Events

This event is organized by the RIS ECR network and aimed at those who consider themselves early career researchers. Join us for the upcoming ECR reading group! 23 June 2025Continue reading "ECR Reading Group"

The online writing retreats are intended as a place for those conducting research with international students to find community and solidarity in writing. Anyone is welcome to join, including scholarsContinue reading "RIS Writing Retreat"

6 August 2025 10 - 11 am EST / 3:00 – 4:00 pm BST (time zone converter) Online via Webex: Register here Join us for a rich and reflective conversation featuring Dr. Milad Mohebali, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Higher Education at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and Dr. Andreana Pastena, Assistant Professor at Universitat de lesContinue reading "ECR Event – Global Insights: Being a Whole Scholar and Navigating the (Higher) Ed Job Market as an International Scholar"

  26th August 2025 (Tuesday) 14:00 BST (time zone converter) Online via Zoom (registration required) The session focuses on the role of the housing sector as a ‘migration infrastructure’ which mediates the experiences of internationally mobile students. Drawing on survey and interview data collected in Scotland’s two largest cities, Glasgow and Edinburgh, the study repositionsContinue reading "An Infrastructural Perspective on International Students Navigating the Housing Crisis in Scotland"

The online writing retreats are intended as a place for those conducting research with international students to find community and solidarity in writing. Anyone is welcome to join, including scholars at all career levels and based in any location. Attendees are welcome to come and go as they need. Online via Zoom: Zoom Meeting LinkContinue reading "RIS Writing Retreat"

24th September 2025 (Wednesday) 13:00 PM BST - 14:30 PM BST (time zone converter) Online Via Zoom (registration required) This webinar explores research on international students' perceptions of education agents. Education agents, who act as intermediaries between students and educational institutions, play a key role in facilitating international student mobility in the current global landscape.Continue reading "Beyond the Surface: International Students’ Perspectives on Education Agents"

21 October 2025 9.30 - 11:00 am Eastern /1:30 - 3:00 pm GMT Online via Webex Register Here This talk encourages an exploration of international education within an Afrocentric framework of care and a "two stream" water concept. Sonia Martin and Myrtle Sodhi will explore the ways international education interweaves discussions of care, community integration,Continue reading "ECR Event – Global Insights: At the Intersection of Care, Status, & International Education"

November 10 at 12:00 - 1:30 pm GMT (time zone converter) Register here  A panel conversation with Tatiana Mednikova, Zsuzsa Blaskó, Brendan Harrison, and Abdulkadir Gökbalik This lively panel discussion will focus on soft power, political beliefs and change amongst international students, challenging assumptions about what does/should change during international study.

The online writing retreats are intended as a place for those conducting research with international students to find community and solidarity in writing. Anyone is welcome to join, including scholars at all career levels and based in any location. Attendees are welcome to come and go as they need. Online via Zoom: https://liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/93889348962?pwd=cFSsn9rTDIFaMgaVs0QDEt7eHi2jKP.1 Meeting ID:Continue reading "RIS Writing Retreat"

15 December 2025 8:00—9.30 am PST/11:00 - 12:30 pm EST/ 16- 17:30 pm UTC Online via Zoom: Join Here This panel shares information about the aims, scope and editorial structure of the new Journal of Global Higher Education, with advice for potential authors about how to submit, what to expect, how to tailor submissions, andContinue reading "Publishing in the Journal of Global Higher Education: Ask the Editors"

20 January, 2026 (Tuesday) 14:00 PM UK Time (time zone converter) Online Via Zoom (registration required) This session is grounded in a doctoral research examining the multiple and multi-dimensional transitions experienced by Pakistani students and their significant others across three temporal arcs: pre-departure, during study in the UK, and post-return. It foregrounds how families and closeContinue reading "The Ones Who Stay Behind: Transitions of Significant Others in International Student Mobility"

The online writing retreats are intended as a place for those conducting research with international students to find community and solidarity in writing. Anyone is welcome to join, including scholarsContinue reading "RIS Writing Retreat"