Posted on February 03, 2014

Project closing conference

The closing conference of the project "European integration in higher education and research in the Western Balkans" will take place at the University of Oslo on 27 February 2014. The aim of the conference is to present project results, as well as to provide space for a discussion among participants on current issues in the area of higher educaiton and research in the Western Balkans and beyond.

Program

09:00-10.00 Registration

10:00-10:30 Opening of the conference

  • Berit Karseth, Dean of the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oslo
  • Bjørn Stensaker, project leader, Department of Education, University of Oslo

10:30-11:00 Presentation of the “The Re-Institutionalization of Higher Education in the Western Balkans: The interplay between European ideas, domestic policies and institutional practices”

  • Martina Vukasović, co-editor, Department of Education, University of Oslo and Department of Sociology, Ghent University

11:00-11:15 Coffee break

11:15-12:45 Focus on capacity building

11:15-11:45 Introductory presentation on the impact of the TEMPUS programme

  • Antigoni Papadimitriou, Department of Education, University of Oslo

11:45-12:45 Panel discussion

Moderator: Bjørn Stensaker, project leader, Department of Education, University of Oslo
Participants:

  • Peter Maassen, Department of Education, University of Oslo
  • Paul Temple, Institute of Education, University of London
  • Elena Palavrova, Erasmus Mundus 2 partnerships, European Commission
  • Representative of The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation – NORAD (tbd)

12:45-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:15 Focus on public-private dynamics in higher education

14:00-14:30 Introductory presentation on the public and private higher education in the Western Balkans

  • Jelena Branković, Centre for Education Policy, Belgrade and Deparment of Sociology, Ghent University

14:30-15:15 Panel discussion

Moderator: (tbd)

  • Marek Kwiek, Center for Public Policy, Adam Mickiewicz University
  • Pavel Zgaga, Center for Education Policy Studies, University of Ljubljana
  • One of the editors of the book (tbd)

15:15-15:30 Coffee break

15:30-16:30 The road ahead

  • Representative of the Norwegian Research Council (tbd)
  • Bjørn Stensaker, project leader, Department of Education, University of Oslo

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  • University of OsloUniversity of Oslo
  • University of ZagrebUniversity of Zagreb
  • Faculty of Political SciencesFaculty of Political Sciences
  • Centre For Education PolicyCentre For Education Policy
  • Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and EducationNordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education

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