Tessa DeLaquil
Dragvoll 1, Bygg 1 - 6 Dragvoll, Trondheim
About
Tessa DeLaquil is associate professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). She is co-editor of the Springer series Debating Higher Education: Philosophical Perspectives, associate editor of the journal Policy Reviews in Higher Education, and Executive Board member of the Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Society (PaTHES). Her research interests include values and ideas of the university, international higher education policy, and international development higher education.
Publications
‘Aid’ to higher education in a multiplex world: Exploring the diversity of donor discourses and rationales
The international development landscape is more ‘multiplex’ today than was the case after WWII. This article considers how this changing landscape has affected aid to higher education in lower-income contexts in relation to the top 15 funders.
Unveiling university-society engagement – university origin stories from Denmark
We draw from Danish university origin stories to unveil the meso societal context in which universities operate. A historically-informed understanding of university-society engagement offers insight into the significance of the university to society
How do deans of humanities understand and enact societal engagement within their broader experiences of leading? A Danish case study
How do deans of faculties of humanities in Denmark understand/enact university-societal engagement while negotiating multiple responsibilities? Responsibilities & personal values scaffolded how they enacted commitment to societal engagement.
2025
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DeLaquil, Tessa;
Thomas, Matthew A. M..
(2025)
Critical discourse analysis (and multimodal discourse analysis).
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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McAlpine, Lynn;
DeLaquil, Tessa;
Bengtsen, Søren SE;
Gibson, Andrew G.
(2025)
Rectors and university-societal engagement: Representing the ‘reality’ of ‘their’ university.
Policy Futures in Education
Academic article
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McAlpine, Lynn;
DeLaquil, Tessa;
Bengtsen, Søren S. E.;
Gibson, Andrew G..
(2025)
How do deans of humanities understand and enact societal engagement within their broader experiences of leading? A Danish case study.
Studies in Higher Education
Academic article
2024
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DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2024)
Thinking with origin stories of Danish universities: Widening the meaning of societal engagement.
Other presentation
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Altbach, Philip G;
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2024)
What do the 2024 Nobel prizes tell us about human society?.
Feature article
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McAlpine, Lynn;
Gibson, Andrew G;
Bengtsen, Søren SE;
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2024)
Valuing humanities: Rethinking the humanities-impact landscape in Denmark.
Arts and Humanities in Higher Education
Academic article
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Schendel, Rebecca;
DeLaquil, Tessa;
Rensimer, Lee;
McCowan, Tristan.
(2024)
‘Aid’ to higher education in a multiplex world: Exploring the diversity of donor discourses and rationales.
International Journal of Educational Development
Academic article
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Wang, Lizhou;
DeLaquil, Tessa;
Wit, Hans de;
Collier, K. Megan.
(2024)
The alternative education pathway to higher education in non-anglophone contexts: themes and implications from a systematic scoping review on IBDP.
Compare
Academic article
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DeLaquil, Tessa;
Bengtsen, Søren S. E.;
Gibson, Andrew G.;
McAlpine, Lynn.
(2024)
Unveiling university-society engagement – university origin stories from Denmark.
European Journal of Higher Education
Academic article
2023
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DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2023)
Thinking about and linking between student development and graduate employment.
Other presentation
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Altbach, Philip G;
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2023)
The 2023 Nobel prizes – What they mean for higher education.
Feature article
-
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2023)
Understanding Values & Ideas of the University in International Organisational Policy Discourse - ProQuest.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
Doctoral dissertation
2022
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Altbach, Philip G;
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2022)
What the Nobels tell us about science and higher education.
Feature article
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DeLaquil, Tessa;
Gelashvili, Maia;
Altbach, Philip G;
Blanco, Gerardo;
Wit, Hans de;
Schendel, Rebecca.
(2022)
The future of international higher education and academic collaboration: Strong partnerships for common goals.
Other
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Altbach, Philip;
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2022)
Book review: Neo-Nationalism and Universities: Populists, autocrats, and the future of higher education, by John Aubrey Douglass.
