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Fostering and developing trust in higher education: Diverse approaches and strategies
Abdulghani Muthanna, Fredrik Olsson, Håkon N. Tandberg & Myint S. Khine
About the book
Trust is an important value and building block in the development of human communities. It is therefore of high importance for institutions that provide education. Trust can enhance further collaboration among the institutions’ stakeholders for human growth. However, the fostering of trust can be challenged by lack of institutional familiarity, interpersonal dynamics, and perceptions of expertise (Sutherland-Harris, Ali & Elkhoury, 2025), as well as hierarchy, vulnerability and reciprocity (e.g., McDonagh & Sanders, 2025). The complex interplay of such dynamics, along with the presence of unequal expertise, the use of power, or pre-conceived self-attitudes, might engender the possible occurrence of ‘vulnerability’ that might be a challenge to building and continuing trust.
This book aims to explore diverse approaches and strategies for fostering trust among colleagues, both locally and internationally, between academic developers/university pedagogues and participants, and within classroom settings between instructors and students, as well as among students themselves. Additionally, we seek to investigate factors that may lead to development and presence of distrust.
We welcome contributions on trust from different angles, but value those that demonstrate how trust is fostered in teaching and research activities through practical examples. Chapters highlighting personal experiences that address both the possibilities and challenges of building and nurturing trust in higher education are particularly welcome.
Vi inviterer deg/dere til å sende inn abstrakt, med foreløpig frist 1. desember. Les mer om prosjektet og relevante frister i vedlagt PDF-fil. Dersom du har spørsmål, ta gjerne kontakt med: hakon.n.tandberg@hiof.no.
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