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SJD (Maurer School of Law, Indiana University)


M.Sc. Global History (Erasmus Mundus Scholar- London School of Economics)


M.A. Global Studies (Erasmus Mundus Scholar - University of Leipzig)


M.A. Social Work (Delhi University)


B.A. Economics (University of Pune)

Prof. (Dr.) Kalyani Unkule

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Email kunkule@jgu.edu.in
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ORCID ID 0000-0002-2518-2889
Key Expertise Intercultural Dialogue, Higher Education Internationalisation, Spirituality and Learning.

SJD (Maurer School of Law, Indiana University)


M.Sc. Global History (Erasmus Mundus Scholar- London School of Economics)


M.A. Global Studies (Erasmus Mundus Scholar - University of Leipzig)


M.A. Social Work (Delhi University)


B.A. Economics (University of Pune)


Biography

Kalyani Unkule is Professor at O.P. Jindal Global University and Visiting Professor, ISDE Law School in Spain, Stockholm University Faculty of Law in Sweden. She is also an honorary member of the National Academy for International Education. Having completed her BA and MA degrees respectively in Economics and Social Work, in 2007 she was awarded the Erasmus Mundus scholarship to pursue MA/MSc Global Studies at London School of Economics and University of Leipzig. Returning to India in 2010, she held positions in Government and consulting before joining Jindal Global University in 2012. In 2011, Kalyani founded The Whiteboard Initiative to encourage stronger Higher Education ties between India and Europe, with support from the European Commission and her Erasmus Mundus alumni community. Her doctoral dissertation at Maurer School of Law, Indiana University, was titled “Cooperation in the International System: An Interdisciplinary Investigation at the Intersection of International Relations and International Law”. She is the author of Internationalising the University: A Spiritual Approach, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2019 and a recipient of the Commonwealth Peace and Reconciliation Challenge Grant.

Cross-Cultural Negotiation

World-Orders and Disorders

International Relations

Foundations of Social Science

Decolonising Research and Knowledge Creation

The East-West Encounter

Memory, Legacy, Hindsight in Social Science

History of Economic Thought

Post-hegemonic International Relations

Life Skills and Vocation

Winner of Commonwealth Peace and Reconciliation Challenge Grant

Member, National Academy for International Education, IIE
 

ISDE, Spain

Stockholm University, Sweden
 

Faculty and Practitioner Training Programs conducted for:

NAFSA; Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, USA; Institute for Campus and Curriculum Internationalization, Indiana University; British Council Arts Team; Essex University, UK; IFIM University, India; Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India
 

Book proposal reviewer with leading academic presses.

So Long, London! In Untold Stories of International Students, Bloomsbury (Forthcoming) Ten Stage Transcendence of the North South Illusion in Global North South Dichotomies in Higher Education, Routledge, 2025

FreshEd Podcast Recommended: Why I use an Education Podcast to teach International Relations

University World News: Internationalising of HE for society comes of age

University World News: An opportunity to change international higher education?

Critical Internationalisation Studies Newsletter: Three-part series titled “You Don’t Build Bridges to Safe and Familiar Territories”: Study Abroad Practice Based in Reconciliation as Falling Apart.

Experiencing Place for Experiential Learning. Journal of College and Character, 24(4), 383–387

Edited Volume: Research with international students: Critical conceptual and methodological considerations (Routledge Series Internationalization in Higher Education, Forthcoming 2023, co-edited with Jenna Mittelmeier and Sylvie Lomer).

Reflecting on Critical Considerations for Research with International Students as a Subfield with Jenna Mittelmeier, Sylvie Lomer, Critical Internationalisation Studies Review, Vol 2. No. 1 (2023)

From nowhere to now-here: Academic Nomadism between defiance and continuity in Borderlands: The Internationalisation of Higher Education Teaching Practices, Springer 2022.

Redesigning Internationalisation with Beginner’s Mind, Critical Internationalisation Studies Review, June 2022

Pluralising Mobility: Women Pilgrims and Wandering Bodhisattvas, Journal of International Students, January 2022

Decolonizing the Spirit in Education and Beyond: Resistance and Solidarity, Editors: Wane, Njoki Nathani, Todorova, Miglena, Todd, Kimberly L. in Journal of College and Character, November 2021

Transforming research excellence: new ideas from the Global South Educational Review, September 2020.

Internationalising the University: A Spiritual Approach, Palgrave Macmillan 2019.

Seeing all beings as oneself: internationalizing higher education for universal harmony January 2018 special issue of Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad.
Email kunkule@jgu.edu.in
ORCID ID 0000-0002-2518-2889
Key Expertise Intercultural Dialogue, Higher Education Internationalisation, Spirituality and Learning.
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