AARHUS UNIVERSITY

Lauritz Broder Holm-Nielsen Commander of the Order of Dannebrog, Denmark Gran Oficial del Orden Gabriela Mistral (Grand Officer), Chile Email: [email protected] Mobile +45 2338 2126 Web: http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/rektor-lauritz-b-holmnielsen(e59c05f8-fc79-4657-8ad42ac1d6f5f814).html

Personal data Date of birth: 8 November 1946 Place of birth: Nordby, Island of Fanø, Denmark

Civil status Married to Helle Three children: Jens Christian, PhD in Biology; Katrine, MSc in Political Science; Niels, MSc in Political Science

Office address AU Research and Talent – SDC Secretariat Aarhus University Niels Jensens Vej 2 DK-8000 Aarhus C Denmark Phone: +45 23 38 21 26 Email: [email protected]

Private address Valdemarsgade 42 DK-8000 Aarhus C Denmark Phone: +45 86 19 62 16

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Education 1971

MSc in Botany and Phytogeography, Aarhus University

1968-1969

MSc studies in Biology, University of Copenhagen

1965-1968

Undergraduate studies in Geology, Geography and Biology, Aarhus University

Languages Fluent: Danish, English and Spanish Comprehension: Swedish, Norwegian and Portuguese Reading knowledge: Italian, German, Dutch and French

Academic Career 2013-

International Advisor to the Senior Management, Aarhus University

2005-2013

Rector, Aarhus University

1993-2005

Lead Higher Education Specialist, The World Bank

1986-1993

Rector, The Danish Research Academy

1979-1981

Professor, P. Universidad Catolica, Quito, Ecuador

1975-1986

Associate Professor, Aarhus University

1972-1975

Assistant Professor of Botany, Aarhus University

Leadership positions 2013-

Member, Gothenburg University Board

2013-

Chairman, National Committee of Research Infrastructure (NUFI)

2013-

Member, Center für Hochschulentwicklung (CHE) Advisory Board

2013

Chairman, Universities Denmark’s working group on cooperation with Ilisimatusarfik

2012-

Member, Estoril Advisory Board, Estoril Conference

2012-

Member, Advisory Board of Cantabria Campus International (CCI)

2012-

President, Euroscience

2012-

Vice President, European University Association (EUA)

2011-

Member, Rectors’ Advisory Group (Coimbra Group)

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2010-

Member, International Advisory Board, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain

2010

Delegate, Nordic Prime Minister’s Globalisation Forum

2009-

Board Member, Columbus

2009-2011

Commissioner, the Danish Prime Minister’s Growth Forum

2008-2012

Board Member, the European University Association (EUA)

2008-2012

Board Member, Euroscience Governing Board

2008-2010

Chairman, Nordic Universities Association

2008-2009

Commissioner, the Danish Africa Commission

2008-2009

Universities Denmark, Chair Committee on Development Cooperation

2006-2008

Vice-Chairman, Nordic Universities Association

2006-2013

Vice-Chairman, the Danish Universities

2004-

Member, International Advisory Board, UANL, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Leon, Mexico

2000-2001

Vice-Chairman, the Danish Research Commission

1997-2003

Chairman, Board of Trustees, Centro Internacional para Agricultura Tropical, Cali, Colombia

1992-1994

Chairman, Board of Trustees, International Plant Generic Resources Institute, Rome

1991-2004

Chairman, Danish Strategic Environment Research Programme

1991-1993

President, Nordic Academy for Advanced Study

1990-1993

Chairman, Danish Council for Development Research (RUF)

1985-1987

Chairman, Danish Science Research Council (SNF)

1983-1985

Director, Botanical Institute, Aarhus University

1981-1991

Chairman, Local Public School Board, Lystrup, Denmark

1976-1979

Dean, Faculty of Science, Aarhus University

1975-1976

Vice-Dean, Faculty of Science, Aarhus University

1974-1976

Vice-Chairman, Botanical Institute, Aarhus University

Other S&T management and administrative appointments 2012

Member, HEA Strategic Review of Higher Education in Ireland

2009-

Member, Denmark’s EU Special Committee on Research

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2009-2010

Member of OECD Review Team, OECD/IMHE Reviews of Higher Education in Regional and City Development: Amsterdam

