Beyond Mobility: Interpreting the Concept and Substance of Internationalisation at Home – Theoretical Frameworks and Domestic Examples

Abstract

The discourse on the internationalisation of higher education and student mobility has changed significantly over the past decade in European countries, including Hungary. Alongside quantitative considerations (student recruitment, competitiveness, rankings), increasing emphasis is being placed on changes relating to the teaching and learning environment and institutional culture. Our study aims to use a narrative analysis of the literature to interpret, from an ecosystem perspective, the interconnections between internationalisation at home, the internationalisation of the curriculum, distance internationalisation and mobility, and to demonstrate, through domestic examples, how these phenomena relate to the macro-, meso- and micro-levels of the higher education ecosystem. Drawing on Hungarian and international literature, the study concludes and outlines further possible directions for development.