Aloklah, Wissam Aldien2020-08-272020-08-272020https://www.cara.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Conflict_Review_2020_final_web.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1oZgIpfys9cov05MQ37xTlMFzg1MB3ms9Hk9f2fRY9b8LHj1ejB0-xY2ohttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12514/2292This paper explores the role of higher education (HE) in fostering social capital as a means of building a sustainable peace in Syria. We draw on a qualitative study in Northeast Syria to argue that the HE sector is currently playing a negative to weak role in developing social capital as it is highly politicised and suffers from outdated curricula and unsuitable teaching approaches.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessHigher education, Syrian crisis, Social capital, Conflict and peaceArticle3915