The European Universities Initiative and the ‘Euro-internationalisation’ of European Higher Education

Alexander Frame is a Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Burgundy, Dijon, France. Barbara Curyło is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at at the University of Opole, Poland.

Part 1: Euro-Internationalisation in Higher Education: From institutional context to pedagogical impact 1. The European Universities Initiative as an object of scientific study in the context of “Euro-internationalisation” 2. Europeanisation as an opportunity structure for higher education 3. Bridging the gap between policy and practice: The individual perspective on internationalisation as a part of curriculum development 4. The development of intercultural competence through internationalisation at home: The case of Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programmes within European University Alliances Part 2: The European Universities Initiative as a vector of Euro-internationalisation 5. From the ‘European university’ to the Europeanisation of universities in Europe: E pluribus multum 6. A Theoretical and Methodological Approach to the European Universities Initiative: Critical Cosmopolitanism 7. Sketching out the contours of the vision of European higher education advanced by the European Universities Initiative 8. Mechanisms of Alliance Formation across the European Universities Initiative: Collaborative Preference 9. Future perspectives for European Universities: The challenges of implementing a governance model for the European Universities Initiative 10. The impact of the European Universities Initiative on non-academic university employees in Poland: Coming out of the shadows 11. Where next? Mapping future directions and perspectives for EUI-related research