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Kevin Wong
Kevin Wong works as a communications and HESD intern at IAU. He is in his second year of a masters degree at Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs in International Development with concentrations in project management and African studies. He has worked as an administrator for a French language education NGO in the US prior to coming to Paris. He holds bachelor’s degrees from Colorado State University in International Affairs and French Language, and did an exchange at l’Université Catholique de Lyon. He is from the United States. He speaks English, French, and Taishanese. -
Tereza Matuchova
Tereza Matuchova is an intern at IAU, where she contributes to organizing the IAU 2024 International Conference in Japan and supports research on digital transformation in higher education. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Social Policy and European Affairs at Sciences Po School of Public Affairs. Originally from Slovakia, Tereza has also lived in Italy, Austria, and France. This is highlighted in her passion for studying languages, as she speaks English, French, German, and Italian. -
Aryan Musleh
Aryan Musleh is a seasoned curator, photographer, communication specialist, and social media content developer. He is currently an intern assisting in communications at IAU. Before that, he founded and served as the managing director of Everyday Afghanistan, a nationwide online photography platform affiliated with The Everyday Projects global community. This platform, comprising over 200 contributors from across Afghanistan, promotes storytelling among local photographers and photojournalists. Aryan’s photographic work primarily focuses on capturing the everyday lives of Afghan people with an emphasis on the themes of visual representation and storytelling. His efforts have significantly advanced visual storytelling in the country by fostering a community of local photographers who share their narratives. Additionally, Aryan is currently pursuing further studies in the field of global communications at the American University of Paris. -
Ruwayda Mohamed
Ruwayda Mohamed joins the IAU as an intern to work on communication. She holds and undergraduate degree in sociology with a focus on economics from the University of Oslo and is currently studying applied machine learning. Her previous roles include working as an intern at Norway’s permanent delegation to the OECD and UNESCO and as an intern at UNDPs Nordic Representation Office in Oslo. -
Craig Pettifor
Craig is responsible for the acquisition and maintenance of the Secretariat’s hardware and software requirements in their Paris office. Previously Craig took part in an internship assisting the WHED team on the Africa update.
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Léa Romain
Léa Romain is interning with the IAU for Higher Education and Research for Sustainable Development (HESD). Prior to beginning her internship, Lea completed her Bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and Languages and Literatures of Europe and the Americas with concentrations in Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She will begin her master’s degree next September in International Relations, Human Rights and Gender Studies. She speaks French, English, and Spanish. -
Kateryna Nakvatska
Kateryna Nakvatska works as IAU Internationalization Intern. She is a second-year graduate student of the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, completing her master’s in International Relations and Action Abroad. She worked for the Ukrainian Red Cross and the Danish Red Cross in Ukraine, where she took part in humanitarian aid distribution projects and participated in negotiations with other international organizations. Being particularly interested in the activities of non-governmental organizations and their impetus to the promotion of cooperation and peace among nations, she worked as an Assistant to the National Platform project "Dialogue for Peace and Secure Reintegration", the EU-funded initiative in Ukraine. She speaks Ukrainian, English, French and Russian. -
Balkhisse AidaraBalkhisse Aidara works as an accounting and administrative officer at AIU. Before taking up this current position, she assumed the role of administrative and accounting assistant in two companies. She holds a double master’s degree in Audit and Management Control from France and obtained her bachelor’s degree in Management Science in Senegal. Balkhisse is passionate about finance and management, and has demonstrated her skills in various administrative roles. Although originally from Senegal, Balkhisse has been living in France for several years, where she has honed her professional expertise and linguistic skills. She speaks French, English, Wolof, and Arabic.
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Hans-Georg van LiempdHans-Georg van Liempd has been the Secretary of the University at Tilburg University since February 15, 2021. In this role he has the responsibility in preparing and implementing decisions made by the Executive Board of the university, in constant consultation with the Deans, Schools, Divisions to optimally equip students and staff for their important work in research, education, and society.
In addition to Hans-Georg van Liempd’s primary task as Secretary, he is also responsible as the Managing Director of University Services, to foster, coordinate, and safeguard the collaboration among the Divisions of the university on key policy themes and business operations.Hans-Georg van Liempd was previously the Managing Director of the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. He also served as interim Managing Director of the Tilburg Law School and of the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences.
From September 2010 until September 2014 he was (vice-) President of the European Association for International Education (EAIE). As such he was chair of the Editorial Board of the EAIE Handbook for Internationalisation. He was co-editor of the 25th-anniversary publication for EAIE, “POSSIBLE FUTURES, The next 25 years of the internationalisation of Higher Education” (2013).
In the past he served as Director of the International Office van 2006 until mid-2010, when he became elected as Vice President of the EAIE. During his (vice-) Presidency for EAIE he worked as Senior Programme Manager at Tilburg on university wide programmes such as Internationalising the Campus and Corporate Social Responsibility. He also served as senior EAIE Trainer for International Strategy Implementation.
In 2014 and 2015 he acted as Internationalization expert on international strategy for a project funded by the Romanian Government for internationalizing the strategy of 21 Romanian universities.In his role as an expert on international education and strategy he was and still is a frequent presenter at institutions and conferences around the world. Furthermore he is a member of several Advisory Boards in the area of culture, health and education in the Netherlands and abroad.
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Saray Córdoba-González
"Universities are one of the main research organizations in the world, this is the most relevant idea that the Expert Group must take into account to design and propose a roadmap based on UNESCO Toolkit."
Saray Córdoba-González is a retired professor from the Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR). She holds a Master’s degree in Adult Education and in Library Science from the Universidad de Costa Rica. Saray’s research focuses on the areas of Scientific Communication, Open Science, and Open Access and teaches about journals’ scientific quality for scholars both in Costa Rica and Central America. She co-coordinates the CLACSO working group “Open Science as a common benefit”, and is a Latindex honorary member since 2017 and REDALyC Scientific Council member.