeton University. She is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy for Engineering Sciences.

Presently Christina Ullenius is the president of the board of Luleå Technical University, president of the board of the KK-foundation Stockholm, and a member of the board of the Hasselblad Foundation.

Christina Ullenius also serves in an advisory capacity to the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education. She has previously served as president of the board of the Swedish Research Council for Engineering Sciences, 1996 - 2000 President of the Swedish Association of Higher Education, 2001 – 2004. Vice president of the European University Association, 2005 – 2009. University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway, member of the board, 2003 - 2011. President of the board, the Swedish Defence Research Agency, 2004 - 2009. She has also been a member of various expert groups in the European commission.

Special interest Promoting equal opportunities for women and men in an academic career and leadership. She has been chairing two program committees for the Swedish research agency Vinnova. The programs have been designed to identify and support women in their research careers. 19 KRISTA VARANTOLA Chancellor, University of Tampere

Chancellor Krista Varantola received her PhD in English from the University of Turku, Finland in 1985. She worked as a senior lecturer at the same university until 1989 when she moved to the University of Tampere to become Professor of English at School of Modern Languages and Translation Studies. She has published widely on techni- cal English usage, as well as the use of dictionaries and the use of electronic text corpora as translation tools. She is member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.

Alongside her scholarly pursuits she has held several administrative positions at the university and served as Head of Department, Dean, Vice-Rector and Rector (President) of the University of Tampere. She was elected Chair of the Finnish Council of University Rectors for 2008-2009. Her five-year term as Rector ended in August 2009 when she was appointed Chancellor of the University of Tampere by the President of the Republic of Finland.

She is a member of a number of national and Nordic academic boards, research councils and foundations. She served twice on the Science and Technology Policy Council of Finland (chaired by the Prime Minister). She is cur- rently Chair of the National Advisory Board on Research Ethics in Finland and Vice-Chair of the Council of Finnish Academies.

Krista Varantola is married and has two grown-up children.

MARGARET WINTERMANTEL President, DAAD German Academic Exchange Service Career

Since 2006 President of the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) 2001 - 2006 Vice-President of the German Rectors’ Conference 2000 - 2006 President of Saarland University, Germany 1994 - 1997 Vice-President for Study and Teaching at Saarland University Since 1992 Professor (C4) of social psychology at Saarland University, Germany

Education

1986 Habilitation in psychology at the University of Heidelberg 1983 - 1985 DFG Habilitation Scholarship Holder 1979 - 1983 Lecturer at the Psychology Institute of the University of Heidelberg 1977 - 1979 DFG Research Grant 1972 - 1977 Research Assistant at the Institute of Psychology of the University of Heidelberg 1972 Further periods of research stays in Ann Arbor and Berkeley 1972 Gained her doctorate with the degree of Dr. rer. nat. 1966 - 1970 Studies in psychology and media studies at the universities at Mainz and Heidelberg

20 MİNE G. TAN Professor, Istanbul Technical University and Ankara University

Academic degrees:Ll b, Faculty of Law, Ankara University. M.A., Department of Sociology, Washington State Universi- ty. Ph.D., Sociology of Law, Faculty of Law, Ankara University. Aggregation, Sociology of Education, Ankara University. Main research area: Gender and education: education of women, history of women, feminist pedagogy, sociology of education, history of childhood. Worked as a professor of sociology of education and gender studies at Ankara University and held such administra- tive positions as the head of the Department of Women’s Studies and board member of the Women’s Studies Center of the same university. She was a founding and executive committee member in the Women’s Studies Center in Science, Engineering and Technology, Istanbul Technical University (2009-2012). She was also a visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge, England and Fulbright scholar at Washington State University, USA. She participated in such international gender projects as Meta Analysis of Gender and Science Research (2008-2010); Survey of the Career of Female Scientists at Life Sciences versus Technical Universities (UNICAFE) (2006-2008); Education in ‘Multicultural’ Societies project of Goteborg University and Sweedish Research Institute in İstanbul (2004-2007); Population and De- velopment Strategies research commissioned by Turkish Academy of Sciences/UNFPA (2003-2004). She participated in such national projects as the Network of Female Academicians in Science Engineering and Technology in Turkey (NETFA), 2010-2012; Sivil Initiative for the Education of Girls in Turkey (2006 – 2007), Turkish Women’s Thesaurus (2007-2008). She is a member of the ITU team in such 7th framework projects as the She Euromediterranean Research Area (SHEMERA) and Female Empowerment in Science and Technology Academia (FESTA). Author and co-author of 6 books and 66 publications in the relevant research areas Tan is also a member of the Feminist Academicians Studying Women’s Work (KEFA) and the Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect in Turkey.

LIU JINAN Honorary President, Communication University of China

As a professor in the field of mass communication and international relations, Liu Jinan is the president of Organizing Committee of World Women University Presidents Forum, honorary president of Communication University of China (CUC), honorary president of Nanguang College of CUC and member of National Committee of cinema review. In February 1939, Professor Liu Jinan was born in Xiaogan city of Hubei province in China. She graduated from Peking University in 1965, majoring in international politics. She has been as a teacher in CUC (former Beijing Broadcasting Institute) since 1965. From 1983 to 1992, she was vice president of Beijing Broadcasting Institute. From 1993 to 2006, she was president of CUC (former Beijing Broadcasting Institute). In 2004, Prof. Liu Jinan founded a modern college named Nanguang College of CUC which has a student number in excess of ten thousand in Nanjing. From 2004 to 2010, she was president of Nanguang College of CUC. Prof. Liu Jinan is one of the creators and founders in the field of mass communication and international relations, and she developed domestic study on “national image” early. So far, she has published more than 10 books, including Mass Communication and International Relations, International Communication and Nation Image and The Image of China, etc. Professor Liu Jinan pays long-term attention to the research of woman education and woman leadership. Since 2001, the first “World Women Presidents Forum” was held by her, five forums have been held successfully. She also produced the first television documentary, World Women University President Features Collections (15 sets). In October 2004, she was awarded the “Outstanding Achievements Annual Award” by International Association of University Presidents (IAUP). In 2011, Prof. Liu Jinan wad entrusted a significant research projects by The Ministry of Education, which is On Perfecting the Understanding of Woman Higher Education in the World and the Cohort Study on World Women Uni- versity Presidents in China under the View of Modern University System. 21 HÜLYA ÇAĞLAYAN Researcher, Istanbul Technical University

Hulya Caglayan gained her undergraduate degree in Philosophy at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey in 2009. She then completed her Masters in Cultural Studies at Sabanci University in Istanbul, in 2011. She also worked as a teaching assistant at Sabanci University between 2009 and June 2012. Since August 2012 she is working at ITU as a researcher for a EU funded project, titled as “Female Empowerment in Science and Technology Academia” (FESTA).

MEHTAP KAHRAMAN Administrative Assistant, Istanbul Technical University

Was born in Trabzon. She graduated from Anatolia University, Public Relations Department. Between 1997-2001, she worked as an executive assistant at İstanbul Technical University - Development Foundation. Until 2001 she is working with Prof. Dr. Gülsün Sağlamer.

A.MELTEM BASLO Istanbul Technical University

Born in Oslo (Norway) in 1969

Bachelor’s degree on Architecture, 1994, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Master of Architecture degree, 1998, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University

PhD, 2008, Istanbul Technical University

BASLO became a research asssitant at Istanbul Technical University in 2004. She took part in many campus projects’ design and construction until 2011 within ITU Project Management Center. She is currently working at ITU Housing Research and Development Center. Her research areas are Turkish Revolution and Modern Architecture in 1920s, Revolution Architecture, Housing and Modernism, 19th century Istanbul and eclecticism, Historical Mapping of Galata and Pera.

22 Organizing Committee for Sub-Conference of World Women Presidents’ Forum

Prof. Liu JINAN Honorary President of Communication University of China

Prof. Yuan JUN Vice President of Communication‘ University of China

Prof. Ke YANG Executive Vice President of Peking University

Prof. Zhu PEIFEN Vice President of Beijing International Studies Univeristy

23 YUAN JUN Vice President, Communication University of China

Current Position Prof. Yuan is the Vice President of Communication University of China. He took his current position in 2006. His other positions include Chairman of the National Excellent Journalism Talents Education Committee, President of the Communication Psychology Committee affiliated to China Social Psychology Academic Association, and Vice President of the China Broadcasting and Television History Studies Committee. Education Vice President Yuan received his master degree in Journalism from Beijing Broadcasting Institute (now known as Communication University of China) in 1991, and a PhD degree in Journalism from Communication University of China in 2005. Research Interests Vice President Yuan is meantime a professor of Journalism and his research interests include media literacy, history of Chinese broadcasting and television, and communication theory. Publications Educational Theory on Media Literacy, Communication University of China Press, 2010. Broadcasting and Television History of China (co-author), Beijing Broadcasting Institute Press, 2004. Theory on Journalism Media, Beijing Broadcasting Institute Press, 2000. Study on the Trend of 21st century Broadcasting and Television Development across Straits (co-author), CRI Audio/ Video Publishing House, 2000. Introduction to Journalism Industry, Beijing Broadcasting Institute Press, 1997. Satellite Television Communication (co-author), Beijing Broadcasting Institute Press, 1997. Journalism Industry History of China (co-author), China Radio & Television Publishing House, 1996.

ZHU PEIFEN Vice President , Beijing International Studies University

Ms. Zhu Peifen has served as BISU’s Vice President in charge of academic affairs and the administration of research institutes since May 2011. She holds a Ph.D. in polymer science from Chinese Academy of Science, a Master’s degree in polymer science and a Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering both from BIT. Originally from Hubei Wuxue City, Ms.Zhu Peifen has more than 20 years of experience in administration. Prior to her appointment at BISU, Ms. Zhu worked as the Chief Technology Officer of Beijing Municipal Administration of Quality and Technology Supervision. She has served in many different administrative capacities including Division Chief of High-Tech Industrial Development Bureau of Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform; Division Chief of Foreign Investment and Trade Bureau of Beijing Municipal Planning Committee and Director of Science and Technology Commission of Haidian District in Beijing.

KE YANG Vice President, Peking University

[Education and Working Experience] 1980-1982 Master of Cell Biology Beijing Medical College (now called Peking University Health Science Center), Beijing, China 1982-1985 Assistant Professor Lab. of Genetics, Beijing Cancer Hospital & Beijing Institute for Cancer Research (now called Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute), Beijing, China 1985-1988 Doctoral Visiting Fellow Lab. of Human Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, National 24 Institute of Health, USA 1988-1994 Associate Professor, Chief Lab of Genetics, Beijing Cancer Hospital & Beijing Institute for Cancer Research (now called Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute), Beijing, China 1994-present Professor, Chief Lab of Genetics, Beijing Cancer Hospital & Beijing Institute for Cancer Research (now called Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute), Beijing, China 1996-2000 Vice President Beijing Cancer Hospital & Beijing Institute for Cancer Research (now called Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute), Beijing, China 2001-2003 Vice President Peking University Health Science Center (PUHSC) 2004-Present Executive Vice President Peking University (PKU), Peking University Health Science Center (PUHSC), Beijing, China 2013 Honorary Doctor of Laws Monash University, Australia

[Social Appointments] 2010-present Vice President Chinese Medical Association 2010-present Member Committee of Experts for Medical Reform, National Development and Reform Commission, China 2010-present Commissioner Global Commission on Education of Health Professionals for the 21st Century 2011-present Chair and Commissioner China Commission on Education of Health Professionals 2012-present National Educational Inspector Ministry of Education, China 2012-present Executive Member The 6th Council of Chinese Association of Higher Education 2012-present President and Executive Member The 6th Council of Chinese Environmental Mutagen Society 2012-present Member AAHCI (Association of Academic Health Centers International) Steering Committee

[Major Awards] 2009 National Teaching Achievements Awards (Ministry of Education) 2009 First Prize of Beijing Educational and Teaching Achievements Awards (higher education) 2010 Beijing Talents Awards for Outstanding Contributions in Scientific and Technological Management 2010 China Medical Women’s Association “Wuzhou Women’s Science and Technology Award”

[Leading Role in Medical Education and Health System Reform] Prof. Ke’s devotion to health professional education for a new century and the notable achievements in this area creates an outstanding educator for herself. She has a good understanding of medical technology advance, health system problems, determinants of health, and characteristics of contemporary youth. All of those plus her leadership position enable her to strengthen correct education ideas, adjust and build bridges across different disciplines of health sciences and harness the expertise and interdisciplinary power of Peking University Health Science Center and its affiliated hospitals for teaching and scientific research, eventually promoting health system reform through the path of health professional education. Exceptional passion for students makes her a most popular educator among students at Peking University.

As a member of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), she has brought forward 26 proposals on medical education and health system reform at CPPCC in the past 6 years.

[Research Interests] Professor Ke’s major research interests are the etiology and carcinogenesis mechanism of upper gastrointestinal tract cancer.

As the first or corresponding author, she has published ~80 papers in peer-reviewed, SCI-cited journals including Lancet, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, Carcinogenesis, J Biol Chem, etc.

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26 EBRU DİLDAR EDİN Executive Vice President, Garanti Bank Project Finance

Ebru Dildar Edin graduated from Boğaziçi University Department of Civil Engineering. After working at various private banks, she joined the Corporate Banking division at Garanti Bank in 1997. In 1999, she took part in the establishment of Garanti Bank’s Project Finance Department. After leading the department for six years as Senior Vice President, she became Project and Acquisition Finance Coordinator in 2006. She was appointed to her current position on November 25, 2009, and became a member to the Sustainability Committee in 2010. In addition to her current responsibilities, Edin also coordinates the Sustainability Team, which was created in 2012 to implement the decisions of the Sustainability Committee.

FANNY M. CHEUNG Vice-President, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Professor Cheung is currently Pro-Vice-Chancellor/Vice-President, Choh-Ming Li Professor of Psychology and Director of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at CUHK. She was formerly Dean of the Faculty of Social Science and Chairperson of the Department of Psychology. An active advocate for promoting women’s status through scientific research, Professor Cheung established the Gender Research Centre in 1985, and initiated the Gender Studies Programme at the University. Over the years her efforts have led to an increased awareness of gender issues in academia as well as the community at large. From 1996 to 1999, Professor Cheung served as the Founding Chairperson of the Hong Kong Equal Opportunities Commission, setting up the mechanism to eliminate discrimination and promote equal opportunities for women and men, and for people with disabilities.

Professor Cheung obtained her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, and PhD in Psychology from the University of Minnesota. Her research expertise lies in cross-cultural personality assessment and psychopathology, gender equality, and women leadership. Professor Cheung is currently President of the International Test Commission, a Fellow and former President of the Hong Kong Psychological Society, and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) as well as the Association for Psychological Science (APS).

