Events
2023
25 October
Keynote by André Bryntesson at a conference on the topic of Higher Education teaching and learning in relation to Widening Access and Participation, Stockholm.
14 June
Presentation by André Bryntesson at a university-wide seminar in relation to the launch of Gothenburg University's new policy for Widening Access and Participation.
8, 11, & 12 May
Presentations by Mikael Börjesson, André Bryntesson and Pablo Lillo Cea at an internal exploratory HERO workshop titled National, Regional, and Global Processes in the Humanities, and the Natural, Social, Medical and Educational Sciences, together with Johan Heilbron, Frédéric Lebaron, Kristoffer Kropp and others.
27 April
Keynote by André Bryntesson at the Include Conference 2023 in Malmö, on the topic of horizontal stratification within higher education and international student mobility.
20 April
Presentation by Mikael Börjesson and André Bryntesson on the topic of the tuition fee introduction in Sweden at the conference Internasjonal studentmobilitet ved et veiskille?, in Oslo.
12 January
Lecture: André Bryntesson and Christin Mays presented on the topic of SIHE, Internationalisation at Uppsala University and United States-Sweden Relations during a visit by master students and faculty from Elon University in North Carolina.
2022
2 November
Webinar: Ashley Haru, André Bryntesson and Mikael Börjesson presented a report on Nordic Erasmus+ students online from a studio in Stockholm. The webinar targeted higher education professionals working with Erasmus+, and was attended by 75 viewers.
9 September
Webb-presentation: Ashleu Haru, André Bryntesson and Mikael Börjesson presented the recently published report on outbound Nordic Erasmus+ students in front of representatives from the Nordic government agencies that ordered the report.
9-10 May
Workshop: Denationalizing Field Theory across Education, Culture, and Science. Convenors: Leonora Dugonjic-Rodwin, Mikael Palme & Mikael Börjesson, Sociology of Education, Uppsala universitet.
4-6 May
Conference: The conference titled The Internationalization of Higher Education Institutions was held in the Humanities Theatre at Uppsala University, hosting many of the world's leading scholars in the field, including Hans de Wit, Ellen Hazelkorn, Parvati Raghuram, Marijk van der Wende and Simon Marginson. The event was jointly organized by SIHE, the Academia Europaea HERCulES group and HERO – Higher Education as Research Object, with the financial support of Åke Wiberg Foundation and the Department of Education, Uppsala University. See full programme.
2021
10 November
Conference: UHR's Internationaliseringsdag will take place in November, and will this year focus on the topic of inclusion and widening participation in international mobility.
2020
11 November
Presentation at the digital conference Internationaliseringsdagarna by André Bryntesson together with Anders Ahlstrand, on the topic of social selectivity in the flows of Swedish students abroad.
8 September
Presentation at the digital conference Kvalitetsdrivet by Mikael Börjesson and André Bryntesson, together with Anders Ahlstrand from UHR, on the topic of social selectivity in the flows of Swedish students abroad.
11 March
Presentation at Forum för internationalisering by André Bryntesson on the topic of the effect of tuition fees on the inflows of international students to Sweden, at UHR in Stockholm.
2019
16 December
Publication of report Svenska studenter i Erasmus+. Livsbanor och sociala strukturer, written for UHR by André Bryntesson and Mikael Börjesson at SIHE.
19 November
Conference: International student mobility and migration: Flows, fees and retention, arranged by SIHE, Uppsala.
18 November
Presentation by Mikael Börjesson & Pablo Lillo Cea titled "World Class Universities, Rankings and the Global Space of International Students" at SCANCOR, Stanford University.
26-28 June
Presentation by André Bryntesson titled "Swedish Erasmus Students’ Images and Impressions of Europe: Evidence from Experiences, Motivations and Movements" and Mette Ginnerskov Dahlberg titled "Images of place(s): Eastern European students’ path to the Danish educational system" at the IMISCOE Conference, Malmö.
17 June
Presentation by André Bryntesson at internal UHR conference in relation to release of DELMI report.
10 June
Yearly meeting with SIHE reference group.
24 May
Presentation by Ashley Haru and UHR representatives titled "Internationell studentmobilitet – för vem och varför?" at Nationell Vägledarkonferens 2019, Jönköping.
15-16 May
Conference: World Class Universities, Uppsala.
15 May
Presentations by André Bryntesson and Ashley Haru at Uppsala University's International Staff Week.
14 May
Meeting with representatives of the Norwegian Mobility project.
29 March
Presentation by André Bryntesson at Nordic-Baltic Migration Conference in Tallinn.
6-8 March
Presentation by André Bryntesson titled "From Sweden with Erasmus+. The Experiences, Practices and Preferences of Outgoing Exchange Students", at NERA Conference, Uppsala.
19 February
Presentation of extended Erasmus-study by André Bryntesson and Mikael Börjesson titled "Svenska studenter i Erasmus+. Livsbanor och sociala strukturer", at the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR), Stockholm.
