Eva Maria Vögtle

Dr. Eva Maria Vögtle

Research Area Governance in Higher Education and Science
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After completing her doctorate at the Department of Political and Administrative Sciences at the University of Konstanz, Eva Vögtle worked at the Collaborative Research Centre 597 "Statehood in Transition" at the University of Bremen before joining the DZHW in September 2013. There, between 2013 and 2016, she was involved in the project evaluation of the federal-state competition "Advancement through Education: Open University", and from 2017 to the end of 2019 she was part of the EUROSTUDENT team. In 2019, she led a project on higher education governance and its comparability between the German Länder. Since January 2020, as part of her postdoctoral position, she has conducted research on the conceptualisation and comparative measurement of academic freedom in the European context and on socio-economic conditions of students in Europe. In addition, applying quantitative network analysis, she has been conducting research on determinants of transnational student mobility since 2016 as part of the DZHW research cluster "Mobility of the Highly Skilled" and since 2021 as part of the research cluster "Mobility and Migration-Specific Inequalities".

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Academic research fields

Transnational Student Mobility, International Comparative Policy Convergence and Diffusion Research, Bologna Process, Social Network Analysis, Higher Education Governance, Institutions and Policies of the European U

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Internationalisation in the Digital Transformation: Strategies of German higher education institutions (INDISTRA)
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Quo Vadis Science Diplomacy – Wissenschaftsmobilität und -kooperation nach der Zeitenwende.

Blümel, C., & Vögtle, E. M. (2023).
Quo Vadis Science Diplomacy – Wissenschaftsmobilität und -kooperation nach der Zeitenwende. (DZHW Brief 05|2023). Hannover: DZHW. https://doi.org/10.34878/2023.05.dzhw_brief

The Bologna Process as a Multidimensional Architecture of Policy Diffusion in Western Europe.

Vögtle, E. M., Dobbins, M., Martens, K., & Niemann, D. (2023).
The Bologna Process as a Multidimensional Architecture of Policy Diffusion in Western Europe. In J. Jungblut, M. Maltais, E. C. Ness, & D. R. (Hrsg.), Comparative Higher Education Politics - Policymaking in North America and Western Europe (S. 427-453). Wiesbaden: Springer.

How to Unite Contradictory Visions of Sustainable Internationalization.

Vögtle, E. M., & Ferreira Santos, L. (2023).
How to Unite Contradictory Visions of Sustainable Internationalization. IAU Horizons, 28(1), 50-51.
Abstract

While demands for sustainable models of internationalization are a recurring theme in the debates on internationalization, it cannot be assumed that shared meanings underlie these discussions and proposed solutions. In the realm of the project INDISTRA, this opinion piece discusses how different understandings and drivers of internationalization might be at odds as HEIs are called to rethink their strategies and practices toward sustainable internationalization and provides some key strategies for implementing sustainable internationalization of HEIs.

Does academic freedom matter for global student mobility? Results from longitudinal network data 2009–2017.

Vögtle, E. M., & Windzio, M. (2023).
Does academic freedom matter for global student mobility? Results from longitudinal network data 2009–2017. Higher Education, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-023-01015-x

The ‘Global South’ in the transnational student mobility network. Effects of institutional instability, reputation of the higher education systems, post-colonial ties, and culture.

Vögtle, E. M., & Windzio, M. (2022).
The ‘Global South’ in the transnational student mobility network. Effects of institutional instability, reputation of the higher education systems, post-colonial ties, and culture. Globalisation, Societies and Education (online first). https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2022.2047900
Abstract

In this article, we take a global perspective and analyse how state institutions constitute a countries’ place in the global network of transnational student mobility. We use longitudinal social network analysis to investigate transnational student mobility patterns and find that fragile institutions act as a push factor by increasing outbound student mobility. In addition, reputation of a higher education system impacts on the countries’ role as a favoured study destination. And, particularly for countries in the Global South, cultural similarity is important for the intensity and direction of exchange within the global network of transnational student mobility.

Mobile and Immobile Students’ Characteristics and Programme Choices.

Vögtle, E. (2021).
Mobile and Immobile Students’ Characteristics and Programme Choices. In Cairns, D. (Hrsg.), The Palgrave Handbook of Youth Mobility and Educational Migration (S. 247-259). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64235-8
Abstract

Numerous benefits have been associated with study-related experiences abroad such as employability, wage gains, and soft-skills. Thus, the topic of international student mobility is closely connected to issues of equity and access to higher education. This chapter places special emphasis on differences in mobility rates by gender, field of study, and type of higher education institution. Eurostudent data is used to analyse credit-seeking enrolment and it is distinguished between mobility organised in the realm of programmes and independently organised short-term mobility phases. The mobility patterns of students in Eurostudent countries are quite varied with regard to the extent and types of mobility undertaken.

Der Einfluss des Demokratieniveaus von Staaten auf ihre Attraktivität als Studiendestination. Eine netzwerkanalytische Perspektive.

Vögtle, E.M., & Windzio, M. (2021).
Der Einfluss des Demokratieniveaus von Staaten auf ihre Attraktivität als Studiendestination. Eine netzwerkanalytische Perspektive. In M. Jungbauer-Gans & A. Gottburgsen, Migration, Mobilität und soziale Ungleichheit in der Hochschulbildung (S. 197-220). Wiesbaden, Springer VS.
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This article investigates the link between countries’ level of democracy and their ability to attract degree-mobile students from abroad. The network of international student mobility is analyzed for the time span between 2000 and 2009 in a cross-sectional manner, focusing on OECD and member countries of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). Using Social Network Analysis and Exponential Random Graph Modelling, the study demonstrates that ties are more frequent when both countries in a dyad have either low or high levels of democracy, i. e., when there is homophily with regard to their democracy level. However, this applies only when the receiving country is economically wealthy

Students’ time budget in European comparative perspective. Results of the 6th round of EUROSTUDENT and an in-depth analysis of the Hungarian student survey.

Vögtle, E. M., & Hámori, Á. (2020).
Students’ time budget in European comparative perspective. Results of the 6th round of EUROSTUDENT and an in-depth analysis of the Hungarian student survey. In D. Großmann, C. Engel, J. Junkermann & T. Wolbring (Hrsg.), Studentischer Workload. Definition, Messung und Einflüsse (S. 145-177). Wiesbaden; Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-28931-7
Abstract

This contribution investigates students’ time budget across 28 European Higher Education Area member countries from a (descriptive) comparative perspective and it provides an in-depth analysis for Hungarian students. Whether students spend more time in direct interaction with teaching staff, or studying on their own, reflects the varying requirements set by different types of higher education institutions, fields of study, and study programmes. Additionally, time investments vary among different groups of students

Looking for freedom? Networks of international student mobility and countries' levels of democracy.

Vögtle, E. M., & Windzio, M. (2020).
Looking for freedom? Networks of international student mobility and countries' levels of democracy. The Geographical Journal, 186(1), 103-115. https://doi.org/10.1111/geoj.12329
Abstract

This article analyses the network of international student mobility (ISM) between OECD and European Higher Education Area (EHEA) member countries between 2000 and 2009. It aims at investigating the link between countries’ level of democracy and how this impacts on their ability to attract degree‐mobile students from abroad. Social Network Analysis (SNA) and Exponential Random Graph Modelling (ERGM) are used to show that the ties of student mobility occur more often when both countries in the dyad have either low or high levels of democracy and when the receiving country is also economically wealthy. The network is characterized by a core‐periphery structure where a few countries act as hubs with numerous strong ties

20 years of the Bologna Process: Achievements and difficulties in tackling the social dimension of student life in Europe.

Vögtle, E. (2019).
20 years of the Bologna Process: Achievements and difficulties in tackling the social dimension of student life in Europe. (DZHW Brief 2|2019). Hannover: DZHW. https://doi.org/10.34878/2019.02.dzhw_brief

20 Jahre Bologna-Prozess-Hehre Ziele, moderate Erfolge? Bologna bietet den Staaten eine Struktur, nicht aber die Inhalte der Hochschulprogramme. Das hat Vor-und Nachteile.

Vögtle, E.M. (2019).
20 Jahre Bologna-Prozess-Hehre Ziele, moderate Erfolge? Bologna bietet den Staaten eine Struktur, nicht aber die Inhalte der Hochschulprogramme. Das hat Vor-und Nachteile. OeAD news (Nummer 109). Wien, Österreich.

20 Years of Bologna - a story of success, a story of failure. Policy convergence and (non-) implementation in the realm of the Bologna Process.

Vögtle, E. M. (2019).
20 Years of Bologna - a story of success, a story of failure. Policy convergence and (non-) implementation in the realm of the Bologna Process. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research 32(4). 406-428. https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2019.1594717
Abstract

The aim of this article is to provide a condensed, up-to-date overview of the Bologna Process with regard to structural characteristics, before embedding it into a discussion on processes on voluntary policy convergence and to which extent we should be able to find this kind of policy harmonisation in the realm of the Bologna Process. Related to this are questions why this, in principle, completely voluntary process of policy harmonisation, has appealed to so many countries and why they might or might not feel committed to the implementation of its policies and tools.

What deters students of education and teacher training from enrolment abroad?

Vögtle, E. M. (2019).
What deters students of education and teacher training from enrolment abroad? EUROSTUDENT Intelligence Brief 2/2019.
Abstract

In view of the important role they will play in educating future generations, the Yerevan Communiqué (2015) defined students of education and teacher training as a relevant group with regard to cross-national student mobility. But what makes this group of students so different from the students in other fields of study? As the analyses in this Intelligence Brief demonstrate, enrolment abroad shares among students of education and teacher training are comparatively low across countries. Students of education and teacher training rate obstacles to enrolment abroad to be more deterring compared to the average across all students.

EUROSTUDENT VI Overview and selected findings: Social and economic conditions of student life in Europe.

Hauschildt, K., Vögtle, E., & Gwosć, C. (2018).
EUROSTUDENT VI Overview and selected findings: Social and economic conditions of student life in Europe. Bielefeld, Germany: W. Bertelsmann Verlag. https://doi.org/10.3278/104-274w
Abstract

This short report presents a condensed overview of the EUROSTUDENT Synopsis of Indicators - the central publication of the project and the result of the collaboration of a European-wide network including researchers, data collectors, representatives of national ministries, and other stakeholders. It comprises data from student surveys conducted in 28 countries in the European Higher Education Area during the sixth round of the EUROSTUDENT project.
This overview provides selected findings on topics such as characteristics of student populations, transition into and within higher education, study, working, and living conditions as well as international student mobility.

Social and economic conditions of student life in Europe: Synopsis of Indicators. EUROSTUDENT VI 2016-2018.

DZHW (Eds.) (2018).
Social and economic conditions of student life in Europe: Synopsis of Indicators. EUROSTUDENT VI 2016-2018. Bielefeld, Germany: W. Bertelsmann Verlag.
ISBN 978-3-7639-5913-6
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Internationalization in the Digital Transformation: A scoping review.

Ferreira Santos, L., & Vögtle, E. M. (2023, Februar).
Internationalization in the Digital Transformation: A scoping review. Vortrag in der DAAD Wissenschaftswerkstatt, DAAD, Bonn.
Abstract

The scoping review conducted in the context of the project Internationalization in the Digital Transformation – INDISTRA, analyses 45 scientific journal articles published in English between June 2017 and June 2022. The study draws on international scientific literature to trace the evidence available on the intersections between covid-driven digitization and its systematic integration into the internationalization strategies of higher education institutions. The focus of the scoping review lies on teaching and learning, cooperation, administration, and decision-making processes.

Science Diplomacy - Quo Vadis? Konsequenzen geopolitischer Konflikte für (multilaterale) Wissenschaftsmobilität.

Blümel, C., & Vögtle, E. M. (2022, September).
Workshop Science Diplomacy - Quo Vadis? Konsequenzen geopolitischer Konflikte für (multilaterale) Wissenschaftsmobilität auf dem Workshop Science Diplomacy - Quo Vadis? Konsequenzen geopolitischer Konflikte für (multilaterale) Wissenschaftsmobilität, DZHW, Berlin, Deutschland.
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The war in Ukraine has not only ushered in a "turning point" in military terms. This conflict also has far-reaching consequences for academic mobility and transnational academic cooperation - both for strategies and concepts in international research and academic policy and for research on academic exchange and multilateral cooperation between universities. In a joint workshop with representatives of science exchange organisations, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Federal Foreign Office, parliamentarians and scientists, we discuss these consequences for science and politics.

Governance von Hochschulen, Definition, Modelle und aktuelle Entwicklungen.

Vögtle, E. (2022, August).
Governance von Hochschulen, Definition, Modelle und aktuelle Entwicklungen. Impulsvortrag im Rahmen des fzs Summercamp zum Thema Demokratie an der Hochschule, Freier Zusammenschluss von Student*innenschaften (fzs) e.V, Garrel-Petersfeld, Deutschland.
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The governance of higher education and science, understood as coordination and decision-making mechanisms, faces the challenge of increasingly taking social values into account. Societal values such as justice, equality or sustainability are brought to universities and research institutions by a wide range of stakeholders. This leads to value orientations external to science finding their way into evaluation processes and even into the design of scientific agendas via the way governance processes are conducted. Current approaches see universities as prototypes of evolutionary organisations consisting of self-managing teams that are responsive to societal values.

Do gendered student mobility flows vary by country of origin? An overview and agenda for future research.

Cordua, F., & Vögtle, E. M. (2021, September).
Do gendered student mobility flows vary by country of origin? An overview and agenda for future research. Vortrag auf dem Workshop Methodological Innovations in Research on Spatial Mobility: Potentials and Pitfalls, Forschungscluster Mobilität und migrationsspezifische Ungleichheiten und Empirische Methoden der Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung, Hannover.
Abstract

In many countries across the globe scholars report an over representation of women in TSM (e.g. Hurst 2019; Salisbury et al. 2010; Shirley 2006; Simpson and Bailey 2020; Thirolf 2014; Tompkins et al. 2017 Van Mol 2021, Holloway et al. 2012, Sondhi and King 2017). Gender roles are key to explain this imbalance: educational performance, interest profiles, labour market orientation and anticipated discrimination differ between girls and boys, women and men and lead to more female students going abroad. As societal gender roles vary across countries (Guo & Gilbert 2012), the gender specific motivation to study abroad could also depend on the country’s gender (in)equality.

