Research with International Students (RIS)

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

YouTube video by Research with International Students Jason Schneider: Book launch for 'International student mobility in higher education'

📽️ 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...

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...

📆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...

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...

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...

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…

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…

✍️ 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...

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

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.

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...

YouTube video by Research with International Students Panel: Queer international students in the Global North

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...

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.

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.

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…

✍️ 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.

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

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...

⚠️ 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...

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

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...

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...

📚 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....

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!

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)

YouTube video by Research with International Students Jing Zhang: Decolonising and finding purpose in research with disadvantaged international students

The next session was led by Jing Zhang, focusing on research with economically disadvantaged Chinese international students youtu.be/t4avspA94gc

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)

YouTube video by Research with International Students Mousumi Mukherjee: Challenges of researching with international students in India

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

YouTube video by Research with International Students Sandra Slotte: Investigating employer-ability instead of employability in international employment

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

YouTube video by Research with International Students Sophia Deterala: Finding meaning in social justice research (intl students in the Philippines)

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

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🧵⬇️

This is a screenshot of the volume cover. 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.

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 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

YouTube video by Research with International Students Sarang Kim & Marisa Lally: Sustaining purpose in equity-oriented work in the field

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...

YouTube video by Research with International Students Soumia Bardhan & Sihang Shu: Reimagining purpose and equity in research with international students

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...

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)