Deploying Hyperledger Fabric organizations in multiple hosts
Yes, you can use docker-swarm to deploy the network. docker-swarm is quite easy when compared to kubernetes. Since you mentioned that it is for academic purpose and research only then docker-swarm is fine.
Or you if want to deploy the production-grade hyperledger fabric you can use open source tool BAF, Blockchain Automation Framework which is an automation framework for rapidly and consistently deploying production-ready DLT platforms to cloud infrastructure.