Prof. Hans N. WEILER
	Member of the global Scientific Committee

Country: USA Current position: Professor of Education and Political Science, Emeritus, Stanford University Academic discipline: Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Freiburg, Germany Published in areas of: Educational planning and social change; education and political development; the national and international politics of knowledge; education, public confidence and the legitimacy of the modern state; equal protection, legitimacy and the legalisation of education; the politics of educational decentralisation in comparative perspective; curriculum reform and the legitimation of educational objectives; conceptions of knowledge and institutional realities; university funding between markets and the state; political socialisation and education; the planning and administration of educational reform; the political economy of international cooperation in educational development; universities between equity and excellence; the politics of reform in higher education; higher education and labor markets; relationships between higher education and industry. Former director, International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), Paris; former Rector, Viadrina European University Frankfurt/Oder, Germany; Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences; Education advisor to governments in Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia and to World Bank and African Development Bank; Order of Merit, Republic of Poland and Federal Republic of Germany.