Yu, Jingran; Rensimer, Lee; (2026) Higher Education’s Geopolitical Agency: A Constructivist Perspective. In: Gao, Catherine Yuan and Shen, Wenqin, (eds.) Reshaping Higher Education Research Emerging Perspectives and Methodologies. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham. (In press).

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Abstract

This chapter delves into the intricate two-way relationship between higher educa-tion and geopolitics. Departing from classical state-centric geopolitics, it embraces a constructivist strand of critical geopolitics, exploring the actorhood of higher ed-ucation in the process of making and doing geopolitics, rather than being a mere vehicle for it. This chapter demonstrates how higher education plays multifaceted roles in interacting with and contributing to geopolitical structures at various scales that incorporate with, but are not limited to, the interrelated dimensions of inter-national partnerships formation, knowledge production, and (im)mobility broker-ing. In doing so, this chapter invites further research into the evolving roles of higher education in global geopolitics and offers an indicative framework for analyzing its geopolitical engagements.

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