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.
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.
One of the spotlight articles of this year's main edition of ‘Wissenschaft weltoffen’ deals with the effects of exogenous shocks on international researcher mobility. In an interview with us, author Dr Andrey Lovakov, postdoctoral researcher at the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW), explains what data he used for this analysis, what he considers to be the most important and surprising findings, and what practical conclusions can be drawn from them for the future.
Michael Gritzbach is an MPA student at Harvard and an elected member of the Kennedy School Student Government. In this interview, he explains why the student government at Harvard is so important right now, what the current situation is for international students there and what he thinks of the current US government's accusation that Harvard's university management has not taken sufficient action against anti-semitic protests on campus.
