Jousch Andris Barblan, Swiss national (1943), was educated in English and History in 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 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, Secretary General of the Magna Charta Observatory on the Universities’ Fundamental Values and Rights, Bologna, he also consults at the Mario Boella Institute, Turin, on knowledge development strategies in European cities.

Handbook articles by Jousch Andris Barblan:

• Strengthening the European Dimension (B 6.1-1)