Jousch Andris Barblan

Jousch Andris BARBLAN , Swiss national (1943), was educated in English and History at he University of Lausanne and received a PhD in political Science in Geneva in 1973. First youth secretary for Europe and Asia of the World Council of Churches (1968-71), he was then Denis de Rougemont’s assistant at the Centre européen de la culture (Geneva) (1973-1976) before becoming Secretary General of the CRE, Association of European Universities (1976-2001) and of its successor, EUA, the European University Association (2001-2002). Since then until December 2007, he was Secretary General of the Magna Charta Observatory on the Universities’ Fundamental Values and Rights, Bologna; he also consulted the Mario Boella Institute, Turin, on knowledge development strategies in European cities and took part in the quality evaluation of some 20 universities in wider Europe, the Middle East and South Africa. Now retired in Geneva.

Participation on Humanity Rising

Day 54 - Lessons from the French Revolution for a world in the grip of a pandemic