London Review of Education
Academic article
2021
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DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2021)
Loneliness & collegiality: Being political in higher education.
Other presentation
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DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2021)
Loneliness & collegiality: In the time of pandemics and polarisation.
Other presentation
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DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2021)
Loneliness and collegiality in the academy: Isolated by a neoliberal ideology.
Other
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Altbach, Philip G;
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2021)
The 2021 Nobels: Lessons for HE, science and society.
Feature article
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DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2021)
Long way to go for parity for women in HE leadership.
Feature article
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DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2021)
Undervaluing doctoral education post-COVID brings risks.
Feature article
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Schendel, Rebecca;
DeLaquil, Tessa;
Helms, Robin M;
Godwin, Kara.
(2021)
Women’s representation in higher education around the world.
Other
2020
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DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2020)
Academic activism: Democratization of the university.
Other presentation
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DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2020)
Towards human rights for the stateless in higher education.
Other presentation
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DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2020)
Foundations of a new academic activism: Habermasian democratization of the university.
Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Society
Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Society
Compendium
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DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2020)
Reflecting on the methodological dualism in higher education research.
Other
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DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2020)
Neo-nationalism is a threat to academic cooperation.
Feature article
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DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2020)
Towards Human Rights and Human Dignity for the Stateless in Higher Education.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Unangst, Lisa;
Ergin, Hakan;
Khajarian, Araz;
DeLaquil, Tessa;
Wit, Hans de.
(2020)
Refugees and Higher Education.
Brill | Sense
Brill | Sense
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
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Wang, Lizhou;
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2020)
The isolation of doctoral education in the times of COVID-19: recommendations for building relationships within person-environment theory.
Higher Education Research and Development
Academic article
Journal publications
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McAlpine, Lynn;
DeLaquil, Tessa;
Bengtsen, Søren SE;
Gibson, Andrew G.
(2025)
Rectors and university-societal engagement: Representing the ‘reality’ of ‘their’ university.
Policy Futures in Education
Academic article
-
McAlpine, Lynn;
DeLaquil, Tessa;
Bengtsen, Søren S. E.;
Gibson, Andrew G..
(2025)
How do deans of humanities understand and enact societal engagement within their broader experiences of leading? A Danish case study.
Studies in Higher Education
Academic article
-
Altbach, Philip G;
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2024)
What do the 2024 Nobel prizes tell us about human society?.
Feature article
-
McAlpine, Lynn;
Gibson, Andrew G;
Bengtsen, Søren SE;
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2024)
Valuing humanities: Rethinking the humanities-impact landscape in Denmark.
Arts and Humanities in Higher Education
Academic article
-
Schendel, Rebecca;
DeLaquil, Tessa;
Rensimer, Lee;
McCowan, Tristan.
(2024)
‘Aid’ to higher education in a multiplex world: Exploring the diversity of donor discourses and rationales.
International Journal of Educational Development
Academic article
-
Wang, Lizhou;
DeLaquil, Tessa;
Wit, Hans de;
Collier, K. Megan.
(2024)
The alternative education pathway to higher education in non-anglophone contexts: themes and implications from a systematic scoping review on IBDP.
Compare
Academic article
-
DeLaquil, Tessa;
Bengtsen, Søren S. E.;
Gibson, Andrew G.;
McAlpine, Lynn.
(2024)
Unveiling university-society engagement – university origin stories from Denmark.
European Journal of Higher Education
Academic article
-
Altbach, Philip G;
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2023)
The 2023 Nobel prizes – What they mean for higher education.
Feature article
-
Altbach, Philip G;
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2022)
What the Nobels tell us about science and higher education.
Feature article
-
Altbach, Philip;
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2022)
Book review: Neo-Nationalism and Universities: Populists, autocrats, and the future of higher education, by John Aubrey Douglass.
London Review of Education
Academic article
-
Altbach, Philip G;
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2021)
The 2021 Nobels: Lessons for HE, science and society.
