Aprovechar las desigualdades para construir una asociación sólida: La historia de SISSTEM, una colaboración internacional entre una universidad continental y una pequeña isla estatal

  • Anouk Mertens KU Leuven
  • Nadine Buys
  • Patrick Arens University of Aruba
  • Georges Gielen KU Leuven
  • Eric Mijts University of Aruba, Ghent University, University of Antwerp
Palabras clave: Pequeños Estados insulares; colaboración interuniversitaria; colaboración continental-pequeño Estado insular; Aruba; SISSTEM

Resumen

La literatura sobre colaboraciones interuniversitarias norte-sur enfatiza la necesidad de igualdad entre los socios cuando se aspira a desarrollar asociaciones exitosas y sostenibles. Sin embargo, las universidades del norte suelen diferir en gran medida de sus contrapartes del sur en términos, entre otros, de acceso a recursos y en su escala, y, por tanto, a menudo son intrínsecamente desiguales. Esto es especialmente cierto cuando una universidad de gran escala y renombre en Europa, como KU Leuven, establece una asociación con una universidad joven de pequeña escala ubicada en un pequeño estado insular, como la Universidad de Aruba, para establecer un nuevo instituto de educación e investigación en CTIM (Ciencia, Tecnología, Ingeniería y Matemáticas). En este artículo, investigamos cómo se establece una asociación equitativa y sostenible entre estos institutos, no a pesar de estas desigualdades, sino precisamente reconociendo y capitalizando sus desigualdades. Basándonos en un análisis exploratorio de un estudio de caso mediante entrevistas semiestructuradas, nuestro objetivo es contribuir a la literatura informando sobre esta asociación interuniversitaria continental-pequeño estado insular y aportando conocimiento sobre los impulsores y desafíos críticos más amplios de la asociación.

Biografía del autor/a

Nadine Buys

Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 30 – box 2472, 3001 Leuven, Belgium

Patrick Arens, University of Aruba

Rectorate, University of Aruba, J.E. Irausquinplein 4, Oranjestad, Aruba

Georges Gielen, KU Leuven

Department of Electrical Engineering, Kasteelpark Arenberg 10 – box 2443, 3001 Leuven, Belgium

Eric Mijts, University of Aruba, Ghent University, University of Antwerp

SISSTEM, University of Aruba, J.E. Irausquinplein 4, Oranjestad, Aruba; Department of Languages and Cultures, Ghent University, Blandijnweg 2, 9000 Gent, Belgium; Department of Linguistics, University of Antwerp, Sint-Jacobsmarkt 13, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium

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Publicado
2022-07-29
Cómo citar
Mertens, A., Buys, N., Arens, P., Gielen, G., & Mijts, E. (2022). Aprovechar las desigualdades para construir una asociación sólida: La historia de SISSTEM, una colaboración internacional entre una universidad continental y una pequeña isla estatal . Revista Educación Superior Y Sociedad (ESS), 34(1), 527-552. https://doi.org/10.54674/ess.v34i1.525