Martin Ince is principal of Martin Ince Communications. His most recent staff post was deputy editor of the Times Higher Education Supplement, now THE.

Martin founded the Times Higher/QS World University Rankings in 2004 and was their editor until 2008. He is a member of the Executive Advisory Board of the Rankings, now run by QS Quacquarelli Symonds.

He has written for publications including The Times, the New Scientist, the Observer, the New Statesman, the Financial Times and many others. He has made over 100 radio and TV appearances. He is a regular contributor to BBC Sky at Night magazine.

He works as a writer and editor for clients including the Research Councils UK, the European Commission, the UK Government Foresight Programme and a wide range of others in the public and private sector including Unesco, the European Space Agency and the European Science Foundation.  He has worked on an interim basis as director of communications for the Economic and Social Research Council and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

He is the author of nine books on science, the environment, culture and policy.

He is an adviser on Rankings to universities in Europe and Asia. Here his clients include Waseda University in Japan.

Martin Ince is participating in the QS World University Rankings: the facts, the impact and why the future looks bright session