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Abstract
In this article, findings are reported from a phenomenology-oriented study on prolonged international mobility and the effects of internationalization on the professional lives of six academic faculty at a Turkish research university. Drawing on research on international mobility of faculty and the present context of Turkish higher education, this investigation identifies three distinct phases of the sojourn abroad – motivation to go abroad, being abroad, repatriating to Turkey – being framed by the supportive and demanding culture of the specific institution. For the participants, ambivalently perceived effects at the individual, institutional and national level include networks gained, the imperative to publish in English, and the lack of a comprehensive national policy for internationalization.
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Author biography
Svenja Bedenlier. Since October 2012 Svenja Bedenlier has been a research assistant at the Department for Continuing Education and Education Management at Carl von Ossietzky University in Oldenburg, Germany. Her doctoral studies are in the area of internationalization of higher education and its influences on academic faculty.
