Professor Vlasceanu is deputy director of UNESCO’s European Centre for Higher Education (UNESCO – CEPES), Bucharest, Romania. He graduated from Bucharest University, Faculty of Philosophy and holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from London University. As a professor of sociology at Bucharest University he published books and articles on social research methodology, sociology of culture and education, development theory and higher education management and policy such as: Decision and Innovation in Education (in English and Romanian, 1979), Methodology of Social Research (in Romanian, 1986), Structures, Strategies and Performances in Education (Editor, in Romanian, 1988), Trends, Needs and Developments of the Higher Education Systems of the Central and European Countries, CEPES/ UNESCO, 1999, Dictionary of Sociology (Editor, in Romanian, 1993), From Words to Action: Governance and Management in South Eastern European, 2002. Prior to his working for UNESCO-CEPES, he acted as a dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and then as a vice-rector of Bucharest University (1990) and then as a Secretary of State for higher education in the Romanian Ministry of Education (1991). Since 1992 he has been working in the UNESCO’s European Centre for Higher Education (UNESCO – CEPES), Bucharest, Romania, as program specialist and deputy director. His current responsibilities at UNESCO-CEPES are related to the management of projects focused on university autonomy and academic quality assurance and accreditation, recognition of qualifications, co-operating closely with both national experts in the field and international organizations like the World Bank, the Council of Europe, the European University Association, OECD, etc.