Nigel Healey is a British-New Zealand academic in management and higher education, who is Professor of International Higher Education and Vice-President (Global and Community Engagement) at the University of Limerick. He served as Interim Provost and Deputy President during the Covid-19 pandemic from September 2020 to June 2022, returning to his substantive role in July 2022. His current research interests are in the internationalization of higher education, transnational education and higher education policy and management.