Professor Cheung is dedicated to public service and has served on many government committees and advisory bodies, including the Electoral Affairs Commission and the Women’s Commission. She was invited as a special delegate to the 7th to the 11th Sessions of the National Congress of Chinese Women. In recognition of her contributions to the community, she was appointed Justice of the Peace made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE).

Professor Cheung has published and lectured widely and internationally. Her academic publications total over 180 internationally refereed journal articles, book chapters, books and monographs. Her book on Women at the Top (Wiley, 2008) and related article in the American Psychologist (2009) illustrated how women leaders combined work and family in reaching the top of their professions. Her academic honours and awards include the APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology 2012, Distinguished International Psychologist Award of APA Division 52 (2005), and Distinguished Leadership Award for Internationals from the University of Minnesota (2003).

27 SANİYE GÜLSER CORAT Director, Division for Gender Equality, UNESCO

Saniye Gülser Corat is currently the Director of the Division for Gender Equality in the Office of the Director-General at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. Before joining UNESCO in September 2004, she pursued a rich and diversified career as an academic at Carleton University in Canada and a senior international development advisor to several international organizations, including the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, the Canadian International Agency and the International Research Development Centre, managing projects in over 30 countries in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Ms Corat worked in the private sector as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of an international development consulting company in Canada for almost 10 years.

S. Gulser Corat graduated from Robert College and Bogazici University in Istanbul. She holds graduate degrees in European Studies from the College of Europe in Belgium, and in International Political Economy from the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs and the Political Science Department of Carleton University in Canada as well as a post-graduate degree in Public Leadership from Harvard University, Kennedy School in Cambridge, Mas- sachusetts, USA.

LIISA HUSU Co-Director, GEXcel International Collegium for Advanced Transdisciplinary Gender Studies, Division for Gender Equality, Örebro University

Professor of Gender Studies, School of Humanities, Education and Social Science, Örebro University, Sweden; Co- Director of GEXcel International Collegium for Advanced Transdisciplinary Gender Studies at Örebro University, Sweden; affiliated researcher at Department of Management and Organisation at Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland

Liisa Husu (Dr.Soc.Sc., University of Helsinki) is a Finnish sociologist and gender expert, Professor of Gender Stud- ies at Örebro University, Sweden, and Co-Director of GEXcel International Collegium for Advanced Transdiciplinary Gender Studies, a three-university (Karlstad – Linköping – Örebro universities) research platform of advanced gender research (www.gexcel.org), and the leader of Center of Feminist Social Studies (CFS) at the Örebro University. She has been board member of GEXcel Center of Gender Excellence, one of the Swedish Centres of Gender Excel- lence, funded by the Swedish Research Council 2007-2011; Guest Professor in Gender Studies at Örebro University 2009-2010 and Guest Professor at Linköping University Tema Genus 2009-2011. She was awarded the University of Helsinki Gender Equality Prize, the Maikki Friberg Prize, in 2009.

Liisa Husu was the Na­­tio­­nal Co-ordi­­na­­tor of Wo­­men’s Studies and se­­­­­­nior ad­­vi­­ser in the Fin­­nish gender equa­­­­l­­ ity machi­­ne­­ry (Council for Equality between Women and Men and Equality Ombudsman’s Office) at the nistMi­­ ­­ry of So­­cial Af­­­­fairs and Health 1981-1996; re­­searcher in the Academy of Finland funded research project Gender in Academia 1997-2001 at the Department of Social Psychology, Uni­­versity of Helsinki; Re­­search Fellow at the Hel- sinki Collegium for Advanced Stu­­dies, University of Hel­­sinki 2002-2008, and Project Manager of NASTA - Women’s Leadership Research and Development Project, a national three-university project funded by the Finnish Ministry of Education, 2008-2010, at Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki.

Her re­­search in­­te­­rests fo­­cus on gen­­der in scien­­ce, academia and knowledge production; espe­­­­­­cially on gen­­der dyna­­mics and inequa­­ ­­li­­ties in scien­­tific careers, organisations and scien­­ce po­­licy. She has been leading the GEXcel research theme “Gender Paradoxes in Changing Academic and Scientific Organisation(s)”, and leads the Örebro part of the Swedish Research Council funded project on “Feminist Dialogues on Intersec­­tio­­nality”, and is a partner in 28 an EU FP7 project GenPort that is pooling and organising extensive gender and science resources in Europe to an interactive portal.

She has wor­­ked ex­­ten­­sively as a gender expert and ad­­vi­­ser in Nor­­dic count­­­­­­­­­­­­ries, Europe and internationally, and has been actively in­­vol­­­­­­ved in de­­­­­­ve­­­­­­­­­­loping gender app­­roaches in uni­­ver­­si­­ties and re­­search policy since the early 1980s in ma­­ny roles and contexts. She has served as a Vice Chair and member of the University of Helsinki Equality Commit- tee and currently as a member of Örebro University Equality Committee. International engagements in recent years include a keynote presentation on gender and science in the EC Social Dialogue, Committee on Education in 2012, and at the UNCTAD multi-year expert meeting on enterprise development and capacity building in science, technol- ogy and innovation in 2011. She was member of the board of NIKK, Nordic Gender Institute, funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers, 1995-2000, and the Chair of its first board 1995-1996. She has played an active role in European actions and research development on gender and science, e.g. as in the LiU partner team in the EUFP7 project genSET, a capacity building action project on gender equality and excellence in science; as a partner in the EUFP6 research pro­­­­ject PRO­­ME­­TEA on empowering wo­­men in technological re­­search ca­­reers; a partner in the EUFP6 pro­­ject ADVANCE on promo­­ting wo­­men’s scien­­tific careers; and is a member of the COST action Gender STE. She contributed to the EC re­­port Gen­­der and Excel­­lence in the Making (2004), and was the Rap­­­­porteur of the EC ex­­pert group Gen­­der and Ex­­cel­­len­­ce (The Gender Challenge in Research Funding, 2009) reviewing research funding from gender perspective in 33 countries. She is the moderator of the European Network on Gender Equality in Higher Education email list eq-uni since 1998, and has contributed to organising eight European Conferences on Gender Equality in Higher Education. A founding mem­­ber of the European Platform of Women Scien­­tists EPWS, she contin- ues to serve in its board, and was a long-term board mem­­­­ber of the Inter­­national Socio­­logical As­­so­­cia­­tion’s Research Com­­mittee “Women in Society”. Liisa Husu has lectured and given invited presentations in twenty-six countries: in Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Europe, South Africa and USA. Her publica­­tions include Hard Work in the Academy. Research and Inter­­ventions on Gen­­der In­­equalities in Higher Education (1999), the special issue on Aca­­de­­me and Gender of UNESCO/CEPES­­ jour­­nal Higher Education in Europe (2000), Se­­xism, Support and Sur­­vival in Academia. Academic Wo­­men and Hidden Discrimi­­na­­tion in Finland (2001), Tiede, tieto ja sukupuoli [Science, Knowledge and Gender] (2005), Dold diskriminering på aka­­de­­miska arenor – osynligt, synligt, subtilt (2005); Leadership through the Gender Lens (2010) and Women, Management and Leadership (2011), as well as many journal articles and chapters in books.

MERJA MAKINEN Professor, MiddleSex University

BA(Hons) First Class in English Literature with Art History, Middlesex Polytechnic, CNAA 1977, MA in Later Victorian and Edwardian Literature, University of Manchester, 1979, PhD in English Literature, Univeristy of London, Queen Mary College, 1984 ‘The Faith and the Plan: the theme of responsibility in the novels of Joyce Cary’ Dr Makinen is a Principal Lecturer in English Literature and Programme Leader for the subject. She is also Director of Programmes for the Culture and Communications area (English; Media and Cultural Studies; Publishing: Journal- ism: Advertising Pr and Media) in the Media Department of Middlesex University in North London. For many years she chaired the Humanities Equal Opportunities Committee (1990-1998). She has a dual focus to her research and scholarly output, looking at feminist theory, gender, and women:’s writing in the twentieth century, particularly Angela Carter and Jeanette Winterson, alongside research on popular genre fictions. She has examined feminist appropriation of romance, fairy tale and detective fiction. She is currently an international expert on Agatha Christie and gender. She is also, in both spheres of her research, interested in the textual formulations of feminine desire, the erotic, and violence. She is a peer reviewer for a number of journals, including Modern Fiction Studies and Contem- porary Women’s Writing and postgraduate external examiner in the UK and abroad. 29 LOUISE MORLEY Professor of Education and Director of the Centre for Higher Education and Equity Research (CHEER)

Louise Morley AcSS is a Professor of Education and Director of the Centre for Higher Education and Equity Research (CHEER) (http://www.sussex.ac.uk/education/cheer/) at the University of Sussex, UK. Louise has an international profile in the field of the sociology of gender in higher education studies. Her research and publication interests focus on international higher education policy, gender, equity, micropolitics, quality, leadership and power. She is an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences, a Fellow of the Society for Research into Higher Education, a Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Gender Excellence, University of Örebro, Sweden, and the 2013-2014 Inaugural Chair, Women’s Leadership Centre, Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia.

She is currently conducting research on women and leadership in higher education in South Asia for the British Council. She has also completed research for the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education on women and lead- ership, and on Widening Participation in Higher Education in Ghana and Tanzania (www.sussex.ac.uk/education/ cheer/wphegt) for the ESRC/DFID. She has held research grants from the Economic and Social Research Council, the UK Department for International Development, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the British Council, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England. She is on the editorial boards for Studies in Higher Education, Gen- der and Education, Teaching in Higher Education and Higher Education Research and Development. Recent publica- tions include: Morley, L. (2014). “Lost Leaders: Women in the Global Academy.” Higher Education Research and Devel opment. 33(1): 111–125; Morley, L. (2012). “The Rules of the Game: Women and the Leaderist Turn in Higher Educa- tion “ Gender and Education. 25(1). For further details of publications, please see Sussex Research Online- http://sro. sussex.ac.uk/view/creators/461.html

TERESA REES Former Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Cardiff

Teresa Rees is a Professor in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University (part time), where she was Pro Vice Chancellor from 2004-10. Her research focuses on gender mainstreaming in research and women and science and is designed to inform evidence-based policy. She is Principal Investigator for the Women Adding Value to the Econ- omy (WAVE) research project on gender segregation and equal pay (2012-15). She also works with the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education. She has advised European Union Member States as well as international companies and universities on how to promote gender equality in organisations and their cultures. She is a long term expert adviser to the European Commission’s Research Directorate-General on integrating equalities in universities through structural change, and integrating a gender dimension into research to improve its quality, contributing to their report Structural Change in Research Institutions: Enhancing excellence, gender equality and efficiency in research and innovation. She was gender expert adviser to the GENset group of senior science leaders in Europe who produced “Recommendations for Action on the Gender Dimension in Science”. She is a member of the scientific advisory group for four European projects (INTEGER, FESTA, GENOVATE and GENPORT) designed to improve Universities and their research by inte- grating a gender dimension: their Presidents and Rectors are committed to action. She also advises Queen’s Univer- sity Belfast on their Queen’s Gender Initiative. Teresa is an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences and a Fellow of the Learned Society for Wales. A former Equal Opportunities Commissioner, she received the ‘Welsh Woman of the Year’ award for ‘outstanding contributions to women in Wales’, and in 2002 was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her work on equal opportunities and higher education. She has honorary degrees from four UK Universities.

30 INES SANCHES DE MADARIAGA Head, Women and Science Unit Ministry of Economy

Inés Sánchez de Madariaga is a leading international expert on gender with extensive experience in both public policy and research. She holds a PhD from the Technical University of Madrid and a Master of Science from Columbia University in New York, where she studied as a Fulbright grantee. She is the current Director of the Women and Science Unit at the Spanish Minister’s Office for Economy and Com- petitiveness and an Advisor to the European Commission on Gender and Research in various capacities. Inés is Chair of the international network Gender, Science, Technology and Environment, genderSTE, which brings together representatives from stakeholders of 40 countries in Europe and beyond. Inés was Chair of the European Commission Expert Group on Structural Change of Research Organizations which produced a roadmap for action to promote women and gender in research, and is leading and advising a number European projects. Previous to her current public office responsibilities, she was Executive Advisor to the Minister of Housing, a member of the Board of Directors of Spain’s Public Housing Corporation, Deputy Director General for Architecture, and a member of the Cabinet of the Minister for Research and Innovation. As a researcher, Inés is Pro- fessor of Urban Planning at Madrid School of Architecture on a leave of absence. She has been visiting professor at leading international universities among them the London School of Economics, Columbia University, and Weimar- Bauhaus University. She lectures widely nationally and internationally, in Spanish, English and French.

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33 GIULI ALASANIA Chairperson of Board of Trustees, University of Georgia

Prof. Alasania graduated from the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the Tbilisi State University (1969) and in 1973 received a Ph.D. degree in History. In 1987 received a degree of a Doctor of Historical Sciences. In 1989-2006 she was Head of the Department of Source Studies of the Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology (Tbilisi). Since 1990 she is a Professor of the Tbilisi State University. She was Vice-Rector of the International Black Sea University in 2000-2014. She is author of more than 100 scientific-research papers and about 10 monographs in the fields of the source studies of history of Georgia and the Caucasus, history of the Georgian culture, national self-determination.

Prof. Alasania is a member of the Commission on the Sources of the History of Georgia of the Presidium of the Geor- gian National Academy of Sciences and member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal “Central Asia and the Caucasus” (Sweden).

Prof. Giuli Alasania is a board member of Nizami Ganjavi International Center and Romulado Del Bianco Foundation. She is also an Honorary Fellow of the American School of Genealogy, Heraldry and Documentary Sciences (United States), whose certificate program is accredited by the College of Teachers, U.K.

Since 2004 she is a founder and the rector of the University of Georgia. Giuli Alasania participated in the number of International scientific conferences.

