Excited to share that I’ve recently joined the Research with International Students (RIS) Network @risnetwork.bsky.social as Blog Coordinator! If you’re working on research with international students and are interested in writing a blog post, feel free to reach out! 📮yifanyf.liu@mail.utoronto.ca

📽️ Did you miss our book launch yesterday with Jason Schneider for his new book "International student mobility in higher education: Case studies in agency"? Catch up on the recording now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TXW...

Jason Schneider: Book launch for 'International student mobility in higher education'

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📆RIS ECR Reading Group @risnetwork.bsky.social 20 May 2025 3.00-4.30pm BTS | 10.00-11.30 CLT ✒️Register: forms.gle/2nWPwLksPp4S... 📖Sazana Jayadeva (2020), Keep calm and apply to Germany: How online communities mediate transnational student mobility from India to Germany: doi.org/10.1080/1369...

Keep calm and apply to Germany: how online communities mediate transnational student mobility from India to Germany

This paper draws attention to the increasingly central yet understudied role of social media in facilitating student mobility from India. More specifically, it explores the emergence of online mutu...

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RIS stands in solidarity with our trans colleagues 🏳️‍⚧️ An open letter following the situation in the UK: “Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia” docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia

We call on all trans-inclusive feminist academics and educators to sign this statement: ‘Not In Our Name’ We are non-trans feminist academics and educators. We write in support of trans rights, tran...

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Sharing reflections from our research on multilingual journeys! ✨ How bodies, emotions, and spaces shape bilingualism in everyday life. Part of our bigger project on capabilities and belonging. Blog here: researchintlstudents.com/2025/04/25/e... Thanks to #RIS and @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social

Exploring international students’ narratives on bilingualism and linguistic landscapes: A critical reflection

Written by Tomasz John (University of Strathclyde) Introduction: International students offer unique perspectives on bilingualism and identity. In my research, I explored the narratives of pre-serv…

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✍️ New blog post: Exploring international students’ narratives on bilingualism and linguistic landscapes: A critical reflection" by @tomaszjohn.bsky.social (University of Strathclyde) Read at: researchintlstudents.com/2025/04/25/e...

Exploring international students’ narratives on bilingualism and linguistic landscapes: A critical reflection

Written by Tomasz John (University of Strathclyde) Introduction: International students offer unique perspectives on bilingualism and identity. In my research, I explored the narratives of pre-serv…

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Excellent new piece by my @educationuom.bsky.social colleague, Zhuo Min Huang. advance-he.ac.uk/news-and-vie...

Join our upcoming event: "Language as power: The role of linguistic gatekeeping in research with international students" led by Akanksha Dochania (University of Delhi) 23 May 2025 13:00 – 14:00 IST / 8:30 – 9:30 am GMT Online via Zoom Register at: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Did you miss our recent co-hosted panel about queer international students? You can catch up with the recording now at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD9Y...

Panel: Queer international students in the Global North

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Join us for our next event, a book launch for Jason Schneider's new work: "International Student Mobility in Higher Education: Case Studies in Agency" 8 May 2025 10:00 – 11:00 am CT / 4:00 – 5:00 pm GMT Register at: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

✍️ New blog post! "Answer these riddles three: Unraveling the labour of bureaucracy and conditional status for international students" by Shannon Hutcheson Read at: researchintlstudents.com/2025/04/15/a... Shannon writes about bureaucratic inequalities for international students in visa precarity.

✍️ New blog post: "Notes from the periphery: On gaps between theories and realities in higher education" by An Pham Read at: researchintlstudents.com/2025/04/07/n... In this post, An speaks about knowledge production and how international students' knowledges are often ignored.

Notes from the periphery: On gaps between theories and realities in higher education

Written by An Pham An international classroom is often framed as a space that celebrates diversity, yet, its lived realities may not reflect a place of inclusion, but a site where inclusion is unev…

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THIS WEEK! Our upcoming session on FRIDAY: “Navigating intersectionality, policy, and activism: Queer international students in the global north” ⬇️

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Have you registered for our next workshop? “Navigating intersectionality, policy, and activism: Queer international students in the global north” 11 April 2025 6:00 - 7:30 pm GMT More details: researchintlstudents.com/events/#11Ap... Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

⚠️ Would you like to join the RIS team? We are looking for a few volunteers to support the network's operations! 1) Blog Coordinator 2) Events Coordinator Details about these roles: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Applications due April 25 at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Call to join the RIS team

Call to join the RIS team Research with International Students (RIS) is seeking a few additions to its organisational team through two roles which support its operation. These roles are sought in a vo...

