MICHE EXPERT TEAM 2024 – FACULTIES OF EDUCATION
Daniel Casten – International higher education consultant, with over 17 years of experience, including as Director of the Office of International Affairs at VŠB-TUO, Director of the Confucius Classroom, and as a consultant working with universities in Europe, Asia, and the US.
He has lead the design and coordination of institutional development projects and central development projects in Czech Republic. he is expereienced in coordinating and writing of international strategy for multiple Czech universities. He designed an founded the first stand-alone service center for international students and academics in Czech republic. He presents and chairs sessions at international conferences and implementing workshops for universities.
Katrin Kiisler has recently been appointed Head of the Research Policy Department at the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research. Prior to the change, she held the position of R&D Strategy Adviser in Estonia's Government Office. She has a broad background in higher education internationalisation, having spent over two decades supervising higher education programmes at the Archimedes Foundation, Estonia's national agency for education.
Uwe Brandenburg holds a PhD from the University of Bristol, an MscEcon from the University of Swansea, and an M.A. in Islamic Sciences from the WWU Münster. He is an experienced team leader used to work with large international teams. Uwe’s work focuses on impact and Internationalisation in Higher Education for Society (IHES) and the influence of tech on internationalisation. He also gave a TEDx talk in March 2019 and is a fervent believer in change. He presents on international conferences and teaches at different universities.