Internationalization of Higher Education: An Analysis Through Spatial, Network, and Mobilities Theories

This book provides a cutting-edge analysis of the ways in which higher education institutions have become more international over the past two decades. Drawing upon a range of post-foundational spatial, network, and mobilities theories, the book shifts our thinking away from linear, binary, Western accounts of internationalization to understand the complex, multi-centered and contradictory ways in which internationalization processes have played out across a wide variety of higher education landscapes worldwide. The author explores transnational student, scholar, knowledge, program and provider mobilities; the production of mobile bodies, knowledges, and identities; the significance of place in internationalization; and the crucial role that global university rankings play in reshaping the spatial landscape of higher education.

Author: Marianne A. Larsen
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 09/13/2016
Pages: 196
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.76h x 6.07w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9781137533449

About the Author

Marianne A. Larsen is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Western University, Canada. Her recent research focuses on the overall processes and effects of the internationalization of higher education. Her work in this area focuses on the impact of international service learning (ISL) on host communities and envisioning more mutually beneficial ways to engage host communities in planning and facilitating ISL programs in Global South settings.