CHERPA-network

Academic activities and their impact on society are not limited to the fields of education and research. Corresponding the different missions of academic institutes, the work may also have an influence in the social, economic, cultural, political or regional segments of society.

• Participating members
• Associated members
• Coordinators

The CHERPA-network-participating institutes have bundled their skills in order to reach a multidisciplinairy approach in the academic assessment process. The main aim of this joint venture is to develop an assessment  methodology for academic institutions in respect with their different missions, as described in the 'Berlin Principles on the ranking of higher education institutes' (pdf).

Participating members

• Centre for Higher Education Development (CE), (Gütersloh, Germany) 
• Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS) at the University of Twente (Netherlands)   
• Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University (Netherlands)
• The research division INCENTIM at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) 
• Observatoire des Sciences et des Techniques (OST) in Paris 
  
  

Associated members

• European Federation of National Engineering Associations (FEANI)
• European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD)

Coordinators

• For CHE:
  Prof. Dr. Frank Ziegele
  
• For CHEPS:
  Prof. Dr. Frans van Vught
  
• For CWTS:
  Dr. Robert Tijssen