Tessa DeLaquil
@tdelaquil.bsky.social
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
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Tessa DeLaquil
@tdelaquil.bsky.social
· Jan 7
Unveiling university-society engagement – university origin stories from Denmark
While contemporary higher education policy tends to frame the value and contribution of the university through the concept of societal impact, in this paper, we aim to widen how we understand engag...
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The first article from my postdoc @aarhusuni.bsky.social with Søren Bengtsen, @agtgibson.bsky.social & Lynn McAlpine, titled “Unveiling university-society engagement - university origin stories in Denmark” is out!
50 free copies here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/F7DBJ...
50 free copies here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/F7DBJ...
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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
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2025 Nobels: Is our world still committed to the long game?
One wonders if governments and universities still grasp what Alfred Nobel recognised as the kind of investment in time, space, environment, funding an...
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October 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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
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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?
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2025 Nobels: Is our world still committed to the long game?
One wonders if governments and universities still grasp what Alfred Nobel recognised as the kind of investment in time, space, environment, funding an...
www.universityworldnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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...
www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
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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/...
August 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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/...
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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...
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China's Authoritarian Regime Is Censoring American Universities: A Conversation with Sarah McLaughlin
Elite universities with deep pockets have no excuse for putting their financial interests ahead of their values
www.theunpopulist.net
October 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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...
www.theunpopulist.net/p/chinas-aut...
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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
It is actually peak absurdity that we still have people arguing that voters should bend to the positions of their political representatives instead of the other way around.
September 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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
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"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...
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
The 'Mozart of Math' rarely speaks about politics. The wide-ranging cuts to science funding made him change that.
UCLA's Terence Tao called the Trump administration's actions an "existential threat" to academic research in the U.S.
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August 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"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...
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
Plus, this was a v. cool finding from the paper - the sheer number of societal connections from the humanities faculty & through the deans specifically!
August 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Plus, this was a v. cool finding from the paper - the sheer number of societal connections from the humanities faculty & through the deans specifically!
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
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August 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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
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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....
If You Charge Them, Will They Come? The Effect of Levying Tuition Fees on International Students - Research in Higher Education
In 2017, Finland began levying tuition fees on non-European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) international students. Using data from multiple Finnish government sources, we study the impact of ...
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August 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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....
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#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...
Dynamics of International Research Collaboration in Higher Education in the Global Majority Systems: Evidence from Three Contexts
Link: doi.org/10.1007/s110...
Dynamics of International Research Collaboration in Higher Education in the Global Majority Systems: Evidence from Three Contexts - Minerva
A purpose of global research is to address challenges faced by all humanity. To achieve this, it is crucial to foster global collaborations that promote learning from each other on equal terms. Previo...
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July 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
#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...
Dynamics of International Research Collaboration in Higher Education in the Global Majority Systems: Evidence from Three Contexts
Link: doi.org/10.1007/s110...
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@helendecruz.net (1978-2025), RIP open.substack.com/pub/digressi...
Helen de Cruz (1978-2025), RIP
Please consider donating to this fundraising effort (here) to support Helen de Cruz’s family.
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June 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
@helendecruz.net (1978-2025), RIP open.substack.com/pub/digressi...
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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...
They are very humble to not mention it, so I will.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-he...
Donate to Support Helen's Children After Her Passing, organized by Marcus Arvan
Help provide Helen De Cruz's children with a better start in life after her un… Marcus Arvan needs your support for Support Helen's Children After Her Passing
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June 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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...
They are very humble to not mention it, so I will.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-he...
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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.
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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
June 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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
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
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On AI as a symptom and a cause of grief and trauma -- pandemic related and otherwise 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/grief-and-tr...
Grief and Trauma and "AI"
I recently finished reading Geraldine Brooks's memoir Memorial Days, about the sudden death of her husband, author and journalist Tony Horwitz. It was fine, I thought; others have given the book much ...
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
On AI as a symptom and a cause of grief and trauma -- pandemic related and otherwise 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/grief-and-tr...
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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
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June 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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
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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.
June 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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.
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Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality.
A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social
[A thread 1/8🧵]
A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social
[A thread 1/8🧵]
🚨Global economic relations have long been defined by imbalances and unequal power, not by self-correcting market forces, NEW STUDY finds.
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social & @gatonievas.bsky.social call for structural reforms to the international monetary and exchange system.
wid.world/news-article...
