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 Dawn Freshwater, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Auckland Vice-Chair: Professor Sandra Almeida, Rector, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Board Members

• Professor Bill Flanagan, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Alberta
• Professor Margareth Hagen, Rector, University of Bergen
• Professor Hugh Brady, Vice-Chancellor, University of Bristol
• Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town
• Professor Andrew Deeks, President, University College Dublin
• Professor Nana Aba Amfo, Vice-Chancellor, University of Ghana
• Professor Rocky Tuan, Vice-Chancellor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Professor Frédéric Herman, Rector, University of Lausanne
• Professor Simone Buitendijk, Vice-Chancellor, University of Leeds
• Professor Rianne Letschert, President, Maastricht University
• Professor Banchong Mahaisavariya, President, Mahidol University
• Professor Barnabas Nawangwe, Vice-Chancellor, Makerere University
• Chancellor John McCarthy, Chancellor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Professor Huey-Jen Jenny Su, President, National Cheng Kung University
• Professor Tawana Kupe, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Pretoria
• Professor Liu Wei, President, Renmin University of China
• Professor Sarah Mangelsdorf, President, University of Rochester
• Professor Koen Lamberts, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Sheffield
• Professor Mark E. Smith, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Southampton
• Professor Andrew Parfitt, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Technology Sydney
• Dr David Garza, Rector, Tecnológico de Monterrey
• Professor Charlie Jeffery, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of York
• Professor Wu Zhaohui, President, Zhejiang University
• Professor Peter Lennie, WUN Executive Director

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 of 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: