Mark Andrew Elepaño

I am Drew Elepaño, a cotutelle PhD student at the Centre for Global Learning (GLea) in Coventry University and the Danish School of Education (DPU) in Aarhus University. My research interests are broadly situated in the internationalization of higher education.

Cotutelle programs institutionalize various forms of collaboration and mobility within the curriculum, presenting unique opportunities and challenges not typically found in conventional doctoral programs. My PhD project foregrounds the voices of cotutelle doctoral students and explores their agency and lived experiences. Grounded in a critical realist perspective, my research acknowledges the limitations of purely empirical and interpretivist approaches to the investigation of graduate outcomes.

Prior to PhD, I was an education professional who worked towards enhancing quality and access to education in the Philippines. My areas of expertise lie in planning and managing school operations, evaluating programs, and analyzing policy.