This article introduces the special edition entitled 'Critical reflections on contemporary higher
education and developments of and in internationalization'. The articles presented here …

Democracies are increasingly dependent upon sustainable citizenship, that is, active
participation and engagement with the exercising of rights in a field of plural interests, often …

We live in divisive and polarizing times, often remaining in comfortable social bubbles and
experiencing few genuine interactions with people who are different or with whom we …

Meaningful student participation is essential to realizing democratic ideals within the
university. However, existing structures for involving students within university governance …

Research shows that teachers and educators struggle to act when conflict appears in the
classroom. This article argues that (political) conflict should not be avoided or eradicated …

In this article, I discuss how the principle of exemplarity developed in the 1970s by the
Marxist educators and theorists Oskar Negt and Knud Illeris can be a model for a …

Civic technology should empower us as citizens. Despite its breadth as a field, civic
technology often takes its lead from Silicon Valley companies that espouse design goals …

The effort to develop a systemic approach to include different arenas, categories of actors
and communicative interactions in the analysis has been central to theoretical inquiries and …

Introduction Attempts to address wicked public health problems can benefit from
collaborative approaches to problem-solving, such as dialogue through structured …

Engagement of undergraduate public health students in active learning pedagogy has been
identified as critical for recruitment, retention, and career preparation efforts. One such tool …