Research with International Students (RIS)

We have now published eight 'Discipline Guides' at Research with International Students (RIS), aimed at encouraging more interdisciplinary scholarship and thinking in this research field: https://lnkd.in/e4GysuGk It was lovely to work with Hongping (HP) Zhang and Pii-Tuulia Nikula who wrote the most recent addition to this series, focusing on Sustainabilities. This Discipline Guide outlines the intersections of research with international students and researching about sustainabilities, demonstrating new research avenues related to sustainable international student mobilities. You can read this open access guide at: https://lnkd.in/eEhKkZAM

ONE MONTH until our abstract deadline for the RIS Online Conference 2026! Theme: Navigating polycrisis in research with international students Abstract Deadline: 1 December 2025 Conference dates: 23 - 27 March 2026 There are two ways to make a submission: 1) A panel submission on a topic related to our conference theme, developed with 3-4 colleagues 2) An individual proposal submission to one of six nominated panel themes All details at: https://lnkd.in/eztMGbWZ

📅 One week until our next event: "International students’ political beliefs: Assumptions, changes, and challenges" A panel conversation with Tatiana Mednikova, Zsuzsa Blaskó, Brendan Harrison, and Abdulkadir GÖKBALIK November 10 at 12:00 – 1:30 pm GMT (time zone converter: https://lnkd.in/ebmCKR43) ✒️ More details and register at: https://lnkd.in/et-rsgKV

The RIS Writing Retreat is happening in 2 weeks—everyone is welcome! ✨ 📅 20 Nov 2025 🕑 2:00 - 5:00 pm GMT (time zone converter: https://lnkd.in/gC823kAt) Online via Zoom: https://lnkd.in/gjcn5HxP Meeting ID: 938 8934 8962 Passcode: T15RV29*

📅 One week until our next event: "International students’ political beliefs: Assumptions, changes, and challenges" A panel conversation with Tatiana Mednikova, Zsuzsa Blaskó, Brendan Harrison, and Abdulkadir GÖKBALIK November 10 at 12:00 – 1:30 pm GMT (time zone converter: https://lnkd.in/ebmCKR43) ✒️ More details and register at: https://lnkd.in/et-rsgKV

📣 Reminder: Call for Submissions - Special Issue in Philosophy & Global Affairs Education as Reparations: Third Spaces, Cognitive Justice & Healing in a Polarised World Co-edited by Isabel Kamlongera and Madalitso Zililo Phiri, Ph.D. This forthcoming issue reimagines education not as a project of “catching up,” but as a radical space for reparations, restoration, and epistemic freedom. In an era of deepening polarisation, ethnonationalism, and knowledge extraction, we turn to third spaces; hybrid, relational zones where marginalised communities continue to imagine otherwise. We invite scholars, educators, artists, practitioners, and movement-builders engaging with community-led, Indigenous, decolonial, feminist, ecological, spiritual, and popular education traditions. 🪶 Themes include: - Climate justice education and Indigenous ecological knowledge systems - Reimagining social and political theory/philosophy from the margins - Education as reparations in a polarised world order - Development communication as pedagogy and popular education - Gender and sexuality education that challenges heteronormativity and Western feminist universalisms - Alternative schooling models, community-led education, or social movement-based pedagogy - Curriculum reform and pedagogy from decolonial or pluriversal perspectives - Language, storytelling, and orality as pedagogical and epistemological tools - Spiritual, theological, faith-based, or healing-informed educational practices - Critiques of measurement and impact in education-for-development programming 📅 Abstracts due: 1 November 2025 ✍🏽 Full articles: 15 March 2026 📩 Submissions & inquiries: pgasubmissions@gmail.com (Subject: Third Space Issue) 💬 Feel free to reach out directly if you’d like to discuss your ideas before submitting.

Calling all early career researchers in higher education studies: applications for the Hans De Wit Fellowship 2026-2027 are now open! 🎉 This fellowship funds one early-career researcher who is interested in spending a semester as a visiting fellow at the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College for three months during the academic year. Throughout their fellowship, the Hans De Wit Fellow has the opportunity to conduct research at the #CIHE and share their research expertise with the broader Boston College community through seminars, CIHE events and projects, and more! 🗓️The application deadline is November 15, 2025  Want to learn more about the application process? Visit our page at https://lnkd.in/eRA5Qjt5 👈🔗 #HansDeWitFellow #CIHE #BostonCollege #Fellowship #EarlyCareer #Opportunity #HigherEducation

Our November newsletter will be sent early next week! Are you registered for the RIS mailing list? If not, sign up here: https://lnkd.in/eKtWSqyK We only send a few emails a month, full of upcoming events, resources, and calls related to research with international students.

ONE MONTH until our abstract deadline for the RIS Online Conference 2026! Theme: Navigating polycrisis in research with international students Abstract Deadline: 1 December 2025 Conference dates: 23 - 27 March 2026 There are two ways to make a submission: 1) A panel submission on a topic related to our conference theme, developed with 3-4 colleagues 2) An individual proposal submission to one of six nominated panel themes All details at: https://lnkd.in/eztMGbWZ

📅 Our next event: "International Students' Political Beliefs: Assumptions, Changes, and Challenges" with Tatiana Mednikova, Zsuzsa Blaskó, Brendan Harrison, and Abdulkadir GÖKBALIK November 10th, 12:00 to 1:30 GMT (time zone converter: https://lnkd.in/ebmCKR43) This lively panel will discuss soft power, political beliefs and change among international students, challenging assumptions about what does/should change during international study. ✒️ Registration: https://lnkd.in/et-rsgKV