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    Type of resources
    Podcast episodes
    Education level(s)
    College / Upper Division (Undergraduates), Graduate / Professional, Adult Education
    Primary user(s)
    Student, Teacher, Researcher, DEI Practitioner
    Subject area(s)
    Arts and Humanities, Education, Social Science
    Language(s)
    English
    Cluster
    Academic Structures and Institutions
    Last updated
    16 July 2025
    Podcast episodes

    Joy in academia: centering racialized voices in Dutch and Belgian universities.

    By Zakia Essanhaji, Daudi van Veen, Zehra Çolak, Dounia Bourabain, Onur Şahin

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    Level College / Upper Division (Undergraduates), Graduate / Professional, Adult Education · For Student, Teacher, Researcher, DEI Practitioner · Language English

    Abstract

    Joy in Academia is a podcast series that highlights how racialized academics in the Netherlands and Belgium cultivate joy within academic institutions often shaped by exclusion. Through conversations across fields like law, psychology, and microbiology, guests share how mentorship, teaching, research, and community sustain them. Centered on stories of resistance, belonging, and radical imagination, the podcast reframes academic life through joy rather than struggle, offering accessible role models and new perspectives on equity, diversity, and transformation in higher education.

    Keywords OSCA Awards 2025