The pandemic has rapidly changed the world, making it one rife with online activity and information abundance. Education systems must be modified to match this new world. It must cater to the entrepreneurial, competitive, and independent generation that thrives in this world.In this podcast, Susana Gonçalves and Suzanne Majhanovich discuss their book <a href='https://brill.com/view/title/62069'>Pandemic, Disruption and Adjustment in Higher Education</a> and talk about the changing needs of students today, the challenges of tailoring higher education to be in tandem with the growing world of technology, and how to maintain integrity and mental health in the face of it all. Guests: <a href='https://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org/2017/02/24/susana-goncalves-profile/'>Susana Gonçalves</a> and <a href='https://www.edu.uwo.ca/faculty-profiles/suzanne-majhanovich.html'>Suzanne Majhanovich</a> Host: <a href='https://www.leighgiangreco.com/about'>Leigh Giangreco</a>

“Quality Education” Episode 5: A Guide to Administering Distance Learning, with Dr. Lauren Cifuentes

With the challenges the world is facing today, the humanities and social sciences are needed and more relevant than ever to help us understand what it means to ‘lead a good life’. The authors and editors, with whom Brill collaborates, dedicate their academic life to asking critical questions on globalization, the rise and fall of societies, migration, the functioning of our democracies, the history of conflicts and international relations, inequality, water security or climate change, to name just a few. In this year’s article we let our authors and editors explain – from their personal perspectives – why it is crucial for society to continue investing in research in the humanities and social sciences. They give us a glance into their field of research, individual work, methodologies and motivation, and they demonstrate why the humanities have been and will remain a vital pillar of academia and society.