GÜLAY BARBARASOĞLU Rector, Bogazici University

Professor Gülay Barbarosoğlu completed her BSc and PhD degrees in Industrial Engineering at Boğaziçi University. She has been a professor of industrial engineering since 2000. Prof. Barbarosoğlu was the Vice-Rector of Boğaziçi University, in charge of research between 2008 and 2012. Prof. Barbarosoğlu also acted as the Head of the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute (KOERI) of Boğaziçi University, as the Founding Chair of Center for Disaster Management (CENDIM), as the Chair of Department of Industrial Engineering, and as the Chair of Graduate Program in Financial Engineering. Prof. Barbarosoğlu was the Co-chair, Engineering and Technology Management Program and the Director of the Manufacturing Management Laboratory at Boğaziçi University. During her services as the Vice-Chair of the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO), and the national representative of NATO Research and Technology Organization, she closely collaborated with several European universities, govermental and non-govermental institutions. Prof. Barbarosoğlu is the Founding member of the EURO Hierarchical Organizational Planning (EWG), The Institute of Management Sciences (INFORMS), American Production, the Inventory Control Society (APICS), Turkish Organizational Research Society (YAD), and the Industrial Engineering and Production Management (IEPM). Prof. Barbarosoğlu was the Board Member and the President of the Neighborhood Disaster Volunteers (MAG) Foundation. She designed and taught courses in the areas of mathematical programming and optimization, logistics, operations and production planning, stochastic programming and decision theory. Prof. Barbarosoğlu is the Rector of Boğaziçi University since 2012. 34 CORINA ADRIANA DUMITRESCU Rector, “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University

Period 2007 to present – Professor, PhD, at „Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University 2007 to present – Rector at „Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University Managing Position Held Facultatea de Limbi şi Literaturi Străine, Universitatea Creştină „Dimitrie Name and Address of the Employer Cantemir”, Splaiul Unirii nr. 176, sector 4, Bucureşti, România, http://limbi- straine.ucdc.ro/ Type of Activity Higher Education Period 2003-2007 – Assistant Professor PhD at „Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University Managing Position Held 2004-2007 – Vice –Rector at „Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University Period 1997-2003 – University Lecturer, PhD at „Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University 1990-1997 – University assistant Drs. at „Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University Managing Position Held 1990-2004 – Scietific Secretary at „Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University Education Present, PhD student at the Romanian Academy, Institute for the Research of the Quality of Life PhD in Law taken in 1998 at the Babes Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania BA in Law at the University of Bucharest, 1990 Baccalaureate at Chemistry Highschool „Sinteza”, Oradea, 1982 Other Specializations in Higher Education 1990, a Course in Comparative Law at Catholic University of Leuwen, Belgium Other Activities 2011 to present – Member in the Superior Council of Magistrates, as a representative of the Civil Society 2001-2005 – General Secretary of the Ministry of Justice 1991 – Founding Member of the „Dimitrie Cantemir” Cultural Association 1990 – Founding Member of „Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University Academic Publications 60 academic artciles and other publications in the field of Law, Philosophy of Law Foreign Languages English – very well, French - well

IRINA MOROZOVA Rector, Odessa National Maritime University

Full Professor Of System’s Analysis And Logistics (2002 To Present) • Regular courses, seminars and exams – Odessa National Maritime University: Logistics, Port Management, • Post graduate courses - Odessa National Maritime University: Mathematical Modeling in Economics Visiting Professor • University of Cahul (Moldova) Visiting Researcher • University of Bremen (Germany) Textbooks, Monographs, Articles Published 80 university textbooks, monographs, articles and papers on maritime economics, logistics, management Professional Associations: Transport Academy of Ukraine (Member), Odessa Regional Rector’s Council (Member) Education: • Elementary education – Odessa, High School Diploma, Odessa - 1971 • Degree in Maritime Economics, Odessa Institute of Engineers of Maritime Fleet – 1976 • PhD in economic sciences - Odessa Institute of Engineers of Maritime Fleet – 1987 • Doctor of Science – Odessa State Maritime University – 1997 35 Activities: •Deputy of Odessa City Council, Committee for economical and investment politics (member) – 2010 to present •Interviews in local newspapers, radio and TV stations on problems of high education, port management, women’s role in education

JUDITH KINNEAR Former Vice Chancellor, Massey University

Dr Judith Kinnear was Vice-Chancellor (President/Rector) of Massey University in New Zealand in the period 2003-2008. Massey University is a multi-disciplinary, multi-campus institution with an enrolment of about 35000 students. Kinnear was the first female to be appointed to the role of Vice-Chancellor in any New Zealand university. Prior to this appointment, Kinnear was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Vice-President/Deputy Rector) at the University of Sydney where she had special responsibility for international matters and external relations. Previous appointments included that of Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney, and that of Chair and of Director of Studies in the School of Human Biosciences at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. Earlier in her career, Kinnear was Head of a Biology Department at Melbourne College of Advanced Education, and was then Head of the School of Biological Sciences at Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences. She has also spent periods as a Visiting Scholar/Visiting Fellow at overseas universities, including the University of London, Cornell University and the University of Georgia. After retiring, Kinnear served for two years as Chair of the Academic Council of Navitas College of Public Safety, Melbourne, and was a member of the Governing Board of that institution. Kinnear holds a Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of Melbourne, a Bachelor of Education degree from La Trobe University, and a Graduate Diploma in Computer Simulation from Swinburne University of Technology. She is currently enrolled in a Master of Forensic Science program at the University of Canberra, to date having completed 13 of 16 required units. Kinnear is also a Registered Primary Teacher and is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London. Her publications include research papers, textbooks and computer software.

SEZER KOMSUOĞLU Rector, Kocaeli University

Education: • Atatürk University, Medical Faculty, MD degree 1968-1974 • Ankara University, Medical Faculty, Department of Neurology, Neurology residency, 1974-1977 • Hacettepe University, Medical Faculty, Department of Neurolgy, 1977-1978 Section of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology • Midland Center for Neurology and Neurophysiology, Birmingham, UK, Neuroscience Program 1978-1979 Work Experience: • University Hospitals of Birmingham, Queen Elisabeth Hospital, 1979-1980 Section of Neurological Sciences, Research Fellow and Lecturer • Aston University, Birmingham,Section of Clinical Neurophysiology, Research Fellow and Lecturer 1980-1981 • Associate Professor of Neurology, 1982- 1988 Black Sea Technical University, Medical Faculty, Department of Neurology, Founder and Chair • Professor of Neurology, 1988- 1993 Black Sea Technical University, Medical Faculty, Department of Neurology, Chair • Professor of Neurology, 1995- Kocaeli University, Medical Faculty, Department of Neurology, Founder Professor and Chair 36 Professor Komsuoğlu has worked in different positions at the academic world since 39 years. She has lots of studies on university and industry collaboration, vocational education, globalization and the effects of them on the academic world. Professor Komsuoğlu has more than 190 articles and books on Neurology. She also bears active roles on women rights and poverty. She had numerous articles on politics and social issues. Professor KOMSUOĞLU has been the Rector of the Kocaeli University since 2006. She is married to Prof. Baki Komsuoğlu, she is the mother of Dr. Ayşegül and Dr. Feride İpek and grandmother of Ela.

LJILJANA MRKİĆ POPOVİĆ Rector, University of Arts in Belgrade

Ljiljana Mrkic Popovic is professor at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Department of Acting, teaching Diction, Stage speech and Rhetorics at graduate, master and doctoral level studies. As a Dean of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in three mandates from 1996 to 2002 she managed to found Department of Sound design, to open Student theater stage Mata Milosevic with the regular repertory, to publish 19 books and magazine editions and to obtain significant donations. She has been a speech coach in most significant theaters in Belgrade and Serbia, working with most prominent directors and actors, in more then 400 plays and theatrical productions. This activity has been focused on three major points - establishing a contemporary speech standard in plays, finding functional model of different dialects according to the play and striving for expression of classical versification in modern spoken language. She was teaching Culture of speech at the Faculty of Music and initiated Oratory competition at the Faculty of Law. Prof. dr Ljiljana Mrkic Popovic was elected Rector of the University of Arts in Belgrade on 1st October 2009 and reelected on 7th June 2012 unanimously by secret voting, for three years mandate period.

MARTINE RAHIER Rector, Université de Neuchâtel

Belgian by nationality and the mother of one child, Martine Rahier lives in Corcelles (NE) and graduated from the Free University of Brussels with a degree in Agricultural Engineering (1977). She continued her education in the USA at Cornell University and at the University of California, Berkeley, before obtaining a PhD in science at the University of Basle (1983) and an habilitation in Ecology at the University of Zurich (1993).

A professor holding a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) from 1988, she was appointed Professor of Entomology and Animal Ecology at the University of Neuchâtel in 1994. In 2001, she founded the “Plant Survival” National Centre of Competence in Research, a network including nearly 200 people on 12 sites which she has directed for seven years. In 2008, she was appointed Rector of the University of Neuchâtel. Martine Rahier’s expertise has led to her appointment to a number of national and international university committees, particularly for the appointment of new professors and the structuring of teaching at different universities, and to the chair of committees to assess programmes and research projects or scientific societies.

Within the Rectors’ Conference of Swiss Universities (CRUS), Martine Rahier chairs the Quality Delegation and is a member of the Standing Committee on Planning and Coordination (CPC-CRUS). She also sits on the Management Committee of the Rectors’ Conference of Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences and on the Board of the Foundation Council of the SNSF. The author of several publications, Martine Rahier has also supervised a large number of theses. Since november 2012 Martine Rahier is the president of the association swissuniversities http://www. swissuniversities.ch/en/home/ 37 GITA REVALDE Rector, Ventspils University College

Dr. Gita Revalde is born in Riga, Latvia. Gita Revalde studied at the University of Latvia (UL), Faculty of Physics and Mathematics. In 1993 she received Master degree and after PhD studies in Riga and University of Mainz, Germany, in 1996 she received Doctor’s Degree. She worked at UL as leading researcher and lecturer. From 2006 to 2012 she was the Director of the Higher Education department, Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia. Main responsibilities were policy making and implementation in HE and R&D, supervision of universities, student loan policy, quality assurance, cooperation with social partners and stakeholders, organisation of international cooperation (ASEM, Baltic and Nordic cooperation etc.), participation and representation of the state interests in EC Director’s General for higher education, BFUG, negotiations with the World Bank and IMF. Later associated professor Gita Revalde was employed as the Vice Rector in Academic Policy and Quality Affairs at the Riga Technical University, expert at the Latvian Higher Education Council and at the Strategic Development Commission by the President. Since October, 2013, Gita Revalde is the rector of Ventspils University in Latvia. In parallel she is still teaching physics as associated professor.

Main fields of expertise are HE and R&D policy, management of HE institutions, financing models, Bologna process, and quality assurance.

Dr. Gita Revalde has approximately 130 publications.

TIINA ROSENBERG Rector, University of the Arts Helsinki

Tiina Rosenberg is the rector of the University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland. She is also the chair of Finland’s Arts Council., and a professor of Performance Studies at Stockholm University. Rosenberg has previously been professor of gender studies at Stockholm University and at Lund University, in Sweden, and has written extensively on performing arts, feminism and queer theory. Rosenberg’s most recent book, entitled Ilska, hopp och solidaritet. Med feministisk scenkonst in i framtiden [Anger, Hope and Solidarity: Carrying Feminist Performance Art into the Future, 2012], is a study of contemporary feminist performance in Sweden. She is working on a new book Arvot mekin ansaitsemme: kansakunta, demokratia ja tasa-arvo [We Have the Values We Deserve: Nation, Democracy and Equality] forthcoming in the fall 2014.

ANASTASIA SALI PAPASALI Rector, Ionian University

Present Occupation 2011-2014 Rector of the Ionian University, Corfu, Greece. Professional Experience 1997-2005 Professor of Museology at the: • Department of Archives, Library Science and Museum Studies, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece. • Department of Methodology, History and Theory of Science, Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. • Department of Museum Studies, Master’s Degree, Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (Coordinator of the Sector: Organization of Museum Space, Communication and Education). • School of Architecture, N.T.U.A, Athens, Master’s Degree, Protection of Monuments. 1989-2003 Scientific/Research Sector • General Secretary of the Spathario Museaum of the Shades’ Theater. 38 • Researcher and permanent staff of the Thera’s Acrotiri Excavation Scientific Team (Contribution to the development of the area as an open-air Museum. • Main Designer of Museum and built-up areas, perservable Buildings. • Architect at the Makriyianni Excavation, University of Athens, Greece. 1986-1989 Doctoral Thesis, Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. 1984-1986 Academic Degree from the Department of History and Archaeology, Kapodistrian University of Athens (Grade: 9, 54/10). 1979-1984 Private Sector’s • Designer for the Historical and Traditional Buildings’ rehabilitation • Design and Organization Consultant of Museums and Exhibition Rooms 1973-1979 Public Officer at the Department of Architectural Studies (resigned at the 5th degree) 1968-1973 Studies at School of Architecture, N.T.U.A, Athens. Leadership Roles • Since 2008: Vice President of the State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece (Moni Lazariston, Thessaloniki-Collection Kostaki). • Since 2007: Vice President of the Archeological Sites’ Unification Company (EAXA). • Paris 2006, Prague 2007: National Representative of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs concerning educational buildings at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) • 2004: Representative of the Greek Technical Chamber’s Evaluation Committee for the project “Vergina’s Museum- Central Building”, Athens. • Since 2000: Evaluation Committee’s Critic of the State Scholarships Foundation for postdoctoral studies, Greece. • Since 1995, for 10 years: General Secretary of the Spathario Museum of the Theater of Shades, Athens.

MANANA SANADZE Rector, University of Georgia

Manana Sanadze studied at the Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ,at the department of the Eastern Sciences . After graduating she received a Master degree, specialization in the Eastern Country Studies- Turkey. She continued study at the doctoral program at the faculty of History, the department of the History of Georgia. After finishing the program she received a degree of a Candidate in Historical Sciences , the title of thesis was : “Peasantry in the Western Georgia in XV-XVIII cc” In 2002 Manana Sanadze defended a doctoral thesis : “ Kartlis Tskhovreba (Gergoan Chronicles) and the oldest period of the history of Georgia (from the king Kartlos to the king Mirian) and she received a degree of honorable Doctor. Since 1975 Manana Sanadze leads various teaching courses mainly in Antic period and middle ages in the history of Georgia and Nearest East. Since 2004 she is a founder and the rector of the University of Georgia, and at the same time the member of the board of trustees in the International Black Sea University. Manana Sanadze participated in the number of international scientific conferences. Published 45 work , among which is 6 monographs and the book. She speaks foreign languages: Russian, English, German, Turkish, Armenian Today, Manana Sanadze’s main area of working is Southern Caucasus and Nearest East – antic period and middle ages, genealogies and historical geography.

