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As universities navigate rapid change - globalisation, shifting technologies and demands for work-ready graduates - their role as civic institutions becomes increasingly challenged. This book demystifies the university's role beyond teaching, positioning it as an anchor institution that drives social change.

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Author:   Mark Anthony D. Abenir (Ateneo de Manila University) ,  Innocent H. Abubakar (Universidade Lurio) ,  Frederique Demeijer (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) ,  Radboud Droog
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
ISBN:  

9781447376712

ISBN 10:   1447376714
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   13 January 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction: The benefits and challenges of community-university engagement - Kush May-Chahal, Floor W. Mijland, and Saskia Postema Part I: Strategic frameworks for community-university engagement 1. Ushering a New Era of Development through Community-University Engagement in India: Opportunities, Challenges, and Policy Implications - Anshuman Karol and Nikita Rakhyani 2. Rules of Engagement: Preserving Academic Values in Impactful Collaborations with Public Sector Partners - Albert Meijer, Mirko Tobias Schäfer and Floris Bex 3. Engagement Ecotone: A Call for a Recalibration of Societal Attitudes toward a Community-University Driven Just City - Craig Lee Martin, Arthur De Jaeger, Mandy Koenraads, Saskia Postema, Pieke Hoekstra, Tako Postma, Gilbert de Nijs, Theo van Drunen, Jan Paul Peters, Melissa Campos, Madevi Sewnath, Kim My On and Juan Carlos Prazmowski Part II. Cultural and Local Contexts in Community-University Engagement 4. Community-university engagement in the Global South: Experience on Local Heritage and Citizen Science projects at Universidade Lurio in Mozambique - Innocent Hakizimana Abubakar 5. Service-Learning in the Philippines: Origins, Growth, and Development - Mark Anthony D. Abenir 6. Unshackling Minds: Applied Psychology Approaches to Community-University Engagement in the Caribbean - Tracy A. McFarlane and Sophia S. Morgan 7. Philosophy Outside the Walls: Teaching Students and Society the Value of Applied Philosophy - Yorick Karseboom 8. Dance on Prescription: a Cultural Addition to Health Care and Vice Versa - Radboud Droog Marlien Seinstra, Nynke Dölle, and Floor W. Mijland Part III. Capacity-Building and Empowerment through Community-University Engagement 9. Nurturing Sustainable Community-university engagement in Tanzania: Lessons from St. Augustine University of Tanzania and University of Dodoma - David Haruna Mrisho and Okechukwu Chukwuma 10. The Transformative Power of Social-Artistic Co-Creation: Grassroots Innovation through Community Engagement - Rose Figdor, Wytske Lankester, Hans Schouwenburg and Lisbeth Verharen 11. Defeating Challenges, Building Bridges to Speak out Tunisian Communities’ Voices - Asma Ferchichi, Hassine Karim Glaied, Siwar Nsibi and Dorra Rezig 12. The University for Birmingham: Working with Citizens to Co-Create Research - Kush May-Chahal and Giulia Pizzolini Part IV. The Politics of Community-University Engagement 13. Incentivising University Senior Leadership to Invest in Community Engagement: Reflections on the Experience at the Universities of Birmingham and Swansea - Martin Stringer 14. What’s in it for Whom? Community-University Collaborations in Engaged Education: A Case Study from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands - Frederique Demeijer, Laura de Groot, Marjolein Zweekhorst and Geertje Tijsma Conclusion: Opening the doors for community-university engagement - Kush May-Chahal, Floor W. Mijland, and Saskia Postema

Reviews

“The editors have brought together an extensive new group of diverse community and university voices to interrogate the challenges of community–university engagement. Terrific!” Budd L. Hall, University of Victoria (emeritus) and UNESCO Co-Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education “This collection of essays around the varied practices of university/community engagement breaks new ground with its own engaged perspective and its wide geographical remit as befits a global approach.” Ronaldo Munck, Dublin City University

“This collection of essays around the varied practices of university/community engagement breaks new ground with its own engaged perspective and its wide geographical remit as befits a global approach.” Ronaldo Munck, Dublin City University

Author Information

Kush May-Chahal is Director of Training Services, Stop Hate UK and formerly Senior Research Fellow at Birmingham City University. His research, training and knowledge exchange activities include community engagement, hate crime and equality, diversity and inclusion. Floor Mijland is a teacher, researcher and maker in spaces between different disciplines in the Netherlands. Her interests include interdisciplinarity, and connecting people, knowledges and experiences with HEI and communities. Saskia Postema is Project Manager Challenge-Based Education at Delft University of Technology. She is experienced in education innovation, particularly promoting transdisciplinary, cross-boundary education and civic engagement.

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