Jocelyne Gacel-Ávila

She holds a doctorate in International Education and is recognised as a world expert in the internationalisation of higher education. She is the author of more than 130 publications in the field and an emeritus researcher of Mexico’s National System of Researchers. At the Universidad de Guadalajara she led the internationalisation area for more than 20 years; she created and coordinates the UNESCO Chair «Internationalisation of Higher Education and Global Citizenship» and sits on the academic boards of the Doctorate in Higher Education Management and the Master’s in International Education.

She was a founding member and chaired the board of directors and the advisory council of the Mexican Association for International Higher Education, and she founded the journal «Educación Global». She sits on several boards and advisory councils of international associations and organisations in Latin America, Europe, the United States and Africa. She received the AMPEI award and CONAHEC’s «Award of Distinction» for her leading role in the internationalisation of Mexican higher education and in North American collaboration.