Feature article
-
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2021)
Long way to go for parity for women in HE leadership.
Feature article
-
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2021)
Undervaluing doctoral education post-COVID brings risks.
Feature article
-
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2020)
Neo-nationalism is a threat to academic cooperation.
Feature article
-
Wang, Lizhou;
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2020)
The isolation of doctoral education in the times of COVID-19: recommendations for building relationships within person-environment theory.
Higher Education Research and Development
Academic article
Books
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Unangst, Lisa;
Ergin, Hakan;
Khajarian, Araz;
DeLaquil, Tessa;
Wit, Hans de.
(2020)
Refugees and Higher Education.
Brill | Sense
Brill | Sense
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Part of book/report
-
DeLaquil, Tessa;
Thomas, Matthew A. M..
(2025)
Critical discourse analysis (and multimodal discourse analysis).
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
DeLaquil, Tessa;
Gelashvili, Maia;
Altbach, Philip G;
Blanco, Gerardo;
Wit, Hans de;
Schendel, Rebecca.
(2022)
The future of international higher education and academic collaboration: Strong partnerships for common goals.
Other
-
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2021)
Loneliness and collegiality in the academy: Isolated by a neoliberal ideology.
Other
-
Schendel, Rebecca;
DeLaquil, Tessa;
Helms, Robin M;
Godwin, Kara.
(2021)
Women’s representation in higher education around the world.
Other
-
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2020)
Reflecting on the methodological dualism in higher education research.
Other
-
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2020)
Towards Human Rights and Human Dignity for the Stateless in Higher Education.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
-
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2023)
Understanding Values & Ideas of the University in International Organisational Policy Discourse - ProQuest.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
Doctoral dissertation
-
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2020)
Foundations of a new academic activism: Habermasian democratization of the university.
Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Society
Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Society
Compendium
UTSTILLING
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DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2024)
Thinking with origin stories of Danish universities: Widening the meaning of societal engagement.
Other presentation
-
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2023)
Thinking about and linking between student development and graduate employment.
Other presentation
-
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2021)
Loneliness & collegiality: Being political in higher education.
Other presentation
-
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2021)
Loneliness & collegiality: In the time of pandemics and polarisation.
Other presentation
-
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2020)
Academic activism: Democratization of the university.
Other presentation
-
DeLaquil, Tessa.
(2020)
Towards human rights for the stateless in higher education.
Other presentation
Teaching
Courses
Outreach
CGHE Webinar: Challenging the “single story” in a multiplex world: nuancing conceptualisations of aid and partnership in the higher education sector
This webinar will nuance the current donor narrative by presenting the findings of a qualitative study, focused on the top fifteen funders of higher education in low- and middle-income countries between 2011 and 2020 (based on available OECD data).
Economic-developmental value capture of IOs in higher ed policy
Examines the role of the World Bank and UNESCO as influential international organisations in global governance of higher education, by analysing 25 years of policy documents, showing how IOs wield power by framing the purpose & function of universities
2025
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LectureDeLaquil, Tessa; Wit, Hans de. (2025) Knowledge securitisation policies in international academic collaboration: Geopolitical obstacles to academic freedom. Centre for Studies in Higher Education Webinar Series , Online 2025-03-03 - 2025-03-03
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Academic lectureDeLaquil, Tessa. (2025) Newman’s idea of the university as model: Tensions between utopian and ideological thinking. The Creative University , Trinity College Dublin 2025-06-09 - 2025-06-11
2024
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LectureDeLaquil, Tessa. (2024) The role of faith-based actors in international development education: Theorising shared purposes and values in religion and international development cooperation. University College Dublin School of Education Research Seminar Series , University College Dublin 2024-11-17 - 2024-11-17
