European Higher Education Area: The Impact of Past and Future Policies, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018

The Future of Higher Education ? Bologna Process Researchers Conference (FOHE-BPRC) has already established itself as a landmark in the European higher education environment. The two previous editions (17-19 October 2011, 24-26 November 2014), with approximately 200 European and international participants each, covering more than 50 countries each, were organized prior to the Ministerial Conferences, thus encouraging a consistent dialogue between researchers and policy makers. The main conclusions of the FOHE Conferences were presented at the EHEA Ministerial Conferences (2012 and 2015), in order to make the voice of researchers better heard by European policy and decision makers.

This volume is dedicated to continuing the collection of evidence and research-based policymaking and further narrowing the gap between policy and research within the EHEA and broader global contexts. It aims to identify the research areas that require more attention prior to the anniversary 2020 EHEA Ministerial Conference, with an emphasis on the new issues on rise in the academic and educational community. This book gives a platform for discussion on key issues between researchers, various direct higher education actors, decision-makers, and the wider public. 

This book is published under an open access CC BY license. 

Introduction.- Part 1: Bologna Process and the Wider World of Higher Education (coordinated by Hans de Wit).- Part 2: Social Dimension Within a Quality Oriented Higher Education System (coordinated by Jalmi Salmi).- Part 3: Twenty Years of Bologna and a Decade of EHEA: What Is Next? (coordinated by Sjur Bergan and Ligia Deca).-  Part 4: Transparency Tools – Impact and Future Developments (coordinated by Ellen Hazelkorn).-  Part 5: Financing and Governance (coordinated by Liviu Matei).- About the Editors.- About the Authors.

Adrian Curaj is a former minister of education, science and innovation in Romania.

He is the head of the UNESCO Chair on Science and Innovation Policies at the National University of Political Sciences and Public Administration and professor at the Politehnica University of Bucharest.

Adrian Curaj has been working as a consultant with World Bank, UNESCO, UNIDO, ETF and EC for studies in Tertiary Education, Science and Innovation, and Foresight. He has been actively involved as project leader, country or group leader and expert in many research projects (including FP7, H 2020, SEE & INTERREG), and published papers and books, most of them in foresight, higher education as well as science and innovation policies. He has been the initiator and co-chair of the Bologna Process Researchers Conferences (2011, 2014, 2017).

Adrian Curaj was member of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Fulbright Commission in Romania and the Romanian representative at the Bologna Follow-Up Group.  Also, professor Curaj is a fellow to the World Academy of Art & Science (WAAS).

Ligia Deca is State Adviser at the Romanian Presidential Administration with responsibilities in the field of education and research, and coordinator of the “Educated Romania” Project. She holds a doctorate in Political Science at the University of Luxembourg and has authored several papers and studies in the field of educational policies. She was the Head of the Bologna Process Secretariat (2010-2012), the international body responsible with the implementation of the Bologna Process within the EHEA member states and the preparation of the Ministerial Conference (that was organized in Bucharest, in April 2012). She has also coordinated the International Conference „Future of Higher Education – Bologna Process Researchers Conference” in 2011 and 2014. In the period of 2008-2010 Ligia Deca was the Chairperson of the European Students’ Union, thus representi

Provides valuable insights into the status-quo and the future directions for the Bologna Process and the European Higher Education Area

Addresses hot topics on today’s educational agenda

Presents the most recent research done on the future of the Bologna Process

Bridges the gap between policy and research within the context of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA)