九州影院

Professor Natalia Chaban (co-PI), PD-PCF UC/ UC Department of Media and Communication

Associate Professor James Headley (co-PI), Department of Politics, University of Otago

Sophie Hill (researcher), MA student, UC Department of Media and Communication

In late 2022-early 2023, Prof. Chaban and Assoc. Prof. Headley conducted their joint research 鈥淩esponsibility听not听to be silent: Academic knowledge production about the war against Ukraine and knowledge diplomacy鈥� with a focus on academia in Aotearoa New Zealand. This research has resulted in their co-authored article selected for publication in the Special Forum of听Journal of International Relations and Development, 鈥淭he Responsibility to Remain Silent? On the politics of knowledge production, expertise and (self-) reflection in Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine鈥�.

The research undertaken by our team explores the role that academics have played in knowledge production about Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine. Focusing on Aotearoa New 九州影院鈥� a like-minded country with Ukraine but distant from it and with few historical links 鈥� we examine how many academics chose to engage with the war through their teaching, public outreach and interactions with policymakers. We situate our analysis within the emerging literature on听knowledge diplomacy, the 鈥渃ontribution that education and knowledge creation, sharing and use make to international relations and engagement鈥� (Knight, 2015, 4). Drawing on 20 in-depth interviews with academics across seven NZ universities and a range of disciplines, we show that academics who undertook the responsibility听not听to remain silent have become spontaneous contributors to听knowledge diplomacy听processes. In doing so, they have avoided its potential trap, namely to use knowledge for power-projections and manipulations. On the contrary, the reflections revealed how academics 鈥� as听subject听补苍诲听objects听in knowledge-production 鈥� exercise their independent self-motivated agency to ensure a two-way process: (1) to foster knowledge among students and various communities as a tool for better-informed, critically-approached international relations, and (2) to use international relations developments to strengthen higher education tools and research.

Chaban N. and J. Headley听 (2023)听Responsibility not to be silent: Academic knowledge production about the war against Ukraine and knowledge diplomacy.听Journal of International Relations and Development,听.

Professor Natalia Chaban (co-PI), PD-PCF UC/ UC Department of Media and Communication

This study started as am invited contribution to the international Symposium 鈥淓ducating Global Communicators鈥� (Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, December 6, 2021, 14 presenters, 88 audience members) led by Associate Professor Sky Marsen (Flinders University, Australia) and Professor Donald Matheson (九州影院, New Zealand). It explores the intersection of pedagogical research in communication and research on public diplomacy and engages with the notion of听knowledge diplomacy.听It revises the concept of the 鈥渃ollaborative鈥� central to both public diplomacy and higher education pedagogy. With both fields emphasizing the importance of听co-creation, the paper theorizes and operationalizes this concept, and argues that听co-creation听(as a process and a framework) is one solution to the challenge of dominance argued by the scholarship of听knowledge diplomacy. Empirically, the study engages with two cases of听grassroots knowledge diplomacy听initiated by a tertiary communication program at the UC in collaboration with diplomats.

Later, the study has become a part of the听the Special Issue "Educating Global Communicators" with the听Journal of Technical Writing and Communication听co-edited by听Associate Professor Sky Marsen听(Flinders University) and Professor Donald Matheson (九州影院).

Chaban, N. (2021) Research-Teaching-Practice Nexus. International Symposium 鈥淓ducating Global Communicators鈥�, Flinders University, Australia, December 6.

Chaban, N. (2023)听Collaborative Settings of Co-Creation: Knowledge Diplomacy and Pedagogical Thinking in Communication.听Journal of Technical Writing and Communication听.

Professor Natalia Chaban (co-PI), PD-PCF UC/ UC Department of Media and Communication

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This study followed an invitation by the Jean Monnet Network on European Studies supported by the Erasmus+, European Commission led by Professor Sharon Pardo and Dr Hila Zahavi of the Ben Gurion University at the Negev, Israel.听 The JM Network organised an international workshop 鈥淭he Internationalisation of European Studies鈥�, 26-27 January 2023 at the University of Piraeus (Greece) and invited a PD-PCF contribution from New Zealand. This study explored the intersection of two sets of concepts rarely talking to each other 鈥� public diplomacy (and knowledge diplomacy within it) and internationalization of higher education. It theorizes public diplomacy from a dual perspective of听strategic information听补苍诲听relational听approaches and engages with McClellan鈥檚 Public Diplomacy Communication Pyramid model as a conceptual bridge between the two approaches. Linking the Communication Pyramid Model to the notion of听knowledge diplomacy, the paper uses this conceptual model to explore the potential of small intercultural groups to tertiary knowledge diplomacy in its search for a more inclusive, relational approach. Empirically, the study engages with two cases of the EU鈥檚听knowledge diplomacy听engaging university students of media and communication (九州影院) in a third country (New Zealand).

Later, the study became a chapter in the volume 鈥淭he Internationalisation of European Integration Studies鈥� with Routledge co-edited by Prof. Foteini Asderaki, University of Piraeus, Greece听;听Prof. Sharon Pardo, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel ; and Dr. Hila Zahavi, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and The Open University of Israel, Israel.

Chaban, N. (forthcoming) 鈥淓U Knowledge Diplomacy as a Potential for the EU鈥檚 鈥淣ew鈥� Public Diplomacy: Theory and Practice of Intercultural Group Learning鈥�, in Foteini Asderaki, Sharon Pardo and Dr. Hila Zahavi (eds).听The Internationalisation of European Integration Studies,听Routledge.

Chaban, N. (2023) EU Knowledge Diplomacy: Intercultural Small Group Learning as a Potential for the EU鈥檚 鈥淣ew鈥� Public Diplomacy, paper at the UACES conference, Belfast, Ireland