Abstract: This talk will explore challenges of comparative higher education focusing on comparison of Polish and Irish higher education. Using cases of Trinity College Dublin and University of Warsaw the talk will explore competing logics of comparison of universities' international position. The first of this logic is organised around the idea of international competition in science and the second around concepts of imperialism and capitalist world-system. Comparing quantitative statistics of budgets, publications, citations and positions in ranking of both universities will illustrate the first logic. Then the second logic approaches both institutions in a more holistic way, as places of historical legitimisation and struggle against various forms in imperialism. The study will show that both logic are to some extent present in the self-presentation of studied universities. This talk will help to better understand similarities and differences between key Polish and Irish higher education institutions. Moreover, it will help us to see how strongly choosing one of the presented approaches to comparative higher education profoundly changes our perception of studied universities.
Date/ time:
February 19th at 1pm
Location:
TRiSS Seminar Room
