What’s the relationship between international student mobility and students’ awareness of environmental issues? That’s the central question of a recent study conducted by Giorgio Di Pietro, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Loyola in Seville. In our interview with him, Di Pietro explains what prompted his research question, describes the methodological approach he used to answer it, outlines the key findings of his analysis and elucidates conclusions and recommendations that can be drawn for higher education policy and practice.
Daniel Levy is a Distinguished Professor at the State University of New York and the founder and director of PROPHE (Program for Research on Private Higher Education). In our interview, he discusses two principal dynamics in German higher education – internationalisation and privatisation – specifically in terms of the private enrolment growth. Moreover, both growth dynamics are better viewed as Western European phenomena rather than particularly German.
The new compact edition of Wissenschaft weltoffen was published a little later than usual this year, as the structure and content of the publication have been fundamentally revised by the project partners responsible, the DAAD and the DZHW. In this interview, Naomi Knüttgen, one of the two project managers at the DAAD, explains exactly what changes the relaunch entails, how the main and compact editions of Wissenschaft weltoffen relate to one another, and which data in the new compact edition she considers particularly noteworthy.
How do trends and challenges regarding international students compare in major host countries like Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands or the United Kingdom? What are the differences and similarities in their policy responses toward international student mobility? These are the topics of a recent OECD publication authored by Matej Bílik, policy analyst in the OECD Higher Education Policy Team. In our interview with him, we talk about general characteristics of the six countries included in the analysis, key trends and challenges in international student mobility that the analysis revealed and major differences and similarities in the national policy responses towards the recruitment of international students.
How long do you have to wait for an appointment to apply for a visa at a German diplomatic mission abroad? How big are the differences between the various countries in which the visa is to be applied for? And how can these differences be explained? These questions are addressed in the latest analysis by a research group led by Emanuel Deutschmann, Assistant Professor of Sociological Theory at the University of Flensburg, Germany, and Associate at the Migration Policy Centre of the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. In this interview, he explains what prompted the analysis, how the research team approached it methodologically, what he considers to be the most important findings of the analysis, and whether these findings can be applied to other countries.
Maia Chankseliani is Professor of Comparative and International Education at the University of Oxford, specialising in the role of higher education in social, economic, and political development. Last year, she finished a three-year research project entitled ‘International mobility and world development’, for which she and her colleagues conducted over 700 interviews in 70 countries and examined various systemic effects of international academic mobility. In our interview with her, she explains what mechanisms explain how international academic mobility can reduce poverty and promote democracy and what practical conclusions for politics and science can be drawn from this, especially in times of mounting global isolationism against immigration.
Exactly one year ago, Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term as President of the United States of America. What impact have his administration's policies had on the US higher education and science system since then? Are the accusations that universities such as Harvard University are not doing enough to combat antisemitic activities on their campuses justified? And how exactly is Donald Trump's second term in office affecting the work of international researchers at universities in the US? We discussed these questions with German Harvard researcher Mathias Risse, Professor in Human Rights, Global Affairs and Philosophy and Director of the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights at Harvard University.
The new DAAD study ‘Internationalisation in the Digital Transformation’ combines the analyses of two research projects: the project ‘Internationalisation in the Digital Transformation: Strategies of German Higher Education Institutions’ (INDISTRA), funded by the Federal Foreign Office, and data from the sixth Global Survey conducted by…
International students in Germany are largely optimistic about their professional future. The DAAD surveyed more than 20,000 international students at over 130 German universities about their perspectives on their career prospects. Two thirds plan to stay in Germany after their studies. The intention to stay…
A new study by the German Economic Institute (IW), commissioned by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), is the first to comprehensively analyse the economic impact of international students from the start of their studies up to their retirement. The study indicates that the approximately…
