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This scoping review aims to trace the evidence in the international scientific literature on the intersections between COVID-driven digitalisation and the internationalisation strategies of higher education institutions (HEIs). The focus lies on teaching and learning, cooperation, support structures, and leadership processes. We reviewed 45 studies from an initial selection of 648 sources retrieved from Scopus and Web of Science. Results showed that digitally supported internationalisation strategies are often associated with more cost-effective, inclusive and sustainable models. Despite ongoing calls for comprehensive approaches, the systematic adoption of virtual internationalisation strategies remains largely a normative subject.

In Germany, only a few international academics have succeeded in gaining access to a university professorship. This is evident on an international scale, but also in comparison with other academic staff at universities. The InWiDeHo research project investigated whether and, if so, which obstacles exist for international academics in the transition from postdoc to professorship. The report presents the core findings and recommendations for action of the qualitative study, for which international postdocs and newly appointed professors as well as members of university management were interviewed as part of expert interviews. Group discussions were also held with university staff.