Professor Roberto Ranzi, currently serving as the Vice Rector for International Affairs at UniBs, has been unanimously elected as the President of ASEA UNINET (ASEAN-European Academic University Network) during the organization session held on February 29th, 2024, in Penang, Malaysia. He succeeds Professor Narimah Samat from Universiti Sains Malaysia.
ASEA UNINET, established in 1994, is a network of universities aimed at promoting continuous internationalization in education and research. Originating from Austria, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam, it has now expanded to include over 90 universities from 16 countries, including Italy, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Czechia, Germany, and the Philippines. The network also has associated universities from Pakistan and Iran.
PhD and Post-Doc scholarships are granted to students and researchers. In addition, international workshops, conferences, summer/winter schools as well as networking events are organized on a regular basis, the latter often in close cooperation with embassies and representatives of politics and economy. ASEA-UNINET research projects are interdisciplinary, ranging from Natural sciences, Technologies, Economics, Social Sciences and Human Sciences to Medicine and Pharmacy. Besides the scientific focus of ASEA-UNINET, the network is characterized by the very tight personal relations of its participants. It is not without reason that one speaks about the ASEA-UNINET family.