2009-2010

Member of OECD Review Team, OECD/IMHE Reviews of Higher Education in Regional and City Development: Rotterdam

2000-2006

Danish National Research Foundation, Board of Directors

1992-1993

Management Committee, Human Capital Development and Mobility Program (EU)

1991-1997

Board of Trustees, International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome

1991-1993

Board, Danish Center for Plant Biotechnology

1991-1993

Board, International Food Science Center (A/S)

1991-1993

Board, Danish Informatics Network in the Agricultural Sciences (DINA)

1990

Chairman, Nordic Environment Research Program (Nordic Council of Ministers)

1990-1993

Council for International Development Cooperation (DANIDA)

1989-1900

Program Chairman, Nordic Research Training Program (Nordic Council of Ministers)

1989-1992

Board, Danish Environmental Research Institute (DMU)

1989-1993

Chairman UniConsult International (fund)

1988-1993

Fulbright Commission (alternate chair)

1987-1990

Committee of Technology Fellowships (ATV)

1987-1991

Board, Nordic Post Doctoral Training Program (chairman 1990-91)

1987-1993

Man and the Biosphere Committee (UNESCO-MAB)

1986-1993

Science Committee, the UNESCO National Commission

1985-1987

European Science Research Councils Conference (ESRC)

1985-1987

Nordic Science Cooperation Board (NOS-N)

1985-1987

Chairman, joint committee of the Danish Research Councils

1985-1989

Coordination Committee for Higher Education and Research in Denmark

1985-1987

Danish Research Policy Council (PRF)

1984-1993

Council for Development Research (DANIDA) (vice-chairman 1987-90, chairman 1990-93)

1982-1986

Nordic Science Publication Board (NOP-N)

1982-1985

Joint Committee for Bio-Molecular Techniques, Danish Research Councils

1982-1990

Danish Natural Science Research Council (SNF) (vice-chairman 1987-90)

1978-1979

Nordic Reference Group for Environmental Education

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1977-1979

National Committee for Higher Education in Science (FLUNA)

1976-1979

Senate, Aarhus University

1974-1979

Senate, Faculty of Science, Aarhus University

1972-1975

Board, Botanical Institute, Aarhus University

1969-1970

National Coordination Committee for Biological Sciences, Ministry of Education

1965-1968

Students' Council, Aarhus University

Manager of World Bank Projects 1993-2005, total portfolio approximately USD 3,5 billion Argentina: 34091-AR Higher Education Reform Project, 1995-2004 (USD 297 million) Brazil: 38947-BR Support of Science and Technology Reform Project, 1997-2004 (USD 300 million) Chile: (i) 88498-CL Tertiary education Finance for results Program, 2005-2012 (USD 120-150); (ii) 77282-CL Science for the Knowledge Economy Program 2003-2010 (USD 100-120); (iii) 63386-CL Millenium Science Initiative LIL, 1998-2003 (USD 18 million); (iv) 55481-CL Higher Education Reform Project, 1998-2005 (USD 240 million) Colombia: 74138-CO Higher Education Access Project, 2002-2008 (USD 332 million) Mexico: (i) 89865-MX Technology and Innovation Project, 2005-2009 (USD 500 million); and (ii) 44531-MX Knowledge and Innovation Project, 1997-2006 (USD 600 million) Venezuela: 66749-VE Millennium Science Initiative LIL, 1999-2005 (USD 8 million) Indonesia: (i) 85374-ID Higher Education Sector Reform Program, 2005-2009 (USD million); (ii) 16575-ID Quality of Undergraduate Education Project, 1997-2004 (USD million); (iii) 15498-ID Development of Undergraduate Education Project, 1996-2003 (USD million); (iv) 12841-ID University Research Graduate Education Project,1994-2001 (USD million)

