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  • Building research capacity at universities in the former Soviet space (new book)

    It’s been a very long time in the making but the new book Building research capacity at universities: Insights from post-Soviet countries is now out! The book offers a comprehensive analysis of developments in higher education systems across the former Soviet space with a focus on research capacity. I’m pleased to have a chapter in… Read more

    October 13, 2022
  • Digital future of academic mobility and higher education in Central Asia – public lecture, 4 October

    Curious to know more about trends in higher education internationalization in Central Asia? What might lie ahead for academic mobility in the pandemic/post-pandemic era? How the pandemic has driven innovation in digitalization of academic mobility? Then you will likely want to tune in to my public lecture Digital future? Virtual academic mobility and the prospects… Read more

    October 3, 2022
  • The challenges of higher education in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

    Here’s a link to a very interesting recent story from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty by the excellent Bermet Talant. In this piece, Talant interviews a university student in Tajikistan and an instructor at a private university in Uzbekistan about the higher education landscape as seen from their perspectives. You can read the key takeaways or… Read more

    September 1, 2022
  • What’s next for the Bologna Process in Central Asia?

    While Russia and other countries of the ex-Soviet space are not covered by this blog, external events influence what’s happening in Central Asia. And, when it comes to higher education, Russia is unavoidable. It’s the largest host of international students from Central Asian countries and there are several Russian bi-national universities and Russian branch campuses… Read more

    July 19, 2022
  • Faculty Experiences of Higher Education Internationalization in Post-Conflict Iraq and Tajikistan (new open access article)

    The internationalization of higher education has been on a fairly linear upward trajectory (at least until 2019 – data for the pandemic period isn’t fully available and it’s too soon to see whether travel and other disruptions will have a long-term effect). That means more students going abroad for all or part of their programmes,… Read more

    June 17, 2022
  • Surviving a Crisis: Transformation, Adaptation, and Resistance in Higher Education (new article)

    My new article, Surviving a Crisis: Transformation, Adaptation, and Resistance in Higher Education, is now out. The article is open access and the online first version is available to download at https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/hegp/issue/69503/1054946. This is the first article to be published from my PhD research and it also builds on the webinar I gave at the… Read more

    April 21, 2022
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Emma Harden-Wolfson is a comparative and international higher education policy specialist with regional specializations in Central Asia, Canada, and Europe

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