Nidhi Piplani Kapur

South East Technological University (Waterford Campus), Ireland

Nidhi Piplani Kapur is pursuing her PhD in Internationalisation at Home in Irish HEIs at the South East Technological University, Ireland (Waterford Campus). She is the recipient of the prestigious Irish Research Council scholarship for her PhD project, which investigates how Irish HEIs can embed internationalisation into their curricula through Internationalisation at Home. Nidhi has over 13 years of experience in the international higher education sector, during which she has been an active volunteer with the EAIE for a decade. Starting in September 2024, she will begin a new term on the General Council of the EAIE, after having served two terms in the past. Additionally, Nidhi is the Head of the Symbiosis Centre for European Studies (SCES) at Symbiosis International University (SIU) in India, where she leads the university’s international engagements and projects with its European partners.

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Franka van den Hende

Senior Policy Advisor, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Franka is a senior policy advisor and researcher specializing in internationalization, diversity, and organizational change at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Franka has just completed her PhD research on Curriculum Internationalization: A Dynamic Organizational Change Process.  She has worked for 32 years in higher education as a lecturer, researcher, project manager, director of the international office, and policy advisor in various contexts. Franka has published and presented her work frequently on national and international platforms and conferences. 

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