Guy Neave


Guy Richard Neave is a British social scientist and Emeritus Professor of Comparative Higher Education Policy Studies at the University of Twente, known for his work on higher education in Europe.

Biography

Neave obtained his PhD in French political history at the University College London in 1967.
After his graduation, Neave started his academic career teaching modern European history. In the mid 1970s he started to focus his work on the contemporary sociology of education. He was appointed Professor of Comparative education at the University of London. From 1976 to 1985 he participated in the European Cultural Foundation as director of its Institute of Education and Social Policy. In the late 1990s he moved to the University of Twente, where he was appointed Professor of Comparative Higher Education Policy Studies at its Centrum voor Hoger Onderwijs Beleid en Studies. He was also Director of Research for the International Association of Universities in Paris. Later in the new millennium he was appointed Director of Research at the Centre for Higher Education on Policies Studies in Matosinhos, Portugal.

Selected publications

Articles, a selection: