About us
Objectives
The platform is the gateway to collaboration between UGent researchers and educators and ASEAN partners in higher education, research, policy and industry. We intend to:
- develop a coherent collaboration approach
- collate information on UGent expertise in the region
- create synergy between ongoing activities
- foster new collaborations
ASEANplus within UGent
The ASEANplus Platform is one of the 6 UGent regional platforms which constitute a pillar of Ghent University Internationalisation strategy.
other Regional Platforms: China Platform; Russia Platform; Africa Platform; CESAM Platform (Central and South America)
Who we are
Management Board
- Academic Chair: Prof. Peter Bossier (Bioscience Engineering)
- Coordinator: Jean Dhont (UGent Internationalisation)
- Academic Director for Internationalisation: Prof. Guido Van Huylenbroeck
- Faculty representatives:
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Michael Frömmel - Economics and Business Administration
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Christine Yung Hung - Bioscience Engineering
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Marie Anne Eurie Forio - Bioscience Engineering
- Mark Saeys - Engineering & Architecture
- Erwan Lannon - Law & Criminology
- Andreas Niehaus - Arts & Philosophy
- Frank Naert - Economy & Business administration
- Jeroen Adam - Political and Social Sciences
- Martin Valcke - Psychology & Educational Sciences
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Thomas Hermans - Sciences
- Johan De Grave - Sciences
- Hans Nauwynck - Veterinary Medicine
- Barbara Vanderstraeten - Medical and Health Sciences
- Frauke Coppieters - Medical and Health Sciences
- Marthe De Boevre - Pharmaceutical
- Academic advisor: Patrick Sorgeloos
Members
We aim at offering services to all UGent staff members interested in collaborating with ASEAN partners. On top of that, we promote the involvement of following partners:
- HoWest, HoGent & Artevelde Hogeschool
- City of Ghent, Province of East-Flanders
- Flanders Investment & Trade
Where we are active
- ASEAN = Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
- plus = Bangladesh, South-Korea, Japan, …