13 February
Workshop in Uppsala with Jérôme Rickmann titled "Open for Business? Case Studies into Organizational Adaptation at Swedish Universities after the Introduction of Tuition Fees for International Non-EU-Students
3-6 February
Presentation at CARME Conference in Cape Town. Ashley Haru presented with the title "Unravelling structural patterns between credit and degree mobility in Europe using simple correspondence analysis".
2018
9 November
Presentation by Mikael Börjesson titled "Academic mobility and international migration – A study of the Swedish Institute scholarships" at ACA Conference, Brussels.
7 November
Conference session titled "Tuition Fees for International Students: The Swedish Case" during the Global Super Wednesday event in Uppsala, featuring the presentation "Tuition Fees in Sweden: Westernised Student Body, Gatekeeping Scholarships and Questionable Economic Benefits?" by André Bryntesson and Mikael Börjesson, as well as Jérôme Rickmann's presentation "Open for Business? Case Studies into Organisational Adaptation at Swedish Universities after the Introduction of Tuition Fees for International Non-EU Students". The session titled "Scholarships and Organizations Supporting International Academic Migration" included a presentation by Christin Mays titled "Have Scholarship, Will Travel: On Funding for Swedish-American Academic Exchange in the Twentieth Century" and Mikael Börjesson's presentation "Swedish Institute Scholarship Holders. A Study of the Swedish Institute Scholarships". During the session "Tuition Fees for International Students: Nordic Perspective" Mette Ginnerskov Dahlberg presented on the theme "EU Integration and the Financial Situation of International Students: The case of Eastern European Master's Students in Denmark", Anna Medvedeva spoke of the "Debate about Tuition Fees in Finland: Values vs. Market" and Jannecke Wiers-Jenssen on "Free Higher Education for International Students in Norway". Finally, Jannecke Wiers-Jenssen also held a keynote presentation on the topic of "International Student Mobility. The Case of Norway".
6-7 November
Presentation in Uppsala by Mikael Börjesson titled "Vem åker och vem stannar hemma? Motiv och drivkrafter till internationell mobilitet inom olika grupper", at Internationaliseringsdagarna 2018, organised by the Swedish Council for Higher Education.
17 October
Seminar in Uppsala titled "Open for Business? Case Studies into Organizational Adaptation at Swedish Universities after the Introduction of Tuition Fees for International Non-EU-Students" by Jérôme Rickmann.
11 October
Presentation of results from the study "Från Sverige med Erasmus+. Ett rum av utresande utbytesstudenters upplevelser, praktiker och preferenser" by Mikael Börjesson, at the Swedish Council of Higher Education (UHR), Stockholm.
28 September
Presentation titled "Tuition Fees in Sweden in Relation to Political Aims" by André Bryntesson at yearly EMN Conference in Luxembourg.
13 September
Workshop in Uppsala titled "Internationalisation of Education. A SEC/SIHE Research Workshop" with Johanna Waters and Maggi Leung.
12 September
Lectures in Uppsala by Johanna Waters titled "International Higher Education and Student (Im)mobilities" and by Maggi Leung with the title "Rising China in the field of international education: trends, geographies and embodied experiences".
11-14 June
Presentation titled "Research on Internationalization, the Global Flow of International and Erasmus+ Exchange Students" by Mikael Börjesson at International Staff Week, Uppsala University.
28 May
Meeting with SIHE reference group.
23 May
Conference session with the theme "Internationalisation" at the HERO Conference on Swedish HE, Uppsala.
25 May
Presentation of preliminary results from the study "Från Sverige med Erasmus+. Ett rum av utresande utbytesstudenters upplevelser, praktiker och preferenser" by Mikael Börjesson, at the Swedish Council of Higher Education (UHR), Stockholm.
25 April
Seminar titled "Akademikers migration och svenska stipendieprogram" where Andreas Åkerlund and Mikael Börjesson participated, at DELMI, Stockholm.
18 April
Keynote by Mikael Börjesson titled "Vem åker och vem stannar hemma? Internationell mobilitet inom olika grupper" and presentation by Ashley Haru during the session "Internationell inspiration – Breddad rekrytering och breddat deltagande i Kanada och Finland" at the conference Kvalitetsdrivet 2018, Stockholm.
8-9 March
Presentations at the MOVE Conference in Luxembourg. André Bryntesson presented under the title "The Economic (ir)rationales behind Swedish tuition fees for third country students" and Ashley Haru held the presentation "Uneven flows in Europe: Structural differences between credit and degree mobility".
15 February
Presentation titled "Från Sverige med Erasmus+. Ett rum av utresande utbytesstudenters upplevelser, praktiker och preferenser" held by Mikael Börjesson and André Bryntesson at Forum för internationalisering, Stockholm.
22 January
Workshop with Johan Heilbron on the title "Transnational Cultural exchange and Globalization, with discussions of ongoing research at Uppsala University on higher education and culture", 10.15–15.00, Blåsenhus room 12:228.
2017
9 December
Presentation at ZiF Conference, Bielefeld. Mikael Börjesson and André Bryntesson held the presentation "The social space of Swedish Erasmus students, 2014-2016".
7 November
Inauguration of SIHE during Global Super Tuesday, Uppsala.