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Iran: 37000-IN Private Higher Education Development Project, 1995- cancelled (USD 288 million) Jordan: 36001-JO Higher Education Development Project, 1997-2003 (USD 66 million) Romania: 15525-RO Reform of Higher Education and Research Project, 1996-2002 (USD 63 million) Peer reviewer of WB projects in Cameroon, China, Egypt, Hungary, India, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Mozambique, Philippines, Poland, Tunisia, Uganda, Vietnam, and Mongolia

Congress activity

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Invited speaker at conferences in - among others - Levanger, Norway (The Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions, 2010), Fredericia, Denmark (the Danish Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Dialogue Forum, 2010), Amsterdam, The Netherlands (OECD Review, 2010), Cartagena, Columbia (Higher Education Dialogue Meeting, 2010), Stuttgart, Germany (Konstanzer Wissenschaftsforum, 2009), Bogotá, Columbia (2009), Madrid, Spain (Spanish Members of Parliament, 2009), Washington D.C., USA (The Danish Prime Minister's Africa Commission meeting with World Bank leadership, 2009), Leuven, Belgium (Benchmarking Seminar, 2009), Leiden, The Netherlands (Leiden Ranking Symposium, 2009), Berlin, Germany (Forum on Internationalization of Sciences and Humanities, 2008), Kiel, Germany (Governance of Modern Universities, 2008), Vienna, Austria (2008), Santander, Spain (2008), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (Danish Prime Minister's Africa Commission, 2008), Indonesia (Education Knowledge Exchange Series, 2008), Reykjavik, Iceland (NUS, 2008), Uppsala, Sweden (Ministers Council for Science and Education, 2008), Brussels, Belgium (Reforms and University Autonomy, 2008),Stockholm, Sweden (Nordic Research and innovation Seminar, 2008), Berlin, Germany (2008), Bogotá, Columbia (2008), Vienna, Austria (2007), Trondheim, Norway (2007), the European University Association's (EUA) annual conference (Hamborg 2006) and EUA-AAECHEA transatlantic dialogue conference (Barcelona 2006). During tenure in Washington (19932005) represented the World Bank and presented key notes at international conferences, for example: Innovation in the development process: A new look at theory, evidence and policies (Barcelona 2005); Globalization and Innovation Congress (Monterrey 2004); Unesco Congress on Higher Education Reform (Brasilia 2003); IAOHE Congress on Internationalization of Higher Education, (Veracruz 2003); OECD Congress on Globalization and Knowledge Economies (Brasilia 2002); The Islamic Academy of Science World Congress (Teheran 2001); OECD Congress on S&T for Development (Seoul 2000); the World Science Congress (Budapest 1999); and the World Congress on Higher Education (Paris 1998).

Publications 131 research publications - 37 on issues in higher education, science and technology, innovation and globalization and 94 on botany. In addition: a substantial number of congress presentations, abstracts, and 29 notes to the Danish National Encyclopedia.

Key papers on higher education, science and technology, innovation and globalization Holm-Nielsen, L.B., 2010: Leadership and Governance in Higher Education, Raabe, Berlin Warming, K.C. and Holm-Nielsen, L.B., 2009: Designing institutional internationalisation policies and strategies. In: Internationalisation of European Higher Education, supplement no. 2, Raabe, Berlin Holm-Nielsen L.B., 2008: Reforming Denmark's universities for the global market: A report on strategic steps to meet global competition for talent, Strategies to Win the Best: German Approaches in International Perspective, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung/Foundation, Berlin

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Thorn, K. and Holm-Nielsen, L.B., 2008: International mobility of researchers and scientists Policy options for tuning a drain to a gain, UNU-WIDER, Helsinki Holm-Nielsen, L.B. et al., 2005: Internationalization of Higher Education in Latin America, the way ahead, Directions in Development WB/OECD, 650 pp. Washington/Paris Thorn, K., Holm-Nielsen, L.B. and Jeppesen, J.S., 2004: Approaches to Results-Based Funding in Tertiary Education - Identfying Finance Reform Options for Chile, WB Policy Research WP 3436:1-24 Holm-Nielsen, L.B., Brunner, J.J., Balan, J. and Thorn, K, 2004: The Internationalization of Higher Education In Latin America and the Caribbean - WB/OECD/IMHE, 25. pp. Washington/Paris Crawford, M.F. and Holm-Nielsen, L.B., 2003: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: Higher Education Sector Profile - WB/ESW (Green), 1-73, Washington Holm-Nielsen, L.B., 2003: Tertiary Education in Colombia - Paving the way for Reform, W/ESW (RED), 1-205, Washington Holm-Nielsen, L.B., Blom, A. and Garcia Zuniga, P., 2003: Providing Skills for the Knowledge Economy - the World Bank in Tertiary Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, EnBreve 19, 1-4 Hansen, T., Agapitova, N., Holm-Nielsen, L.B., and Vukmirovic, 2002: The Evolution of Science & Technology: Latin America and the Carribbean a Comparatice Perspective, WB/LCSHDWP80, 1-101, Washington Salmi, J., Hopper, R., Holm.Nielsen, L.B. eds. 2002: Constructing Knowledge Societies: New Challenges for Higher Education - Directions in Development/WB, 1-213, Washington Holm-Nielsen, L.B., 2002: Higher Education in Brazil - Challenges and Options, WB/ESW (RED), 1-183, Washington Blom, A., Holm-Nielsen, L.B. and Verner, D., 2001: Education, Earnings, and Inequality in Brazil - Implications for Education Policy, Peabody Journal of Education, 76, 2/4, 180-221 El-Khawas, E., DePietro-Jurand, R. and Holm-Nielsen, L.B., 1998: Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Recent Progress, Challenges Ahead - World Bank/Unesco, 1-22, Paris Holm-Nielsen, L.B., Crawford, M.F. and Saliba, A., 1996: Institutional and Entrepreneurial Leadership in the Brazilian Science and Technology Sector - setting a new agenda, WB Discussion Papers 325, 1-62, Washington Crawford, M.F., Eisemon, T.O. and Holm-Nielsen, L.B., 1995: Interactive Technology and Electronic Networks in Higher Education and Research: Issues and Innovations, WB/HCOWP62, 1-18, Washington Eisemon, T.O. and Holm-Nielsen, L.B., 1995: Reforming Higher Education, Higher Education 29, 22 pp, (Kluwer), Amsterdam Eisemon, T.O. and Holm-Nielsen, L.B., 1994: Développement d'une capacité de recherche et de formation scientifque supérieure: l'expérience de la Banque Mondiale

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Major scientific publications Haynes R.R. and Holm-Nielsen, L.B., 2009: Limnocharitaceae, Flora of the Guianas, 168, 113-116 Haynes R.R. and Holm-Nielsen, L.B., 2009: Alismataceae, Flora of the Guianas, 167, 117-144 Haynes, R.R. and Holm-Nielsen, L.B., 2001: Potamogetonaceae, Flora Neotropica, Monogr: 85, 152 Haynes, R.R. and Holm-Nielsen, L.B., 1994: Alismataceae, Flora Neotropica, Monogr: 64, 1-112 Haynes, R.R. and Holm-Nielsen, L.B., 1992: Limnocharitaceae, Flora Neotropica, Monogr: 56, 134 Holm-Nielsen, L.B. et al. 1989: Tropical Forests, Dynamics and Diversity, 394 pp Academic Press Holm-Nielsen, L.B. et al. 1988: Passifloraceae - in Harling and Andersson, Flora and Ecuador 31, 130 pg. Holm-Nielsen, L.B. et al. 1987: Reforestacion de los Andes Ecuatorianos con Especies Nativas, Quito, 118 Holm-Nielsen, L.B. and Haynes, R.R., 1986: Alismatidae - in Harling & Sparre, Flora of Ecuador, 26, 1-83 Larsen, K. and Holm-Nielsen, L.B., 1979: Tropical Botany, eds. 453 pp. Academic Press

