Jana Kleibert giving seminar at Malaysia campus of Monash University

Following the invitation of Dr Koh Sin Yee, Jana Kleibert gave a talk at the Malaysia campus of Monash University on Tuesday, 23 July 2019. The presentation “Reconfiguring the United Kingdom’s transnational education geographies after Brexit: Branch campuses as flexible technology” focused on the construction of international branch campuses as a critical case study through Read more about Jana Kleibert giving seminar at Malaysia campus of Monash University[…]

Erkner Encounter #4: Marvin Erfurth, WWU Münster

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[…]

Encounter #3: PD Dr. Nadine Scharfenort, Freie Universität Berlin

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[…]

Encounter #2: PD Dr. Steffen Wippel, Philipps-Universität Marburg

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[…]

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Encounter #1: Alexander Raev, Universität Tübingen

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[…]