Co-organized by: the Center for International Higher Education (CIHE) at Boston College and the International Association of Universities (IAU)
About the Webinar:
The value of international and cross-sectoral partnerships in higher education is well established. However, the conditions under which universities build, sustain, and leverage collaboration are changing. Rising geopolitical tensions are reshaping global cooperation and international funding, forcing institutions to revisit their longstanding “reciprocal” assumptions underpinning collaboration strategies. This webinar brought together perspectives from across the global higher education landscape to examine what meaningful, equitable, and resilient partnerships look like in this new environment. Discussions drew on the experiences of institutions in the Global South navigating shifting donor and collaboration dynamics; countries where international partnerships are a cornerstone of the national higher education strategy; and regional university alliances, which are grappling with the tensions between openness and consolidation. This timely conversation invited discussion about what it takes to build partnerships that hold up under pressure and remain a force for shared progress.
Speakers
Welcome Words: Hilligje van’t Land, Secretary General, IAU
Panel Chair: Rebecca Schendel, Managing Director, Center for International Higher Education (CIHE) at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College, USA
David Julien, Secretary-General, Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (IOHE), Canada and IAU Board Member
Darkhan Bilyalov, Immediate Past Vice-President, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, and Visiting Researcher, CIHE, Boston College, USA
Juan Rayón González, Director INGENIUM European University, Spain