Community-University Engagement and PRAXIS

Knocking on the Door of the Ivory Tower
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-4473-7671-2
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Universities have challenging times ahead: the demands of a global student, new technology, employers wanting work-ready graduates and shifting ideologies that influence who hold and create knowledge. The role of a university as a civic institution becomes increasingly contested. How can and should universities engage with communities to create lasting social impact?

This collection offers global perspectives on community–university engagement, highlighting innovative approaches to co-production, participatory research and collaboration with stakeholders beyond academia. The book explores the challenges and successes of partnership working, demystifying the university’s role beyond teaching, positioning it as an anchor institution that can drive social change.

Autoren/Hrsg.

May-Chahal, Kush

W Mijland, Floor

Postema, Saskia

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Universitäten, Wissenschaftliche Akademien, Gelehrtengesellschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The benefits and challenges of community–university engagement - Kush May-Chahal, Floor Mijland and Saskia Postema

PART I: Strategic frameworks for community–university engagement

1. Ushering a new era of development through community–university engagement in India: opportunities,

challenges and policy implications - Anshuman Karol and Nikita Rakhyani

2. Incentivising university senior leadership to invest in community engagement: reflections on the experience

at the universities of Birmingham and Swansea - Martin Stringer

3. What’s in it for whom? Community–university collaborations in engaged education: a case study from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands - Frederique Demeijer, Laura de Groot, Marjolein Zweekhorst

and Geertje Tijsma

4. Engagement ecotone: a call for a recalibration of societal attitudes towards a community–university-driven just city - Craig Lee Martin, Arthur De Jaeger, Mandy Koenraads, Saskia Postema, Pieke Hoekstra, Tako Postma, Gilbert de Nijs,

Theo van Drunen, Jan Paul Peters, Melissa Campos, Madevi Sewnath, Kim My On and Juan Carlos Prazmowski

PART II: Cultural and local contexts in community–university engagement

5. University–community engagement in the Global South: experience on local heritage and citizen science

projects at Universidade Lúrio in Mozambique - Innocent Hakizimana Abubakar

6. Philosophy Outside the Walls: teaching students and society the value of applied philosophy - Yorick Karseboom

7. Service learning in the Philippines: origins, growth and development - Mark Anthony D. Abenir

8. Dance on Prescription: a cultural addition to healthcare and vice versa - Radboud Droog, Marlien Seinstra, Nynke Dölle and Floor Mijland

9. Unshackling minds: applied psychology approaches to community–university engagement in the Caribbean - Tracy A. McFarlane and Sophia S. Morgan

PART III: Capacity building and empowerment through community–university engagement

10. The University for Birmingham: working with citizens to co-create research - Kush May-Chahal and Giulia Pizzolini

11. Nurturing sustainable university–community engagement in Tanzania: lessons from St Augustine University of

Tanzania and University of Dodoma - David Haruna Mrisho and Okechukwu Chukwuma

12. The transformative power of social-artistic co-creation: grassroots innovation through community engagement - Rose Figdor, Wytske Lankester, Hans Schouwenburg and Lisbeth Verharen

13. Science Together with Tunisian communities: co-creating public health interventions - Asma Ferchichi, Hassine Karim Glaied, Siwar Nsibi and Dorra Rezig

14. Rules of engagement: preserving academic values in impactful collaborations with public sector partners - Albert Meijer, Mirko Tobias Schäfer and Floris Bex

Conclusion: Opening the doors for community–university engagement - Kush May-Chahal, Floor Mijland and Saskia Postema

Über Autor(innen)

May-Chahal, Kush
Kusminder Chahal is Senior Research Fellow at the School of Social Sciences at Birmingham City University. His research interests include race and racism, lived experience, hate crime, victim support and service responses and community-based engagement and research. He is an established equality and diversity practitioner and is currently leading on the Birmingham 2029 project - BCUs community-university engagement programme.

Kush May-Chahal is Senior Research Fellow at Birmingham City University. His research, training and knowledge exchange activities include community engagement, hate crime and equality, diversity and inclusion.

Floor Mijland is a teacher, researcher and maker in spaces between different disciplines in the Netherlands. Her interests include interdisciplinarity, and connecting people, knowledges and experiences with HEI and communities.

Saskia Postema is a project manager in Challenge-Based Education at Delft University of Technology. She is experienced in education innovation, particularly promoting transdisciplinary, cross-boundary education and civic engagement.