On the concept of internationalisation: Towards a socially just research collaboration between the UK and MENA countries

Andrea Abbas, Jie Gao, Gihan Ismail

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This paper argues for a wider range of critical perspectives to be bought to bear on the phenomenon of internationalisation.  We suggest the role of internationalisation research should be to promoting reciprocity and respect for global knowledges. It was developed as a discussion piece for the Re-Knox Conference in Cairo (August 2022). It is based on a process of independent and co-reflexivity regarding three of the authors research projects. It conveys and illustrates three principles regarding theory and method that we found valuable for understanding how research that builds a more sustainable, equitable and cooperative form of higher education could be developed. The goal is to unpick and transform the destructive, exploitative, and negative relationships that are embedded in internationalisation for all parties involved

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