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Have you registered for our next workshop? “Navigating intersectionality, policy, and activism: Queer international students in the global north” 11 April 2025 6:00 - 7:30 pm GMT More details: researchintlstudents.com/events/#11Ap... Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

📚 RIS ECR Reading Group @risnetwork.bsky.social 🗓️ Thursday, 27th March ⏰ 3.00-4.30pm (UK time) 🔗 forms.gle/YK935MfnaSgi... We'll discuss Fran Martin’s (2023) article Enterprising Self and Bohemian Nomad: Emerging Subjectivities in Chinese Education Mobilities: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Enterprising self and bohemian nomad: Emerging subjectivities in Chinese education mobilities

This article approaches the question of how experiences of mobility mediate subjectivities through a case study of middle-class Chinese women’s education mobilities. Drawing from longitudinal ethno...

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ICYMI, We'll be hosting a talk by Dr Yanran Yao and Prof Astrid Nordin @astridnordin.bsky.social this Friday on their project on supporting Chinese diaspora communities. all are welcome!

Our fourth and final day of the RIS Online Conference 2025 is now complete! Thank you so much to everyone who joined a session or contributed as speaker throughout the week. Here's a little thread of what you might have missed from Day 4🧵⬇️

The Oxford Handbook of Language & Prejudice, edited by Jane Setter, Sender Dovchin, and yours truly, rearticulates and expands upon the connections between language and prejudice. It is available for pre-order, so please ask your university or local library to order a copy: shorturl.at/gDhJA

We wrapped up Day 3 of our RIS Online Conference today, with several of the sessions recorded and up on our YouTube page: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... A little summary of what you might have missed in this thread 🧵⬇️

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Recordings from the Research with International Students Online Conference 2025

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The US has arrested and is trying to deport an international student in his university housing over his political beliefs, but I’ve heard crickets from our research field. We need to all be engaging with the politics surrounding our field right now.

Fascinating paper by former student Kris Hyesoo Lee on China as a destination for international students #ISM #internationaleducation www.tandfonline.com/doi/epub/10....

Yesterday was DAY TWO of our RIS Online Conference. If you missed the sessions, you can now catch up on all recordings on our YouTube page: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Here's a little thread of the sessions 🧵⬇️

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Recordings from the Research with International Students Online Conference 2025

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Joining first day's conference conducted by @risnetwork.bsky.social and listening to @hcockayne.bsky.social and Min's presentation were such a great experience. This's also a new perspective for me to do research using photography.

Day ONE of our RIS Online Conference is now finished 👏. If you missed the sessions and want to follow up, this thread contains links to all the recordings🧵⬇️

Our RIS Online Conference begins on MONDAY! Join us at 8:00 am GMT for the first session led by our network organizers @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social and @selomer42.bsky.social. Full schedule of 25+ sessions: researchintlstudents.com/conference20... Register for FREE: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Finding Purpose in Research with International Students: 2025 Online Conference

Online conference10 – 13 March 2025 Conference schedule Full schedule at a glance Monday (March 10) detailed schedule Tuesday (March 11) detailed schedule Wednesday (March 12) detailed schedu…

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Embodied journeys: international students as active co-creators of inclusive higher education spaces @hcockayne.bsky.social, @educationuom.bsky.social 🔓→ doi.org/10.1080/0729... #HigherEd #InternationalStudents #InternationalEducation #StudentExperience #Embodiment #InformalLearning #Universities

Dr. Oguzhan Tekin and yours truly will be presenting on how universities can support international students beyond "the campus bubble" @risnetwork.bsky.social's online conference! There is an array of great sessions, and it is absolutely free to register: researchintlstudents.com/conference20...