Past Internationalization Projects
In addition to the IAU’s various internationalization activities, many projects have already been completed. Below you may find brief explanations of completed projects.
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UNESCO Participation Programme
The UNESCO Participation Programme supports the implementation of projects proposed by Member States and partner NGOs that align with the Organization’s core priorities. It also fosters closer collaboration between UNESCO and its partners, reinforcing collective efforts toward shared educational, cultural, and scientific goals.
Promoting Equitable and Inclusive Internationalization at Universities in Africa
Financed by the UNESCO Participation Programme, the Promoting Equitable and Inclusive Internationalization at Universities in Africa project aims at promoting equitable and inclusive internationalization of higher education both in terms of knowledge and people, paying special attention to women (at all levels from Leadership to students).
In collaboration with the Women’s University in Africa, Zimbabwe, the IAU, using the HEIAS Programme methodology, facilitated an in-depth assessment of the university’s internationalization strategy and process in order to create more inclusive and equitable internationalization strategies, which leveraged African specificities and promoted women’s engagement. This was done by working with an institutional committee and an international Panel of Experts. The project also shared such experiences and debated how to make internationalization more equitable and inclusive in a final workshop with Zimbabwean academic community and beyond.
This project responded to the growing need and demand among African higher education institutions to strengthen their institutional capacity for internationalization policies and programmes without a simple transposition of models copied from other regions of the world, but a differentiated approach for the local African context; it promoted African culture and knowledge, focusing on equality and inclusion, especially but not only, of women.
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The Future of Internationalization Partnership (FIP) was a three-year project which began in May 2021 and was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). It brought together The Center for International Higher Education (CIHE) at Boston College, the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto, and the IAU.
FIP was led by Project Director Dr. Elizabeth Buckner, an Assistant Professor in Higher Education at the University of Toronto, and aimed to deepen theoretical understanding of how internationalization is changing in response to global pressures.
Project Deliverables
At the end of the first year of the project, a report entitled "The Internationalization of Higher Education in the Wake of COVID-19: A Rigorous Review of the Literature on Short-Term Impacts" was published. During the second year, through mixed methods research, the projecet designed a new survey module to be included in the sixth edition of the IAU Global Survey on Internationalization, which addrssed external pressures to internationalization.
The project also conducted case studies of institutional innovations and engages scholars and practitioners to discuss effective, equitable, and sustainable forms of internationalization in higher education. One of the most important aspects of the project was transforming research findings into profiles of good practice and resources for institutional leaders.