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ITMO University’s International Council

Established in 2014 as part of the University's new and innovative governance approach, the Council was created primarily for the purpose of providing significant support to the University’s development and internationalization process. Its role is to provide the University with high-level guidance on all aspects of the University’s academic and research areas, governance and development in line with the direction and practices of internationally recognized universities. 

The International Council has been meeting twice a year since 2014. During each meeting, the Council’s members explore the pressing questions faced by the University, helping the University’s administration to make plans and align its strategies with the latest experiences and findings from around the world.

Current International Council Members

Vladimir Vasilyev

  • Post
    Rector of ITMO University
    Chair of the Academic Council
  • Rank
    Professor
  • Degree
    DSc

Daria Kozlova

  • Post
    First Vice Rector
  • Rank
    Associate professor
  • Degree
    PhD

Yuri Gunko

  • Post
    Professor at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
    *temporarily suspended membership in the council

Xi-Cheng Zhang

  • Post
    M. Parker Givens Professor, the Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, United States of America

Yuri Kivshar

  • Post
    Professor and Head of Nonlinear Physics Centre of the Australian National University, Australia

Paul Urbach

  • Post
    Professor and Head of the Optics Research Group of TUDelft, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
    *temporarily suspended membership in the council

Peter Sloot

  • Post
    Professor of Complex Adaptive Systems, Department of Science of University of Amsterdam (UvA), Netherlands, Scientific Director of the Institute for Advanced Study, University of Amsterdam (UvA), Netherlands
    *temporarily suspended membership in the council

Debra Stewart

  • Post
    Senior Fellow at NORC at the University of Chicago and Pres. Emerita of Council of Graduate Schools, United States of America
    *temporarily suspended membership in the council

Andrew Comrie

  • Post
    Professor, Director, School of Geography, Development & Environment, the University of Arizona, United States of America
    *temporarily suspended membership in the council

Sijbolt Noorda

  • Post
    President emeritus of the University of Amsterdam, President of the Magna Charta Observatory and President of the Academic Cooperation Association, Netherlands

Wei Zhao

  • Post
    Former Chief Research Officer at American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Christoph Badelt

  • Post
    Director of the Austrian Institute of Economic Research and professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
    *temporarily suspended membership in the council

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