Ellen Hazelkorn

Ellen Hazelkorn is a partner at BH Associates Education Consultants. She is also Professor Emeritus and Director of the Higher Education Policy Research Unit (HEPRU), Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland), and Joint Editor of Policy Reviews in Higher Education. She is an International Co-Investigator at the Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), London, and a Research Fellow at the Centre for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA.  Ellen is a NAFSA Senior Fellow, and a member of the Quality Board for Higher Education in Iceland. Ellen is internationally recognised for her writings and analysis of rankings. Ellen has been Policy Advisor and Board Member of the Higher Education Authority of Ireland, Vice-President Research and Enterprise, and Dean of the Graduate Research School, as well as Vice-President and Founding Dean of the Faculty of Applied Arts, Dublin Institute of Technology. Ellen was awarded a BA and PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and the University of Kent, UK, respectively.

Ellen received the 2018 Tony Adams Award for Excellence in Research for her outstanding work on the rise of international university rankings.