Voldemar Tomusk is an independent scholar and social commentator. He currently serves as director for policy and evaluation at Open Society Foundations, UK. Previously, he held various other positions at OSF’s International Higher Education Support Program (HESP). While in HESP, Dr. Tomusk was responsible for managing the Foundation’s grant program for innovative and alternative higher education institutions, running its program evaluation and policy development activities as well as the program development in Nepal and the Middle-East and North Africa region. Before joining OSF, he was the acting director for higher education and research at the Estonian Ministry of Culture and Education. Dr. Tomusk has published a significant number of works on higher education and related policies and reforms. He studied engineering, European studies and educational administration, and holds a Ph.D. in sociology of education from the University of Turku in Finland. Dr. Tomusk is a Fellow of Salzburg Global Seminar.