Ahmad Akkad
Biographic Data
| ID | 4471735 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ahmad Akkad |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ahmad |
| FAMILY NAME | Akkad |
| SIGNATURE | AKKAD A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1998-0144 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Designing diary studies for academics and other ‘busy’ professionals: Challenging assumptions via the work-related diary design framework (WDDF)
The justification for decisions taken when designing diary studies receives limited commentary in the existing literature. However, where design decisions are recounted, often concerns are expressed relating to potential failure of diary studies, especially in studies with ‘busy’ participants such as work-related studies. Several assumptions about the ramifications of diary design decisions underlie these concerns, but they need to be surfaced an…
Expectations of independence from the outset? The discourse of researcher independence in the pre-application stage of doctoral admissions
This paper explores how the discourse of ‘researcher independence’ operates in the pre-application stage of doctoral recruitment. Drawing on semi-structured interview data from an institutional case study of pre-admissions practice at a UK Russell Group university, we examine how doctoral programme officers and academic directors of doctoral programmes interact with enquiries from pre-applicants. Our Foucauldian-inspired analysis demonstrates tha…
International academic mobility and the temporality of contribution: A morphogenetic analysis of returnee scholars’ engagement in higher education
While international academic mobility is recognised for personal development and career advancement, existing literature often treats returnee scholars’ contributions to their home institutions as an automatic outcome of mobility. Moving beyond this linear assumption, this paper argues that returnee contributions are not a simple transfer of knowledge but are temporally situated enactments of reflexive agency shaped by the structural and chronopo…
Towards a critical approach to diaspora engagement in teaching and education development in conflict-affected contexts
Diaspora academics have a strong desire and sense of responsibility to support teaching and higher education development in their conflict-affected countries of origin. However, they continually navigate complex local and global dynamics that influence their engagement. Specifically, diaspora academics may find themselves caught between local exclusionary dynamics that could delegitimise their efforts and global decolonial movements that may prob…
Displaced academics’ mobility and translocational positionalities: ‘Academic Poverty’, ‘Academic Death’, and ‘Academic Re-Existence’
There is abundant research on academic mobility, yet the displacement of academics remains neglected within mobility frameworks, despite being a significant form of scholarly movement. Existing research tends to homogenise displaced academics’ experiences through deficit-focused narratives that emphasise loss and marginalisation. This paper expands academic mobility frameworks to account for displacement as a dynamic, non-linear process, offering…
FIT Higher education (for) reconstruction: Contributions of displaced Syrian academics for, in , and through higher education in conflict-affected Syria
The potential contribution of displaced academics to higher education (for) reconstruction is overlooked. Informed by the Capability Approach, this paper explores the perceived and imagined contribution of 20 displaced Syrian academics to higher education reconstruction in Syria from an insider perspective. The paper argues that displaced academics navigate structures to informally contribute to higher education. Displaced academics’ capabilities…
Seeking supervisability: The inclusivity implications of doctoral supervisors’ engagement with prospective applicants prior to formal admissions
In doctoral admissions research, a neglected stage is the informal phase which precedes the submission of a formal application, and which involves the circulation of various communications about admissions; we term this stage 'pre-application doctoral communications' (PADC). Due to the informality of PADC, there are inclusivity concerns about the potential for prospective applicants to be screened out of even applying for doctoral education. Supe…
Pre-application doctoral communications: A Missing Dimension in Research on Doctoral Admissions
This paper makes a novel contribution to international doctoral education scholarship by offering a detailed examination of preapplication doctoral communications (PADC) between prospective applicants and various university staff members. While PADC is currently an under-considered phenomenon within extant research literature, the paper argues that it ought to be conceived of as an important subset of doctoral admissions practices. Given the poss…
