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Kimberley Waechtler

Doctoral Research Fellow - Department of Education
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Room 540
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Visiting address Sem Sælands vei 7 Helga Engs hus 0371 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1092 Blindern 0317 Oslo
Other affiliations Faculty of Educational Sciences (Student)

Academic interests

I study how higher education is organized in Europe, focusing on temporality in European University Alliances. The provisional title of my PhD thesis is:
"The European Universities Initiative: Building Universities of the Future on Borrowed Time; Between projects and proto-institutions".

Themes included but are not limitet to:

  • Governance and internationalisation of higher education
  • Quality assurance and policy in higher education

Background

Employment history

  • 2025-present: Research Fellow at the Department of Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oslo (Norway)
  • 2021–2025: European Master's Project Lead for European Joint Master's Degree in Sustainable Management Inspired by the Sea, for the SEA-EU Alliance - University of Brest (France)
  • 2023–2024: Rector's Delegate for Internationalisation and Mobility, University of Brest (France)
  • 2018–2025: International Relations Faculty Coordinator, University of Brest, Faculty of Management (France)
  • 2018–2025: Lecturer in English for Business, University of Brest, Faculty of Management (France)
  • 2008–2018: English Instructor at various HE institutions (Strasbourg University, University of Rennes 2 (France), as well as in secondary schools (France and Germany).

Education

  • 2025–present: PhD in Education, Department of Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oslo (Norway)
  • 2014–2016: MA Language Education and Policy, Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris (France) & Université de Strasbourg (France) - 2:1 equivalent
  • 2008–2012: BA Hons. European Studies (French & German), University of Bath (UK) - 2:1, including 1-year internship

Appointments

  • 2023–2025: Elected member of the Board of Studies and Student Life (CFVU), Université de Bretagne Occidentale (France)
  • 2023–2025: Elected member of the Faculty Management Board, IAE Brest, Université de Bretagne Occidentale (France)
  • 2020–2025: Member of the Joint Programmes Working Group, and of the Expert Group for Automatic Academic Recognition within the SEA-EU Alliance (representing the University of Brest, France)
  • 2023–2024: Leader of SEA-EU Alliance Task on Mobility and Led Expert Group for Mobility Experts (representing the University of Brest, France)

 

Tags: Higher education, Internationalisation of studies, Organizational analysis, Organizational Change, Academic development, Quality systems in higher education
Published Sep. 10, 2025 9:52 AM - Last modified June 16, 2026 10:14 AM