Opening Up the University

Through a series of empirically and theoretically informed reflections, Opening Up the University offers insights into the process of setting up and running programs that cater to displaced students. Including contributions from educators, administrators, practitioners, and students, this expansive collected volume aims to inspire and question those who are considering creating their own interventions, speaking to policy makers and university administrators on specific points relating to the access and success of refugees in higher education, and suggests concrete avenues for further action within existing academic structures.

Céline Cantat is Academic Advisor at the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po. Previously she was a Research Fellow at Sciences Po Paris, working on H2020 project MAGYC focused on migration governance and the production of crisis, a Marie Curie Individual Fellow at Central European University (CEU) with a project on migration solidarity initiatives, and Academic Program Manager at the Open Learning Initiative (OLIve), an initiative that focuses on opening access to higher education for refugees and asylum seekers.

Ian M. Cook is Director of Studies at OLIve Weekend Program and a researcher at CEU. An anthropologist and multimodal scholar his research and praxis focus on urban India, environmental justice, higher education, and podcasting. He is part of the Allegra Lab editorial collective.

Prem Kumar Rajaram is OLIve’s Unit Head and Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at CEU. His research is on refugees, capitalism, colonialism and their interactions and is author of Common Marginalisations: Colonial Power in the Past and Present Routledge, 2016.