What Keeps a University Alive? Resilience and Crisis with Verena Régent

About this episode

Elena Trifan interviews Venera Régent about the resilience of universities during crises and the impact of digital infrastructures on academic life.

In this episode of Protecting Academia at Risk, Elena Trifan speaks with researcher Venera Régent, WPZ Research, about universities living through war, armed conflict, and systemic crisis.The conversation explores the Erasmus+-funded project CLOUD HED - Disaster Resilience in the Higher Education Sector via a Cloud University Model, which investigates how higher education institutions adapt under conditions of disruption and uncertainty. Together, they discuss academic resilience, digital infrastructures, institutional survival, well-being, and the human relationships that sustain academic life in times of crisis.The episode also discusses the forthcoming volume Higher Education in Times of War and Crisis: Institutional Resilience, Responses, and Preparedness in Contexts of Armed Conflict and Systemic Disruption, expected to be published by Brill in late 2026.Listen to the Protecting Academia at Risk podcast series via the CEU Podcast Library:https://podcasts.ceu.edu/series/protecting-academia-risk-towards-new-policy-agenda-thriving-culture-higher-education-europeFollow Protecting Academia at Risk on Facebook and LinkedIn for future episodes and updates.The volume in press…

People in this episode

Host: Elena Trifan

Guest: Venera Régent

Topics covered

• academic resilience
• higher education
• crisis management
• digital infrastructure
• institutional survival
• well-being
• human relationships

Keywords

• university resilience
• armed conflict
• systemic crisis
• higher education adaptation
• CLOUD HED
• Erasmus+
• academic well-being
• institutional responses

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WPZ Research, Brill, CLOUD HED, Erasmus+

Books & works: Higher Education in Times of War and Crisis: Institutional Resilience, Responses, and Preparedness in Contexts of Armed Conflict and Systemic Disruption

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