The “Erkner Encounters” are a series of “formalised” informal meetings at the IRS in Erkner to which our research group invites experts in the fields related to the IBC//Spaces project. Here, we debate a wide array of issues regarding the globalisation of higher education from a spatial perspective.
We, as academics, believe it is important to have a format that allows us to freely brainstorm, exchange and discuss ideas with colleagues. The Erkner Encounters enable us to really engage with our guests and their work without the professional constraints that often come with the more traditional and confined academic formats such as conferences or lectures.
When you come to an Erkner Encounter, you do not hold a presentation or pitch your next idea for a project. All we expect from you is to share your insights in a relaxed atmosphere and engage with us in the academic topics that connect us.
On 10 May 2022 the TRANSEDU team met with Dr Lee Rensimer for a digital Erkner Encounter. Lee is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE) at UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. In his academic work, in which he particularly focuses on the context of the United Arab Emirates Read more about Erkner Encounter #9 with Dr Lee Rensimer, CGHE[…]
On 7 December 2021 we welcomed Prof Natalie Koch to another digital Erkner Encounter. Natalie is a political geographer and Associate Professor for Geography and the Environment at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. What ties her work to our own is her research that critically reflects on the export of Western Read more about Erkner Encounter #8: Prof Natalie Koch, Syracuse University[…]
Our first digital Erkner Encounter took place on the 16th of July 2020 with Dr Do Young Oh. Do Young Oh is a Research Officer at the LSE Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre and at the LSE Middle East Centre. He holds a PhD in Regional and Urban Planning from the LSE (short-listed for Read more about Erkner Encounter #7: Dr. Oh, London School of Economics and Political Science[…]
Xiangming Chen, Distinguished Professor of Global Urban Studies and Sociology at Trinity College in Hartford (Connecticut), was a guest at Erkner where he gave an IRS seminar on 22nd October 2019. After a seminar on some of his current work on China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its impacts on the geographies of logistics and Read more about Erkner Encounter #6: Prof Chen, Trinity College (Hartford, Connecticut)[…]
On 5 September Dr. Elke Beyer from the Technical University of Berlin joined the TRANSEDU-Team for an Erkner Encounter. Erkner and the IRS are not a novel place for Elke, who has previously worked at the institute from 2013-2014. Elke is currently a senior researcher in the DFG-funded project Transnational Production Spaces at the Habitat Read more about Erkner Encounter #5: Dr. Elke Beyer, TU Berlin[…]
Amidst the latest European heatwave that also hit Brandenburg, we welcomed Marvin Erfurth on 27 June 2019, whom we had invited over from the city of Münster for our 4th Erkner Encounter. Marvin is a Research Associate at the Institute of Education of the University of Münster (WWU Münster) in Germany where he is about Read more about Erkner Encounter #4: Marvin Erfurth, WWU Münster[…]
On the afternoon of 14 December we were happy to welcome Dr. Nadine Scharfenort at our office in Erkner. As the holidays were approaching we were having gingerbread and coffee which created the perfect Christmas mood. Nonetheless we had another very fruitful discussion during this Erkner Encounter. Nadine Scharfenort, currently visiting professor for “Globalisation, Transformation, Read more about Encounter #3: PD Dr. Nadine Scharfenort, Freie Universität Berlin[…]
Our second Erkner Encounter took place on 19 October 2018. This time we came together with our guest Steffen Wippel, who is a senior research fellow at the research network Re-Configurations at the Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) in Marburg. As his academic work revolves – among other topics – around questions Read more about Encounter #2: PD Dr. Steffen Wippel, Philipps-Universität Marburg[…]
For our event of the series “Erkner Encounters”, Alexander joined us on 13 September 2018 to discuss transnational higher education (TNE) and the findings from his PhD research at the University of Tübingen in the Graduate Programme on “International comparative research on education and eduation politics in the welfare state”. He presented interesting insights into Read more about Encounter #1: Alexander Raev, Universität Tübingen[…]