Worldwide Universities Network

WUN is managed by a Secretariat, which is responsible for the operations, communications and strategy implementation of the network.

Partnership Board

The Partnership Board provides entrepreneurial leadership of the company. The Board sets the strategic direction and vision of the company. The Board comprises the Presidents, Vice-Chancellors or Rectors of the member universities and the WUN Executive Director.

Chair: Professor dr Martin Paul, President, Maastricht University

Board Members

• Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, Vice-Chancellor, University of Ghana
• Professor Koen Lamberts, Vice-Chancellor, University of Sheffield
• Professor Peter Lennie, WUN Executive Director
• Professor Dawn Freshwater, Vice-Chancellor, University of Auckland
• Professor Charlie Jeffery, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of York
• Sir Alan Langlands, Vice-Chancellor, University of Leeds
• Professor Wu Zhaohui, President, Zhejiang University
• Professor Rocky Tuan, Vice-Chancellor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Professor Jane den Hollander, acting Vice-Chancellor, University of Western Australia
• Professor Mark E. Smith, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Southampton
• Professor Dag Rune Olsen, Rector, University of Bergen
• Dr David Turpin, President, University of Alberta
• Professor Sarah Mangelsdorf, President, University of Rochester
• Dr Michael Spence, Vice-Chancellor, University of Sydney
• Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy, Chancellor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town
• Professor Hugh Brady, Vice-Chancellor, University of Bristol
• Dr David Garza, Rector, Tecnológico de Monterrey
• Professor Huey-Jen Jenny Su, President, National Cheng Kung University
• Professor Sandra Almeida, President, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
• Professor Andrew Deeks, President, University College Dublin
• Professor Liu Wei, President, Renmin University of China

Academic Advisory Group

The Academic Advisory Group is responsible for overseeing the academic portfolio of the Network and advising the Partnership Board on strategic direction. It is made up senior administrators, usually at the level of Vice-President or Deputy Vice-Chancellor with responsibility for the research or internationalisation priorities of the member universities.

Institutional Coordinators

Each WUN member university appoints an administrator to manage the implementation of the WUN strategies and programs on campus and to serve as the main contact point for network initiatives. This group shares information on collaborative opportunities and develops WUN’s research programs.

WUN has identified four Global Challenges as the focus for its thematic research areas. There are numerous research groups within each Global Challenge. They are: