ABSTRACT
From Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia to South Sudan, to name only a few countries experiencing violent conflict and war, higher education (HE) systems and institutions are facing devastation and collapse. Barakat and Milton (2015a, p. 1) note that ‘higher education is often an unrecognised casualty of war’. When wars finally end, countries face numerous challenges that require human capital and capacity to stabilize, recover, transform and develop. Universities are places where the necessary capacity can be developed, including critical thinkers, administrators, civil servants, technicians, scientists, doctors, teachers and many other professions.
