Point of departures and good practices for responsible internationalization in a rapidly changing world

Summary, in English

Responsible internationalization has become an increasingly used term to promote relationship building in a world which is increasingly shaped by the growing impact of global challenges and geopolitical competition. Amidst these changing global conditions researchers and universities have started to learn that they need to adhere to an expanded set of norms related to the research endeavor. Today these norms include for researchers well known aspects such as research integrity, academic freedom, openness, research excellence, and research ethics, but also newer aspects related to societal impact, research security, science diplomacy, and knowledge security. However, a difficulty with managing these aspects collectively is that they are sometimes seemingly contradictory. For example, how can openness in the research endeavor be maintained when national security concerns increase compliance-based measures and raise suspicions of foul play from foreign governments? Or how can the opportunities presented in international research be reciprocally distributed at an institutional level to avoid concerns about an unlevelled playing field? These questions that require more than black or white answers are just part of new issue sets that are formed when researchers and university administrators need to consider an increasingly broadening set of aspects in their professional and academic roles. It is with this background that responsible internationalization has become popularized and set a direction where responsibility is a prime norm to handle the increasingly complex environment.

• Author: Tommy Shih
• Department/s: Marketing
• Publishing year: 2023
• Language: English
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/rwm8n
• Document type: Preprint
• Publisher: OSF Preprints
• Topic: Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
• Status: Published