39 MARJA-LIISA TENHUNEN Former President, Central Ostrobothnia University of Applied Sciences

Marja-Liisa Tenhunen PhD(Econ.) has held the position of President and Managing Director at Central Ostrobothnia University of Applied Sciences (COUAS) since April 1995 until June 2012 together 17 years. The name of COUAS have changed in August 2012 and is Centria University of Applied Sciences. Since June 2012 Dr. Tenhunen has worked as an expert and consultant for several organiza-tions. Her projects consists of some international evaluating projects under the Ministry of Education and Culture, research article writing and lessons in the field of business coopera-tion and internationalization in higher education. Dr. Tenhunen’s Doctor degree was accepted at Jyväskyla University. The topic of her doctoral thesis was “The Professional Growth of an Accounting Agency Entrepreneur”. Dr. Tenhunen has been a teacher and educator since her Master-degree in Helsinki and in Kokkola districts. She has been a member of several business organisations and participates in many business projects, such as those of the Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland. She has been a member of the board of The Finnish Council for KLT- accountants and Finnish Ac-counting Firms Chartering Organization since 1994 and is continuing a membership ahead. The name of organization is The Institute for Accountancy. She also holds several confidential posts and is a member of numerous co-operation groups. Dr. Tenhunen had been chosen for two terms (2004-2011) as delegation member for the Finn-ish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation Tekes. Tekes works under the auspices of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy. Her most notable appointment has been member of the Science and Technology Policy Council for 2007- 2011 by the Government. This Council is chaired by the Prime Minister. The name of this council is since 1.1.2009 the Re-search and Innovation Council. Dr. Tenhunen’s research interest of post doctoral research has been commercial science entre-preneurship, articles on which she has presented at several international conferences. Also she has close connections with the organizations of enterprises as certified auditor. Her list of pub-lications consists tens of international and domestic publications concerning higher education in Finland, on-line education and entrepreneurship and combinations of them. She has visited foreign universities and conferences yearly. Dr. Tenhunen has in addition to some European universities also close connection with Unit-ed States of America. She has visited several universities in States of California, New York and Michigan. Dr. Tenhunen has also very close connection with Mexico, especially with CETYS Universidad. She is proud of that cooperation and has made it well known in Finland in Finn-ish business life supported by Mexican Ambassadors. Dr. Tenhunen´s deepest international cooperation includes the collaborate with China, espe-cially with Communication University of China (CUC) in Peking and its Honorary President Madame Professor Liu Jinan. Dr. Tenhunen is married with former CEO, MSs (Econ.) Martti Eurola and has two adult daughters, Annika Eurola and Susanna Eurola. Dr. Tenhunen´s hobby is culture and exercise sport.

40 NATALIA TIKHOMIROVA Rector, Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics (MESI)

Rector, Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics (MESI), Russian Federation Professor, D.Sc. (Economics), Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation, she has been working in MESI since 1992 at different positions, including Chief of the Department, Head of Chair, Vice- rector, First Vie-rector and Rector (since 2007). Having expertise in quality management, knowledge management and institutional management, she was an initiator and leader of implementation of Quality Management System according to ISO 9001 in all areas of the university’s activities as well as of applying new quality assurance systems in e-learning. Her main research field is management of social and economic systems and strategic management of educational establishment of higher professional education. Natalia Tikhomirova is the author of more than 100 publications, 7 study guides and 6 monographs. Her monograph “Managing a Modern University in an Integrated Information Environment: Concept, Tools and Techniques” (Moscow, 2009) was awarded with the diploma in the competition “The Best Books 2009” in the nomination “The Best Business Book”. Current positions and activities: • Member of Executive Committee of the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU) • Member of Expert Council of the State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles under the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation • Member of Russian Rectors’ Union • Member of the Committee for promotion of professional and business education under the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation • Chair of the Working Group for lifelong learning in the Expert Board of the Committee for education and science under the Council of Federation (upper Chamber of the Russian Parliament) • Member of the Working Group for quality education under the Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science • Board member of the Russian Organization for Quality • Member of business club “Women of Future Russia”. In 2006 Natalia Tikhomirova was recorded in the list “Woman of the Year” of the magazine “Economy and Life”. In 2009 she was registered in the list of one thousand people included in the administrative reserve, under the patronage of the President of the Russian Federation, as one of 85 representatives of education and society in this list.

SEMRA ÜLKÜ Former Rector, Izmir Institute of Technology

Dr, Ulku, graduate of Middle East Technical University (Turkey) and professor of Chemical Engineering, was one of the founders of a research-oriented university Izmir Institute of Technology in Turkey. She was the President of the Izmir Institute of Technology between 1998-2006, where she has also served as the founding dean of the Faculty of Engineering, and the founding chair of the Chemical Engineering Department. and directed the Graduate School of Engineering and Sciences. She was the second academic to serve in the institution’s top position since its founding. She has held the Presidency position for two terms, which is the maximum allowable period by the higher education law. She got credit for leading the establishment of a research university with exceptional research / education / leisure atmosphere from the ground up by: • leading the education and training of the potential faculty, • starting undergraduate education, developing graduate programs based on a student centered, project and research oriented system • encouraging interdisciplinary research, and establishing interdisciplinary research centers and graduate level 41 programs. • fostering research with innovation potential, • founding of a techno-park • leading the construction of the campus (elaborate laboratories, academic buildings, library, cafeterias, student and faculty housing, sport and medical facilities) located on a coastal land Under her leadership, Izmir Institute of Technology has become one of the leading universities in Turkey with very limited resources. Additionally she also acted as the president of the Izmir Technology Development Zone (Technopark), which was planned, established, and launched up under her leadership, to facilitate high-technology and high-value production. Furthermore as an advocate of collaboration, Professor Ulku founded the international office and initiated participation in The Lifelong Learning Programme. She visited numerous universities and industrial organizations around the world (including USA, Great Bratain, Germany, France, Japan, Russia, China) and established international partnerships with universities from all over.

Dr. Ülkü was previously a professor of chemical engineering at Ege and Dokuz Eylül Universities, where she headed the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Heat and Thermodynamics Division in Mechanical Engineering, respectively. She had been as Visiting Professor at the Pennsylvania State University as a Fulbright Scholar. She also worked previously as head of mechanical, electrical, and chemical research units at Nitrogen Industry TUGSAS, where she worked on process improvement and in the establishment of a UNESCO supported education center to train technicians.She also served in several organizations and foundations related to development of education, region and industry gratuitously She has spent a good part of the past 40 years of her career contributing to sustainable development and social welfare by playing an active role in research, education and related policy making in the area of science and technology.She has conducted nationally and internationally funded research projects that focused on the utilization of natural resources for improving the welfare of human-beings (Clean Energy Technologies, Utilization of Natural Resources for Medical Purposes, Utilization of Natural Resources in Pollution Control, Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media and in Biological Systems, Engineering Education for Sustainable Development and Women in Engineering Education), resulting in more than 150 publications : .

She has been a member of various profesional societies (American Society for Engineering Education, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, International Adsorption Society, International Energy Foundation, International Zeolite Association, Turkish American Scientists and Schoolars Association).

Shas received several awards: World Marketing Summit Golden Star Academic and Education Excellence Award (2013), CMO ASIA Best B-schoool Woman Super Achievers Award (2010), Middle East Technical University Tarık Somer Award (2001), Middle East Technical University Alumni Association Service Award ( 2000), Rotary Service Award 2004; and fellowships: Fulbright Fellowship(1996), British Council Fellowship (1984) and British Council Academic Co-operation Project (1994-1996)

GUNTA VEISMANE Rector, Ekonomikas un Kultūras Augstskola

Gunta Veismane appointed as Rector of The University College of Economics and Culture since 7.02.11., accepted by Government of Latvia at 8.03.11. Beside her administrative duties she is a lecturer of the Leadership course for MBA students and scientific adviser for students research papers. She is one of the organisers of annual international scientific conference of the University College. She is a member of National Accreditation Commission of Higher Education. 42 Before that Gunta Veismane has been the Director of the State Chancellery since 2000. She was directly subordinated to the Prime Minister and was appointed by an order of the Cabinet of Ministers upon initiative of the Prime Minister. Since 2000, she has gained extensive public administration experience in cooperation with eight Prime Ministers and ten governments, in more than ten years until 31.12.2010. Ms. Veismane as the Director of the State Chancellery was responsible for lawfulness and outstanding performance of the institution which is an essential prerequisite for efficient work of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of Ministers, ensures management of documentation of the Cabinet of Ministers and the Prime Minister and coordinates cooperation of ministries and other institutions in order to provide enforcement and succession of legislative acts. In October 2000, she has introduced a reliable policy coordination mechanism for government of Latvia to make the higher levels of public administration more effective. Coordination and cooperation among ministries has been developed to a qualitatively higher level by the Policy Coordination Department of the State Chancellery. Success in previous work, determination and good relations with colleagues help in real-life implementation of Ms. Veismane’s ideas and plans. On 1993. Gunta Veismane establish the School of Public Administration and was the Director of the School until 2000. A graduate of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Latvia (1975), she studied strategic management and organizational behaviour in Harvard Business School at Harvard University (1992 – 1993), and in completed her MBA studies in the Faculty of Economics and Management of the University of Latvia. Ms. Veismane has extensive experience as a lecturer and researcher in the areas of economics, strategic and personnel management, public administration, and training of civil servants. She is the author of numerous articles in journals and conference papers on public administration both in Latvia and abroad. She is a senior expert for Public Administration issues in SIGMA OECD until now.

TATJANA VOLKOVA Former Rector, Vice Chair of Council of Higher Education, BA School of Business and Finance (Latvia)

Dr. Tatjana Volkova is a professor in Strategic Management and Innovation Management and former Rector of BA School of Business and Finance, Latvia. She is a Vice Chairman of Higher Education Council, Latvia, Expert of Institutional Evaluation Program (IEP) of European University Association (EUA), Member of Board of Baltic Management Development Association (BMDA), National Editor of Baltic Journal of Management (BJM), Member of Board of Association of Professors of Latvia, Chair of Interuniversity Professor’s Council, etc. She also is a former President of Rector’s Conference of Latvia (2004 – 2011), former Member of European University Association Council (2004-2011), etc. Tatjana Volkova is an author of research articles and books published nationally and internationally. Her special research interests are Design driven Innovations and Creative industries. Tatjana Volkova carried out many international research projects. Prof. Tatjana Volkova also been invited as a moderator and a speaker for many national and international conferences.

CRISTIANA CRISTUREANU Vice Rector, “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University

Cristiana Cristureanu is graduated from the Faculty of International Business and Economics, Academy of Economic Studies and got a PhD in International Business and Economics at the Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania. She got grants in time at Services Economics at Nottingham Trent University – UK and in International Business Management in Lille- France, and in Business Economics at the University of Sciences in Barcelona, Spain. In terms of work experience, she developed activities at Chimimport- Foreign Trade Company, in the Academy of Economic Studies, the International Business and Economics Faculty as a Chair- professor, as a consultant and professor at IROFAI (French Romanian Institute for enterprises management), as PHARE expert for Agriculture Policy in EU, as CNCSIS expert evaluator- Romania, as a member in different technical commissions of the 43 Minister of Education and Research, Ph.D Coordinator for International Business Economics and Consultant Professor -ASE Faculty of International Business and Economics. At present she is a Vice-rector and a Professor of International Business with services at the Christian University „Dimitrie Cantemir”. Other activities reflect her interest in consultancy in tourism and service business for EU Committees, in research activity and tutorial for PhD in international business and for foreign trade companies and as a counselor of the Romanian Tourism Authority President. At the same time she participated in many official delegation at international congresses all over the world. She published several books in the domain of international business and tourism services and also a lot of scientific work issued in Romania, United States, Turkey, Tunis, France for OECD and EU dealing mainly with international service management.

NİGAR DEMİRCAN ÇAKAR Vice Rector and Dean of Management Faculty, Düzce University

1. Education 2004 Post Doctoral Research, Management and Organization, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, U.S.A. 2003 Ph.D. Business Administration, Management and Organization, Gebze Institute of Technology, TURKEY 2000 Master of Business Administration, Management and Organization, Gebze Institute of Technology, TURKEY 1998 Bachelor of Arts, Statistics, Mimar Sinan University, İstanbul TURKE 2. Work Experience 1999-2005 Research Asistant, Gebze Institute of Technology 2005-2008 Associate Professor, Abant İzzet Baysal University 2006-2007 Vice Dean, Abant İzzet Baysal University 2007-2008 Department Head, Abant İzzet Baysal University 2008-2010 Associate Professor, Düzce University 2010- Professor, Düzce University 2010- Vice Rector, Düzce University 2010- Dean, Düzce University-Management Faculty 3. Research 3.1. Research Areas Orgqanizatonal culture, organizational trust, individual level innovation, cultural and strategic issues concerning intra- and inter-firm aspects of managemet sysems and their links with orgqanizational performance.

GABRIELLA DODERO Vice Rector, Free University of Bozen Bolzano

Gabriella Dodero is at present Full Professor and Vice Rector for Studies at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. Prior to joining FUB in 2006, she was Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Genova, Italy, where she obtained a degree in Mathematics in 1977. Her current research interests deal with technologies for education and open educational resources. In her career, Prof Dodero has also served in various offices at both universities, as Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science (2007-2009), as Director of University/Enterprise Training Partnership at the University of Genova (1992- 1996, overall budget over 2 MECUs), and as Vice President of ISICT, a consortium for excellency in higher education sponsoring top students in ICT subjects (2003-2006).

44 BEATRICE GABRIELA JÖGER Vice Rector, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism

Beatrice-Gabriela Jöger (b.1968) is a Romanian Ph.D.Architect, member of OAR, UAR, ICOMOS, DMI-USA. Works at “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urbanism Bucharest. She obtained her Ph.D. title in 2006 with the thesis “Textile Materials in Arredamento” and her M.Arch title in 1993, both at IMUAU Bucharest. She is Associate Professor at the Department of Interior Design and Design at UAUIM and Vice-Rector for Image and International Co-operation. She was Director of the Interior Design and Design Department in 2011-2012. Her international relations experience dates 15 years back and she was the administrator for the IAESTE Romania between 2004-2008. Invited as Visiting professor at architecture schools: ETSA Barcelona, ETSA Madrid, ENSA Belleville Paris, FA Sheffield, UNAM-FA Ciudad de Mexico, TU Berlin, and lecturer for conferences in Spain, Mexico, Turkey, Jordan, Romania. She developed two independent research stages, one for the PhD thesis in Madrid, Spain (2001-2002) and another in Mexico (2011) on Mexican architecture, both on governmental grants by respective countries. Her professional activity includes: architecture, interior and graphic design, editor in chief, exhibitions organizing and photography. Work experience as architect at companies in France and Romania (with foreign and domestic companies). She is a founder member and was President of Romanian Design Foundation 1999-2003. She is the winner of numerous prizes (France, Romania), 2 authored books (nomination at the Bucharest Architectural Annual 2008 Prizes), 7 co- authored books and more than 65 articles in architecture journals.

