RESUP / CSO Conference: «Beyond the national. Globalisation, circulation and comparisons in higher education and research» (presentations by Magali Ballatore, Théotime Chabre, Sylvie Mazzella and Dorota Dakowska).

From 17 to 19 December 2025 | Sciences Po, Campus Saint-Thomas, 1 place Saint Thomas d'Aquin, Paris

RESUP (Higher Education Studies Network) and the Centre de sociologie des organisations are organising a conference entitled “Beyond the national. Globalisation, circulation and comparisons in higher education and research”.”. 

This conference will bring together a wide range of stakeholders to discuss issues such as: the politics of internationalisation, multi-level governance of higher education, student mobility and models, the issue of (in)visibility, the relationship between levels of government, and reforms and reformers in the international context. 

The organisers, Jérôme Aust and Christine Musselin, The CSO is looking forward to seeing you on 17, 18 and 19 December at Sciences Po.

Registration required: https://www.sciencespo.fr/cso/fr/evenements/au-dela-du-national-globalisation-circulations-et-comparaisons-dans-l-enseignement-superieur-et-la-recherche/

Several MESOPOLHIS members spoke on the morning of Thursday 18 December:

9.00-11.00 - Student traffic (Chair Cécile Crespy)

Magali Ballatore, Aline Courtois, Valérie Erlich and Vincent Hugoo
Supranational dynamics and the role of private and public players in higher distance education. A comparison between France and the United Kingdom

Claude Koutou and Elise Tenret
Student mobility in higher education in Côte d'Ivoire: From audience capture mechanisms to the privatisation of orientations

Sylvie Mazzella and Théotime Chabre
Privatised globalisation of higher education on the European border? The cases of Tunisia and Northern Cyprus in the 21st century

Séverine Chauvel and the MOBETAF team
Merchandising, local internationalisation and student mobility: the reshaping of higher education in Dakar and professional morals in tension

11.00am-11.20am - Coffee break (campus cafeteria)

11.20am-12.20pm - Conference Dorota Dakowska (Chair: Emmanuelle Picard)
Keep moving! How can we understand the transnationalisation of higher education reforms?

12.20pm - 1.30pm - Lunch (campus cafeteria)

Download the programme below in English and French: