Stefan Popenici

An expert in tertiary education with extensive international experience in teaching, educational management and governance

Stefan is Senior Lecturer in higher education at the University of Melbourne in Australia and Associate Director of the Imaginative Education Research Group at Simon Fraser University in Canada. He has a PhD in education sciences and extensive experience in teaching and learning, governance, research and academic development with institutions of higher education in Europe, North America, South East Asia, New Zealand and Australia. Stefan was a senior adviser on educational reform and academic research for Romania’s Minister of Education, a consultant on scholarship and research to the president of De La Salle University, the Philippines and an expert consultant for various institutions in education across the world including the Fulbright Commission, The Council of Europe and others. For his work and strategic leadership in education, Stefan was awarded the order ‘Merit of Education’ in the rank of knight by the President of Romania. Within the EAIE, he is a member of the Knowledge Development Task Force.