IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence
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 IREG Executive Committee in Bologna 2019 | |
| Company type | Nonprofit organization |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Warsaw, Poland |
| Website | ireg-observatory |
The IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence (IREG Observatory) is an international nonprofit organisation created in 2009 consisting of universities, ranking organisations and third-party organisations associated with academics and university ranking.[1][2] The organisation's secretariat is based in Warsaw, Poland.
Also, the organisation is responsible for awarding organisations with the IREG Ranking Seal of Approval acknowledging the recipient's engagement and initiatives in relation to university ranking.[3][4]
IREG Observatory was first founded in Warsaw, Poland in 2002 and was in 2009 transformed into the non-profit organisation, IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence, it is today.[5] Its foundation was a result of a collaborative initiative between the UNESCO European Centre for Higher Education (UNESCO-CEPES) and a broad variety of ranking experts from different international ranking organisations.
The purpose of creating the International Ranking Expert Group (IREG) was to create a specialised community consisting of ranking analysts and experts to process a variety of issues and topics related to international university ranking.[6][7]
In June 2015 it held a conference on Rankings by Subject which was considered significant.[8]
Executive Committee
| Position[9] | Name | Affiliated Organisation / Institution | Country of Residence |
|---|---|---|---|
| IREG President | Waldemar Siwinski | Founder Perspektywy Education Foundation | Poland |
| IREG Vice President | Gero Federkeil | Head of International Rankings at CHE Centre for Higher Education, Managing Director of U-Multirank | Germany |
| Executive Committee Member | Birte Hornemann | Aalborg University | Denmark |
| Executive Committee Member | Habib M. Fardoun | Excellence Consulting for Education] | Spain |
| Executive Committee Member | Robert J. Morse | U.S. News & World Report | United States |
| Executive Committee Member | Burkitbayev Mukhambetkali | Professor at Al Farabi University in Almaty | Kazakhstan |
| Executive Committee Member | Ying Cheng | CEO & Co-Founder at Shanghai Ranking Consultancy | China |
| Executive Committee Member | Gyorgy Fabri | Professor at Eötvös Loránd University | Hungary |