The Open Society University Network Hubs for Connected Learning Initiatives (Hubs) are co-led by Bard College and BRAC University’s Center for Peace and Justice, with Arizona State University, Bard College Berlin, and Princeton’s Global History Lab as key partners. The Hubs deliver learner-centered, contextualized programming that is innovative in its use of technology to support participants in low-resource settings and builds local capacity to support implementation. The Hubs currently operate in Eastern Africa, the MENA region, and South Asia.
What We Do
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The OSUN Hubs Capacity Building works to develop programs such as Facilitator Training, a program that empowers Refugees into educational leaders; Researcher Training, a collaboration project with the Rift Valley Institute (RVI) that prepares Refugees with research skills; and Refugee-led Organizations (RLO's) Capacity Building, a training process in which the OSUN Hubs works with those running the RLO's in all of its facets of program implementation,
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Higher education offerings in the form of a university preparatory program and interdisciplinary course clusters that result in transferable credits accumulation, official transcripts, and OSUN certificates of completion for students who have been unable to access a bachelor’s degree.
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A refugee- and host community-led research hub to support local training in qualitative and quantitative approaches and to develop locally-situated research. Research supports the Hubs’ wider advocacy efforts by raising awareness of the barriers and challenges that refugees face.
Current Events
There are no scheduled events at this time.