Maarten Vink & Jelena Dzankic: Unpacking global citizenship
The international higher education field covers many different issues, and it can be a challenge to stay up to date on everything that’s being discussed. An important and relevant topic that can be linked to the core of the work we do is global citizenship. In a way, we are all global citizens, but what is exactly meant by the term ‘global citizenship’? How does this relate to international higher education and what are some key issues connected to global citizenship today, both in Europe and more broadly?
In this EAIE podcast episode, host Laura Rumbley speaks with two global citizenship experts who are connected to the Robert Schumann Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence. Maarten Vink is Chair of Citizenship Studies and Director of the Global Citizenship research area within the Global Governance Programme, and Jelena Dzankic is a part-time professor in the Global Governance Programme. They are also Co-Directors of the Global Citizenship Observatory (or GLOBALCIT). Together, they answer some of our burning questions on this interesting topic. What is meant exactly by the term global citizenship? What does the Global Citizenship Observatory do? Are there any specific goals or aspirations linked to this field for the future? Check out this episode of the EAIE podcast to learn more!
About Maarten Vink
Maarten Vink is Chair of Citizenship Studies and Director of the Global Citizenship research area within the Global Governance Programme at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute. He is also Co-Director of the Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT). Maarten led the research project "Migrant Life Course and Legal Status Transition (MiLifeStatus)", funded by a Consolidator Grant of the European Research Council (2016-2021). He co-edited the Oxford Handbook of Citizenship (OUP, 2017) and has published on immigrant naturalisation, comparative citizenship regimes, dual citizenship, and Europeanization, among others. Maarten is on leave from Maastricht University, where he is a Professor of Political Sociology and was one of the founders of the Maastricht Center for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE). He holds a PhD in Political Science from Leiden University (2003).
About Jelena Dzankic
Jelena Dzankic is a part-time Professor in the Global Governance Programme at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. She is Director of GGP Southeastern Europe and Co-Director of the Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT). She holds a PhD degree in International Studies from the University of Cambridge and has taught and researched at the University of Edinburgh, University College London, University of Graz, and Passau University. She is the author of the Global Market for Investor Citizenship (Palgrave 2019), a leading study in the field of wealth-based citizenship acquisition, and has published widely on the topics of citizenship, migration and nation and state building.
Additional resources
For further insights into the topics touched on in this episode, the following resources may be of interest:
→ Global Citizenship Observatory
→ Launch of the new strategy paper on Global Citizenship Education by the Belgian EU Presidency
→ Myths and realities about global citizenship
