How should HE respond to the new geopolitical dynamics? [University World News, February 2022]

Title:   

How should HE respond to the new geopolitical dynamics?  

 

Author: 

Catherine Saracco   

 

Published:    

University World News, 8 February 2022 

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20220208142502416  

 

From the article: 

Over the past decade, the global geopolitical balance has undergone considerable upheaval. Will global competition between the United States, China and Europe continue to be the benchmark for student mobility flows? Will the Anglo-Saxon model of higher education be able to resist these challenges? Looking at four major trends.

 

Do you know about the German Institute for Global and Area Studies / Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien?

Organization: 

German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)  

 

From the GIGA website: 

The GIGA is home to the largest non-university information centre for area studies and comparative area studies in Germany. The four regional libraries collect literature on economic, political, and social developments in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The collection comprises about 200,000 books and approximately 11,000 online journals – plus more than 120,000 online documents.  

 

For more information: 

https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en 

 

Research led by University of Cape Town, South Africa - UCT’s Herman Wasserman leads global study on disinformation

Title:

UCT’s Herman Wasserman leads global study on disinformation

 

Author:

Carla Bernardo

 

Published:

University of Cape Town (UCT), 26 January 2021

https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-01-26-ucts-herman-wasserman-leads-global-study-on-disinformation

 

From the article:

Professor Herman Wasserman from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Centre for Film and Media Studies (CFMS) will embark on an international study on the information disorder in the Global South, with funds of approximately R4.5 million from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).