Marc Schulze
Research Associate | Economy and Civil Society
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Working as an economic geographer, Dr Marc Schulze has been affiliated with the IRS research group Globalisation and Knowledge Economy, and was part of the (former) Leibniz Junior Research Group “Constructing Transnational Spaces of Higher Education: International Branch Campus Development at the Interface of Network and Territorial Embeddedness”. He was a research associate at the Institute of Geography at Universität Hamburg in 2023, and currently works in knowledge and science management at the Presidential Department of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.

Dr Marc Schulze studied Geography, Political Science and English Studies at the University of Freiburg (Germany), the University of Sheffield (UK) and the University of Strasbourg (France). His postgraduate dissertation was on the interplay between university development and local economic transformations, using a case study of the English city of Sheffield. After his studies, he gained a PhD from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin for his thesis on universities’ foreign investment in Malaysia and Singapore between sector opening and closure. Dr Marc Schulze’s activities in research, transfer and practice are located at the interface of knowledge production/ education processes and the (political) economy.

Projects

Ongoing Third-party Funded Projects

Third-party funded project 04/2018 - 03/2024
Constructing Transnational Spaces of Higher Education. International Branch Campus Development at the Interface of Network and Territorial Embeddedness (TRANSEDU)

In the past twenty years, the number of students completing university studies in a foreign country has constantly been on the rise. In addition, many universities are investing in international branch campuses (IBCs) abroad. These are initial indices for a parallel globalisation of knowledge-intensive branches of the economy and of the university landscape. The Leibniz Junior Research Group “Constructing Transnational Spaces of Higher Education” (TRANSEDU) is concerned with the relationship between globalised economic processes and the internationalisation of the academic and research landscapes. more info

Ongoing Qualification Projects

Qualification project 06/2019 - 05/2023
Universities’ Foreign Investment on Stony Ground? Offshore Campus Development in Malaysia and Singapore Between Sector Opening and Closure

Many higher education sectors worldwide have been selectively opened to foreign universities’ investment in offshore subsidiaries. Such offshore campus projects usually come with differing goals, interests and risks for involved actors. With case studies in Malaysia and Singapore, this research project investigated how and why the on-site conditions that enable and shape offshore campus development change over time. more info

Selected Publications by Year

2023
Schulze, M. (2023). Embedding Offshore Campuses in Skill Formation in Singapore: From ‘Globalising’ Domestic Higher Education to ‘Localising’ Foreign Universities. Geoforum, 144, [103804]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2023.103804
Kleibert, J. M., Schulze, M., Rottleb, T., & Bobée, A. (2023). (Trans-)Regional Embeddedness and the Resilience of Offshore Campuses. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 10(1), 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2022.2157323
2022
Rottleb, T., Kleibert, J. M., & Schulze, M. (2022, Mar). Developing Successful Transnational Education Hubs: Key Challenges for Policy Makers. Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space. http://hdl.handle.net/10419/251349
Schulze, M., & Rottleb, T. (2022). Case Study: University Offshore Campuses and the Regional Development of Iskandar Malaysia. In J. Ilieva, N. Healey, V. Tsiligiris, C. Ziguras, P. Killingley, & W. Lawton (Eds.), The Value of Transnational Education Partnerships (pp. 52). British Council. https://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/value_tne_fullreport.pdf
2021
Schulze, M. (2021). Of Bumping and Bending: Foreign Universities' FDI Strategies in Malaysia. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 112(2), 179-194. https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12472
Kleibert, J. M., & Schulze, M. (2021). EduCity in Iskandar Malaysia: Eine transnationale Bildungszone als Megaprojekt. Geographische Rundschau, 73(4), 34-39.
Kleibert, J. M., Rottleb, T., Schulze, M., & Bobée, A. (2021, Jun 10). Strategy First: Ten Questions to Answer before Starting an International Campus. Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space. https://leibniz-irs.de/fileadmin/user_upload/IRS_Dialog_Transferpublikationen/IRS_Dialog_Policy_Paper_2-2021.pdf
Kleibert, J. M., Bobée, A., Rottleb, T., & Schulze, M. (2021). Transnational Education Zones: Towards an Urban Political Economy of ‘Education Cities’. Urban Studies, 58(14), 2845-2862. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098020962418
Schulze, M., & Kleibert, J. M. (2021). Transnational Education for Regional Economic Development? Understanding Malaysia's and Singapore's Strategic Coupling in Global Higher Education. International Journal of Training and Development, 25(4), 363-382. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijtd.12242
2020
Kleibert, J. M., Bobée, A., Rottleb, T., & Schulze, M. (2020). Global Geographies of Offshore Campuses. Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung. http://hdl.handle.net/10419/223315
  • http://hdl.handle.net/10419/223315

