R. (Robert) Wagenaar
Senior advisor for Internationalisation / Co-director International Tuning Academy / Professor of History and Politics of Higher Education

Telephone:
+31 50 36 35176 (Office R.Wagenaar)
+31 50 36 36059 (Administration International Tuning Academy)
E-mail:
r.wagenaar rug.nl
Field/Discipline
Expertise
Higher Education Policies and Politics
History of Higher Education
Curriculum Development, Quality Assurance and Enhancement
International Education
History of Higher Education
Curriculum Development, Quality Assurance and Enhancement
International Education
Other positions
- Member of the Board of Directors of the European University Alliance ENLIGHT, representing the University of Groningen (2026-).
- Senior Adviser for Internationalisation, University Services University of Groningen (2023-)
- Member of the Ministerial Bologna Follow-up Group (BFUG) Thematic Peer Group A Qualifications Frameworks and ECTS. On behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Education and Culture (2025-2027).
- Senior Advisor on the Advisory Board of the ECTS Users' Guide, installed by the DG Education and Culture of the European Commission (2025-2026)
- Director Consortium Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree EUROCULTURE: Society, Politics and Culture in a Global Context (2006-Mid 2025).
- Member Dutch team of Bologna experts by the Dutch Ministery of Education and Science, 2004-2024.
- Project Director EU Capacity Building projects 'CALOHE-ASIA - Measuring and Comparing Achievements of Learning Outcomes in Higher Education in Asia' (2021-2024), 'ACE – Aprendizaje Centrado en el Estudiante en América del Sur' (2020-2024) and 'FORTH – Formation of Teachers in Challenged Areas in the Philippines' (2019-202); Forward Looking Cooperation projects 'Measuring and Comparing Achievements of Learning Outcomes in Higher Education in Europe' (CALOHEE) I, II and Extension (2016-2023); Knowledge Alliance project ‘Integrating Entrepreneurship and Work Based Learning in Higher Education (WEXHE)’ (2017-2020) and Tender project 'EU-China Tuning Study II' (2017-2019).
- Member of the Ministerial Bologna Follow-up Group (BFUG) Working group on Monitoring the progress of the Bologna Process as well as the Task Force on Enhancing Knowledge Sharing in the European Higher Education Area Community. Both on behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Education and Culture (2020-2024).
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