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dr. L.W. (Lourens) van Haaften

Assistant professor

Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences

Telephone:

+31 50 36 37169

E-mail:

l.w.van.haaften rug.nl

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Publications

Review (English): Maren Elfert and Christian Ydesen, Global Governance of Education: The Historical and Contemporary Entanglements of UNESCO, the OECD and the World Bank

van Haaften, L., 10-Feb-2025, In: Nordic Journal of Educational History. 12, 1, p. 1-6 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Academic

Universities as sites of nationhood: Rethinking the role of higher education in Post-Colonial State Formation in India

van Haaften, L., 26-Mar-2025.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Academic

Chinese educational psychologists in the transnational circulation of psychometric testing in the early 20th century

Wang, Y., Van Ruyskensvelde, S. & van Haaften, L., 1-Nov-2024.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Academic

Managing the Green Revolution: Management Knowledge and Indian Agriculture: 1963-1975

van Haaften, L., 9-Mar-2024, In: Comparativ : Zeitschrift für Globalgeschichte und Vergleichende Gesellschaftsforschung. 33, 5-6, p. 640-656 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Spearheading India’s educational future: The Ford Foundation and the transnational networks of educational policy in the 1950s

van Haaften, L., 1-Nov-2024.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Academic

The Ford Foundation and educational development in early post- colonial India, 1951-1963

van Haaften, L., 23-Sept-2024, Rockefeller Archive Center Research Reports. 12 p. (Rockefeller Archive Center Research Reports)

Research output: Book/Report › Report › Academic › peer-review

The Ford Foundation and Educational Reform in Early Post-colonial India: Transnational Influences Amid Cold War Dynamics

van Haaften, L., 1-Jul-2024, (Submitted) In: Paedagogica Historica. International Journal of the History of Education.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

The Making of the First IIMs: the Management School as a Boundary Object

van Haaften, L., 2024, Managing India: The Idea of IIMs and its Changing Contexts. Babu, R. R. & Thakur, M. (eds.). Routledge, p. 17-31 15 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

Universities as sites of nationhood: the role of higher education in post-colonial state formation in India

van Haaften, L., 10-Jul-2024.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Academic

How European Think Tanks Think About India: A Perceptions Study, 2008–2017

van Haaften, L. & Goddeeris, I., 20-Jun-2023, India and Europe in a Changing World: Context, Confrontation, Cooperation. Jain, R. K. (ed.). Singapore: Palgrave MacMillan, p. 483-507 25 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

All (20) publications

Press/media

Behind the Indian media’s call for “happy reading” - comments on the New Education Policy of 2023

van Haaften, L.

14/12/2023

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

Sloppenwijken India gesloopt, zodat regeringsleiders G20 'niet te veel narigheid zien'

van Haaften, L.

07/09/2023

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

Maanlanding grote stap voor India: 'Ze horen nu bij de grote jongens'

van Haaften, L.

23/08/2023

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

Luister dan ook eens naar de leraar: het is juist níet de politiek die de crisis in het onderwijs kan oplossen

van Haaften, L.

18/06/2023

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

Niet alle zendelingen hoeven van hun sokkel geslagen te worden, maar sommige beelden verdienen wel uitleg

van Haaften, L. & Goddeeris, I.

23/11/2021

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Academic

Modi’s new education policy: a next step in the Saffronisation of India?

van Haaften, L. & Athreya, A.

26/08/2020

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Popular

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