    • Selected Publications by Type

    Journal Article
    Schulze, M. (2023). Embedding Offshore Campuses in Skill Formation in Singapore: From ‘Globalising’ Domestic Higher Education to ‘Localising’ Foreign Universities. Geoforum, 144, [103804]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2023.103804
    Kleibert, J. M., Schulze, M., Rottleb, T., & Bobée, A. (2023). (Trans-)Regional Embeddedness and the Resilience of Offshore Campuses. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 10(1), 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2022.2157323
    Schulze, M. (2021). Of Bumping and Bending: Foreign Universities' FDI Strategies in Malaysia. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 112(2), 179-194. https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12472
    Kleibert, J. M., & Schulze, M. (2021). EduCity in Iskandar Malaysia: Eine transnationale Bildungszone als Megaprojekt. Geographische Rundschau, 73(4), 34-39.
    Kleibert, J. M., Bobée, A., Rottleb, T., & Schulze, M. (2021). Transnational Education Zones: Towards an Urban Political Economy of ‘Education Cities’. Urban Studies, 58(14), 2845-2862. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098020962418
    Schulze, M., & Kleibert, J. M. (2021). Transnational Education for Regional Economic Development? Understanding Malaysia's and Singapore's Strategic Coupling in Global Higher Education. International Journal of Training and Development, 25(4), 363-382. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijtd.12242
    Expertise / Position Paper / Policy Paper
    Rottleb, T., Kleibert, J. M., & Schulze, M. (2022, Mar). Developing Successful Transnational Education Hubs: Key Challenges for Policy Makers. Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space. http://hdl.handle.net/10419/251349
    Kleibert, J. M., Rottleb, T., Schulze, M., & Bobée, A. (2021, Jun 10). Strategy First: Ten Questions to Answer before Starting an International Campus. Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space. https://leibniz-irs.de/fileadmin/user_upload/IRS_Dialog_Transferpublikationen/IRS_Dialog_Policy_Paper_2-2021.pdf
    Other Contribution to Book
    Schulze, M., & Rottleb, T. (2022). Case Study: University Offshore Campuses and the Regional Development of Iskandar Malaysia. In J. Ilieva, N. Healey, V. Tsiligiris, C. Ziguras, P. Killingley, & W. Lawton (Eds.), The Value of Transnational Education Partnerships (pp. 52). British Council. https://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/value_tne_fullreport.pdf
    Working Paper, Discussion Paper
    Kleibert, J. M., Bobée, A., Rottleb, T., & Schulze, M. (2020). Global Geographies of Offshore Campuses. Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung. http://hdl.handle.net/10419/223315
  • http://hdl.handle.net/10419/223315

    • Talks

    2022
    Transnational Education During the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Role of Regional Embeddedness of International Branch Campuses for Crisis Affectedness

    RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2022

    September/30/2022
    Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    Foreign University Subsidiaries and Economic Development in Malaysia and Singapore – Transnational Higher Education Providers Between (Re-)Embedding and Strategic Coupling

    Annual Conference of the Scientific Working Group on Southeast Asia and East Asia of the German Geographical Society (DGFG)

    June/24/2022
    Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany

    Foreign University Subsidiaries in Singapore – Understanding Transnational Knowledge Organisation and Knowledge-based Economic Development

    6th Global Conference on Economic Geography 2022

    June/09/2022
    Trinity College und University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    2021
    Universitätszweigstellen in Südostasien - Transnationale Hochschulbildungsanbieter zwischen räumlichen (Neu-)Einbettungen und strategischen Verkopplungen

    #GeoWoche2021

    October/06/2021
    Universität Passau, virtuell, Passau, Germany

    Foreign Universities' Strategies in Malaysia – Stretching Organisation and Regulation

    Transnational Higher Education: A Focus on International Branch Campuses

    June/03/2021
    Society for Research into Higher Education, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Transnational Education for Regional Economic Development? Understanding Governmental Strategies in Singapore and Malaysia

    AAG Annual Meeting 2021

    April/11/2021
    Seattle, Seattle, United States

    Anticipated Benefits and Missed Opportunities of Offshore Campus Imports – Experiences from Southeast Asia and the Arab Gulf Region

    Third TNE-Hub Research Symposium

    March/31/2021
    Hosted online by King's College London, London, United Kingdom

    2019
    International Branch Campus Development and Academics‘ International Mobilities

    International Workshop “Constructing Transnational Spaces of Higher Education”

    January/11/2019
    Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung, Erkner, Germany

    2018
    Widersprüche und Aushandlungen von Mobilitätserfahrungen durch WissenschaftlerInnen in Räumen transnationaler Hochschulbildung

    Praktiken des Umgangs mit Mobilitätsanforderungen in der Arbeitswelt

    November/23/2018
    Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    News
    February/15/2023
    Constantly in a Balancing Act
    Paper on the Regional Embedding of University Offshore Campuses

    How can universities be anchor institutions for the development of cities and regions in their vicinity? This question continues to preoccupy decision-makers in politics and administration. Scientific literature shows that a strong regional anchoring of universities is not only important for regional development effects. A good regional anchoring also brings many advantages for universities and their core functions. In the meantime, however, it has also become apparent how universities are simultaneously expanding their purely local understanding of themselves and their role as actors in the course of internationalisation strategies: they are increasingly transforming themselves into institutions that act transregionally. A new paper shows which dimensions politics and administration should pay attention to in the field of tension between regional and trans-regional anchoring. more info