Barbara M. Kehm#
| Membership Number: | 5944 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | GOVERNANCE, INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.lcss.uni-hannover.de/en/dr-barbara-kehm/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018,11 - present Senior researcher and Fellow at the Leibniz Research Centre for Science and Society (LCSS), University of Hannover, Germany
- 2013,10 - 2017,9 Professor of Leadership and International Strategic Development in Higher Education, University of Glasgow, UK-
- 2003,10 - 2011,12 Professor of Higher Education Research, University of Kassel, International Centre for Higher Education Research (INCHER-Kassel); from 4/2004 until 9/2011 Director of INCHER-Kassel-
- 1996 - 2003 Senior Researcher, Institute for Higher Education Research Wittenberg (associated Institute of the University of Halle)
- 1995 - 1996 Researcher, Association for Empirical Studies, Kassel-
- 1990 - 1995 Researcher, Centre for Research on Higher Education and Work, University of Kassel
Fields of Scholarship
- Internationalisation and globalisation
- Doctoral education
- Higher education
- Academic work and academic profession
- Europeanisation in higher education
- Policy, management and governance in higher education
Honours and Awards
- 2011 - present Member of the Board of Governors of the University of Siegen (Germany)
- 201 - 2014 Member of the International Advisory Board of the University of Helsinki (Finland)
- 2009 to 2012 'Transformation of European Universities', Project on 'Organisational Change through Governance with External Stakeholders. The Case of University Boards/Councils' (funded by the European Science Foundation and the German Research Association; project leader)
- 2000 - 2021 Invited visiting professor in international universities on 13 occasions, entailing work in Argentina, Australia, Chile, China Hong Kong, China PRC, Syria. She also delivered invited talks, keynotes, lectures and workshops in more than 50 countries around the world and on all five continents
- 1998 - 2000 'Lifelong Learning and the University in Europe: International comparative study with partners from seven EU member states (funded by the European Commission, 4th Framework Programme; principal investigator for Germany)
- 1996 - 2010 Co-Editor of Tertiary Education and Management. Also since 1999 member of three leading academic journal boards (two current) and since 1995 invited guest editor of seven Special Issues of journals
