Conferences

2026 – Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, 11th & 12th June 

Theme: Building Resilience in International Education: Navigating a Changing World.

Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, 11th & 12th June.

Call for papers.

Conference sub-themes:

1. Enhancing the Student and Staff Experience & Internationalisation at Home  

Examples may include mobility programmes, collaborative online international learning (COIL); curriculum internationalisation, or digital global partnerships; global employability initiatives, professional development, intercultural competence development, support services, or international student integration strategies. 

2. Innovations in Transnational Education 

Examples may include joint or dual degrees, offshore delivery models, global classrooms 

3. Equity, Inclusion & Global Responsibility in Internationalisation (Including displaced students and sustainability) 

Examples may include access pathways for displaced learners, ethical global partnerships, decolonising internationalisation, sustainable mobility models, community engagement, or environmental responsibility in global programmes. 

Keynote speaker:  

Dr Darla Deardorff is UNESCO Chair on Intercultural Competence at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, research scholar at Duke University in the US, and faculty through Harvard and holds several other faculty appointments at universities around the world including in Japan, China, and Canada. Regularly invited to speak around the world, she is the founding president of the World Council on Intercultural and Global Competence, a global nonprofit, and author/editor of 14 books and 60+ chapters/articles.

2025 – Internationalisation in Higher Education – Looking to the Future

South East Technological University, Waterford Campus, 12th & 13th June 

To look back: https://www.setu.ie/events/internationalisation-in-higher-education-looking-to-the-future