NURAN ZEREN GÜLERSOY Former vice Rector, Istanbul Technical University

Nuran Zeren GULERSOY graduated as an architect from Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in 1974. She received her master’s degree (1977) and her doctorate (1981) in urban planning at the same University. In the years 2003-2004, she was Vice Rector of ITU. Presently she is the professor of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at ITU Faculty of Architecture. Her major areas of interest are urban conservation, designing development strategies for the historic part of the urban areas, and detailed physical design of out door space. Other fields of interest are, upgrading environmental quality, development planning and plan implementation, public participation in planning, architecture and urban planning education, technoparks and technocities. She has several national and international research and implementation projects and publications on these topics in Turkish and in English. Her professional experience includes urban conservation studies, master plans and site plans and advise to municipalities and also has awards in design competitions. She has been awarded with her group European Union Prize For Cultural Heritage / Europe Nostra Awards 2004, Category 2: Outstanding Study and ECO 2002 (Economic Cooperation Organization) Award, in the field of History, Culture and Fine Arts. She took part in Luleburgaz, Tarsus, Mersin, Kula and Prizren Urban Conservation plans. In 2003 she led the project titled “Istanbul Historic Peninsula Conservation Study: Cases of Zeyrek, Suleymaniye and Yenikapı Historic Districts”, supported by UNESCO World Heritage Center. She participated as an expert to several UNESCO Workshops of Experts. She worked on Istanbul Earthquake Master Plan as a planning group leader, prepared for Greater Istanbul Municipality and she led the Technopark project prepared for Istanbul Technical University and Technocity Research Project for Greater Istanbul Municipality. She also led Prizren (Kosovo) Municipal Development Plan and Istanbul Historic Peninsula Management Plan. She took part in the organization committee of several conferences and workshops. She is the Council Member of Europa Nostra and International Planning History Society and President of Europa Nostra Turkey and Board Member of TEMA.

45 LILJANA MARKOVSKA Vice Rector, International Balkan University

Liljana Markovska is currently professor and Vice Rector of the International Balkan University, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. She got the PhD in technical sciences at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University Ss Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia. She teaches the following courses: Mathematics, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, and Computer Skills. Her research interests and fields are: Chemical Engineering, Mathematical Modelling of Processes, Process Optimisation and Adsorption Processes. Markovska has more than 120 publications in national and international scientific journals and participation in conferences. She is author and co-author of five reviewed university and academic textbooks, reviewer of the international journals: Adsorption, Water Research, International Journal of Environment and Pollution (IJEP), Macedonian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society. Markovska was investigator of sixteen scientific and educational projects, and coordinator of two TEMPUS projects. She is member of the Society of Chemists and Technologists of Macedonia, Society of Engineers of Macedonia and International Society of Adsorption. She is participant in the ongoing project: “Improving Teaching Effectiveness in Chemical Engineering Education”, Project Number 539959-LLP-1-2013-1-UK-ERASMUS-EQR.

DANICA SKARA Former Vice Rector, University of Split

Danica Skara, PhD - Professor of English language at the University of Split, Croatia. She recieved her MA from the University of Zagreb; her PhD from the University of Zadar. Her area of specialization include: general linguistics, lexical semantics, sociolinguistics, and cognitive linguistics . Apart from a variety of articles (40) on the subjects, she has published 4 books and participated in the work of 45 conferences.. She was the University’s Vice-Chancellor (2003-2007), . In 2000 she has founded a doctoral programme in linguistics at the University of Zadar and acted as the director of the programme. Presently, she is a Head of postgraduate programme: European studies. In 2003 she was awarded a Fulbrigt Fellowship at the Cornell University (USA). She acted as a plenary speaker/coorganizer of several international conferences; she was a visiting scholar at Cornell University, San Francisco, University of Graz, etc. She is fluent speaker of English, Croatian and Italian language. As a Bologna expert she participated in many Internationsl conferences related to the Bologna reform and acted as an international expert/evaluator in many programmes.

MARIA CAPRILE Director of Research, NOTUS - applied social research

Ms. Maria Caprile is sociologist. She has an extensive expertise on comparative research in the field of labour and gender equality. She was codirector of the study “Women in Industrial Research (WIR)”, commissioned by the Directorate-General of Research of the European Commission and has participated in several EU-funded research projects on gender and science issues. She was co-director of the study “Monitoring progress towards gender equality in the 6th Framework Programme – Lot II”, commissioned by the Directorate General of Research of the European Commission (2005-2007); Scientific coordinator of the FP6 project “Women-Core: Women in Construction Research” (2006-2008); Director of the study “The gender bias in the educational system. Its repercussion in mathematics and technology in secondary education (THEANO)”, for the Spanish RTD National Plan (2007-2009); Director of the study “Meta-analysis of gender and science research”, (2008-2010) commissioned by the European Commission in the framework of the FP7. She is currently working at the ULB coordinating team of the FP7 project 46 SHEMERA (2011-2014) ÇİLER DURSUN Professor, Ankara University

Çiler Dursun is a professor and head of the department at Ankara University Department of Journalism. She also works as a member of Women Studies Centre at Ankara University. Her studies focuses on feminist theories of media studies, media sociology, cultural studies and science communication. She is the Ankara University’s scientific coordinator andn manager of EU funded FP7 Project Genovate: Transforming Organisational Culture for Gender Equality in research and Innovation between 2013-2017. She teaches Feminist Approached to News Sociology in Women’s Studies Graduate Program. She also worked as expert and consultant for the collaborative project of KSGM (Turkish Republic Prime Ministry Directorate General on the Status of Women)- UNFPA- EU on media and domestic violence against women in 2008. - she is the co- author with Sema Becerikli, Media and Women NGO’s: Possibilities, Problems and Solutions (Turkish), UNFPA KSGM pub., Ankara; and the author of the book News Media and Violence Against Women: Constructing and Alternative News Language, (Turkish) UNFPA KSGM pub., Ankara.

NEELAM KUMAR Scientist, National Institute of Science, Technology and Developmental Studies

Neelam Kumar is currently a Professor, AcSIR and senior scientist at CSIR- National Institute of Science, Technology and Developmental Studies, New Delhi, India. She has been a student of psychology and is currently looking into variations in scientific performance using organizational psychological perspectives. Career Focus: Gender and science; Cross-cultural psychology; Psychology of Science. Biography: Kumar did a major in psychology for her honours bachelors at Patna University and then continued at the same university to complete her Masters (MA) in psychology. She then moved to New Delhi to attend Jawaharlal Nehru University where she received an Masters in philosophy (M.Phil ) and a PhD in organizational psychology. Her research on gender issues with a paper published in the Indian Journal of Gender Studies. Her interest in gender prompted her to organize an international conference in India in 2004 called Is the Glass Ceiling Disappearing? Kumar has extended her research and has recently published the volumes Women and science in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi and Gender and Science: Studies across Cultures, Cambridge University Press India. Issues such as discrimination against women in science are a problem cross-culturally. Kumar’s book includes essays from international women in science who address this discrimination and the role that gender plays in science. Social, economic and cultural factors are also addressed in Kumar’s own research in terms of how they affect the relationship between gender and science. Neelam Kumar has been awarded the Witkin-Okonji Memorial Award in 2000 which was granted by the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology as well as a fellowship by the City of Paris and the Association ECEPIE (Equal Opportunity of Women and Men in Engineering Studies and Careers in Europe). She has been a member of editorial boards of many journals including: International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology; Journal of Psychology of Science and Technology. Kumar is also member of various professional bodies, such as, International Sociological Association and International Society for Psychology of Science and Technology. She has been reviewer and referee for journals (including Social Studies of Science; Journal of Psychology of Science and Technology; International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology) and grant proposal (Indo US S & T Forum). She has published several research papers; delivered many invited lectures and papers at conferences.

47 SVITLANA ONYSHCHENKO Head of the Department , Odessa National Maritime University

Education 1989-1994 Odessa State University, Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty, specialty “Classical mathematics”, qualification “Mathematician, lecturer of Mathematics and Computer Science” 1997-2000 Odessa National Maritime University, postgraduate studies, specialty “Economic and mathematical modeling”, Ph.D. (2000) 2003-2005 Odessa National Maritime University, Doctorate, specialty “Economic and mathematical modeling”, Doctor of Economics (2010) Employment 1997-2000 - Assistant Professor, department “System Analysis and Logistics”, Odessa National Maritime University 2000-2010 - Associate Professor, department “System Analysis and Logistics”, Odessa National Maritime University 2010-2012 - Professor, department “System Analysis and Logistics”, Odessa National Maritime University 2012- Present - Head of the Department “Organization of customs control in transport”, Odessa National Maritime University Academic subjects: “Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics”, “Statistics”, “Marketing”, “Marketing Project Management”, “Principles of Maritime Business,” “State regulation of foreign economic activity”

MINNA SALMINEN Gender Equality Specialist/Associate professor, Uppsala University

Minna Salminen-Karlsson holds positions as Associate Professor in Sociology at the Centre of Gender Research and as Gender Equality Specialist at the Human Resources Division Equalities Office. Her research has concerned different intersections of gender, technology, education and organization. This has comprised, for example, studies of gender in engineering education, in particular structural and cultural issues. She has also studied technical education for young children, and computer education for adults outside the higher education sector. Another strand of studies are about gender and careers in scientific and technical areas, both in the academy (among others as part of the FP6 project PROMETEA), and in software industry. Currently she is engaged in research about collaboration between Swedish and Indian computer companies, and about gender in the occupational classification system of the employers in the Swedish governmental sector. She has been a member of the Expert Group on Gender at the Swedish Science Council as well as the reference group of the Swedish Secretariate for Gender Research. As gender equality specialist she coordinates the FP7 project FESTA, comprising seven European partners and with the aim of implementing different work environment measures at scientific and technological research institutions, to improve the conditions and career possibilities of in particular female researchers. On a more practical level, Dr Salminen-Karlsson has lectured widely in Sweden and abroad on gender in engineering education for engineering educators and students, and played a significant part in projects for improving gender equality in engineering education at different universities. She has also written a textbook for appointment committees in Swedish universities, with the aim of increasing the transparency, reflexivity and gender awareness of the processes.

48 GAO XIAOHONG Chair of Faculty of Journalism and Communication, Communication University of China

Dean of Faculty of Journalism and Communication,CUC Chang Jiang Scholar (Awarde by the Chinese Ministry of Education for the best scholars in China) Her other positions include “Vice Director and Secretary-general of the National Journalism and Communication Discipline Supervisory Committee”, “Vice President of the Chinese Society of Education”, “Vice-chairman of Committee on Documentary Research”.

Education and Work Experience She got her B.A.in 1982 in Communication University of China(CUC)and then LL.M. also in CUC. Recent years, She dedicated herself to teaching and researching in Broadcasting Journalism.The coursetaught by her and her team got the prize “National Excellent Course” in 2008. She has put forward a set of scientific teaching system according to her experiences in teaching.Recent years,she has always been the Judge of “Best Broadcasting News in China”.

Prizes 2014,Shegot the prize of “National Woman Pace-Setter” 2011,She got the State Council Special Allowance as the National Outstanding Contribution Experts 2009 and 2008,she got several prizes for Best Teachers in China 2007,She got two prizes as the best scholarin Broadcasting Research

Publications andProjects -Chief Editor of Communication in International and Diplomatic Crisis,2011 The Study of “Win-Win” Between TV and New Media in the New Pattern of Communication,published in Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication -Progress of Normalization of Live News- a Thought of Live Report of Wenchuan Earthquake, published in Modern Communication(Journal of Communication University of China) -Head of Innovation and Convergence-A New Pattern of Communication of Local TV Stations,Provincial Project -Head of International Communication Ability of TV and Radio, Provincial Project -Head of International Communication Ability of TV Under Economic Globalization,National Project.

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51 AYGÜN ATTAR Rector, Giresun University

Born in Kuban, Azerbaijan, in 1962, deported from my hometown during the U.S.S.R., I studied in Moscow and turned academician in Turkey. Today, as the RectrixMagnifica of the University of Giresun in Turkey and the Second International Woman Symposium and Art Workshop Head, it is my pleasure to participate to this year conference on Women Rectors Across Europe. Role of Leadership in Structural Changes to be held 15-16-17th of May 2014 in İstanbul. During my term, University of Giresun opened the Women Research Center in order to work on the issue of gender equality, driving debate and encouraging action-oriented solutions. Because our voices counts, I believe that one of our key duty, as RectrixMagnifica in Europe today, is to promote an increase in the number of female Rectrix, and to claim a quota for fair gender awareness. From University of Giresun’s side, right before this conference on Women Rectors Across Europe. Role of Leadership in Structural Changes, we are organizing the Second İnternational Women Symposium and Art Workshop the 8-9- 10th of May 2014. This year theme is defined as “Women’s Participation in Society and Politics”. It is addressed to an audience of an estimated 350 people composed of media executives, leaders of civil society organizations working on gender issues, representatives of gender equality advocacy groups, researchers and government representatives from more than 30 countries. I strongly join this initiative launched by Prof. Gülsüm Sağlamer since “Equality for women is progress for all”.

KATARZYNA CHAŁASİŃSKA-MACUKOW Former Rector, University of Warsaw

Professor Katarzyna Chalasinska-Macukow was the Rector of the University of Warsaw (2005-20012). Prior to this she served as the Vice-Rector responsible for Personal Affairs and Finances She was the President of the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland (2008-2012) and she continuous as the Honorary President of this Organization. She is a member of Research Policy Working Group of the European University Association. Katarzyna Chalasinska-Macukow, full professor of physics, works in the field of information optics and photonics. In 2010 she was elevated to the rank of Doctor Honoris Causa at the Autonomous University in Barcelona, Spain. In 2013 she became Doctor Honoris Causa of Precarpatian National University in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraina. In 2013 she was decorated with the Order of Knight of the Legion of Honour , France. Presently she serves as the President of Polish Physical Society.

