Jelel Ezzine is presently a Full Professor of Systems Theory and Control at the University of Tunis El Manar. He has over thirty years of experience in Higher Education and Research. He taught and carried out research in several countries. He is a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS), the founding Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair on Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy (STIP), and Advisory Board Member of the UNESCO Science Report 2020. He is also the Founding and current President of the Tunisian Association for the Advancement of Science, Technology, and Innovation (TAASTI) Think Tank.
He has been a high-level civil servant for more than a decade. He is the former Director-General of International Cooperation, at the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research where he designed, concluded, and oversaw several strategic higher education and scientific research cooperation projects with several countries and international institutions. He was the founding Director of the Graduate School System in Tunisia. Prior to that, he was the Director of University Research where he managed, evaluated, and financed related programs and activities in the country.
Prof. Ezzine is a Senior Member of IEEE, a Senior Associate at ICTP, Editor/Associate Editor of several academic journals and scientific organizations, Expert/Senior STI Consultant with AAAS, AfDB, BC, World Bank-CIM, DAAD, EUC, IAEA, UNESCO. He is listed in Who's Who in the World, and Who's Who in Science and Engineering. In addition, he is a Board Member of The International Network of Resource Information Centres (INRIC), the USA, known as the "Balaton Group."