International student mobility and poverty reduction: A qualitative study of the mechanisms of systemic change
International study and democratic consciousness: From formation to engagement
Exploring the role of HE teachers as change agents in the reconstruction of post-conflict Syria
This article explores Syrian higher education (HE) teachers’ perceptions of their role as change agents in the reconstruction of post-conflict Syria. It utilises the notions of ‘change agent’ and ‘strategic competence’ (previously developed in relation to academics by Idahosa and Vincent) for exploring HE teachers’ capacity to contribute to the post-conflict reconstruction of Syria. This article is based on a small-scale, qualitative study using …
How do international student returnees contribute to the development of their home countries? A systematic mapping and thematic synthesis
This study investigates the significant yet under-examined role of international student returnees in catalysing societal development in their home countries. Through systematic mapping and thematic synthesis of 53 articles selected from an initial pool of 1515, this review delineates the literature’s portrayal of returnees’ impacts across various domains, including firm growth, industrial innovation, higher education, research, social diversity,…
Academics in Exile: Networks, Knowledge Exchange, and New Forms of Internationalization. By Vera Axyonova, Florian Kohstall, and Carola Richter
Journal Article Academics in Exile: Networks, Knowledge Exchange, and New Forms of Internationalization. By Vera Axyonova, Florian Kohstall, and Carola Richter Get access Academics in Exile: Networks, Knowledge Exchange, and New Forms of Internationalization. By Vera Axyonova Florian Kohstall Carola Richter. Bielefel: transcript Verlag, 2022. 278pp. $40.00. ISBN 978 3 8394 6089 4 (e-book), ISBN 978 3 8376 6089 0 (print version). Ahmad Akkad Ahmad…
FIT Higher education (for) reconstruction: Contributions of displaced Syrian academics for, in , and through higher education in conflict-affected Syria
The potential contribution of displaced academics to higher education (for) reconstruction is overlooked. Informed by the Capability Approach, this paper explores the perceived and imagined contribution of 20 displaced Syrian academics to higher education reconstruction in Syria from an insider perspective. The paper argues that displaced academics navigate structures to informally contribute to higher education. Displaced academics’ capabilities…
Pre-application doctoral communications: A Missing Dimension in Research on Doctoral Admissions
This paper makes a novel contribution to international doctoral education scholarship by offering a detailed examination of preapplication doctoral communications (PADC) between prospective applicants and various university staff members. While PADC is currently an under-considered phenomenon within extant research literature, the paper argues that it ought to be conceived of as an important subset of doctoral admissions practices. Given the poss…
International student mobility and poverty reduction: A qualitative study of the mechanisms of systemic change
Academics in Exile: Networks, Knowledge Exchange, and New Forms of Internationalization. By Vera Axyonova, Florian Kohstall, and Carola Richter
Journal Article Academics in Exile: Networks, Knowledge Exchange, and New Forms of Internationalization. By Vera Axyonova, Florian Kohstall, and Carola Richter Get access Academics in Exile: Networks, Knowledge Exchange, and New Forms of Internationalization. By Vera Axyonova Florian Kohstall Carola Richter. Bielefel: transcript Verlag, 2022. 278pp. $40.00. ISBN 978 3 8394 6089 4 (e-book), ISBN 978 3 8376 6089 0 (print version). Ahmad Akkad Ahmad…
Exploring the role of HE teachers as change agents in the reconstruction of post-conflict Syria
This article explores Syrian higher education (HE) teachers’ perceptions of their role as change agents in the reconstruction of post-conflict Syria. It utilises the notions of ‘change agent’ and ‘strategic competence’ (previously developed in relation to academics by Idahosa and Vincent) for exploring HE teachers’ capacity to contribute to the post-conflict reconstruction of Syria. This article is based on a small-scale, qualitative study using …
How do international student returnees contribute to the development of their home countries? A systematic mapping and thematic synthesis
This study investigates the significant yet under-examined role of international student returnees in catalysing societal development in their home countries. Through systematic mapping and thematic synthesis of 53 articles selected from an initial pool of 1515, this review delineates the literature’s portrayal of returnees’ impacts across various domains, including firm growth, industrial innovation, higher education, research, social diversity,…