SIDDIKA SEMAHAT DEMİR Rector, İstanbul Kültür University

Semahat Demir, Ph.D., has been the president (rector) of Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) since November 2012. She sets the direction of the university and oversees management of seven four-year colleges, two graduate schools, and three vocational schools. IKU has 10,000 students and 800 faculty and staff members. Dr. Demir is also the director of IKU Research Center for Society Gender and Women Studies. She has been a professor of electronics, computer and biomedical engineering. Before becoming the president of IKU, Dr. Demir was the program director for biomedical engineering and 20 other programs at the USA National Science Foundation (NSF), where she managed and administered research funding for NSF and other US federal agencies for joint funding programs to over 400 US universities. Prior to that, she was a professor of biomedical engineering at Joint Biomedical Engineering Program of University of Memphis and University of Tennessee, where she established an 52 internationally recognized research and education program in computational bioengineering with applications in cardiac electrophysiology & neuroscience. In industry, Dr. Demir worked as the technical manager and medical laser engineer for two German companies, Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm and Rodenstock, in Turkey. She was also a research and development engineer in the X-Ray Division of the Medical Engineering Center of Siemens Company in Erlangen, Germany. Dr. Demir received a B.S. in electronics engineering from Istanbul Technical University and an M.S. in biomedical engineering from Bosphorus University. She earned a second master’s degree and a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from Rice University, then did her postdoctoral biomedical engineering work at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Demir was a former member of board/governing boards SWE, IEEE EMBS, ASEE BED and ATA DC. She was also a former member of Board of Trustees of Atilim University Ankara Turkey. In 2009, she was selected as a U.S. Embassy Science Fellow by the U.S. Department of State. She is also a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and Society of Women Engineers (SWE). She has received 92 awards and gave 512 (412 invited) keynotes, presentations, talks, seminars and workshops in 20 different countries. She has 130 publications. She is the inaugural recipient of the Emerging Leader Award in the Academia at the Society of Women Engineers National Conference (2005) and the citation reads “Dr. Demir is receiving this award for her demonstrated leadership in engineering academia, her ability to inspire others as a role model and her excellence as a scientist and educator. The citation in the SWE Fellow Grade Award that Dr. Demir received reads “For advocating the inclusion of women and minorities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, for accomplishments in computational bioengineering and engineering education, and for steadfast support of the SWE mission. The citation in the Distinguished New Engineer Award that Dr. Demir received reads “Semahat Siddika Demir, Ph.D., embraces Society of Women Engineers’ mission daily through her cutting-edge research in cardiac electrophysiology; her exceptional leadership in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; her inspirational teaching of promising scholars; her outstanding outreach to women, minorities, and the international community; and her dedicated service to Society of Women Engineers.” Dr. Demir served on the SWE Board and was the SWE Director of External Affairs (2006-2008). She was responsible for SWE’s strategy development, public policy, international participation, E-Week and partnerships. As a board member, she was a key player for talent management and succession planning for SWE leadership pipeline, and the development and implementation of the diversity and inclusion strategy. On her own personal time, Dr. Demir worked for SWE’s public policy development and chaired the congressional briefings and roundtables for SWE at the Capitol Hill (Washington DC) and at the National Academies; the goals of these congressional briefings and roundtables were to educate the attendees on the need for more women and diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Fields and the importance of diversity issue to the innovation and competitiveness debate. Her SWE public policy team concentrated and released general position statements on the following two topics (1) Strengthening STEM Education in America’s schools and (2) How Title IX can be applied to STEM fields. Her team was very successful in the public policy diversity space and SWE was asked to lead the planning committee of the US House Diversity and Innovation Caucus in July 2007 under her leadership. Also her public policy team was very pleased to see that “Protecting Title IX” is the first item of the five Education items under White House’s Agenda for Women (http://www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/women/) in January 2009. During 2010-2012, she serves on the SWE Board as Director of Emerging Initiatives, responsible for women in academia, strategic awards assessment, scorecard, performance/outcome assessment, awards and recognitions, International Network of Women Engineers and Scientist (INWES) representation, professional development advisory board, international platforms and partnership opportunities. Dr. Demir combined science diplomacy with public diplomacy effectively as a USA Embassy Science Fellow. Her overall mission succeeded in expanding the U.S. Ankara Embassy’s outreach to the Turkish government, universities, industry and media, initiating a collaboration with TUBITAK (the Turkish National Funding Agency), collecting information for education and research areas between the United States and Turkey, identifying research and academic areas of mutual interest and priority, and answering questions and guiding scientists on connecting resources and opportunities. USA and Turkey signed a Science and Technology agreement on 10/20/2010 where Dr. Demir’s report “Science Diplomacy with Public Diplomacy” provided the foundation with recommendations on how to improve collaborations. She also served on the USA Delegation for Joint Commission Meeting in Science and Technology, United States – Argentina (2010). 53 KARIN LUCKEY Rector, Hochschule Bremen

Studies in Bonn and Wuppertal (1978 – 1984) in the field of Humanities and Social Sciences (Politics, Sociology, Business Administration, Educational Sciences, German philology) 1997 PhD Degree at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Politik (Univ. of Applied Sciences of Economics and Politics), Hamburg, sponsored by a scholarship of the Robert Bosch Foundation 1984 – 1997: Scientific Research while acting as chairwomen of the Institut für Gesundheits-, Umwelt- und Sozialplanung in Hamburg with the following focus areas: 1. Organization Arrangement and Human Ressource Development in the public and health sector 2. Evaluation of pilot schemes in the labor market 3. New Public Management 4. Quality Management 1997 – 2007: Senior Lecturer at the Univ. of Applied Sciences in Oldenburg Ostfriesland Wilhelmshaven in the field of Social Management; Dean of the schools of Social Work and (Public) Health, Member of the broader steering committee Advisory member in commissions and advisory boards for Higher Education Developments, for research and academic funding of the Federal Ministries / ministries of the Lander as well as for foundations and organizations on the European level Since 09/2008: Rector of Hochschule Bremen, University of Applied Sciences

REGULA RAP President (Rektorin), University of Music and Performing Arts

Regula Rapp, born 1961 in Konstanz, Germany, finished high-school with a classical, humanistic education, therafter studying Harpsichord at the University of the Arts in Berlin and Musicology, Philosophy and Art History at the Technical University of Berlin. After graduating with a diploma in Harpsichord (1987) and a Master´s degree (1988), she obtained a doctorate (1990), writing her thesis on a theme regarding piano repertoire of the 18th century. 1992-1998 Regula Rapp was initially research associate, finally deputy director of the „Schola Cantorum Basiliensis“, the University for Ancient Music in Basel, Switzerland. 1998/1999 Regula Rapp was Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Institute for Ad-vanced Study), Berlin. 1999-2005 she was head dramaturg of the Berlin opera house „Staatsoper Unter den Linden“, concurrently teaching theatre studies at the Berlin university „Freie Universität Berlin“.

2004/2005 she was scholarship holder of the International Research Centre for Cultural Studies in Vienna (IFK Wien). From 2005 – 2012 Regula Rapp was president of the „Schola Cantorum Basiliensis“. Since 2012, she is president (Rektorin) of the University of Music and performing Arts in Stuttgart, Germany. Regula Rapp has published on themes such as instrumental music of the 18th to early 20th century, to questions of performance practice and about opera of the 18th to 20th century. She is on the advisory board of various foundations, such as the Kiefer-Hablitzel- Foundation in Bern, Switzerland, and the International Bach Academy in Stuttgart.

54 BURGHILDE WIENEKE-TOUTAOUI President, Fachhochschule Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences

Burghilde Wieneke-Toutaoui studied Mechanical Engineering/Industrial Engineering at Technical University Berlin. After that she became researcher at Fraunhofer IPK (Institute for Production Systems and Design Technologies) in Berlin. She received her doctoral degree in engineering in 1987, and became group manager and mother in this year. She was appointed tenure professor for industrial engineering at Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin – University of Applied Sciences in 1990. Her twins were born in 1992. Burghilde Wieneke-Toutaoui served her university as vice president for study and teaching 2003 – 2011. In 2012 she was elected as president of Fachhochschule Brandenburg – University of Applied Sciences, where she is working since April 2013. She is spokeswoman for the chapter „Women in Engineering“ of VDI – German Association of Engineers - and chairperson for the Berlin-Brandenburg region of VDI. Besides she is active as expert in a couple of research institutions in Germany and Europe.

SONAY ÇEVİK Dean, Former vice Rector, Karadeniz Technical University

Sonay Cevik studied in the field of Architecture at Karadeniz Technical University and graduated in 1981.She completed her master’s degree in 1984. In April 1982 she started her academic career as an assistant professor in architecture at Karadeniz Technical University. In 1991,she got her doctoral degree in the field of architecture bringing out her dissertation study on“ space- identity –identification“, using the streets of the city of Trabzon as a source.Then,she became a doctor of architecture and ten years later, in 2000 she was appointed Professor of Architecture. She served as vice-chairman of Department of Architecture 1992 to 1998, chairman of Department of Design 2000 to 2003 and she worked as the head of the department of architecture between the years 2000-2006. She has continued educational and administrative activities and scientific works as the founder members-head of the Department of Architecture and as the vice-rector of the Avrasya University between the June 2001-March 2013. She has continued to academic studies as a professor in the Department of Architecture at Karadeniz Technical University from June 2013. She is assigned as acting dean of Faculty of Fine Art’s Department and as acting head of Department of Painting, Sculpture and Photography in March 2014. She has been a member of the Assembly of Trabzon city . At the same time she has done the presidency of Housing and Urban Planning Working Group of this assembly. She received an invitation from the DAAD for a period of two years and a half with a scholarship opportunity and went to TU Berlin study and to do research. She was invited back again by the DAAD in the years 1996, 1999, 2002, 2006 and performed as a guest professor in the Urban Institute-Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Stuttgart. During her stay, she did some research as well as giving lectures. Then in 2007 she was invited for further research by the Urban Institute’s Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Stuttgart in Stuttgart. Later,during the period from October to January 2010 she performed some studies as a visiting professor at HafenCity University in Hamburg. On the other hand,she attended many lectures and retained her academic life instructing simultaneously. Some of her tasks in Karadeniz Technical University were to carry out lots of seminars and projects while she held the master’s and doctoral degree courses to lend assistance to many students in their studies.She has been continuing to lead such tasks in University of Avrasya currently. She also conducts scientific researches, creative architectural and urban projects and applications. In addition to her personal exhibitions, she has been invited to many national and international exhibitions. Besides, her projects and designs took part in many architectural and urban design competitions. She likes listening to classical Turkish music as a hobby which is made up of the Turkish stringed instrument named “Ud” and she played in various groups several times. 55 DANUTA DZIAWGO Vice Rector, Nicolaus Copernicus University

Vice-Rector for Economy and Development, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland parallelly title professor at Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management

M.A: 1993, Ph.D: 1997, habilitation: 2004, full professor: 2012 (nominated by the President of Poland)

Scientific interests: International securities market, individual investors, ethical investment, financial management, credit rating, financial accounting, investment risk

Visiting professor in universities at France, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Turkey

Author and co-author of over 150 publications

Others (currently): Subject editor for finance in the “Copernican Journal of Finance & Accounting” Member of expert unit for Humanistic, Social Sciences and Art established by Ministry of Science and Higher Education for evaluating applications for financial resources for scientific activity Member of the Examination Board, The National Chamber of Statutory Auditors (as representative of the Minister of Finance) Member of “The Best Annual Report” committee granting awards for the best annual report prepared by stock- quoted companies under IAS/IFRS Member of the Examination Board, The National Chamber of Statutory Auditors (as representative of the Minister of Finance) Member of “The Best Annual Report” committee granting awards for the best annual report prepared by stock- quoted companies under IAS/IFRS

MARIA DE LURDES CORREIA FERNANDES Vice Rector, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto

Maria de Lurdes Correia Fernandes (PhD, University of Porto, 1992) is Full Professor at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Porto, Portugal, since july 2006. She is currently Vice-Rector for Education and Training of the University of Porto and was Dean of the Faculty of Humanities (2005-06). Her activity includes membership of several academic bodies with faculty representation (Council of Repreeentatives, Pedagogical Council, Senate, University Assembly, Student Ombudsperson). She is Chair of Fundação Marques da Silva, a Foundation associated with the University of Porto, dedicated to the History of Architecture. Between 2011 and 2014, she was the Portuguese delegate to the Bologna Follow-Up Group (BFUG).

Her teaching activities reached from undergraduate and postgraduate programs to the supervision of MA dissertations and PhD theses. Her main research area is Iberain Cultures. She has authored more than 50 publications in journals and books published in Portugal and abroad, and has organized several international scientific conferences and participated, as a peaker, in several international meetings on Iberian cultures and literatures.

56 SONDAN DURUKANOĞLU FEYİZ Vice Rector, Sabancı University

Sondan Durukanoğlu Feyiz is currently Vice President of Sabanci University and a Professor of Physics in the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences. She was previously a faculty member in Physics Department of Istanbul Technical University for ten years and a Visiting Scientist at MIT for two years. She received her BS degree from Istanbul University (1989), her MSc degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison (1992), and her PhD from Kansas State University (1999). Prof. Durukanoglu Feyiz’s research and scholarly activity is focused on nano-scale materials and metal surfaces. She has authored several articles, and served as thesis chair or committee member on over 20 students’ graduate theses in various fields of Physics. She has also organized and taught at intensive summer courses in physics, drawing students from all over Turkey.

VYARA GEORGIEVA POZHIDAEVA Vice Rector, University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski”

Positions: (at moment) - Vice-Rector for Education and Student Affairs January, 2008 - November, 2011 - Vice Dean of Mining Electromechanical Faculty; November, 1999 – PhD “ Testing and Diagnosis of Mining Mechanization”. Professional and Research interests: Testing and Diagnosis of Mining Machinery; Tribology, Wear of Contact Surfaces; Vibration Analysis of Low Frequency Mechanical Assemblies. Membership of professional and trade organization: Board Member of “Society Tribology” in Bulgaria, Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology, Scientific Technical Union “ Mining, Geology and Metallurgy”

Publications: about 113 publications and 8 books, in the field of Technical Diagnostics, 37 of which in the last 5 years Projects: Leadership and participation in 23 completed projects

ANNA GIZA-POLESZCZUK Vice Rector, University of Warsaw

Anna Giza-Poleszczuk, sociologist linking scientific career with practice in business and activity in non governmental organizations. She has accompanied Polish transformation working for one of the international companies as the head of market research department, advisor to the Board and brand communication specialist. Since 2000, she is engaged in the advancement of the citizens’ organizations. Her ambition is to bring this knowledge and experience to the University, opening it for the external cooperation and improving communication between academia and society and business. Since 2012 she is Vice Rector for the Development and Financial Policy at the Warsaw University.

57 AYŞE SEVİM GÖKALP Vice Rector, Kocaeli University

She was born in 1951. She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Hacettepe University in 1976. She completed her specialty training in Pediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine of Hacettepe University between 1976 and 1980. She became an associate professor in 1985 and a professor in 1991 at Cumhuriyet University. In 1993, she was selected as a member of the European Society for Pediatric Research. In 1995, she established the Pediatrics Department of the Faculty of Medicine of Kocaeli University and Neonatology Department in 2000. Between the years 1995 and 2011, she worked as the head of Pediatrics Department of the Faculty of Medicine of Kocaeli University. She still works as the head of Neonatology Department of the Faculty of Medicine of Kocaeli University and has been working as the vice-rector of Kocaeli University and a representative of the Inter- University Committee since 2006.

She published 60 articles abroad and 77 articles in Turkey, and 281 citations were made to these articles from the Science Citation Index. She has 32 congress presentations abroad, 151 congress presentations in Turkey. She is a member of ESPR, National Pediatrics Foundation of Turkey, Turkish Neonatology Foundation, Mother and Baby Health Foundation, UNICEF-TMKD and Kocaeli Chamber of Medicine. She is married and has a daughter.

Research fields she is interested in: Feeding of premature infants, Characteristics of breast milk, Neonatal infections.

