» The "Global Dialogue" Initiative on new paradigms for internationalization
In 2011, a global debate began on the future of the internationalization of tertiary education. The United States, Australia and Europe, as well as nations with emerging economies, reached the conclusion that the changes produced by the geopolitical reorganization of the world impact present internationalization practices, especially for emerging and developing countries. Therefore, the objective of this initiative is to discuss a new agenda for the future of internationalization of tertiary education and to contribute to the building up of a more inclusive and solidary society.
Lead Researcher: Jocelyne Gacel-Ávila
» Regional Academic Integration and Common Higher Education Areas
Follow-up on the updates of the 1974 UNESCO Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Degrees and Diplomas in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as initiatives such as ENLACES, the Ibero-American Space for Knowledge, and the European Union-Latin America and Caribbean Space (EU-LAC).
Lead Researcher: Jocelyne Gacel-Ávila
» Regional Survey on the Internationalization Process in LAC
Design and conduction of the first survey of its kind in LAC in order to document the characteristics and particularities of the regional internationalization process.
Lead Researcher: Jocelyne Gacel-Ávila
» Catalogue on regional cooperation networks
Building up of a databank on the networks and associations in which LAC tertiary education institutions participate, including characteristics, programs and modalities.
Lead Researcher: Jocelyne Gacel-Ávila
» Student mobility: characteristics and particularities in the LAC region
Characterize the reasons why Latin American undergraduate students decide whether, or not, to undertake an international academic stay. This study has two units of analysis: students profile and institutional strategies for student mobility.
Lead Researcher: Magdalena Bustos Aguirre
» International mobility experience and employability
Empirical information on the benefits gained from an international mobility experience. The methodology used for the study is based on the REFLEX and PROFLEX projects.
Researchers: Jocelyne Gacel-Ávila & Magdalena Bustos Aguirre
» Analysis on the level of the satisfaction, academic and social integration of international mobile students in Ibero-American universities: the role of campus services
A project conducted in collaboration with the Autonomous University of Madrid that aims to analyze differences of opinion among international students in accordance with variables such as gender, age, educational level, country of origin and destination, university of origin and destination, and duration of the stay, among others.
Researchers: Adriana Pérez Encinas, Jocelyne Gacel-Ávila, Magdalena Bustos Aguirre
» Internationalization of research: The impact of international collaboration on the production of knowledge in LAC
In recent decades, knowledge and its application have become the factor that fosters national economic performance and competitiveness. One of the characteristics of the evolution of knowledge production is the transition from individually-based research to collaborative research teams (Sebastián, 2004). Given the importance of collaboration in the production of knowledge, it is relevant to analyze the characteristics of the regional context in this regard.
Lead Researcher: Scilia Rodríguez Rodríguez
» Report on joint and double degrees in LAC
Updating of the report published in 2009 by the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education in London.
Lead Researcher: Jocelyne Gacel- Ávila
» Elaboration of specific indicators for the internationalizations process
A proposal of a series of indicators to assess the international dimension of the organizational and programmatic structures of institutions in the region.
Coordinator: Jocelyne Gacel- Ávila
» The impact of rankings on the organizational structure of tertiary education institutions
A study to assess the degree in which LAC institutions are adjusting their processes and organizational and programmatic structures to better respond to global rankings.
Lead Researcher: Carlos Iván Moreno
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Publications under development.
» A book on the conception, design, implementation and evaluation of internationalization strategies and policies at the institutional level
A publication that intents to support institutions in their efforts to design and implement internationalization strategies and programs.
Lead Researcher: Jocelyne Gacel-Ávila
» Updating of the book published by the World Bank (2005) on the International Dimension of Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
This initiative seeks to assess the advances and challenges of the sector ten years after the publication of the first edition.
Coordinators: Jocelyne Gacel-Ávila & Hans de Wit
» Book on the "Globalization of internationalization: Emerging voices and perspectives"
This book published by Routledge seeks to compile the voices of experts from different emerging regions (Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and the Middle East) in order to present the perspectives, strategies and focuses for the internationalization of tertiary education currently in effect in emerging countries.
Editors: Hans de Wit, Jocelyne Gacel-Ávila, Elspeth Jones & Nico Jooste
