David Santandreu Calonge

David Santandreu Calonge is currently Visiting Professor at Sungkyunkwan University (South Korea), where he teaches branding and design-thinking, and Director of the Da Tong project (Interdisciplinary Research and Projects) at Hong Kong Baptist University. He was Senior Coordinator of Learning and Teaching at RMIT University, Australia, and Associate Director in the Office of Education Development and General Education (EDGE) at City University of Hong Kong. David was awarded the City University of Hong Kong Teaching Excellence Award in 2003/2004 and the International Award for Innovative use of technology in Teaching and Learning (USA, 2005). David was bestowed Knight in the Order of Academic Palms by the French Prime Minister and was awarded the International Trophies of the French Abroad by the French Senate in 2008. In 2012, David was co-awarded the 2012 Australia Open Universities NOVA Awards for Quality and Innovation in Instructional Design/Teaching Award for Best Undergraduate Unit, and became the first international educator to be awarded the Kappa Delta Pi (International Honor Society in Education, USA) Master Teacher of Honor Award.

His research interests are in the areas of innovative curriculum designs, and disruptive innovations in Education.