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World Yearbook of Education 2026 discusses the shifting geopolitics of Higher Education, directly engaging with an urgent call to theorize the academy as a site of power, politics, protest, and possibility. The volume brings together leading and new generations of thinkers from across the globe who draw on theoretical resources from sociology, politics, international relations, geography, gender studies, cultural studies, and post- and decolonial studies. Taken together, the chapters show how these epistemic resources can help us understand the current state of affairs in higher education and beyond. They reflect key dimensions of shifting geopolitics and their impact on higher education: multipolar superpower rivalry, autocratic populism, decolonial justice, and digital transformations. By anchoring the study of higher education in prevailing geopolitical tensions, the volume seeks to uncover the critical role of the university in contemporary global politics. By exploring higher education as a central institution caught within competing visions of world order, one rooted in international cooperation, another asserting the nation-state, and yet another challenging the very notion of the university as territorially fixed, the book offers a perspective on the university, which is in line with pivotal global developments. It is a must-read book for anyone interested in the new geopolitics of higher education and the future of the university globally.

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Author:   Katja Brøgger (Aarhus University, Denmark) ,  Hannah Moscovitz (Aarhus University, Denmark) ,  Susan L. Robertson (University of Manchester, UK) ,  Jenny J. Lee (University of Arizona, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.650kg
ISBN:  

9781032580449

ISBN 10:   1032580445
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   31 October 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Katja Brøgger, Hannah Moscovitz, Susan L. Robertson & Jenny Lee Part I. Governing Higher Education Knowledges and Spaces 1. The changing dynamics of space and scale: The university between nationalism and globalism Simon Marginson 2. Academic Freedom, Openness, and the Shifting Geopolitics of European Higher Education Katja Brøgger & Dorota Dakowska 3. Unravelling the Missing Geopolitical Dimension in Latin American Universities Carolina Guzmán-Valenzuela 4. Confronting Colonialism and Mobilizing Reparations in Higher Education Sharon Stein & Vanessa Andreotti 5. Perforated Nations, Universities, and the Zonal Politics of Knowledge Production Susan L. Robertson, Chris Muellerleile, Jian Wu & Kris Olds 6. Universities in Exile: A Conceptual Framework Kyle A. Long & Carly O’Connell 7. Generative AI and the Next Phase of the Platform University Mark Carrigan & J.J. Sylvia IV Part II. Sites and Strategies of Domination and Resistance 8. Students Revolt, State Revenge: Universities and Authoritarianism in Iran Shahrzad Mojab & Mahdi Ganjavi 9. Reclaiming Knowledge, Rebuilding University: Higher Education against War and Repression in Autonomous Northeast Syria/Rojava Sardar Saadi 10. Translocal Articulations in Student Activism for Social Justice: Resonances Across the World Gritt B. Nielsen & Thierry M. Luescher 11. Illiberal politics and threats against academic freedom Andrea Pető, Alina Dragolea & Bogdan Florian 12. Critical Thinking and Solidarity Dilemmas in Global Higher Education: an Autoethnographic Perspective on Academics in the Context of Transnational Conflicts Anatoly V. Oleksiyenko 13. Crusading Against an “Immoral Academy”: The State, Universities and the National Fantasy Rasmus Harsbo & Ester Zangrandi 14. Internationalising Higher Education, Nation Branding, and Geopolitical Anomalies: Scotland and Northern Cyprus in perspective Théotime Chabre & Hannah Moscovitz 15. Academic diaspora and the rise of transnational repression in international higher education Annette Bamberger

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Katja Brøgger is Associate Professor and Research Program Director at Aarhus University, Denmark. Hannah Moscovitz is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Aarhus University, Denmark. Susan L. Robertson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester, UK, and Bye-Fellow at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge. Jenny J. Lee is Vice President and Dean of Arizona International at the University of Arizona, and Professor in the Center for the Study of Higher Education.

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