Maia Chankseliani
@mchankseliani.bsky.social
Professor of Comparative & International Education at Oxford
https://www.education.ox.ac.uk/person/maia-chankseliani/
https://www.education.ox.ac.uk/person/maia-chankseliani/
Some reflections on the UK government’s new Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper
October 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Some reflections on the UK government’s new Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper
I'll be joining a panel with fellow Harvard alumni next week to discuss academic freedom. I'll speak about how international study, when it takes place in a context of academic freedom, can influence civic responsibility and institutional change. Register: www.harvardaed.org/calendar
August 22, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I'll be joining a panel with fellow Harvard alumni next week to discuss academic freedom. I'll speak about how international study, when it takes place in a context of academic freedom, can influence civic responsibility and institutional change. Register: www.harvardaed.org/calendar
My work on international student mobility & global knowledge featured in Chinese Social Sciences Today (中国社会科学报). I argue that international students shape knowledge and civic life, & that today’s restrictions risk narrowing our shared horizons
www.cssn.cn/skgz/bwyc/20...
www.cssn.cn/skgz/bwyc/20...
August 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
My work on international student mobility & global knowledge featured in Chinese Social Sciences Today (中国社会科学报). I argue that international students shape knowledge and civic life, & that today’s restrictions risk narrowing our shared horizons
www.cssn.cn/skgz/bwyc/20...
www.cssn.cn/skgz/bwyc/20...
How does international education shape poverty reduction? Returnees adapt, translate, and embed reform through four mechanisms, far beyond skill transfer. Based on interviews in 57 countries, building on our earlier quant study in IJER. Links in comments.
July 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
How does international education shape poverty reduction? Returnees adapt, translate, and embed reform through four mechanisms, far beyond skill transfer. Based on interviews in 57 countries, building on our earlier quant study in IJER. Links in comments.
My opinion piece that will appear in tomorrow’s issue of Nature.
It is about what we lose when international students are treated as risks rather than as contributors - when border controls override civic imagination
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
It is about what we lose when international students are treated as risks rather than as contributors - when border controls override civic imagination
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
July 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
My opinion piece that will appear in tomorrow’s issue of Nature.
It is about what we lose when international students are treated as risks rather than as contributors - when border controls override civic imagination
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
It is about what we lose when international students are treated as risks rather than as contributors - when border controls override civic imagination
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
British Council 90th Anniversary Research Fellowships at the University of Edinburgh
List of eligible countries in the screenshot
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List of eligible countries in the screenshot
www.britishcouncil.org/research-ins...
June 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
British Council 90th Anniversary Research Fellowships at the University of Edinburgh
List of eligible countries in the screenshot
www.britishcouncil.org/research-ins...
List of eligible countries in the screenshot
www.britishcouncil.org/research-ins...
4th Annual Oxford-Georgia Forum
Theme: Quo Vadis, Georgia?
Date: 28 May 2025
9:30–18:45
Venue: Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford
Register here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Agenda here: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/971...
Theme: Quo Vadis, Georgia?
Date: 28 May 2025
9:30–18:45
Venue: Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford
Register here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Agenda here: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/971...
May 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
4th Annual Oxford-Georgia Forum
Theme: Quo Vadis, Georgia?
Date: 28 May 2025
9:30–18:45
Venue: Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford
Register here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Agenda here: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/971...
Theme: Quo Vadis, Georgia?
Date: 28 May 2025
9:30–18:45
Venue: Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford
Register here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Agenda here: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/971...
📢 New report is public!
What happens when people cross borders to learn & then return home to contribute?
Based on 704 interviews in 70 countries + quant data from 134, our report explores how mobility supports change across economy & society ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
What happens when people cross borders to learn & then return home to contribute?
Based on 704 interviews in 70 countries + quant data from 134, our report explores how mobility supports change across economy & society ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
May 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
📢 New report is public!
What happens when people cross borders to learn & then return home to contribute?
Based on 704 interviews in 70 countries + quant data from 134, our report explores how mobility supports change across economy & society ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
What happens when people cross borders to learn & then return home to contribute?
Based on 704 interviews in 70 countries + quant data from 134, our report explores how mobility supports change across economy & society ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
Does Citizenship Matter in the Republic of Science?
With colleagues from across Asia, Europe, and North America, we revisit Polanyi’s idea through contemporary lenses - academic freedom, governance, inequality, and the societal role of science
chelps.eduhk.hk/page/detail/...
With colleagues from across Asia, Europe, and North America, we revisit Polanyi’s idea through contemporary lenses - academic freedom, governance, inequality, and the societal role of science
chelps.eduhk.hk/page/detail/...
April 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Does Citizenship Matter in the Republic of Science?
With colleagues from across Asia, Europe, and North America, we revisit Polanyi’s idea through contemporary lenses - academic freedom, governance, inequality, and the societal role of science
chelps.eduhk.hk/page/detail/...
