Schulze (2023) Embedding offshore campuses in skill formation: from ‘globalising’ HE to ‘localising’ foreign universities

Which roles do foreign universities play in regional economies? And which varying contributions to local skill formation can differing types of offshore campuses make? Marc Schulze’s latest article investigates the varying on-site embeddedness of offshore campuses in the Singapore context. It is found that the shifting engagement of the Singapore state with TNE has led Read more about Schulze (2023) Embedding offshore campuses in skill formation: from ‘globalising’ HE to ‘localising’ foreign universities[…]

Rottleb (2022) Gateway cities for transnational higher education? Doha, Dubai and Ras al‐Khaimah as regional amplifiers in networks of the ‘global knowledge‐based economy’

Cities are territorial and social nodes in the networks that constitute global capitalism. They provide not only sites of production, consumer markets, labour pools, and house the government and financial institutions for its reproduction, but they are also emitters for capitalism’s more intangible  infrastructures and hegemonic knowledge regimes. In this paper, now published in Global Read more about Rottleb (2022) Gateway cities for transnational higher education? Doha, Dubai and Ras al‐Khaimah as regional amplifiers in networks of the ‘global knowledge‐based economy’[…]

Erkner Encounter #10 with Professor Sami Moisio, University of Helsinki

On 08 December 2022 the TRANSEDU team met with Sami Moisio, Professor of Spatial Planning and Policy at the University of Helsinki. Sami stayed for a week as a guest at our research institute, where he hold the 21st International Lecture on the topic of ‘Colonial Geopolitics of the Global Knowledge Economy’. His most recent Read more about Erkner Encounter #10 with Professor Sami Moisio, University of Helsinki[…]

Tim Rottleb on ‘Gateway cities for transnational higher education’ in the Arab Gulf at 34. Deutscher Orientalistentag

On 15 September Tim presented his research on the transnational higher education (TNE) strategies of governments in the Arab Gulf region during the 34. Deutscher Orientalistentag (DOT) which took place at Freie Universität Berlin. The DOT is an interdisciplinary conference bringing together a very diverse range of social sciences and humanities researching societies in Asia Read more about Tim Rottleb on ‘Gateway cities for transnational higher education’ in the Arab Gulf at 34. Deutscher Orientalistentag[…]

TRANSEDU team and the geographies of higher education at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2022, Newcastle

This year’s RGS-IBG conference was rich in multiple sessions and presentations discussing the various angles for researching the multi-scalar and multi-locational geographies of higher education. In addition to continuing efforts of geographers to unpack the complex and ever shifting mobilities of students in the globalizing higher education landscape, the sessions showed how higher education and Read more about TRANSEDU team and the geographies of higher education at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2022, Newcastle[…]

Upcoming session at RGS-IBG 2022 in Newcastle: Geographies of TNE and the Knowledge-based Economy

Join us at our session at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2022. The session will be run in a hybrid format to enable both remote and in-person participation in Newcastle. Convenors: Marc Schulze, Tim Rottleb (Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space) and Michael Hoyler (Loughborough University) Higher education institutions are critical examples through Read more about Upcoming session at RGS-IBG 2022 in Newcastle: Geographies of TNE and the Knowledge-based Economy[…]

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Southeast and East Asia Science Week for Young Academics at Osnabrück University

In late June 2022 Marc got the chance to participate in the Science Week for Young Academics at Osnabrück University. The Science Week hosted young academics from/doing research on East and Southeast Asia and discussed contemporary dynamics and challenges via conference, workshop and excursion formats. Marc also presented some of his latest research at the Read more about Southeast and East Asia Science Week for Young Academics at Osnabrück University[…]

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Transedu at the 2022 Global Conference on Economic Geography

Early June the Transedu team headed to Dublin to attend the 6th Global Conference on Economic Geography. Besides various opportunities to exchange with scholars in the discipline and attend presentations on the latest research in the field, Alice, Tim and Marc also presented their current work. Alice presented a working paper, in which she takes Read more about Transedu at the 2022 Global Conference on Economic Geography[…]

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Bobée and Kleibert (2022): Choose France! Containment, circulation and postcolonial (dis)continuities in transnational education

We contribute to a post-colonial analysis of transnational education, by empirically analysing the extent to which French offshore campuses in Africa constitute a break with or rather a continuation of (post)colonial higher education geographies and student mobilities. Showing how French offshore campuses do not simply enact French policies but increasingly adapt their strategies to competitive Read more about Bobée and Kleibert (2022): Choose France! Containment, circulation and postcolonial (dis)continuities in transnational education[…]

Erkner Encounter #9 with Dr Lee Rensimer, CGHE

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[…]