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social & @gatonievas.bsky.social call for structural reforms to the international monetary and exchange system.
wid.world/news-article...
Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality - WID - World Inequality Database
In a new study, Gastón Nievas and Thomas Piketty examine patterns of global imbalances, current account surplus/deficit and net foreign wealth accumulation over more than two centuries.
wid.world
June 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality.
A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social
[A thread 1/8🧵]
A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social
[A thread 1/8🧵]
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A structurally strange blog post today, as I basically repost an old post from a previous blog on method in the humanities, and then use that as a launching pad for entering into my academic middle age. I hope that I am aging with grace, but who knows.
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Method in the Humanities
Back when I was in grad school I kept a previous blog that I ended up replacing with this one. The other day I wanted to share Reichenbach's...
sootyempiric.blogspot.com
June 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
A structurally strange blog post today, as I basically repost an old post from a previous blog on method in the humanities, and then use that as a launching pad for entering into my academic middle age. I hope that I am aging with grace, but who knows.
sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/06/meth...
sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/06/meth...
It has been a wonderful first day at my new role as associate professor with the Uniped group in the Department of Education and Lifelong Learning at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in the beautiful city of Trondheim!
June 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It has been a wonderful first day at my new role as associate professor with the Uniped group in the Department of Education and Lifelong Learning at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in the beautiful city of Trondheim!
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New publication. Not just for people interested in engineering! But for anyone in HE interested in how students come to understand their disciplines.
Delighted that this Open Access article, with Ashish Agrawal, Mags Blackie, @janmcarthur.bsky.social, Nicole Pitterson and Renee Smit, on students' accounts of chemical engineering is now out. It's from our @cghe.bsky.social project. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Students’ changing accounts of chemical engineering: a longitudinal study in three countries
In this article we examine how students’ accounts of chemical engineering change during their undergraduate degrees and whether these changes were related to the educational intentions of their deg...
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May 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
New publication. Not just for people interested in engineering! But for anyone in HE interested in how students come to understand their disciplines.
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"Kennedy said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association and The Lancet...were 'corrupt'...'Unless those journals change dramatically, we are going to stop NIH scientists from publishing in them and we’re going to create our own journals in-house'”
RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals
The health secretary said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association and The Lancet are in bed with pharma.
www.politico.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"Kennedy said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association and The Lancet...were 'corrupt'...'Unless those journals change dramatically, we are going to stop NIH scientists from publishing in them and we’re going to create our own journals in-house'”
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New blog post by Sam Illingworth! 🚨
"If we want to improve retention, we need to support our educators – by fostering a culture where learning is shared, creativity is valued, and development feels both personal and powerful"
teachinginhighereducation.wordpress.com/2025/05/24/d...
"If we want to improve retention, we need to support our educators – by fostering a culture where learning is shared, creativity is valued, and development feels both personal and powerful"
teachinginhighereducation.wordpress.com/2025/05/24/d...
Drawing retention: what storyboards taught us about staff development and student success
This project began with a deceptively simple question: how can we, as educators and learning professionals, better support student retention? At Edinburgh Napier University, like many institutions,…
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May 28, 2025 at 4:32 AM
New blog post by Sam Illingworth! 🚨
"If we want to improve retention, we need to support our educators – by fostering a culture where learning is shared, creativity is valued, and development feels both personal and powerful"
teachinginhighereducation.wordpress.com/2025/05/24/d...
"If we want to improve retention, we need to support our educators – by fostering a culture where learning is shared, creativity is valued, and development feels both personal and powerful"
teachinginhighereducation.wordpress.com/2025/05/24/d...
@scholarlycommrg.bsky.social has an open call for a postdoc looking at the role of IOs (the OECD, World Bank, IMF, and European Commission) shaping academic capitalism in Poland's higher education and science systems - no Polish required and a great team to work with! sc.amu.edu.pl/open-competi...
Open competition – Post-doc – Origins and development of peripheral academic capitalism in Poland (1990-2021) | Scholarly Communication Research Group
sc.amu.edu.pl
May 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
@scholarlycommrg.bsky.social has an open call for a postdoc looking at the role of IOs (the OECD, World Bank, IMF, and European Commission) shaping academic capitalism in Poland's higher education and science systems - no Polish required and a great team to work with! sc.amu.edu.pl/open-competi...