BEKI KAN Vice Rector, Acıbadem University

Prof. Beki Kan graduated from Bogazici University Department of Chemistry in 1973. She completed her Ph.D. on regulation of protein synthesis at Istanbul University. She continued her research on regulation of protein synthesis initiation by oxidized glutathione first as a post-doctoral associate and later as a Rockefeller Foundation Biotechnology Career fellow in Prof. Irving London’s laboratory at Harvard University-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Division of Health Sciences and Technology. After her return to Turkey, she setup her own laboratory at Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Biophysics. Dr. Kan’s research interest centers around signaling via G protein coupled receptors and G proteins. Dr. Kan has worked at Kings College School of Medicine and Dentistry, Imperial College, University of Minnesota and Liege University as a short-term visiting scientist. Among Dr. Kan’s administrative duties are Head of the Biophysics Department and Basic Sciences Division; Academic Coordinator in Chief and Director of Vocational School of Health Related Professions at Marmara University.Prof. Kan joined Acibadem University in 2009 and she is currently the Vice Rector.

SUELA KELLİCİ Vice Rector, University of Medicine

Education 1994-1999 (University of Tirana, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy degree) 1995-1999 (University of Shkodra, Faculty of Law) 2000-2002 (University of Padova, Faculty of Pharmacy) 2004-2005 (University of Tirana, Faculty of Medicine, Postgraduate studies in Pharmaceutical Sciences)

58 Fellowships 2008 (Faculty of Medicine, University Tor Vergata, Rome) 2012 (University of Montreal, Canada)

Functions & Main Activities • 2014 Visiting Professor of pharmacology at University Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy • 2013 Deputy Rector of the University of Medicine, Tirana • 2012-2013 Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Tirana • 2013 to continue Head of the state exam commission for the pharmacist proffessionals • 2012-2013 Teaching Coordinator of the Laboratories Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tirana • 2012 to continue member of the international project of high relevance in the frame of collaboration with Italy (in the field of farmacognosy and chemical analyses) • 2012-2013 Member of the curricula reform commission, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tirana • 2012 to continue Member of the editorial board of the Albanian Medical Journal • 2012 Coordinator of a national project in the field of clinical pharmacy • 2011 Member of the ad hoc commision for legal reform in Pharmacovigilance, Ministry of Health • 2010 to continue External expert of the Albanian Accreditation Agency for Higher Education • 2010 to continue External expert of the National Center of Continous Education • 2008-2010 Member of the international project in the frame of collaboration with Italy (in the field of immuno pharmacology) • 2007 to continue Head of the National Professional Evaluation, Order of Pharmacists • 2005-2008 Member of the international project in the frame of collaboration with Greece (in the field of farmacognosy) • 2005 to continue Lecturer Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Medicine, Tirana • 2004 – Member of ad hoc commission against countefeit drugs, Europian Parlament, Strasbourg, France • 2003-2005 Pharmaceutical Division, Ministry of Health

Scientific Degrees 2010 - Doctor of Sciences in Pharmacy 2012 - Associated Professor of Pharmacy

MARTA KICINSKA-HABIOR Vice Rector, University of Warsaw

Professor Marta Kicińska-Habior is currently second term Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Quality of Teaching and Learning of the University of Warsaw, Warsaw. Prior to this she was Head of the Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw and Vice-Dean for Student Affairs of the Physics Faculty, University of Warsaw. She was also chair of the University of Warsaw Senate Council for Student’s Affairs. She is professor of nuclear physics, working in the field of experimental nuclear structure studies.

59 MELITA KOVACEVIC Vice Rector, University of Zagreb

Melita Kovacevic is EUA-CDE Steering Committee Chair. Melita Kovacevic was a member of different national and European bodies related to higher education. She has been frequently invited to give talks on different topics related to HE reforms home and abroad. Within the UNICA network Melita Kovacevic is in particular active in the area of doctoral education and research.

Melita Kovacevic serves as Vice-Rector for Research and Technology at the University of Zagreb from 2006 and she is Full Professor at the Department of Speech and Language Pathology. She is Head of the Laboratory for Psycholinguistic Research and Director of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme Language and Cognitive Neuroscience. Melita Kovacevic held research and visiting positions at different European and American universities and is a member of various national and international societies.

AYŞE MUMCU Vice Rector, Bogazici University

Professor Ayşe Mumcu has received her BS degree in Economics at Boğaziçi University in 1989 and Ph.D degree in Economics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1997. She worked in the Department of Economics at Bilkent University during 1997-1999. She has joined the Department of Economics at Boğaziçi University in 1999 and has been appointed as full professor in 2011. She has been teaching courses in the areas of microeconomics, game theory, industrial organization and theory of finance. She has also taught at PhD programs in economics at the University of Athens, Greece, and Bologna University, Italy. Her research areas include bargaining, matching theory and applied game theory. Prof. Mumcu has been acting as a Vice Rector of Boğaziçi University since 2012.

SERMİN ÖRNEKTEKİN Vice President, İstanbul Kültür University

Sermin ÖRNEKTEKIN has been the Vice President in charge of Internationalization at Istanbul Kultur University since November,2013. She has also been the Director of European and International Center of Istanbul Kultur University since 2011 and Chair of the Board of Directors of the FEDEK Association since 2009. Before that she was the Vice President of Mustafa Kemal University, İskenderun between 2003-2006.

She has a degree in Chemistry from Istanbul University 1978, completed her PHD in Physio-Chemistry in 1982. She became an Assistant Professor in 1992 and an Associate Professor in 1997. She became a Professor in 2003. She has numerous articles published in National and International magazines. She has memberships in many Scientific Asoociations. She has been a member of Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association (TASSA ) since 2007. She was the Fulbright Scholar, National Institutes of health (NIH), Maryland between 2009-2010.

She lectures Organic Chemistry and General Chemistry Courses both for Undergraduate and Graduate Students and has been the commission member of numerous students during their Masters and PHD Degrees. She has attended many conferences all around the world.

60 AHSEN ÖZSOY Former Vice Rector, Istanbul Technical University

Ahsen Özsoy studied architecture at Istanbul Technical University (ITU) between 1969 and 1974. She received her Master of Architecture degree in 1976 at ITU Faculty of Architecture, Housing Graduate Program. Starting work as an assistant professor (1977), she completed her PhD (1983) at ITU Faculty of Architecture. She received full professorship in 1995 and is still teaching in the same institution. She has taught architectural design, research methodology and elective courses on psychology and housing. She has research studies and publications on topics of housing quality; squatter settlements; earthquake, housing and woman’s role; man-environment studies, children and architectural education; and creative city-creative university relations. She has been responsible for the design and interior design of educational and residential projects and has received national architectural awards. Administratively, she has served as Director of ITU’s Institute of Social Sciences. She is currently Vice Rector of Istanbul Technical University.

MYUNG-JIN PARK Former Executive Vice President and Provost, Seoul National University

Education 1969 BA in French Literature, Seoul National University, Korea 1973 MA in Contemporary Literature, Université de Nice, France 1978 Ph.D in Visual Communication, Université de Paris-Nouvelle Sorbonne, France Principal Posts 1980 to present Professor, Dept. of Communication, Seoul National University (SNU) 1995 to 1997 Director, Institute of Communication Research, Seoul National University 1995 to 1998 External Relations Committee, Korean National Commission for UNESCO 1995 to 2001 Director, Samsung Press Foundation 1998 to 1999 Presidential Broadcasting Reform Commission 2002 to 2004 Director, Information and Cultural Technology Studies, SNU 2003 to 2004 President, Korean Academic Society for Journalism and Communication Studies 2006 to 2007 Dean of the University Library, Seoul National University 2008 to 2009 Chairperson, Korea Communications Standards Commission 2010 to present Former Executive Vice President & Provost Seoul National University, Korea Professor Park has published 6 books and about 120 articles on Media and Cultural Studies. Her current research interest in in Discursive Studies in the Digital Era, Performativity and Subjectivity Studies in the Internet Space.

STEFKA PRISTAVOVA Vice-Rector, University of Mining and Geology St.I. Riski

Professional and Research interests: Petrology, Petrology of metamorphic rocks, Geothermobarometry of metamorphic processes, Petro-structural analysis, Geo-archaeology Membership of professional and trade organization: National Committee of Geology; Bulgarian Geological Assoc. Publications: About 40 papers in the field of geology where 17 are for the last 5 years, Mapping of 16 pcs. map sheets and notes of the Geological Map of Bulgaria in scale 1 50 000 Projects: Lieder or member in 21 projects, where 11 for last 5 years 61 BEATA PRZYBOROWSKA Vice Rector, Nicolaus Copernicus University

Education: 1992 Master of Art in Educational Science University of Nicholas Copernicus in Torun, Faculty of Educational Science 1995 Ph.D in Humanities based on the book by: „Rola szkolnictwa niepublicznego w rozwiązywaniu ustrojowego kryzysu polskiej oświaty”, written under the academic supervision of prof. zw. dr hab. Romana Schulz, University of Nicholas Copernicus in Torun, Faculty of Educational Studies 2004 Associate Professor of humanistic science In the area of Educational Science based on the book: „Innovational structures in education. Theory – practice– development”, University of Nicholas Copernicus in Torun, Faculty of Humanities 2007 Professor at University of Nicholas Copernicus in Torun, Faculty of Humanities

Professional experience 1991–1992 Student–trainee at University of Nicholas Copernicus in Torun, Faculty of Humanities 1992– 1996 Assistant at University of Nicholas Copernicus in Torun, Faculty of Humanities 1996–2007 Adjunct at University of Nicholas Copernicus in Torun, Faculty of Humanities 1996-2006 Students Counselor at Scientific Pedagogic Club at University of Nicholas Copernicus in Torun, 2004- 2008 The head of Educational Science Faculty at University in Olsztyn 2005 – 2007 The head of Educational Science Faculty at University in Torun 2012- 2016 Vice-Dean at University of Nicholas Copernicus in Torun, Faculty of Humanities, 2012- 2016 Vice-Rector at University of Nicholas Copernicus in Torun

Scientific interests: pedagogy of innovations, general pedagogy, school pedagogy, alternative pedagogy, integral education, pedagogic anthropology. Languages: Polish, Russian and English Publications: Author and co-author of over 120 publications

SÜHEYLA SÜRÜCÜOĞLU Vice Rector, Celal Bayar University

Graduated from Faculty of Medicine of 9 Eylul University in 1986. Completed residency in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology at Izmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital in 1991 and worked as Consultant at Izmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital between 1991-1996. Appointed Assistant Professor at the Department of Medical Microbiology in Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University in 1996. Passed Associate Professorship Examination in 2000 and promoted to Full Professor in 2006. Acted as a Member of the Board of Honor of Manisa Chamber of Physicians, Vice Head of the Division of Basic Medical Sciences and Head of the Department of Medical Microbiology. Attended a 6-week “Leadership in High Education” program at Northern Virginia Community College in 2012. Currently, is the Vice President of Celal Bayar University since 2010.

62 NÜKHET TAN Former Vice Rector, Kadir Has University

Born in İstanbul in 1950. Completed her high school education in Robert American Girls College. Studied in Robert College High School, receiving Chemical Engineering and Mathematics BSc.double degrees in 1971.

Completed MBA program in Michigan State Un. In 1975. She started working as assistant in the Chemical Engineering Faculty of I.T.U., receiving her MSc. İn Cemical Engineering in 1978 and Doctorate in 1981. She became Assistant Professor in 1986 and Professor in 1995 in I.TU. Then she started giving lectures in BSc., MSc. and doctorate levels in the same institution.

Her articles, conference declarations given in international conferences were published in SCCI. Related to her area of specialization, she accomplished the publishing of four academic books. She directed numerous master and doctorate thesis in I.T.U.

Starting in 2000, she started working in Kadir Has University, undertaking the duties of Establishing Dean of Engineering Faculty, Dean of Science and Literature Faculty, Vice Rector, member of the University Executive Committe, Senator, Head of the University Erasmus Committe, Head of the EUA Committe, Chief of the Administrative Instructions Preparation Committe, Head of the Scholarship Committe and Chief of the Ethical Committe in the same institution through the years 2000 to 2014.

NURDAN TÖZÜN Former Vice Rector, Acıbadem University

Prof Nurdan Tözün earned her medical degree from Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 1974.She made her postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and subspeciality training in Gastroenterology at the same Faculty between 1974-1984.

• She became an associate Professor of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine in 1984 and Professor in 1991. • She worked as Honorary Consultant at Charing Cross Hospital London and at Middlesex Hospital as visiting Professor between 1987 and 1988 • She founded the first Institute of Gastroenterology of Turkey at Marmara University in 1992 and has been the director of this special unit until 2008. • She served as the Dean of Medical School of Marmara University between 1995 and 2001. • She moved to Acıbadem University in 2008 as founding member and Vice Rector and works currently as head of GI Department and Internal Medicine and head of the Curriculum Development Committee • Her main areas of scientific expertise and research are viral hepatitides, inflammatory bowel diseases and colorectal cancer • Dr Tözün is founder and member of many national and international scientific societies and foundations. She is Current President of The Turkish Society of Gastroenterology (TSG) The founding member and past President of the Turkish Association for the Study of the Liver (TASL) Past member of the Executive Committee and current Advisor to the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver ( APASL) Member of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL). President elect of the Mediterranean Task Force for Cancer Control (MTCC), Member of the Royal College of Physicians (London) Member of AGA 63 • Dr Tözün serves as the Chairperson of the Training Recognition Committee of the European Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (EBGH) • She is the member of the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) of the United European Gastroenterology (UEG) • She has published over 150 papers including 86 in peer reviewed International Journals and 18 book chapters in local language and 4 Book chapters in English (List of publications available upon request).She has been the co- editor of 2 International Books . • She has received 17 national and international awards in her area of research including: Viral Hepatitis Research Award in 1995 and 2005, Best Study awards in several national meetings (1998-2003 and 2005), Turkish Medical Association honor and contribution certificate in 2000, Excellency in Medicine Award of the Healthcare Affiliates Association in 2006. Albert Schweitzer’s golden medal 1996 (Polish Academy of Medicine)

HÜLYA TURGUT Former Vice Rector, Istanbul Technical University & Istanbul Maltepe University

Dr. Hülya Turgut is an architect and a Professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Design in Maltepe University and a Professor at the Faculty of Architecture in the Istanbul Technical University( Emeritus Professor). She is currently head of the department of Interior Architecture at faculty of Architecture and Design in Maltepe University. Her main research interests focus on “socio-cultural issues in Architectural design education”; and culture and space studies, particularly on the meaning and use of home. Much of her recent research focuses on globalization and its effect on new housing trends; and urban transformation and revitalization projects. She has completed various architectural projects, competition prizes, researches and her writings have been published nationally and internationally. She is co-coordinator of the IAPS-CSBE ‘Culture and Space in the Built Environment’ Network; under the framework of this network, she has been chairing “International Culture and Space Symposium series“ and organizing “Culture and Space Design Workshops and Student Competitions”. Dr.Turgut is also co-editors of IAPS- CSBE Network Book Series.

