EDITORIAL

Autores

  • ŞEFIKA ŞULE ERÇETIN
  • LUIS TOMÉ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26619/1647-7251.DT0325ED

Resumo

In recent decades, the internationalization of higher education has emerged as a central theme in global academic discourse. As universities and academic institutions around the world increasingly operate beyond national borders, the need to examine the implications, practices, and outcomes of internationalization has become both urgent and complex. Internationalization, in the context of higher education, refers not only to the mobility of students, faculty, and academic programs, but also to the integration of international dimensions into curricula, research agendas, institutional strategies, and campus cultures. It encompasses policies and practices designed to enhance global engagement, foster intercultural understanding, and prepare graduates to operate in increasingly interconnected societies. However, internationalization is not a neutral or universally beneficial process. It reflects broader dynamics of globalization, power relations, economic inequalities, and cultural negotiations that shape how it is experienced and implemented across different contexts. Effective leadership in this context must not only enable global engagement but also prioritize equity, diversity, and ethical responsiveness to global challenges.

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Biografias Autor

ŞEFIKA ŞULE ERÇETIN

Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Education at Hacettepe University (Türkiye). In 1991, she completed her Phd from Division of Educational Administration, Supervision, Planning, and Economics in Hacettepe University. She has been working as a professor since 2003. She has worked as visiting scholar in Texas A&M, USA and Lancaster University, UK. In 2021, she founded Management of Higher Education Division and Master program in Hacettepe University. Prof. Erçetin has worked in many national and international projects as a member of project team project coordinator on education of refugees, women, vocational training. Her main research fields are comparative education policies, research methods, organizational intelligence and stupidity and wisdom, leadership, migration, fuzzy logic, children at risk, women and peace studies, quantum leadership, women leadership model. Also, she is the president and founder member of the International Science Association in Türkiye (ISCASS). She is the editor in chief of different national and international journals which focuses on leadership and education.

LUIS TOMÉ

Full Professor at Autónoma University of Lisbon, UAL (Portugal), where he is Head for Internationalization and Director of the Department of International Relations. He is also Director of the research unit OBSERVARE-Observatory of Foreign Relations, and of Janus.net, e-journal of international relations. Senior Researcher at the Portuguese Institute of International Relations (IPRI-Nova). Member of the Thematic Assessment Committee of the Portuguese Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES) in the scientific field of Political Science and International Relations. Professor Luis Tomé has been a visiting professor at La Sapienza Universitá di Roma–Italy, the University of Macau-China, the Middle East Technical University (METU) of Ankara- Türkiye, National Defense Institute of East Timor, as also at the Portuguese Military University Institute (IUM), National Defense Institute (IDN) and Higher Institute of Police Sciences and Homeland Security (ISCPSI). He has a degree in International Relations from the Autónoma University of Lisbon (UAL), a Masters in Strategy from the Institute of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP) of Lisbon University and a PhD in International Relations from the Faculty of Economics of University of Coimbra (FEUC).

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Publicado

2025-06-03

Edição

Vol. 16 N.º 1, TD1 (2025): Thematic Dossier – Internationalization of Higher Education: Experiences and Challenges

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