How will universities fare in 2024’s ‘year of elections’?

Times Higher Education

As countries that are home to around half of the world’s population go to the polls, Times Higher Education journalists consider what role higher education will play in the campaigns, and how it might be reshaped by the results

Paul Basken, Emily Dixon, Jack Grove, Patrick Jack, John Morgan, John Ross Tom Williams

January 23, 2024

It has been described as “the year of elections”. During 2024, countries that are home to around half of the world’s population will go to the polls, including eight of the 10 most populous nations. In total, around four billion people will have the opportunity to take part in regional, general and presidential elections.

But what role will higher education play in contenders’ campaigns and voters’ decisions? And how will education and research be reshaped by the results? Here, Times Higher Education journalists take the political temperature in key sectors around the globe.

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