Botanical Fieldwork Leader of fieldwork in Ecuador 1968, 73, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, and 86

Scientific work Plant collections: 23,000 (Ecuador) deposited in Quito, and in several major international herbaria (Paris, Madrid, London, Hamburg, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Aarhus, New York, Missouri); member of editorial board of the Flora of Ecuador project (1973-93); member of Commission of the Flora Neotropica project (1977-93). Board (1981-88). Secretary (1985-88); Peer reviewer for NSF, Systemac Botany, Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden, Flora Neotropica, Acta Zooligica Fennica, Annals of Missouri Botanical Garden, Ambio; editor of Naturens Verden special issues on Science research (1982-91).

Teaching University teaching: photytaxonomy, morphology and anatomy (undergraduates); phytotaxonomy and geography, tropical botany and biology (graduates); and principal adviser to 22 thesis projects;

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Visiting lecturer: Gothenburg (1972, 73, 75, 76, 81, 82); Stockholm (1972, 73, 77); Uppsala (1973, 88); Kew, London (1976, 82); New York (1979, 88); Florida (1979); Mexico (1985); Alabama (1985,86); Utrecht (1986); Lectures at the Danish University Extension 1971-86; External examiner in Biology at the Danish Teacher Training Colleges 1977-81.

External evaluation committees 2009

OECD-Review of the Regional Innovation System, Rotterdam

2009

OECD-Review of the Regional Innovation System, Amsterdam

1992

Enhancement of Research Capacity Program, Tanzania and Kenya, DANIDA

1991-1992

Strategic Analysis in S&T: Innovation in Agro-Biotechnology. Peer Review, Eval. EU

1990

S&T Manpower Development Program for the Republic of the Philippines, World Bank

1990

University Development Program for Ethiopia, SAREC

1989-1990

Marine Science Development Program for Indonesia, Danish Government

1989-1993

EU Research Program in Science and Technology for Developing Countries

1989-1993

Research-AID-Panel, DANIDA

1987-

International Foundation for Science (IFS), Permanent Scientific Advisor, 1989

1986-1989

“Ib Henriksen” prize review panel

1986

Coordinator of the International Peer Review of Danish Research in Hydrobiology, PRF

1984-1988

Evaluation (IFAD-Rome): Africa wide biological cassava-pest control program, DANIDA

1984-1987

Steering committee of research project in Margrethe-kog, artificial seawater lake, SNF

1983-1984

Evaluation committee for research professor in Plant Bio-Molecular Techniques, SNF

1982-1987

Steering committee for European Documentation System (EDS) in Taxamony, ESF

1982-1986

Evaluation committee: The biology, molecular biology and biochemistry of Xanthomonas species in relation to their pathogenicity in tropical crop plants, DANIDA

1982-1985

Evaluation committee: Effects of burning on the carrying capacity of Miombo, DANIDA

1982-1985

Chairman of the steering committee of the Natural Areas Research-Initiative SNF

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1982-1985

Steering committee of the Danish Wadden Sea Research Initiative SNF

1977

International review of British University teaching in biology, British Council

Honours Received the World Bank's outstanding performance award 2000, WB-spot award 2001, 2002. "Limprisen", 1984; Member of the International Advisory Board for Universidad Autonoma de Nueva Leon, Monterrey 2, Mexico, 2005; Honorary member of Instituto Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales; Miembro Correspondiente de la Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana; Member of international advisory board the Colca Foundation, Arequipa, Peru; Fellow of the Linnean Society of London; the Danish Academy of Natural Sciences (DNA); Academy of Technical Sciences (ATV); member of the Society of Science and Letters, Aarhus, Denmark.