Harry de Boer (1962) is a senior researcher at the Knowledge, Transformation & Society (KiTeS) section and the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS) of the University of Twente (UT). He specialises in governance and funding issues, quality assurance and accreditation, public management, policy analysis and thematic, policy-oriented studies, mainly in the field of higher education.
He has conducted several policy-oriented studies for national ministries of education, (inter)national committees, research and advisory boards, individual universities, the OECD and the European Commission. He regularly publishes on this subject in national and international scientific journals and books. He also teaches on the above topics at the University of Twente and has been teaching leadership courses for the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) and the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) for many years.