Transforming global imaginaries:
Alter-globalism in Higher Education
Centre for Global Studies in Education
Monday 9 March (5–6pm), Meeting Rooms A & B, Faculty of Education
Alter-globalism is a movement that affirms global inter-dependence, cooperation and solidarity,
while challenging the detrimental effects of global financial capitalism. This presentation
examines shifting perceptions of the public role of (higher) education, with particular emphasis
on questions of ethics, justice and internationalisation that arise at the inter-sections of current
economic, cultural, political and social forces.
Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti is Canada Research Chair for Race, Inequalities and Global
Change at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. She was formerly a Professor of
Global Education at the University of Oulu, in Finland, where she is still has an affiliation.
Dr Andreotti’s research examines systemic patterns of reproduction of inequalities and how
these limit or enable possibilities for collective existence and global change. Dr. Andreotti
coordinates research projects related to ethics and education in the thematic areas of
international development, global citizenship and internationalisation in Higher Education.
Please RSVP to Maggie Lyall by Friday 6 March by email to [email protected]
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