Academics in Exile: Networks, Knowledge Exchange and New Forms of Internationalization

Open Access Published by transcript Verlag 2022

Academics in Exile

Networks, Knowledge Exchange and New Forms of Internationalization

Edited by: Vera Axyonova , Florian Kohstall and Carola Richter
Funded by: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) and Freie Universität Berlin

Volume 2 in the series The Academy in Exile Book Series

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839460894

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Restrictions on academic freedom, persecution and armed conflict have forced many scholars into exile. So far, the professional trajectories of these scholars and their contributions to knowledge exchange have not been studied comprehensively. The contributors to this volume address the situations and networks of scholars in exile, the challenges they face in their host countries and the opportunities they use. These issues are highly relevant to discussions about the moral economies of higher education institutions and support programs. Although the contributions largely focus on Germany as a host country, they also offer telling examples of forced mobility in the Global South, including both contemporary and historical perspectives.

Author / Editor information

Vera Axyonova is a Marie Curie REWIRE fellow at the University of Vienna and principal investigator of the project »Expert Knowledge in Times of Crisis«. Previously, she worked in research, science management and policy consulting. She is co-founder of the ECPR Research Network on Statehood, Sovereignty and Conflict. Her research interests include expert knowledge production, international conflict management and norm transfer as well as the role of civil society actors in policy processes, focusing mainly on the post-Soviet space.
Florian Kohstall (Dr.) heads the Global Responsibility Unit at the Center for International Cooperation at Freie Universität Berlin. In 2016, he founded Academics in Solidarity, a transnational peer-to-peer mentoring program for displaced scholars. Since 2020, he is responsible for the Berlin Center for Global Engagement, the platform of the Berlin University Alliance. From 2010 to 2015 he directed Freie Universität Berlin's Cairo Office. His research focuses on varieties of internationalization and the politics of higher education reform in the Middle East and North Africa. He has taught political science in Aix-en-Provence, Cairo and Lyon. He is a former research fellow of CEDEJ, the French research center in Cairo, and an alumnus of AGYA, the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities. His recent publications include: "Academics in Exile: Networks, Knowledge Exchange and New Forms of Internationalization", co-edited with Vera Axyonova and Carola Richter, transcript 2022.
Carola Richter is a professor for international communication at Freie Universität Berlin. In her research, she focuses on media systems and communication cultures in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa), foreign news coverage, media and migration as well as on public diplomacy. She is the co-founder of AREACORE, the Arab-European Association of Media and Communication Researchers, and director of the Center for Media and Information Literacy (CeMIL) at Freie Universität Berlin.

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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 29.02.2023, Claus Leggewie
Perlentaucher - Bücherschau des Tages, 03.02.2023

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	9
Academics in Exile Networks, knowledge exchange, and new forms of internationalization in academia. An introduction Vera Axyonova, Florian Kohstall and Carola Richter Open Access Download PDF	11
Histories of knowledge translation
Exile in a translational mode Safeguarding German scholarship in Turkey and the United States during the Nazi reign Azade Seyhan Open Access Download PDF	31
Redefining precarity through knowledge production The experience of the Indonesian 1965 exiles Rika Theo and Maggi W.H. Leung Open Access Download PDF	59
The politics of forced internationalization
The moral economies of “research in exile” Rethinking a field from the perspective of reflexive migration research Isabella Löhr Open Access Download PDF	79
Blessing or curse? Third-party funding as a paradoxical pull factor in forced internationalization Aslı Vatansever Open Access Download PDF	101
Scholars in exile in the Netherlands When humanitarian support encounters neoliberal reform practices Lizzy Anjel-van Dijk and Maggi W.H. Leung Open Access Download PDF	123
The emergence of a “third space”?
Critical scholars from Turkey Challenges and opportunities in Germany Ergün Özgür Open Access Download PDF	141
Networks matter Scholars in exile in Germany and their relations to home and host communities Carola Richter Open Access Download PDF	163
Towards structural responses to the displacement of scholars The Mapping Funds project Asli Telli Open Access Download PDF	181
South-South perspectives
Expelling and receiving scholars Recurring purges at universities and the emergence of alternative hubs for knowledge production in Turkey Olga Hünler Open Access Download PDF	203
The unheard voices At-risk Syrian academics in Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey Nahed Ghazzoul Open Access Download PDF	233
Academic freedom and the untold story of Venezuelan scholars under pressure David Gómez Gamboa and Lizzy Anjel-van Dijk Open Access Download PDF	249
List of contributors Open Access Download PDF	271

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Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 278
Keywords: Migration; Displaced Scholars; Knowledge Exchange; Academic Freedom; Science; Politics; Sociology of Science; University; Refugee Studies; Educational Policy; Political Science

eBook

Published: June 27, 2022
ISBN: 9783839460894