From competition to cooperation: Redesigning incentives for equitable student mobility in Europe (327)

10:30 – 12:00 BST, 10 September 2026 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins

Room: Poster Area 02, Argyll Foyer, Crown Plaza Hotel, Ground floor

Poster

✅ Included for all participants
💬 Poster (conversational)
💡 Research on internationalisation

 

European universities invest heavily in recruiting international students, yet this competition does not always support inclusion or quality goals. This poster presents an economic framework for designing policy and funding incentives that encourage institutions to collaborate rather than compete. Drawing on microeconomic theory and secondary data from Eurostat, UNESCO and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), it identifies practical mechanisms that policymakers and international offices can adapt to their own contexts.

Please note, posters are divided between the SEC Centre and the Crown Plaza Hotel this year. The approximate walking time between the two locations is 4 minutes. Posters ending between 01 and 16 will be found in the SEC Centre Concourse, posters ending between 17 and 30 will be found in the Crown Plaza Hotel, Argyll Foyer.