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LectureSchendel, Rebecca; DeLaquil, Tessa; Rensimer, Lee; McCowan, Tristan. (2024) Challenging the “single story” in a multiplex world: nuancing conceptualisations of aid and partnership in the higher education sector | Centre for Global Higher Education. Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE) Seminar , Online 2024-06-17 - 2024-06-17
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LectureDeLaquil, Tessa. (2024) Knowledge vs. knowing in ontological conceptualisations of the university. Ontology of the University Seminar Series , Online 2024-01-21 - 2024-01-21
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Academic lectureDeLaquil, Tessa. (2024) Economic-developmental value capture of the university in World Bank & UNESCO higher education policy. Emerging Scholars Global Governance of Education Symposium , Online 2024-11-12 - 2024-11-12
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Academic lectureDeLaquil, Tessa; Bengtsen, Søren; Gibson, Andrew; Nuriler, Hatice. (2024) Forest ramblings*: The university as a world-becoming. Higher Education Brought to Life , Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim 2024-06-10 - 2024-06-12
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Academic lectureDeLaquil, Tessa; Bengtsen, Søren; Gibson, Andrew; McAlpine, Lynn. (2024) Unveiling university-society engagement through university origins: Connected stories of university & society in Denmark. Dansk Universitetspædagogisk Netværk Conference , Bredsten 2024-05-22 - 2024-05-23
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Academic lectureDeLaquil, Tessa. (2024) Theorising value capture of ideas of the university in international organisational policy discourse within the SAIOS framework. Rethinking the Geopolitics of Higher Education , University College London, Institute of Education 2024-03-24 - 2024-03-24
2023
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PosterDeLaquil, Tessa; Nuriler, Hatice. (2023) Joining a project-team, finding questions. What is my research problem? Danish School of Education Autumn Symposium , Aarhus University 2023-11-21 - 2023-11-21
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LectureDeLaquil, Tessa. (2023) Understanding values and ideas of the university in international organisational policy discourse: Genre flipping from dissertation monograph to paper-sized stories. Brown Bag Seminar Series for Early Career Researchers , Online 2023-10-31 - 2023-10-31
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Academic lectureDeLaquil, Tessa. (2023) Solidarity within and without political structures: Making distinctions between international justice and collective responsibility. Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Conference , University of Gdańsk 2023-06-12 - 2023-06-14
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Academic lectureLally, Marisa; DeLaquil, Tessa. (2023) Examining discourses of power and value in EU-ASEAN higher education cooperation policy and programs. WES-CIHE Conference , Boston College 2023-06-05 - 2023-06-06
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Academic lectureDeLaquil, Tessa. (2023) Finding the edges of “publicness” for the concept of public goods in higher education. Symposium on Higher Education as a Public Good , Online 2023-03-27 - 2023-03-27
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Academic lectureDeLaquil, Tessa. (2023) The influence of values and ideas of the university in international organisational policy on academic research internationalisation and the internationalisation of higher education. CIHE-THUAS Symposium , The Hague University of Applied Sciences 2023-01-20 - 2025-10-21
2022
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Academic lectureMcCowan, Tristan; Rensimer, Lee; DeLaquil, Tessa. (2022) Mapping the complex flows of international aid to higher education. British Association for International and Comparative Education , University of Edinburgh 2022-09-12 - 2022-09-14
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Academic lectureDeLaquil, Tessa. (2022) The crisis of the university: Risking provision of global public goods by higher education. Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Conference , University of Uppsala 2022-06-06 - 2022-06-08
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Academic lectureDeLaquil, Tessa. (2022) Defending the idea of the university against technocracy: Can the academic public sphere be properly digitalised?. Comparative International Education Society Conference , Online 2022-04-18 - 2022-04-21
2021
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LectureDeLaquil, Tessa; Schendel, Rebecca. (2021) Women’s leadership in higher education: Global opportunity, global challenge | Centre for Global Higher Education. Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE) Seminar 223 , Online 2021-07-05 - 2021-07-05
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Academic lectureDeLaquil, Tessa. (2021) International higher education in the global public sphere: Secular, plural, participatory. Society of Transnational Scholars (STAR) Global Conference , Online 2021-12-09 - 2021-12-11