Abstract
Background
Over the past four years, we have conducted a series of seminars and edited a special issue discussing academic citizenship and the role of higher education in a wider societal context. The seminars discussed the meaning of academic citizenship viewed across institutional levels including leadership, research, teaching, development work, and student life. Also, the discussions moved beyond the institutional context into the viewpoints from external stakeholders including the policy community, industry, public and private organisations, and civil society. Our aim with this session is to share our findings with a wider public and discuss where it leaves us as students, researchers or managers in contemporary universities.
Prerequisites
The workshop is open to all with no preparatory work.
Content and structure
The notion of academic citizenship is intertwined with the values that guide our actions as colleagues within the university and as educators, experts, critics, and problem-solvers promising beneficial outcomes to culture and society at large. In this session we inquire into the ways in which these complexities shape contemporary academia. We ask how academic practices themselves are constitutive of the complex dynamics of academic citizenship in times of transition. We aim to engage participants in an active discussion, approaching the issues at stake from diverse perspectives and contributing new questions to the debate, allowing voices from diverse disciplinary, cultural and institutional backgrounds to shape the conversations about issues that will shape universities and higher education in the future.
Learning outcomes
Participants will reflect on global and national discourses of academic citizenship in relation to higher education including academic freedom, pedagogy, and university governance.
Relevance
The workshop addresses timely discussions around the role and responsibility of universities and higher education in society.
Over the past four years, we have conducted a series of seminars and edited a special issue discussing academic citizenship and the role of higher education in a wider societal context. The seminars discussed the meaning of academic citizenship viewed across institutional levels including leadership, research, teaching, development work, and student life. Also, the discussions moved beyond the institutional context into the viewpoints from external stakeholders including the policy community, industry, public and private organisations, and civil society. Our aim with this session is to share our findings with a wider public and discuss where it leaves us as students, researchers or managers in contemporary universities.
Prerequisites
The workshop is open to all with no preparatory work.
Content and structure
The notion of academic citizenship is intertwined with the values that guide our actions as colleagues within the university and as educators, experts, critics, and problem-solvers promising beneficial outcomes to culture and society at large. In this session we inquire into the ways in which these complexities shape contemporary academia. We ask how academic practices themselves are constitutive of the complex dynamics of academic citizenship in times of transition. We aim to engage participants in an active discussion, approaching the issues at stake from diverse perspectives and contributing new questions to the debate, allowing voices from diverse disciplinary, cultural and institutional backgrounds to shape the conversations about issues that will shape universities and higher education in the future.
Learning outcomes
Participants will reflect on global and national discourses of academic citizenship in relation to higher education including academic freedom, pedagogy, and university governance.
Relevance
The workshop addresses timely discussions around the role and responsibility of universities and higher education in society.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Publikationsdato | maj 2024 |
| Antal sider | 1 |
| Status | Udgivet - maj 2024 |
| Begivenhed | De videregående uddannelser i en brydningstid: DUN Konferencen 2024 - Vingsted Konferencecenter, Bredsten, Danmark Varighed: 23 maj 2024 → 24 maj 2024 https://www.tilmeld.dk/dunk2024 |
Konference
| Konference | De videregående uddannelser i en brydningstid |
|---|---|
| Lokation | Vingsted Konferencecenter |
| Land/Område | Danmark |
| By | Bredsten |
| Periode | 23/05/2024 → 24/05/2024 |
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Emneord
- Higher Education
- University
- Transition
- Academic citizenship
- Citizenship
- Society
- Culture
- Responsibility
- Future