Month: April 2026

Rochester Institute of Technology: Associate Provost for International Education & Global Programs (USA)

“JobAssociate Provost for International Education & Global Programs, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. Deadline: 23 April 2026.

The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) – a dynamic, globally connected private research university known for technical innovation and creativity, with campuses in Rochester, Croatia, Dubai, and Kosovo – seeks a strategic, entrepreneurial, and collaborative leader to serve as the next Associate Provost for International Education & Global Programs (APIE). Reporting to the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, the APIE oversees the Office of International Education and Global Programs, and serves as the university’s champion for international education, global partnership development, and the coordination of RIT’s global locations.

IIE: Assistant Director, Exchange Visitor Sponsorship (USA/Hybrid)

“JobAssistant Director, Exchange Visitor Sponsorship, The Institute of International Education (IIE), New York City and Washington, DC (Hybrid). Deadline: 26 April 2026.

The Institute of International Education (IIE) is hiring an Assistant Director, Exchange Visitor Sponsorship for their Exchange Visitor Sponsorship team. They invite you to join a team united by a mission to help people and organizations forge brighter futures through educational exchange and lifelong learning. Working at IIE is more than just a job; it’s a chance to make an impact. To collaborate with a passionate team, grow your skills, and contribute to programs that change lives around the world.

U Autònoma de Barcelona: PhD Studentship on Women, Nature, and Early Modernity in Japan (Spain)

“Studentships“PhD Studentship on Consuming Nature: Early Modernity, Popular Culture, and the Natural World in Japan, 1600-1900, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. Deadline: 20 April 2026.

Applications are invited for a salaried, full-time, 3 year PhD position (with the possibility of extension for a 4th year) as part of the Consuming Nature project at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. The working language of the project is English.

The successful candidate will undertake their PhD as a member of a team of international researchers in the context of an innovative project within the prestigious European Research Council framework. They will be provided with a working space at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in a shared office with other members of the project, and will be expected to be regularly present in the office to collaborate with other members of the team. This position does not allow for remote working, other than during periods of pre-approved fieldwork.

Topic: The successful candidate will write his or her dissertation on nature, early modernity, and women in Japan and will address the research questions of the “Consuming Nature” project. Examples of the kinds of questions the dissertation could use as a departure point include:

  • In what ways did women consume and participate in nature-related activities within early modern Japanese popular culture?
  • Was women’s experience of the natural world in Japan changed by the developments of the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries that are associated with Tokugawa “early modernity” and/or Meiji “modernity”?
  • Was their experience different to men, and how did experiences differ between women of different status groups?

UNESCO Transforming Higher Education Report 2026

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Transforming Higher Education: Global collaboration on visioning and action, UNESCO, Paris, France, 2026.

UNESCO Transforming Higher Education 2026“Higher education has long stood as a bridge between pasts and futures. Universities and other higher education institutions are places where ideas are developed, values are debated and new possibilities are imagined. Today higher education institutions have a critical role to play in responding to pressing contemporary challenges. Through research, teaching and community engagement, they can provide the critical understanding, scientific expertise and creative imagination needed to tackle complex, multi-layered issues like climate change, biodiversity loss, health crises, persistent inequalities, the devastating consequences of armed conflicts, technological disruptions, democratic backsliding, economic challenges and rapidly transforming work environments.

To maximize the transformative potential of the sector, higher education itself needs to be transformed. UNESCO convened the third World Higher Education Conference in Barcelona in 2022 as part of a once-a-decade process of multilateral policy dialogue, deliberation, peer learning and agenda-setting. Drawing from this process and further consultations, this publication is the latest iteration in collectively fashioning and realizing a forward-looking higher education agenda.

This roadmap provides insights into developments and trends; it presents a set of forward-looking guiding principles to inspire and inform the work of all involved in higher education. It also identifies Lines of Transformation that point the way a new social contract for higher education, and is a call to action to help faculty, students, leaders and stakeholders change the sector into the transformative force the world and future generations need.”

Background Information:  In 2020-21 the Center for Intercultural Dialogue held three focus groups as part of the information gathering stage of UNESCO’s Futures of Education project, preparing what we learned as a report. This new report is part of a related but separate effort. Although the Center was not involved this time, the report. is likely to be of interest to many in our community.

LSE Fellow in International Business Strategy (UK)

FellowshipsLSE Fellow in International Business Strategy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. Deadline: 16 April 2026.

The Department of Management at LSE seeks to appoint an outstanding candidate in the area of Management – (International Business Strategy). The department’s faculty and research strength is centred in Employment Relations and Human Resource Management, Information Systems and innovation, Managerial Economics and Strategy, Marketing, Organisational Behaviour and Operations Management. The department’s faculty members are engaged in research and scholarly activity across LSE, through research centres such as the Centre for Economic Performance, the Behavioural Research Lab, and interdisciplinary institutes. The department’s own portfolio of degrees includes the BSc Management, one-year and two-year MSc in Management, and six specialist one-year MSc programmes.

The post holder will contribute to the Department’s teaching (postgraduate and/or undergraduate) and research activities in the discipline of Management – International Business Strategy. The successful applicants will normally have completed or close to completing a PhD in the field of Management and/or International Business Strategy, by the post start date. In addition to a very good knowledge of the field of Management and/or International Business Strategy. A developing research record in well recognised peer reviewed outlets, and a clear and viable strategy for future research in the field of Management and/or International Business Strategy is essential, as is excellent communication and presentation skills.