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yf.l @yifannnnn.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

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

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

📽️ 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...

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

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Vera Spangler @ve-spa.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

📆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...

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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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Dr Tomasz John @tomaszjohn.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

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

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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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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

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...

This webinar critically examines the impact of English-language dominance in global academia on Indian international students, focusing on the intersecting challenges of caste, race, and geographic marginalization from rural areas or Tier 3-4 cities. As English remains the dominant medium of scholarly communication, Indian students from these backgrounds face amplified barriers in publishing and collaboration due to linguistic gatekeeping. These challenges, rooted in systemic inequities, marginalize voices already sidelined by caste hierarchies, racialized perceptions abroad, and limited access to quality education in rural or smaller urban centers. Through an intersectional lens, this webinar explores how these dynamics shape their academic experiences, highlighting their unique struggles and innovative strategies to resist exclusion. By fostering dialogue among researchers, educators, and students, the session aims to propose equitable solutions tailored to the Indian context, contributing to a more inclusive global academic landscape.

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

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...

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Panel: Queer international students in the Global North

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

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...

This book presents an in-depth look at the stories of nine international college students as they pursued degrees in the U.S. Drawing on recurring interviews with the students and other qualitative data collected over four years, the book investigates how the students' academic development intersected with other factors, including their status as international students, their linguistic backgrounds, their professional ambitions, and their experiences of living in a new sociocultural environment.

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

✍️ 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.

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

✍️ 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.

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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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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

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

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

⚠️ 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...

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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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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

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...

This panel explores the nuanced challenges and resiliences of queer international students within higher education and beyond. Four scholars will present recent research examining the negotiation of intersecting identities in an increasingly hostile and politicized environment for both queer people and international students. Speakers include: Lisa Brunner, Anne Campbell, Mohit Dudeja, Fatemeh Gharibi, and Tori Yang

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Vera Spangler @ve-spa.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

📚 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....

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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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Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies @durhamchina.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

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!

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

We then ended with a presentation by Shuang Gao about language policies and institutional whiteness, outlining ways that such policies exacerbate students' racialization (this session was not recorded)

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

We heard from Milad Mohebali, who spoke about the value of re-thinking commonly used frameworks towards more humanizing and relational understandings. He gave the example of the limitations of the push-pull theory (with some evocative images of the pull-pull in opposite directions) (not recorded)

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Next was Mousumi Mukherjee who outlined the contextual and legal barriers encountered in India while attempting to conduct research *with* international students youtu.be/wkIZUkHnqQg

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Mousumi Mukherjee: Challenges of researching with international students in India

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

The second presentation came from Sandra Slotte, who highlighted a necessary shift from speaking about 'international student employability' towards 'employer-ability' (i.e. how employers should create more inclusive hiring practices) youtu.be/GOd8EBKO4Rc

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Sandra Slotte: Investigating employer-ability instead of employability in international employment

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

We started the day with a presentation from @sophiadeterala.bsky.social, who outlined the geopolitical contexts shaping the experiences of Chinese international students in the Phillipines youtu.be/pKqtYkPRZtw

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Sophia Deterala: Finding meaning in social justice research (intl students in the Philippines)

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

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🧵⬇️

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Vijay Ramjattan @vijayramjattan.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

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

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The Oxford Handbook of Language & Prejudice, edited by Jane Setter, Sender Dovchin, & Vijay A. Ramjattan

The cover art shows a green balloon with "kein mensch ist illegal" written on it.

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

We ended with two sessions (not recorded) focusing on: 1) Intersecting student migrant identity with LGBTQ+ identities and economic precarity by Prof-Collins Ifoenu 2) Theoretical insights into first-generation international students by Sana Ghazi and Chi Nguyen

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Sarang Kim and Marisa Lally then highlighted how researchers navigate neoliberal forces to develop a 'praxis of care' to sustain equity-driven work in research with international students www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtpL...

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Sarang Kim & Marisa Lally: Sustaining purpose in equity-oriented work in the field

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Soumia Bardhan and Sihang Shu then discussed shifting research from deficit narratives to empowered voices, thinking about the meaning of 'equity' in research with international students www.youtube.com/watch?v=knCS...

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Soumia Bardhan & Sihang Shu: Reimagining purpose and equity in research with international students

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

This was followed by Shanshan Jiang-Brittan who spoke about her work regarding Chinese international students' feelings towards political activism while abroad and the challenges of researching a highly sensitive subject. (This session was not recorded)

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

We started the day with Betül Bulut Şahin highlighting the role of international office professionals and their perceptions of equality vs equity in support provisions with international students www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLuM...

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Betül Bulut-Sahin: Exploring international office professionals’ perspectives on equity

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

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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Jenna Mittelmeier @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

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.

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Johanna L. Waters @johannawaters.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

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

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Desire and the making of the mobile subject: China as destination for international students from the west: Globalisation, Societies and Education: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

And finally Ezgi Ozyonum spoke about decolonial analyses of students' discourses about international education www.youtube.com/watch?v=0293...

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Ezgi Ozyonum: Decolonial perspectives on internationalization discourses

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Shannon Hutcheson then spoke about 'gray spaces' of students between visa categories or in visa categories less recognised by the field www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a8w...

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Shannon Hutcheson: Implied but uncertain - Capturing international students in gray spaces

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Oğuzhan Tekin and @vijayramjattan.bsky.social highlighted the field's tendency to focus on 'campus' as a site of analysis while going beyond invites a richer range of considerations for students' experiences www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw27...

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Oğuzhan Tekin & Vijay Ramjattan: Going beyond a campus bubble in support for international students

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The next session by Jason Schneider reflecting on the connections between structure and agency in research with international students www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Pq...

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Jason Schneider: Finding purpose by focusing on student agency

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The next session was led by Allyson Lindsley and Sehyun Liz Hwang, who spoke about helping international education practitioners turn real-world questions and dilemmas into research questions and participatory action initiatives with international students www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ6b...

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Allyson Lindsley & Sehyun Liz Hwang: Turning real-world questions into research questions

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

We started with Alison Leslie and Clare Wright in conversation with former international student Sally Heier about her perspectives on being a focus of research www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt6N...

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Alison Leslie, Clare Wright, & Sally Heier: In conversation with an international PGT student

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

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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Sita @wrstna.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

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.

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Our final session today was led by @conororeilly.bsky.social, who gave a thought-provoking talk on the intersections of research and practice (an 'unconventional hubris') www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrsG...

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Conor O'Reilly: An unconventional hubris - Considering doctoral research as a practitioner

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Our next session was led by @hcockayne.bsky.social and Zhuomin Huang, focusing on photography as methodological third space in research with international students youtu.be/ix0Abk3PDMw

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Heather Cockayne & Zhuomin Huang: Photography as a methodological third-space

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

We next heard from Yun Yue, who outlined her conceptual framework for student agency through mobility and the need to think beyond common framings such as 'push and pull' youtu.be/F-T4VQgCS94

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Yun Yue: Navigating agency in international student mobility

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

We started with a presentation from our organizers @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social and @selomer42.bsky.social, who outlined their choice in the conference's theme of 'Finding Purpose' and why a greater sense of purpose is needed for research with international students www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc44...

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Jenna Mittelmeier & Sylvie Lomer: Finding 'Purpose' in Research with International Students

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Research with International Students (RIS) @risnetwork.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

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🧵⬇️

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