Seeking supervisability: The inclusivity implications of doctoral supervisors’ engagement with prospective applicants prior to formal admissions
In doctoral admissions research, a neglected stage is the informal phase which precedes the submission of a formal application, and which involves the circulation of various communications about admissions; we term this stage 'pre-application doctoral communications' (PADC). Due to the informality of PADC, there are inclusivity concerns about the potential for prospective applicants to be screened out of even applying for doctoral education. Supe…
Pre-application doctoral communications: A Missing Dimension in Research on Doctoral Admissions
This paper makes a novel contribution to international doctoral education scholarship by offering a detailed examination of preapplication doctoral communications (PADC) between prospective applicants and various university staff members. While PADC is currently an under-considered phenomenon within extant research literature, the paper argues that it ought to be conceived of as an important subset of doctoral admissions practices. Given the poss…
International student mobility and poverty reduction: A qualitative study of the mechanisms of systemic change
International study and democratic consciousness: From formation to engagement
Designing diary studies for academics and other ‘busy’ professionals: Challenging assumptions via the work-related diary design framework (WDDF)
The justification for decisions taken when designing diary studies receives limited commentary in the existing literature. However, where design decisions are recounted, often concerns are expressed relating to potential failure of diary studies, especially in studies with ‘busy’ participants such as work-related studies. Several assumptions about the ramifications of diary design decisions underlie these concerns, but they need to be surfaced an…
Expectations of independence from the outset? The discourse of researcher independence in the pre-application stage of doctoral admissions
This paper explores how the discourse of ‘researcher independence’ operates in the pre-application stage of doctoral recruitment. Drawing on semi-structured interview data from an institutional case study of pre-admissions practice at a UK Russell Group university, we examine how doctoral programme officers and academic directors of doctoral programmes interact with enquiries from pre-applicants. Our Foucauldian-inspired analysis demonstrates tha…
International academic mobility and the temporality of contribution: A morphogenetic analysis of returnee scholars’ engagement in higher education
While international academic mobility is recognised for personal development and career advancement, existing literature often treats returnee scholars’ contributions to their home institutions as an automatic outcome of mobility. Moving beyond this linear assumption, this paper argues that returnee contributions are not a simple transfer of knowledge but are temporally situated enactments of reflexive agency shaped by the structural and chronopo…
Towards a critical approach to diaspora engagement in teaching and education development in conflict-affected contexts
Diaspora academics have a strong desire and sense of responsibility to support teaching and higher education development in their conflict-affected countries of origin. However, they continually navigate complex local and global dynamics that influence their engagement. Specifically, diaspora academics may find themselves caught between local exclusionary dynamics that could delegitimise their efforts and global decolonial movements that may prob…
Displaced academics’ mobility and translocational positionalities: ‘Academic Poverty’, ‘Academic Death’, and ‘Academic Re-Existence’
There is abundant research on academic mobility, yet the displacement of academics remains neglected within mobility frameworks, despite being a significant form of scholarly movement. Existing research tends to homogenise displaced academics’ experiences through deficit-focused narratives that emphasise loss and marginalisation. This paper expands academic mobility frameworks to account for displacement as a dynamic, non-linear process, offering…
FIT Higher education (for) reconstruction: Contributions of displaced Syrian academics for, in , and through higher education in conflict-affected Syria
The potential contribution of displaced academics to higher education (for) reconstruction is overlooked. Informed by the Capability Approach, this paper explores the perceived and imagined contribution of 20 displaced Syrian academics to higher education reconstruction in Syria from an insider perspective. The paper argues that displaced academics navigate structures to informally contribute to higher education. Displaced academics’ capabilities…
Higher education (8 works) · Higher Education Governance and Development (6 works) · Qualitative research (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees (3 works)