Dr. Salih Bıçakcı of Kadir Has University was the speaker at the year-end meeting of the Young Professionals in International Relations network. Dr. Bıçakcı talked about how hyper-connectivity through technology and increased dependence on artificial intelligence (AI) create new paradigms, influencing (mostly unbeknownst to us) decision-making from the personal to the interpersonal all the way […]

On October 9, 2018, the Hollings Center for International Dialogue, in cooperation with partners Solidar Tunisia and the Jasmine Foundation, hosted a regional report launch for its Political Pluralism in the Middle East and North Africa initiative. The following video features the keynote address and highlights of the first panel that morning. Participants include: Moderator: […]

On October 9, 2018, the Hollings Center for International Dialogue, in cooperation with partners Solidar Tunisia and the Jasmine Foundation, hosted a regional report launch for its Political Pluralism in the Middle East and North Africa initiative. The following video features the keynote address and highlights of the first panel that morning. Participants include: Keynote […]

The Hollings Center for International Dialogue embarked on a project in 2017 entitled ‘Political Pluralism in the Middle East and North Africa’. To better understand how the next generation in the Middle East and North Africa are thinking about and engaging questions around political pluralism, the project brought together a group of civil society leaders, […]

Khaled Hijab discusses what makes economic empowerment and entrepreneurship programs for marginalized communities successful. Khaled E. Hijab is the executive director of Tech Tribes. Through his expertise in social innovation and information and communications technologies for development (ICT4D), Khaled connects youth-focused NGOs across the region with technology tools useful for advancing their work, increasing civic […]

Maru Bautista discusses how worker cooperatives could be utilized as an alternative business model to promote the socioeconomic integration of marginalized communities. Maru Bautista is the director of the Cooperative Development Program at the Center for Family Life in Brooklyn, New York. For the past five years, she has worked with her team and the […]

Internationalizing higher education: expanding cross-border quality assurance, partnerships, and accountability across regions.

Nadia Badrawi, President of the Arab network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ANQAHE), and Judith Eaton, President of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) discuss ongoing and upcoming challenges for QA professionals internationally.

Concepcion V. Pijano, Executive Director of the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU) and of the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP), and Richard Ekman, President of the Council of Independent Colleges, discuss cross-border higher education assurance programs in the Philippines and ASEAN states.

Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić, senior advisor with Academic Partnerships, and MaryAnn Baenninger, President of Drew University, discuss cooperation among quality assurance experts in higher education. The discussion focuses on better cross-border collaboration.