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International Academic Collaboration during Geopolitical Disruption

Hillel Eyal

School of Multidisciplinary Studies

Holon Institute of Technology

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Why International Academic Collaboration?

  • Gains from international exposure
  • Education as a process grounded in interaction

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Where science and social values coincide

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Israeli academia after 7/10

  • Boycott
  • Violent protests, harassment and intimidation
  • Delegitimization campaign

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Three spheres of transformation in the West

  • Academia
  • Society and culture
  • Geopolitics: The International Liberal Order

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Responses to challenges

  • New areas of expansion
  • Collaboration based on commitment to science
  • Aversion to politicization
  • Work hard; Overcome constraints

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Thank you!

Hillel Eyal

Holon Institute of Technology

Israel

hillele@hit.ac.il

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