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Dissertation
A Comparative Study on Internationalization and the Role of International Offices at Selected Middle Eastern and German Universities
(2012-07-03)
Internationalization of higher education has become one of the most important policies for institutions of higher education worldwide. Though universities are international by nature, the need for intensified quality activities of international nature has promoted internationalization to be under spotlight of researchers, administrators and policy makers and to be an area for research. Each institution follows its certain way to govern its international affairs. Most Universities, especially in the 'Developed World' ...
Working paper
Re-reading Amartya Sen from the Andes: Exploring the Ethical contributions of Indigenous Philosophies
(2015)
Over the last decade, the calls for Buen Vivir (BV)/ Sumak Kawsay (SK) that have emerged from the Andes have prompted a revival of interest in the indigenous philosophies of the region and their contributions to alternative development thinking. Both in academic and policy discussions, there is an emphasis on recovering Indigenous forms of knowledge to devise alternative paths to development. Yet, given the conceptual ambiguity of discussions of development, these efforts often appear to have ‘blended’ with more ...
Working paper
In Search for a Decolonizing Actor: Contradictions Between Brazilian State Policies and Social Emancipation of Quilombolas
(2018)
This paper explores the articulations between the present social struggles of Quilombolas (Maroons’ descendants of those who escaped enslavement), state policies, coloniality and global inequality. Two case studies illustrate how the infiltration of global mining and overexploitation of eucalyptus have diminished natural resources in the region and encroached upon the land rights of black communities. This paper first provides a comprehensive review of the policy changes that paved the way for the recognition of the ...
Working paper
The legitimation of expulsion in development discourse. A comparative analysis of World Bank projects in sub-Saharan Africa
(2019)
Comparing examples from Kenia, Ethiopia and Nigeria, the article examines how displacement through infrastructure projects is being legitimised in development discourse. Three typical justifications are the inevitability of progress, the greater common good and property rights. They are closely linked to elements of development discourse: the transformation of geocultural differences into historical stages, Othering of allegedly backward peoples, the concept of trusteeship and the assumption of the beneficial effects ...
Working paper
Partnership and cooperation in Haiti: Clashes of reality and construction
(2016)
This paper analyses existent and perceived rules and restrictions of the global development dispositif working to maintain inequalities in interactions of International NGOs (INGOs) and Haitian organisations. It does so by exploring constructions of partnership and their clashing realities. Development organisations and agencies have influenced the fabric of Haitian society and politics not only by their mere presence but also by the rules they impose. The paper approaches this by identifying positions of power and ...
Habilitation
Zustand, Herausforderungen und Perspektiven international vergleichender Sozialforschung – am Fall der Hochschulforschung
(2017)
Abstract – deutsch: Zustand, Herausforderungen und Perspektiven international vergleichender Sozialforschung – am Fall der Hochschulforschung
Die kumulative Habilitationsschrift behandelt den Zustand, die Herausforderungen und die Perspektiven international vergleichender Sozialforschung. International vergleichende Studien versprechen einerseits besonderen Erkenntnisgewinn, da sie es ermöglichen, Unterschiede und Ähnlichkeiten ...
Teil eines Buches
‘Libertas’ e monachesimo femminile: l’interazione tra papa e vescovo a livello locale
(Vita e Pensiero, 2019)
Questo contributo si propone di analizzare i rapporti che si instaurarono tra papato e istituzioni monastiche femminili sulla base dei privilegi loro accordati; privilegi che miravano a concedere diritti particolari o libertates, creando così un legame di dipendenza particolare dal papato. A questo scopo è stato scelto il caso del monastero benedettino prima e cistercense dopo di S. Giovanni della Pipia a Cremona. Il momento della fondazione di un’istituzione religiosa e i relativi documenti e privilegi papali ricevuti ...
Dissertation
Die Besetzung von Professuren an deutschen Universitäten. Empirische Analysen zum Wandel von Stellenprofilen und zur Bewerber(innen)auswahl
(2017-09-12)
Ausgangspunkt der Dissertation ist die Annahme, dass Universitäten im Zuge des Governance-Wandels im deutschen Hochschulsektor zunehmend als autonom entscheidende Organisationen in Erscheinung getreten sind, wodurch sie gleichzeitig zu Adressaten veränderter gesellschaftlicher Erwartungen avanciert sind. Entsprechend der neo-institutionalistischen Organisationstheorie sollten sich Universitäten diesen Erwartungen anpassen, um ihre Legitimität in der organisationalen Umwelt zu sichern. Da Universitäten erstens die ...
Dissertation
Non-University Higher Education and the Relationship of Its Graduates and the World of Work: Colombia
(2014-01-08)
The non-university sector has been part of the Colombian higher education system for more than 50-years. Despite its long years of existence, it has never occupied such an important role within the education system as the one it is having today. Therefore, the aim of this work is to analyze the development of the non-university sector in the framework of the country’s social, educational and economic demands. Likewise, its actual situation and certain aspects of the relationship between its graduates and the world ...
Dissertation
Identification of Problem-based learning components and their effects on graduates' competencies
(2014-06-17)
This study investigated the relationship between higher education and the requirement of the world of work with an emphasis on the effect of problem-based learning (PBL) on graduates' competencies.
The implementation of full PBL method is costly (Albanese & Mitchell, 1993; Berkson, 1993; Finucane, Shannon, & McGrath, 2009). However, the implementation of PBL in a less than curriculum-wide mode is more achievable in a broader context (Albanese, 2000). This means higher education institutions implement only a few PBL ...