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Liviu Matei

Liviu Matei is the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Central European University (CEU) Budapest. He teaches Higher Education Policy in CEU’s Department of Public Policy. He studied Philosophy and Psychology at Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj and Sociology at Bucharest University. He received his PhD from the later. He benefited form scholarships at the New School University, Université Paris X, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Université de Savoie, Salzburg Seminar. His professional trajectory includes, among other appointments: Co-chair of the Working Group on Higher Education of the Stability Pact for South-East Europe; Member of the Steering Committee, UNESCO - EU Commission Project on Management of Higher Education in South-East Europe; Director General for International Relations, Romanian Ministry of Education; Lecturer, Babes-Bolyai University; Program Director, Médecins Sans Frontières - Belgium, Program of Assistance to Underprivileged Roma Communities in Transylvania; occasional consultant for UNESO, Council of Europe, Commission of the European Union, and OSCE on issues concerning higher education and civil society.

Selected publications;

Matei, L. (1992). Romanian Civil Society and its Paradoxes. Korunk, 3
Matei, L. (1993). Cognition and Ethnicity. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, 1-2
Matei, L. (1993). Knowledge and Ignorance in Ethnic Communities. Korunk, 2
Matei, L. (1993). The Gypsies at the Frontiers of the State. Etudes tsiganes, 1
Matei, L. (1993). VOs in Romania. In A.McKinstry Micou, B. Lindsnaes (Eds.),The Role of Voluntary Organizations in Emerging Democracies. Institute of International Education
Radu, I., Ilut, P. & Matei, L. (1994).  Social Psychology, Exe Publishers, Cluj
Matei, L., Aluas, I. (1998). Discrimination and Prejudice: Minorities in Romania
In Joly, D. (Ed.) Scapegoats and Social Actors. Macmillan, New York
Matei, L. (1999). Greater Commitment to Social Sciences, In L. Falt'an (Ed.)
EUROPE: Expectations and Reality. The Challenge for the Social Sciences, UNESCO
Matei, L. (2003). Doctoral layer –the third cycle in the Bologna process? In Proceedings of the Fifth Conference of the European University Association, Cluj Napoca, Romania, 24-25 October 2003
Matei, L. (2004). Academic credits systems; the transfer and accumulation principles. Alma Mater, Chisinau, Feb. 2004 [in Romanian]
Matei, L. (2008). International by design. Institutional Strategies and Policies of an International University in Central Europe. In M. Gaebel, L. Purser, B. Wächter, L. Wilson (Eds.), Internationalization of European Higher Education. An EUA/ACA Handbook, RAABE Academic Publishers, Berlin
Matei, L. (forthcoming). How a small university can contribute to global governance. Journal of Global Governance