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About Will Brehm

Dr. Will Brehm is an Associate Professor of Education and International Development at the IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society. He is also an Adjunct Researcher at the Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan) and an Honorary Adjunct Professor at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (Cambodia). He supports the World Bank on education-related projects in Cambodia and Afghanistan. Will holds a Ph.D. in comparative education from the University of Hong Kong. He was awarded a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science postdoctoral research fellowship at the Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo and was an Assistant Professor at the Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan) for three years. While in Tokyo, Will taught at Waseda’s Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies, the University of Tokyo, Keio University, and Sophia University.

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2018, Children, Law, Race, Teachers

Justin Driver
Constitutional Law and Public Schools, Part 2

November 19, 2018 by Will Brehm

2018, Children, Law, Race, Teachers

Justin Driver
Constitutional Law and Public Schools, Part 1

November 12, 2018 by Will Brehm

2018, Debt, Higher Education, Law, Unions

Randi Weingarten
Hyland et al v. Navient: The fight over student debt

Nine public service employees are suing Navient, the student debt service provider, for providing misleading and inaccurate information. They allege that Navient engaged in predatory lending, more interested in turning a profit than finding them the best repayment plan. My guest today is Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. ATF has been […]

November 5, 2018 by Will Brehm

2018, Gender, Human Rights, Yun You

Leta Hong Fincher
Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China

Today we explore the feminist movement in China. My guest is Leta Hong Fincher, an award-winning journalist and scholar. Leta argues that the jailing of the Feminist Five in 2015 was a turning point for the movement. Leta Hong Fincher recently published the book, Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China, published by Verso (2018). Citation: Fincher, […]

October 29, 2018 by Will Brehm

2018, Globalization, Higher Education, Iveta Silova, Sociology

Saskia Sassen
Global cities, climate change, and academic frontiers

October 22, 2018 by Will Brehm

2018, Decolonization, Higher Education, Michele Schweisfurth

Angela Last
The trouble of internationalization and interdisciplinarity

Many universities worldwide hope to internationalize and push faculty to produce knowledge across disciplines. That’s easier said than done. My guest today, Angela Last, looks at these university fads and finds difficult ethical dilemmas that scholars must overcome. Angela Last is Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Leicester. Angela is an interdisciplinary researcher […]

October 15, 2018 by Will Brehm

2018, Globalization, Higher Education, Privatization

Janja Komljenovic
The power of LinkedIn in higher education

Many listeners probably use LinkedIn. That’s the social media website aimed at connecting employers with employees. My guest today, Janja Komljenovic, researches the ways in which LinkedIn is shaped by and shaping higher education. Janja argues that LinkedIn furthers the employability mandate in universities. Janja Komljenovic is a lecturer of higher education at Lancaster University. […]

October 8, 2018 by Will Brehm

2018, Children, Development, Gender

Marni Sommer
Education, Gender and sexual health

October 1, 2018 by Will Brehm

2018, Globalization, Higher Education, Sociology

Oli Mould
Against Creativity

September 24, 2018 by Will Brehm

2018, Debt, Economics, Higher Education, Human Capital, Privatization

Ben Miller
Defaulting on student loans in America

American students are in debt. Some forty-four million Americans collectively hold over $1.4 trillion worth of debt. Those numbers have increased since the Global Financial Crisis from 10 years ago. Today I speak with Ben Miller, a senior director for Postsecondary Education at the Center for American Progress. Ben specializes in higher-education accountability, affordability, and […]

September 17, 2018 by Will Brehm