We are pleased to announce that the Special Interest Group Researchers in International Education (RIE) has been approved by the EAIE leadership and launched this year. The success of the ‘Roundtable on research in internationalisation of higher education’ during the 2009 EAIE Conference in Madrid made this possible. More than 40 people were involved in the roundtable discussions, of which at least 25 were EAIE members, including several past-presidents and other active members.

The provisional Board of the RIE is composed of:
Fiona Hunter (co-chair) University Carlo Cattaneo, Italy
Hans de Wit (co-chair) School of Economics and Management, Hogeschool van Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Joan-Anton Carbonell Kingston University, UK
Minna Söderqvist Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences, Finland

The Board is developing an action plan, including conference activities, website communication and other future events. For more information on RIE, visit their external website.