🗓 1 December 2025 | 3:00–4:30 PM GMT
Universities have long been seen as spaces of global exchange — hubs where ideas, identities, and disciplines intersect. Today, as the world grapples with widening inequalities, the climate crisis, and shifting geopolitical realities, the need for international research and teaching collaborations is greater than ever.
Yet, global partnerships do not automatically guarantee equity.
Institutional collaborations frequently expose longstanding hierarchies of knowledge and power. From uneven access to mobility funding and restrictive visa regimes, to inequitable authorship practices and the politics of “impact”, the system often reinforces the very inequalities it claims to challenge.
📌 This upcoming panel by the GHA Decolonising Knowledge Working Group creates space for critical reflection on these complexities — and asks a crucial question:
What does it truly mean to decolonise international institutional collaborations?
Together, a distinguished lineup of academics and institutional practitioners will explore structural challenges and share practical approaches that move beyond rhetoric toward meaningful, reciprocal, and context-sensitive partnerships.
🎙 Speakers
• Prof Christopher Isike — University of Pretoria
• Dr Mjiba Frehiwot — University of Ghana
• Prof Winnie Mitullah — University of Nairobi
• Dr Tshegofatso Seabi — University of Manchester
• Prof Andreja Zevnik — University of Manchester
👩‍💼 Chair
• Dr Meghan Tinsley — University of Manchester
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https://zoom.us/j/93843781713
This promises to be a thoughtful and much-needed conversation for anyone working in internationalisation, research partnerships, global development, and higher education policy.