About
The Higher Education Research Association (HERA) is a leading academic network in higher education within the Asia-Pacific region. Established in 2014, HERA promotes collaboration, joint research, knowledge exchange, and innovation among higher education scholars, graduate students, policymakers, and practitioners with a strong emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region and its engagement with the wider global higher education community. Through its annual academic conferences, HERA provides an important platform for scholarly dialogue on emerging issues, policy developments, and transformations in higher education. The conferences bring together diverse perspectives from across countries and regions while strengthening international research networks and encouraging collaborative responses to common challenges facing higher education. Over the years, HERA conferences have addressed a wide range of themes reflecting changes in the global higher education landscape.
Building on this continuing tradition, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has been selected by the HERA Steering Committee to host the HERA Annual Conference 2027 in Malaysia. The 2027 conference will provide an opportunity to broaden HERA’s engagement beyond its established Asia-Pacific networks by facilitating dialogue between perspectives from the Global South and Global North, particularly around higher education development, partnerships, governance, knowledge exchange, and international cooperation.
Aim
The HERA 2027 International Conference aims to serve as a strategic platform for advancing scholarly and policy discourse among global higher education stakeholders on the development, transformation, and partnership of higher education ecosystems. The conference will facilitate the exchange of knowledge, perspectives, and practices across countries and regions while strengthening collaboration among academia, policymakers, government agencies, industry, and other key stakeholders.
