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Arjan Shahini

Arjan Shahini

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Projekt: Transformation of Albanian higher education system under internationalisation 1946-2012

Arjan Shahini is a PhD candidate at the Graduate School “Society and Culture in Motion” and at the School of Pedagogy of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. He graduated from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, in 2008, with a Master’s degree in political and education sciences. After having worked for three years for the Albanian Government in the Ministry of Education and Science and various higher education institutions in Albania, he returned to academia for a Master’s degree in higher education and leadership at the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA. Under the supervision of Professor Dr. Jörg Dinkelaker his PhD research focuses on the internationalization of Albanian higher education from a historical perspective.

Abstract:

The  aim of this study is to develop a common analytical framework for the  study of the internationalization processes and their impact on the  structures and policies of the Albanian higher education since its  establishment in 1947. The goal is to explore how modernization efforts  to implement Western norms and values have been constantly negotiated by  the national actors in developing and implementing higher education  policies. Western norms have been presented in the guise of different  policy agendas in Albania (e.g. modernization through Sovietization  during the totalitarian communist regime, Europeanization and EU  integration after the system transformation, and the current  implementation of neo-liberal policies.) The main research question  focuses on how the structural changes have been influenced by modern  ideologies, the transfer and adaptation of international norms and  policy solutions provided by the transnational economic, political and  judicial frameworks. The study analysis general structural  characteristics of the system throughout the period of 1946 to 2017: the  organization of higher education system, admission policies and changes  in the academic and scientific management. The analysis is based on the  methodological and analytical approaches applied in culture and policy  transfer studies. The research will be based on primary sources which  will be attained through archival research in Albania. For a more  in-depth view on the issue, I have proposed a set of unstructured  interviews with key experts and ex-government officials.

Publikationen:

Tafaj, M., & Shahini, A. (2019). Higher  Education Systems and Institutions, Albania. In Encyclopedia of  International Higher Education Systems and Institutions (pp. 1-6).  Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.

Zhllima,  E., Imami, D., Rama, K., Shahini, A., & Asia, C. (2018). Corruption  in Education during Socialism and the Postsocialist Transition: The  Case of Albania. Region: Regional Studies of Russia, Eastern Europe,  7(2), 51-70.

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