@tdelaquil
Associate professor @NTNU; PhD at Boston College CIHE; international higher education, values & ideas of the university, policy studies; exec board member at the Philosophy & Theory of Higher Ed Society; assoc editor @policyrevhighered
"People have always been largely ignorant and had beliefs about the social order which were utterly devoid of truth or justice. But the extent to which you can quite deliberately create and propagate specific lies, advantageous to you and your immediate goals, is very much a novelty."
Grades have been criticised for as long as they have existed, yet little has changed. Perhaps it is time for new approaches? Our new paper on post-critical approaches to grading with @margaretbea.bsky.social, Rola Ajjawi and David Boud is out in Higher Education! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
In two weeks I am organising another PaTHES
seminar! This time we will talk with Agata Zysiak on her recent book and utopian visions of socialist higher education
11.02
9:00 CET, Zoom: t.co/CVHdtpXDAH
@tdelaquil.bsky.social
I’m very pleased to share my latest article in the
@ejir.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1354...
I use Southeast Asia's long historical position between the East Asian and Indian Ocean worlds to revisit foundational questions about the making of modern international order.
If you haven't signed up yet and would like to attend, please join the Philosophy & Theory of Higher Education Society's December webinar (ntnu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...).
If you can't join us, we will be recording the webinar, so you can watch it later too!
I'm coorganising a seminar on Marxist critique of university in December! All are welcome
If you're free December 19th, do come to our PaTHES webinar with Krystian Szadkowski & Jakub Krzeski @scholarlycommrg.bsky.social on their new book "A Marxist Critique of the Ruined University" (link.springer.com/book/10.1007...) - register here: ntnu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
"Development Studies...often neglects both the past and the future, and its technocratic orientation inhibits exploration of alternatives to, e.g. the global capitalist world order."
✍️From our blog
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2387
We summarized the Drain paper in an LSE Impact blog post this week. Please share in your networks, ideally with those we are calling to action: research funders and university leadership
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci... #AcademicSky #AcademicPublishing #OpenAccess #ScholComm
Are governments & universities still willing to commit time, space, the environment, funding, &freedom of research and collaboration required for advances in basic #research that win #NobelPrizes, write @philipaltbach.bsky.social & Tessa DeLaquil #NTNU
www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
Phil Altbach & I ask what Nobel-prize winning scientific research requires in terms of time, funding & international collaboration. Can universities maintain the kind of scientific discovery that has recognized benefits to humanity?
www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
photo of my holding a copy of my book Authoritarians in the Academy
Pub day! My new book, Authoritarians in the Academy at @hopkinspress.bsky.social, is now officially out and available for purchase. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
The real sin of American univs is not that they are too "woke," it is that they are putting their financial interests ahead of their values and appeasing authoritarian regimes. At @theunpopulist.net @aaronrosspowell.com talks to @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social
www.theunpopulist.net/p/chinas-aut...
as an author of a book on reparations I am intimately familiar with the move people make from "the thing you want isn't politically viable right now" to "you shouldn't want it, talk about wanting it, or even think about it" but it never stops being weird to me
"Tao is one of the most prominent mathematicians and academics to publicly oppose the administration’s actions, calling them an “existential threat” to his field, and academic science, more broadly. He said public advocacy is a priority over his research, for now."
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
Two references to your piece in the two paragraphs in this section.
Plus, this was a v. cool finding from the paper - the sheer number of societal connections from the humanities faculty & through the deans specifically!
They drew from a broad knowledge of researchers' projects to represent faculty contributions in terms of societal engagement to expand networks, collaborate, & demonstrate how to jointly address societal problems - pointing to the underestimated depth of embeddedness of the humanities in society.
They expressed a shared sense of having to make ‘tough decisions’ & range of values underpinning thinking & action. Responsibilities & values scaffolded how they understood/ enacted commitment to societal engagement, recognising that humanities was a point of contention, esp. in national policies.
We asked how deans of the humanities understand and enact university-societal engagement within their lived experience of negotiating multiple responsibilities within their roles as leaders.
The 3rd article from my postdoc @au.dk w/ Lynn McAlpine, Søren Bengtsen, & @agtgibson.bsky.social, titled “How do deans of humanities understand and enact societal engagement within their broader experiences of leading? A Danish case study” is out and available open access here: lnkd.in/dkfqzS5t
New pub w/ @hannukarhunen.bsky.social & Steve DesJardins. We examined what happens when tuition fees are implemented on intl students in 🇫🇮. Focusing on intl std price sensitivity, we model (DID) the effects of the implementation of tuition fees. It’s open access link.springer.com/article/10.1....
#New journal article, just published in the Minerva journal! #openaccess
Dynamics of International Research Collaboration in Higher Education in the Global Majority Systems: Evidence from Three Contexts
Link: doi.org/10.1007/s110...
@helendecruz.net (1978-2025), RIP open.substack.com/pub/digressi...
For those who don't know, there is a gofundme set up for Helen's family.
They are very humble to not mention it, so I will.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-he...
Dear all,
Helen passed away at 13:21 local time. Helen would not have wanted us to be sad for a long time. All they wanted was to be remembered. They looked forward to being rid of pain and to being at rest. Helen took great comfort in you, their friends and readers.
pt. 1/2
On AI as a symptom and a cause of grief and trauma -- pandemic related and otherwise 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/grief-and-tr...
Fans of @helendecruz.net should try to attend this very unusual and lovely online event to honor her life while she is still with us. It's unclear whether she will be able to join but this feels much more meaningful than a memorial to me
flyer that says "A Zoom Chat to Celebrate the Trailblazing Philosophical Artwork of Helen De Cruz. Creative Philosophy in Community. Tuesday, 24th June 11am-12.20 pm CDT. Everybody welcome. No background required. www.georgigardiner.com/helen
Georgi Gardiner is hosting an online event to celebrate the philosophical art of @helendecruz.net next Tuesday, 6/24, at 11 a.m. CT. All are welcome! Details at www.georgigardiner.com/helen.
Congrats Íris 🎉 this so exciting and happy news! Can’t wait to hear more about it!