With colleagues from across Asia, Europe, and North America, we revisit Polanyi’s idea through contemporary lenses - academic freedom, governance, inequality, and the societal role of science
chelps.eduhk.hk/page/detail/...
A new paper about the European higher education policy
European higher education policy as a plastique palimpseste: understanding national visions for the European Universities Initiative
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
European higher education policy as a plastique palimpseste: understanding national visions for the European Universities Initiative
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
April 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A new paper about the European higher education policy
European higher education policy as a plastique palimpseste: understanding national visions for the European Universities Initiative
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
European higher education policy as a plastique palimpseste: understanding national visions for the European Universities Initiative
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Join us at the UKFIET conference to reflect on the state of our field in a rapidly shifting global landscape. In times of uncertainty, the need to mobilise knowledge, partnerships, & innovation for sustainable development has never been greater. www.ukfiet.org/conference/u...
@ukfiet.bsky.social
@ukfiet.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Join us at the UKFIET conference to reflect on the state of our field in a rapidly shifting global landscape. In times of uncertainty, the need to mobilise knowledge, partnerships, & innovation for sustainable development has never been greater. www.ukfiet.org/conference/u...
@ukfiet.bsky.social
@ukfiet.bsky.social
Join our Global Public Seminar in Comparative and International Education on 7 March 2025. Marianne Larsen, Prof Emerita at Western University, is sharing thoughts about space and time in CIE. Reserve your spot now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@mariannelarsen.bsky.social
@mariannelarsen.bsky.social
February 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Join our Global Public Seminar in Comparative and International Education on 7 March 2025. Marianne Larsen, Prof Emerita at Western University, is sharing thoughts about space and time in CIE. Reserve your spot now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@mariannelarsen.bsky.social
@mariannelarsen.bsky.social
Exploring Port Sunlight, the village built by William Lever for his workers and now a heritage site. Lever’s fortune later funded the Leverhulme Trust. Unexpectedly came across a Chinese dance performance outside the Lady Lever Art Gallery
February 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Exploring Port Sunlight, the village built by William Lever for his workers and now a heritage site. Lever’s fortune later funded the Leverhulme Trust. Unexpectedly came across a Chinese dance performance outside the Lady Lever Art Gallery
Chris Glass from Boston College will be giving a Global Public Seminar in Comparative and International Education on 19 Feb.
He will be speaking about Technologies of Agency: Student Mobility in Era of Digital Internationalization
3-4pm online, register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
He will be speaking about Technologies of Agency: Student Mobility in Era of Digital Internationalization
3-4pm online, register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Chris Glass from Boston College will be giving a Global Public Seminar in Comparative and International Education on 19 Feb.
He will be speaking about Technologies of Agency: Student Mobility in Era of Digital Internationalization
3-4pm online, register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
He will be speaking about Technologies of Agency: Student Mobility in Era of Digital Internationalization
3-4pm online, register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
I have been thinking about Robert Frost’s Fire and Ice these past two days. It feels especially resonant.
January 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I have been thinking about Robert Frost’s Fire and Ice these past two days. It feels especially resonant.
Our new open-access paper examines how international professional mobility contributes to professional expertise, intercultural competence, and career development, highlighting reintegration challenges & broader societal impacts. Explore the findings here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
January 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Our new open-access paper examines how international professional mobility contributes to professional expertise, intercultural competence, and career development, highlighting reintegration challenges & broader societal impacts. Explore the findings here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A belated card from a friend of mine came with these stamps❤️
January 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A belated card from a friend of mine came with these stamps❤️
Snowman stands firm in Summertown. Happy New Year!
January 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Snowman stands firm in Summertown. Happy New Year!
At our SRHE symposium, we argued that as many countries face growing tensions between local security, sustainability, employability and global engagement, it’s crucial to empirically & theoretically explain the broader societal impact of international mobility www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
December 7, 2024 at 1:33 PM
At our SRHE symposium, we argued that as many countries face growing tensions between local security, sustainability, employability and global engagement, it’s crucial to empirically & theoretically explain the broader societal impact of international mobility www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Tensions between equality and elitism considerations @annabelboud.bsky.social tells us about her doctoral research at #srhe
December 5, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Tensions between equality and elitism considerations @annabelboud.bsky.social tells us about her doctoral research at #srhe
About conceptualisations of time @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 3:53 PM
About conceptualisations of time @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social
Anatoly speaking about solidarity @aoleksiyenko.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Anatoly speaking about solidarity @aoleksiyenko.bsky.social
We cannot live without hope.
We cannot also live without pessimism and doubt @janmcarthur.bsky.social
We cannot also live without pessimism and doubt @janmcarthur.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 11:26 AM
We cannot live without hope.
We cannot also live without pessimism and doubt @janmcarthur.bsky.social
We cannot also live without pessimism and doubt @janmcarthur.bsky.social