2022 WES-CIHE Summer Institute
Virtual Conference | June 1-3, 2022
Are you a graduate student or early career researcher, interested in questions related to higher education internationalization?
If so, please join us at the 2022 WES-CIHE Summer Institute!
Every year, the WES-CIHE Summer Institute - an annual academic conference, co-hosted by the world-renowned Boston College Center for International Higher Education (CIHE) and World Education Services (WES) - brings together graduate students, early career researchers, seasoned professionals, and senior scholars from around the world in a forum which supports the development of new ideas and helps to build bridges, both between peers and between newer and more experienced researchers in the field.
The Summer Institute offers exciting opportunities for:
- Students and young professionals to present and discuss their research with peers and to receive feedback on their work from academic and professional experts from around the world
- Participants to engage in substantive discussions about innovative and inclusive internationalization
- Established scholars and practitioners to contribute to the development of the next generation of scholar-practitioners
Conference Theme: Innovative and Inclusive Internationalization in Higher Education
Internationalization has been closely connected with change and innovation – less so with inclusion. That may be shifting as higher education institutions confront the COVID-19 pandemic and other complex external dynamics, including migration (forced or otherwise), political pressures, and shifting international relations.
Against this backdrop, innovative and inclusive approaches to internationalization offer possibilities for transforming individuals, institutions, and systems of higher education in meaningful ways. These approaches layer on top of the transformational goals of many national and institutional internationalization initiatives: enhanced quality, expanded learning opportunities, and engagement with new and different stakeholders.
Event Program
The 2022 Institute will be held in an entirely virtual format, building on the success of the 2021 Summer Institute, which featured presenters and expert speakers from more than 15 countries around the world.
The Summer Institute combines individual paper presentations, panel discussions with expert speakers and opportunities for group discussion and networking for participants and presenters. Events have been scheduled across the three-day period of the conference, in order to accommodate participants from as many time zones as possible. A more detailed program is outlined below.
Opening panel discussion: Internationalization as a Global Field
Student paper session with small group breakouts
Panel discussion: Innovative methods in internationalization research
Panel discussion: Scholar-Practitioner Perspectives
Panel discussion: Publishing in international higher education
Student paper session with small group breakouts
(Optional) Facilitated discussion groups
Student paper session with small group breakouts
(Optional) Facilitated discussion groups
Panel discussion: Perspectives on internationalization from the Global South
Student paper session with small group breakouts
Closing discussion: Bringing it all together
**All times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Times are subject to change.
Call for Papers
Registration is now closed for the 2022 WES-CIHE Summer Institute. We hope that you will consider joining us in 2023!
Keynote and Invited Speakers
Presented by:
World Education Services. is dedicated to helping people with international education achieve their higher education and professional goals by evaluating and advocating for the recognition of international education qualifications. Visit us at wes.org for more information.
CIHE was founded in 1995 to advance knowledge about the complex realities of higher education in the contemporary world through its research, publications, training programs, and advisory activities.