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'Are we prepared to think beyond national boundaries?'

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: A new model for transnational partnerships that acknowledges and strengthens the contribution made by public higher education institutions in the Global South is required to produce the kind of knowledge that the world needs, according to Professor Adam Habib, the former vice-chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, and now director of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London. In the absence of such a model, universities in the south have been weakened at a crucial moment by a brain drain to their northern peers; and the search for the kinds of global solutions that can address transnational challenges including in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change will remain fruitless, Habib said.

Source: Human Science Research Council SA

DOI: 10.14749/32363574

Author: Human Sciences Research Council

Language: English

Topic: Higher Education Governance and Development

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Partnerships for the goals, Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funder: Human Sciences Research Council

OpenAlex ID: W7162118585

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