What is safety? What is comfort? How does learning happen in an immersive, international setting? How do we foster meaningful relationships with host communities? In this episode, we talk about those questions and more with Dr. David Wick. Wick is Associate Professor and Program Chair in International Education Management at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, and a 2023 research grant recipient from the CT Collaborative. Wick has worked with several of Middlebury's Schools Abroad on the integration of conflict transformation approaches and the importance of considering the impact on host communities.  Learn more about David Wick here:  https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/people/david-wick To access a "CT Toolkit" for Study abroad experiences, check out the "Our CT Approach" page at our website: https://www.middlebury.edu/conflict-transformation/media-and-resources#our-ct-approach  Wick and other Middlebury colleagues are leading the opening plenary panel, "Embracing and Transforming Conflict to Enhance Education Abroad Learning for All," at The Forum on Education Abroad's Europe, Middle East, and Africa conference this October. Learn more here: https://www.forumea.org/emea-plenary.html  Learn more about our research grant recipients here: https://www.middlebury.edu/conflict-transformation/supporting-faculty-research/spring-2023-grant-recipients

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