Samia Chasi, PhD

Dr Samia Chasi is an accomplished practitioner, facilitator and scholar in higher education internationalisation, with over 25 years of experience advancing internationalisation and cultivating strategic partnerships. She is a member of the National Academy for International Education (NAIE) and an Advisory Board member of Coil Connect. Dr Chasi is currently the Head of the Internationalisation and Strategic Partnerships Office (ISPO) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits). Before joining Wits, Dr Chasi served as the Manager of Strategic Initiatives, Partnership Development & Research at the International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA). Her extensive career includes previous roles in international offices of German and South African universities, an agency of the European Commission and South African representations of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Nuffic and the British Council.

Dr Chasi holds a PhD in Education from Wits, a Master of Philosophy in Engineering Management from the University of Johannesburg and a Master of Arts in English, Russian, and Sociology from the University of Rostock. Her current research interests lie in critical perspectives on higher education internationalisation, with a particular focus on decolonial approaches.