Results
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT:
HIGHER EDUCATION IN TIMES OF WAR AND CRISIS
Institutional Resilience, Responses, and Preparedness in Contexts of Armed Conflict and Systemic Disruption
This volume examines how higher education systems respond to war and crisis, analysing contemporary (Ukraine, Israel), historical (World War II, Yugoslavia), and anticipatory cases (Poland, Latvia) to identify strategies that sustain institutional resilience, continuity, and accessibility under conditions of disruption.
How do higher education systems endure war, and what enables them to continue teaching, learning, and research under extreme disruption? This volume answers these questions through a multiple case-study approach spanning contemporary (Ukraine, Israel), historical (World War II, Yugoslavia), and anticipatory contexts (Poland, Latvia). It shows how higher education institutions adapt to maintain continuity and accessibility, despite destruction, displacement, and political pressure. Grounded in a shared theoretical framework, the chapters reveal both common patterns and context-specific responses. Written by scholars partly directly exposed to these conditions, the book offers rare, practice-based insights into resilience, making it an essential reading for researchers, policymakers, and higher education practitioners.
PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATION: Régent, V., Avila, R., Aharonson-Daniel, L., Alt, D., Tarasenko, S., & Vorontsova, A. (2025). Continuity and Accessibility in Higher Education Amid Armed Conflict. Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung, 20(4), 153–173. https://doi.org/10.21240/zfhe/20-4/07
This paper investigates the continuity and accessibility in higher education amid armed conflict.
PUBLICATION: Tarasenko, S., Vorontsova, A., Régent, V., Soss, J., & Mylenkova, R. (2025). Science mapping analysis of challenges surrounding cloud universities and their impact on the resilience of higher education. Knowledge and Performance Management, 9(2), 1-17. doi:10.21511/kpm.09(2).2025.01
Science mapping analysis of challenges surrounding cloud universities and their impact on the resilience of higher education.
REPORTS & GUIDELINES
TITLE: GUIDELINES
for a Holistic Approach to
Crisis Sensitivity in Higher Education
These guidelines are grounded in an extensive literature review and empirical research conducted within the project CLOUD HED, including interviews, document analysis and ethnographic accounts from four higher education institutions (HEIs) operating under crisis-conditions such as armed conflict, spillover-effects from crises in neighbouring countries and crisis anticipation.
TITLE: International Best Practices Analysis
This report analyses the implementation of cloud university practices across 16 leading universities worldwide. The institutions analysed are geographically diverse, representing Europe (9 universities), North America (4), Asia (2), Australia (2), and the Middle East (1, Israel).
TITLE: Analysis of Partner HEIs
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Assessment of level of preparedness / status quo analysis
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Identification of (HEI-specific and general) key requirements
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Potential institutional challenges and mitigation strategies
TITLE: Selection of pilot-curricula in partner HEIs and adaptation to Cloud University
PRESENTATIONS
TITLE: Presenting the EU-project CLOUD HED: Disaster Resilience in Higher Education Systems via a Cloud University Model
5. Konferenz des Netzwerks Hochschulforschung
May 5th, 2025 in Vienna, Austria
TITLE: Continuity and accessibility in HE amid political instability and armed conflict: Institutional strategies and cloud-based innovations
Resilience and Regeneration in HE, Yehuda Elkana Center, CEU
June 24th, 2025 in Vienna, Austria
TITLE: Continuity and accessibility in HE amid political instability and armed conflict: Institutional strategies and cloud-based innovations
TITLE: EU practices of youth and business cooperation
Proceedings of The International Scientific and Practical Conference
Ukraine, Sumy, December 12–13, 2025