VAHIDA ŽUJO Vice Rector, University “Džemal Bijedić” of Mostar

Education 2008 University of Mostar, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Bosnia and Herzegovina Dissertation, doctoral thesis „ The contribution of construction time planning to construction project management“ 1999-2004 University of Mostar, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Bosnia and Herzegovina Master’s Degree, thesis „ Concrete construction technology based on ecological principles, world experiences“ 1979-1983 University of Mostar, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Bosnia and Herzegovina • The Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

Professional Experience Record Date: 1995- till today Location: Mostar, BiH Employer: University of Mostar, Faculty of Civil Engineering Mostar BiH Position: Associate Profesor in department Organization and technology in Construction Description: University education

64 Date: 1995 – till today Location: Sarajevo, Bosnia i Hercegovinia Employer: Ministry of Justice Position: legal expert Description: solving of different content in construction

Date: 1996-2006 Location: Mostar, BiH Employer: The Privite Company GP“GLS INŽINJERING“ Mostar Position: Engineer on the bulding site. Supervision of construction damaged houses Description: Supervision

Date: 1984-1992 Location: Mostar , Bosnia i Hercegovinia Employer: Company GP “Vranica” Mostar Position: Engineer on the building site. Supervision Description: Supervision and monitoring the execution of civil works

Armagan Erdogan Deputy Secretary General, Social Sciences University of Ankara

She was graduated from Department of English Language and Literature at Hacettepe University in 1990. She received her MA and PhD degrees on English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick in UK in respectively 1996 and in 2002. She worked as a Faculty member, tought and lectured on comparative literature, gender and coordinated the International relations of the University. Dr. Erdogan has interdisiplinary approach and published several articles and chapters in books on both literature, gender and higher education. She worked as the Head of International Unit at Turkish Council of Higher Education in 2008. She is now the advisor responsible for international relations to the President of the Turkish Council of Higher Education and also as the deputy secretary general at Social Sciences University of Ankara.

İLKAY ÖZDEMİR Vice Dean, Karadeniz Technical University

She completed her bachelor’s (1985) and master’s (1988) degrees and earned her Ph.D. (1994) at the Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon. She is currently employed as associate professor in the Department of Architecture (2008). Runs detailed research and fieldwork on “Spatial Organization, Elements and Components of Space, Design of Furniture, Traditional Turkish House, Furniture History”. She is married with two children.

65 BEDRİYE POYRAZ Professor, Ankara University

Prof. BEDRİYE POYRAZ is a full time professor at Ankara University in the Department of Journalism of the Communication Faculty. She received her MA and PhD. degrees from this same faculty. Prof. Poyraz currently lectures in “communication theories”, “gender and media”, “human rights and media” and “memory and communication” (PhD) all in the same department. After receiving her PhD, her main interests have been the cultural identity of Alevis, gender studies, social memory and coming to terms with the past in Turkey in the context of social traumas, human rights and media studies. She has undertaken several national and international studies on these subjects. Prof. Poyraz was national project expert and researcher of GENOVATE at Ankara University between 2012-2014 and is a member of the Gender Equality Action Commission of Ankara University. She studies on media and gender, cultural identity and Alevi society, social memory and social traumas, human rights and media, and communication theories. Prof. Poyraz is the co-author of a book for adult education within the framework of the EU MEDA Project titled Women, Economy and Social Justice. She has contributed to a field research paper titled Social, Economic and Political Signs in Batikent, as researcher for questionnaires, conducting focus groups, etc. Prof. Poyraz worked at the Special Adult Education Programs and Empowerment Training for Women, a cooperative initiative of KASAUM, Ka-Der and EU, in the framework of supporting women to participate in politics. She is coordinating the national project on “Female Academics in Turkey: The case of Ankara University” supported by Ankara University. This project was completed as a part of the “a research on women academics in Turkish higher education” that coordinated by ITU and carry out with seven different universities in Turkey. Email: [email protected]

ZHANG SHUTING Acting deputy-director of Internet Information Institute, Communication University of China

ZHANG Shuting, PhD and professor in Communication Studies, currently serves as the Acting Associate Dean of Communication University of China Internet Information Institute. His other positions include Director of Communication University of China Business Branding Institute (BBI) and Director of Communication University of China Internet Reputation Institute (IRI). His research areas are brand marketing, advertising, internet reputation, etc. In 2010, he is selected to be sponsored by the “New Century Talent Support Project” initiated by Ministry of Education.

NI XUELI Professor, Animation School, Communication University of China

Ni Xueli, professor and doctoral tutor at Communication University of China, a member of China Writers Association and a contracted writer of Beijing Writers Association. His major works include novels of Professors Standing on the Other Side of the River and Six Books, and television drama scripts of Let Tear Flow and Xiaomai Goes to Town.

66 NERMİN ÖZGÜLBAŞ Vice Rector, Baskent University

Ozgulbas Nermin is a nance professor and vice rector at Baskent University in Turkey. She had his B.Sc., degree in Business Administration from Gazi University, M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Hospital Administration and Business Administration from Hacettepe University She has taught nancial management, nancial analysis and cost accounting. Her current research interests are design and development of fraud detection, risk management, early warning, surveillance, information and decision-support systems on capital markets, nance, health, SMEs based on data mining, quantitative decision making and operational research. She has been participating in a lot of international and national projects and conferences as an organizer, reviewer and advisor.

ÖZGE ATALAY ÇELİK Lecturer, Istanbul Technical University

Born in Ankara. She is working at ITU sınce 2005. She is a sociologist and has a master degree on urban and environmental studies. She has also PhD degree on Urban and Regional Planning Programme. Her research interests are urbanization, migration, poverty, urban politics, gender and social policies. She has worked as researcher/trainer in many different scientific projects on gender.

CLARE O’HAGAN Project Manager, University of Limerick

Clare initially pursued a career in human resources, working in both manufacturing and service sectors in Fortune 500 companies for fifteen years. Subsequently, Clare lectured in management and business in higher- and further- education institutions in Ireland as well as conducting independent research for the community and voluntary sector, multinational organisations and first and third level education organisations.

Clare is currently employed in the University of Limerick, Ireland as Project Manager on an EU-FP7 Science- in-Society project, Female Empowerment in Science and Technology Academia (FESTA). For the University of Limerick, Clare is task leader on work package 3.1 (Awareness Raising), and work package 4.1 (Decision Making and Communications) as well as task partner on work package 5.1 (Excellence in Hiring Processes), 6.2 (PhD supervision) and work package 7 (Resistance).

Clare studied Human Resource Management (Dublin Institute of Technology), holds an MSc in Strategic Human Resource Management (Sheffield Hallam University), MA in Women’s Studies (University College Cork) and a PhD in Sociology and Women’s Studies (University of Limerick) which was funded by a scholarship from the Irish Research Council. Clare holds a Higher Diploma in teaching, training and education (NUI Galway) is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and a Fellow of the Irish Institute of Training and Development (IITD).

Research interests include Equality, Gender, Motherhood, Care Work, Feminism and Intersectionality Theory as well as Management and Human Resources, Leadership, and Organisation Behaviour.

67 ZHOU LINA Coordinator, International Office, Communication University of China

Education Experience: 2009-2013 PhD in Communication Studies, focus on media law and policy, Communication University of China (Beijing, China) 2001-2004 M.A. in Law, Law department, Chinese People’s Pubic Security University (Beijing, China) 1997-2001 B.A in Arts, English department, Humanities and Social School, Beijing Jiaotong University (Beijing, China

Publications: Monograph 1. Media and Privacy, a case study of press intrusion into privacy in UK, published by Communication University of China Press, 2013

Edited Collection: 1. Communication Cooperation Development, editor, Communication University of China Press, 2004 2. Harmonious Society & Diversified Culture, executive chief-editor, Communication University of China Press, 2006

Translated Works: 1 .Global Report: Media, Gender and Technology, Qingdao Press, 2008.

Articles in Journals and Collections: 1. “Press Royal Charter and Press Regulation Policies in UK”, Youth Journalist, May 2013, pp69-71 2. “Leveson Report and the future of Press Self-Regulation in UK”, Modern Communication, Apr.2013, pp50-52 3. “Phone hacking and UK privacy protection”, China Broadcasts, Nov.2011, pp28-31 4. “A comparative study on China-US media policy study”, International Communication & Education, Communication University of China Press, 2008 Research Interest: Media policy, media law, comparative law

68 Corina Adriana Dumitrescu Vyara Georgieva Pozhidaeva Giuli Alasania Anna Giza-Poleszczuk Özge Atalay Çelik Nuran Zeren Gülersoy Aygün Attar Saniye Gülser Corat Gülay Barbarasoğlu Liisa Husu Meltem Baslo Liu Jinan Hülya Çağlayan Beatrice-Gabriela Jöger Maria Caprile Yuan Jun Sonay Çevik Mehtap Kahraman Katarzyna Chałasińska-Macukow Beki Kan Fanny Cheung Suella Kellici Cristiana Cristureanu Marta Kicinska-Habior Dziawgo Danuta Judith Kinnear Maria de Lurdes Correia Fernandes Sezer Komsuoğlu Sıddıka Semahat Demir Melita Kovacevic Nigar Demircan Çakar Neelam Kumar Gabriella Dodero Zhou Lina Çiler Dursun Tamar Lobjanidze Sondan Durukanoglu Feyiz Karin Luckey Armağan Erdoğan Merja Makinen Mine G. Tan Liljana Markovska

69 Louise Morley Gülsün Sağlamer Iryna Morozova Anastasia Sali Papasali Ljiljana Mrkić Popović Minna Salminen Ayşe Mumcu Manana Sanadze Helena Nazare Ines Sanches De Madariaga Clare O’hagan Zhang Shuting Svitlana Onyshchenko Danica Skara Sermin Örnektekin Süheyla Sürücüoğlu İlkay Özdemir Nükhet Tan Nermin Özgülbas Marja-Liisa Tenhunen Ahsen Özsoy Nurdan Tözün Myung-Jin Park Hülya Turgut Zhu Peifen Semra Ülkü Bedriye Poyraz Krista Varantola Stefka Pristavova Gunta Veismane Beata Przyborowska Tatjana Volkova Martine Rahier Burghilde Wieneke-Toutaoui Regula Rapp Gao Xiaohong Teresa Rees Ni Xueli Gita Revalde Ke Yang Tiina Rosenberg Bilge Yılmaz Vahida Žujo

70 About ITU

71 Istanbul Technical University was founded in 1773 during the time of Ottoman Sultan Mustafa III. With a history stretching back over 241 years, providing technical education within a modern educational environment and strong academic staff, ITU is strongly identified with engineering and architectural education in Turkey. Since its establishment ITU continued and developed its higher education and research activities and realized substantial reforms for adjusting its structure to the changing needs. ITU has assumed pivotal roles in the reconstruction, modernization, and administration of the country.

Istanbul Technical University has six campuses; Ayazağa, Maçka, Taşkışla, Gümüşsuyu, Tuzla and Florya. In these campuses there are 12 Faculties, 36 Departments, 6 Institutes, 15 Research Centers, a Vocational School and a Foreign Language School, as well as a Musical Conservatory with over 30 000 students and 100 000 alumni. The graduate education is carried out through such institutes as Science & Technology, Social Sciences, Energy, Eurosia Institute of Earth Sciences and Informatics. University has had a long history in its research activities with its strong research infrastructure including 360 laboratories. Among 39 undergraduate programmes 23 engineering programmes, architecture and maritime have been accredited by ABET and NAAB of USA, IMO.

ITU has over 2300 academic staff; 454 professors, 205 associate professors, 355 assistant professors, 817 teaching assistants, 89 lecturers, 84 specialist, 182 teachers. 34 percent of the students and 42 percent of the teaching staff of ITU are women. Women have also been represented at top management and decision making positions in the university. With these figures ITU is the leading Technical University of Europe in women representation in its academic staff. Academic Staff includes 1 of the 3 Turkish members of the American Academy of Sciences, 2 of the 3 Turkish members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2 of the 3 Turkish members of the European Academy of Sciences, 14 highborn and 4 honour members of the Turkish Academy of Sciences.

Istanbul Technical University is an active member of many global associations and takes part in developing new visions, strategies and programs to adapt to an ever-changing world while preserving the cultural and traditional aspects of the university. Aiming to use its strong international contacts to mould young, talented individuals who can compete in the global arena ITU has more than 130 international partnership agreements and is member of many international networks. Dual degree programs have been established with several universities in the USA and ITU has reached the leading position in Turkey with its involvement in ERASMUS Student Exchange Programs covering 450 outgoing and 100 incoming students.

Building on its institutional culture and history of reform, its ability to shape external constrains and its access top notch human capital, ITU’s mission to be an active participant in shaping the role of higher education at national and international levels to be permanently at the forefront knowledge creation.

For more information: www.itu.edu.tr

72 Istanbul

73 Istanbul, is a city which involves East and West together and in which cultural, historical and natural beauty meets with a gorgeous harmony. Besides, it is the only city which is located on two continents in a place with a narrow sea passage and also the only city which has the sea running. With its history of over 2500 years, Istanbul had become an important commerce center because of its establishment in this strategic location where land meets sea. Historical city of Istanbul is located on a peninsular, surrounded by Marmara Sea, Bosphorus Straits and Golden Horn.

HISTORY: The city had become the capital city of three great empires, namely Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Turks; and, was ruled by more than 120 emperor and sultans over 1600 years. Istanbul is the only city that has all these features. During its development, the city underwent expansion for four times, which all of them were westward. In the 5th century, there was an Istanbul which was surrounded by city walls of Romans and built over 7 hills. But, the foundation of today’s Istanbul was grounded in 7th century B.C. Rebuilt by Emperor Constantine in 4th century A.D., the city had been transformed to capital city; since then, it had preserved that title for almost 16 centuries by hosting the capital cities of Rome, Byzantine and Ottomans.

ENTERTAINMENT: Even if we deal with only the artistic contents of the structure motifs including the mosques, churches, synagogues, museums, fountains, complexes and old buildings, we realize that the city remaines at the top of the list in the field of artistic architecture, marbling art, carving, colouring, and craftsmanship. On the other hand, activities, such as theaters, cinemas, live concerts, exhibitions, communion, poetic concerts, art galleries, in which works of internationally famous artists are exhibited, show the meaning and importance of art in Istanbul.

The Topkapı Palace allows its visitors to witness the history, culture, grandeur, magnificence, and profusion of an Empire which lasted for a very long time.

Dolmabahce Palace built in 19th century is one of the most glamorous palaces in the world. It was the administrative center of the late Ottoman Empire with the last of Ottoman Sultans was residing there. Dolmabahce palace has a great meaning for Turkish people since the supreme leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk had used the palace as a residence The Grand Bazaar, with its architectural style designed specifically for enclosed shopping centers, entertains many visitors who come for both commercial and touristic purposes from different countries speaking different languages every day.

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