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Internationalisation and Competitiveness of Universities Through Different Types of Researchers’ Mobility – Facing the Future

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The mobility of researchers is considered to be one of the most important and, at the same time, the most complex priorities at the intersection of various policy areas. Analyzing the influence of doctoral researchers’ mobility on internationalisation and competitiveness of universities, several issues related to policy, practices and necessary activities were addressed in the chapter. The mobility of researchers is considered from several aspects, going beyond geographical mobility which is widely perceived as the main form of researchers’ movement contributing to internationalisation. Finally, there are analyzed future challenges related to digital science and virtual mobility and questioned whether European universities are prepared to take advantage of emerging developments in technology advancements, human communication and social interactions, as well as whether current policy framework targeting universities is sufficient to properly respond to these challenges.

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  2. Institute of Education, London, United Kingdom

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  3. , Sociology Department, Bucharest University, Bucharest, Romania

    Lazăr Vlasceanu

  4. European University Association, Brussels, Belgium

    Lesley Wilson

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Krstić, S. (2012). Internationalisation and Competitiveness of Universities Through Different Types of Researchers’ Mobility – Facing the Future. In: Curaj, A., Scott, P., Vlasceanu, L., Wilson, L. (eds) European Higher Education at the Crossroads. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3937-6_28

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