{"id":1455,"date":"2025-09-06T12:22:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T12:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democraticeducationnetwork.net\/?page_id=1455"},"modified":"2026-04-09T15:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:09:11","slug":"international-partners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/democraticeducationnetwork.net\/index.php\/global-engagement\/international-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"International Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1455\" class=\"elementor elementor-1455\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-741c99bc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"741c99bc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48357318 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"48357318\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5457166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5457166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">International Partners<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f399bf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f399bf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d30ca1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2d30ca1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8da9c0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8da9c0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a2f093 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a2f093\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\nInternational partnerships at DEN are not symbolic\u2014they are active collaborations where students and institutions co-produce knowledge through research, conferences, publications, and global engagement.\n\n<span id=\"input-sentence~0\">DEN collaborates with multiple top international universities, which include Hanoi University in Vietnam, Kasetsart University in Thailand, Kocaeli and Batman Universities in Turkey, Morgan State University in the USA, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.<\/span><span id=\"aidr-input-non-human-chunk\"><\/span> <span id=\"input-sentence~1\">Students experience firsthand different cultural environments through their fieldwork in Georgia, Vietnam, Thailand, Turkey, and Uzbekistan.<\/span>\n\n<span id=\"input-sentence~2\">The partnerships serve as more than exchange programs because they create active student participation that directly supports United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<\/span> <span id=\"input-sentence~3\">Students build essential competencies through their involvement in conferences and workshops and community service activities, which help them tackle SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities), SDG 16 (Peace, Justice &amp; 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International partnerships at DEN are not symbolic\u2014they are active collaborations where students and institutions co-produce knowledge through research, conferences, publications, and global engagement. 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