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We invite researchers and students to contribute short reflective pieces about different topics related to research with international students. This includes, among other things, discussions about new research, reflections on research methodological approaches, and thoughts about critical considerations for research with international students. Please contact us if you would like to make a pitch for a blog post.

A Love Letter to the Self (Part III)

Written by Alok Das The Kitchen in the Tree House This letter is a story about falling, institutions, and the worlds that emerge when recognition refuses to arrive. Dear Alok, I know things are not moving in the right direction. Uncertainty keeps returning—just like last year, and the year before that. Every year, really. And…

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A Love Letter to the Self (Part II)

Written by Alok Das Part II: Remembering the Beginning: Wilting This piece returns to the beginning—but not to origin myths or womb stories. Instead, it asks a hard question: What made departure necessary and possible? By sharing the story behind the story, the author invites a reckoning with motive, conditionalities and survival. Author brings the…

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A Love Letter to the Self (Part I)

Written by Alok Das Forward: RIS is pleased to invite colleagues to engage in Alok’s wisdom through this new blog series, which encourages us to be reflective of mobility’s meanings. Our field is often preoccupied with notions of ‘experience’, but this ultimately limits our ability to think relationally about the human and personal meaning that international students ascribe to mobility…

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2025 in review for Research with International Students

Written by Jenna Mittelmeier (University of Manchester, RIS co-founder) As we approach the end of 2025, I am pleased to reflect on what a great year it has been for Research with International Students (RIS). It has now been two years since we first released our book, which started this organisation as a space to…

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