Now that the new year has started, taking stock of the past year proved to be particularly useful. Consequently, I realized that 2023 was marked by keynote talks for me. I received four invitations, three of which were for international…

As an academic developer and higher education researcher, I always push the boundaries, more recently of disciplinary nature. I aim to create space for multidisciplinary international and national discourse on higher education. Scholarly encounters with researchers and practitioners from the…

I was selected (together with two other Hungarian researchers) to prepare a background report on the teaching and learning landscape in Hungarian higher education with a specific focus on digital provision. This report was delivered as part of the Ensuring…

I was invited to prepare a report and deliver a talk on the topic of “the future of education” from the perspective of 21st century skills and needs of next generation students. As MOME develops a new educational strategy and…

I was invited to serve as an expert on the Online Mentoring for STEM Talent Development International Expert Summit organized at the University of Regensburg, Germany in 2019. I talked about the Mentored Innovation Model, an online mentoring program which…

The Online Academy of the Global Labour University (GLU) is a global initiative which pioneered online education offerings in decentralized, globally connected learning spaces for workers and trade unionists. Dr. Edlira Xhafa, Executive Director of GLU and researcher at the…

Together with my research team, I was selected through a public procurement to conduct  an evaluation of the Roma in European Societies Initiative in 2021. VELUX Foundations, Open Society Foundations-Roma Initiative Office (OSF – RIO), and the Roma Educational Fund…