Knowledge Diplomacy in a Changing World
Tuesday, 24th October 2023, 15:00 GMT
In times of geopolitical, social and economic upheaval, dialogue and collaborative aspects of public diplomacy are crucial. In the past, science and cultural diplomacy were seen as an important contribution of universities. More recently, the focus has shifted to knowledge diplomacy, emphasising education, research and innovation. In this vein, the development of relationships with diverse groups outside of the university sector and the use of collective resources to address needs has become increasingly important.
This webinar, jointly presented by the (opens in a new window)International Association of Universities (IAU) and the Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE) at University College Dublin (UCD), will investigate how universities are, or should be, part of public diplomacy and in what ways knowledge diplomacy has a role to play. This webinar will be co-chaired by Professor Marie Clarke, Director UCD Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University College Dublin, Ireland and Dr Andreas Corcoran, Deputy Secretary General, International Association of Universities.
Learn more on the (opens in a new window)IAU website and register(opens in a new window) here.
Speakers
(opens in a new window)Dr Andreas(opens in a new window) Corco(opens in a new window)ran
Dr. Andreas Corcoran is Deputy Secretary General of the International Association of Universities. As Deputy Secretary General, he contributes to the organisation’s institutional development, the conceptual design of the IAU strategic plan, takes the lead on the thematic priority ‘Value-based leadership’, and the IAU cooperation with partners and members. He oversees the IAU university leadership programme and the strategic development of the reference publications, including the World Higher Education Database.
Prior to joining the IAU, Dr. Corcoran was Director of Higher Education at SOFIA in Rome where he managed the higher education portfolio in charge of the financial, academic and institutional development of a university in Tanzania - spanning across strategy, governance, recruitment, and internationalisation. Previously, Dr. Corcoran worked for the University of Kent in the UK, the Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt Foundation and the German Historical Museum in Berlin. Dr. Corcoran has published and lectured on university management, history and epistemic culture and holds a PhD in intellectual history from the European University Institute in Florence and a Master’s degree in Reformation and Enlightenment Studies from Trinity College Dublin.
(opens in a new window)Professor Marie Clarke
Marie Clarke is a Full Professor of Education, Dean of Undergraduate Studies in UCD and Director of the UCD Centre for the Study of Higher Education. Prior to working in UCD she was a teacher in Liberties College, City of Dublin VEC. Joining the UCD School of Education in 1998, she lectured in the areas of curriculum studies, mentoring studies, followership, education history/policy and quantitative research methods. She served as Head of the School of Education from 2007 to 2011.
(opens in a new window)Professor Jo Beall
Jo Beall is an Emeritus Professor and Distinguished Policy Fellow at the LSE and has conducted research across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia on urban development and governance, as well as cities in situations of conflict and state fragility. Jo was formerly the Global Director of Education and Cultural Engagement for the British Council, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Cape Town. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and has an honorary doctorate from the Open University. She is currently the Editor of Oxford Development Studies, a multidisciplinary journal on international development and sits on the boards of the United Nations University World Institute for Development and Economic Research (UNU-WIDER), Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL), and is Co-Vice Chair of the SOAS Board of Trustees.
(opens in a new window)Dr Tim Gore OBE
Dr Tim Gore OBE is CEO of University of London Institute in Paris. His main area of expertise is university strategy in an international context and he has also held diplomatic, business development, project management, marketing and lecturing roles. He has lived and worked in Sudan, Egypt, Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Jordan, India, UK and France working for 20 years for the British Council before joining the University of Greenwich and then the University of London.
(opens in a new window)Dr Vassiliki Papatsiba, Cardiff University
Vassiliki Papatsiba is a Reader in Social Sciences – Education at Cardiff University. Her research sits within Political Sociology applied to international higher education and focuses on three interrelated areas: a) Internationalisation in higher education, academic mobility and migration; b) International research collaboration, global (in)equity, and public policies; c) Universities and knowledge exchange with their international and local communities and networks. She served on the Steering Group of the Global Challenges in Higher Education and Research (GHEAR) of the World Universities Network (WUN) (2018-2022) and led the OECD’s Country Review on Knowledge Exchange in Lithuanian Universities and Research Institutes (2021). She was on the Research Management Committee of the ESRC/RE Centre for Global Higher Education (2018-2020) and directed the Centre for the Study of Higher Education (2017 to 2020) at the University of Sheffield. Vassiliki held a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Intra-European Fellowship (EIF) at the University of Oxford (2005-2008) and was a Co-Investigator in the Economic and Social Research Council funded research ‘Brexit, migration and higher education’ (Brexit Priority Project award ES/R000166/1).