When people ask me how I began working in intercultural communication, I often smile and say, “By accident.” In truth, the journey started high above the clouds. I spent a decade in the airline industry, working for three very different carriers. My career began with...
This month we are featuring an interview with Dr Helen Spencer Oatey. Helen was recently named in the Stanford University/Elsevier 2024 list of the top 2% of scientists who have had the greatest impact on other scientists in her field. She is Emeritus Professor of...
In an era characterised by globalisation, migration, and transnational organisations and movements, local and global issues have never been so tightly interconnected. In this context, the idea of global citizenship has emerged with the aim of creating a more inclusive...
Internationalization of Higher Education and Globalization The Internationalization of Higher Education is a relatively recent phenomenon, whose meaning has been adapted to the circumstances and challenges that society has imposed on university education over the last...
The world we live and work in today has changed and diversity has become a distinguishing feature all around us, in countries, regions, cities, companies, families and in universities and classrooms. Learning to live together ‘as equals and in dignity’ (White Paper on...
Written by Dr Katharina Lefringhausen (Introduction to the research paper “Acculturation and Discrimination: A Parallel Mediation Model via Intergroup Contact and Threats” by Dr Katharina Lefringhausen, to be presented at the Mini SIETAR congress: Building Dialogues... 