Methodological Innovations in Research on Spatial Mobility: Potentials and Pitfalls.

Netz, N., Vögtle, E. M., Lang, S., Euler, T., & Laska, O. (2021).
Workshop Methodological Innovations in Research on Spatial Mobility: Potentials and Pitfalls, DZHW, Hannover.

Transnational student mobility from a network perspective. An overview of recent developments.

Vögtle, E. (2021).
Transnational student mobility from a network perspective. An overview of recent developments. Vortrag auf dem Kolloquium Wissenschaftswerkstatt, DAAD, Bonn, Deutschland.
Abstract

While the important role of institutions and trust for economic transactions is well-acknowledged in institutional economics, the effects of appropriate institutions, historical legacies, and cultural similarities such as language and religion has not yet been systematically analysed in research on transnational student mobility. In our research, we analyse the phenomenon of transnational student mobility by combining and testing aspects of these different perspectives. We focus on outbound students and analyse what determines whether a particular country receives a high proportion of international students.

The ‘Global South’ in the transnational student mobility network. Effects of institutional (in)stability, reputation, post-colonial ties, and cultural homophily.

Vögtle, E. (2021, Juli).
The ‘Global South’ in the transnational student mobility network. Effects of institutional (in)stability, reputation, post-colonial ties, and cultural homophily. Vortrag auf der Konferenz IPSA Virtual 26th World Congress of Political Scientists, International Political Science Association, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.
Abstract

While the important role of institutions and trust for economic transactions is well-acknowledged in institutional economics, the effects of appropriate institutions, historical legacies, and cultural similarities such as language and religion has not yet been systematically analysed in research on transnational student mobility. In our research, we analyse the phenomenon of transnational student mobility by combining and testing aspects of these different perspectives. We focus on outbound students and analyse what determines whether a particular country receives a high proportion of international students.

The ‘Global South’ in the transnational student mobility network. Effects of institutional (in)stability, reputation, post-colonial ties, and cultural homophily.

Vögtle, E. (2021, Juni).
The ‘Global South’ in the transnational student mobility network. Effects of institutional (in)stability, reputation, post-colonial ties, and cultural homophily. Vortrag auf der Konferenz 27th International Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies, Reykjavík, Island.
Abstract

While the important role of institutions and trust for economic transactions is a well-acknowledged in institutional economics, the effects of appropriate institutions, historical legacies, and cultural similarities such as language and religion has not yet been systematically analysed in research on transnational student mobility. In our research, we start from the assumption that the more functional institutions of potential host countries are, the more attractive they are for foreign students. Using aggregate data, we focus on the attributes of countries and the relationship between them to explain patterns of international student exchange.

Declining or rising academic freedom: what is the European trend?

Vögtle, E. (2021, Juni).
Declining or rising academic freedom: what is the European trend? Vortrag auf der Konferenz 27th International Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies, Reykjavík, Island.
Abstract

In the 2018 Bologna Process Implementation Report, consitutional and legal protection of academic freedom has been monitored; however, given the obvious discrepancies between law and practice in some EHEA countries, a purely legal analysis risks capturing a misleading picture if a country's de facto situation is not assessed against it. The paper to be presented is concerned with the impact of the Bologna Process on the de facto state of academic freedom. Thus we analyze not only whether countries have provisions for the protection of academic freedom in place, but also use the Academic Freedom Index (AFI) and its components to assess the actual state of academic freedom in the sampled countries.

Academic Freedom within the EHEA. Declining or Rising Academic Freedom?

Vögtle, E. (2021, Mai).
Academic Freedom within the EHEA. Declining or Rising Academic Freedom? Vortrag auf der Konferenz EUROSTUDENT VII-Final Conference, Malta Further & Higher Education Authority und DZHW, Rabat und Hannover, Malta und Deutschland.
Abstract

Having seen academic freedom challenged in some European Higher Education Area (EHEA) member countries, the protection of academic freedom is high on the Bologna Processes’ agenda until recently. The paper presented is concerned with the de facto state of academic freedom in the participating countries, given the obvious discrepancies between law and practice in some EHEA countries. In addition to monitoring constitutional and legal protection of academic freedom, the academic freedom index (AFi) and its components sre used to assess the actual state of academic freedom in the sampled countries. The lack of the students' perspective is also discussed.

The ‘Global South’ in the network of transnational student mobility. Effects of institutional stability, reputation, post-colonial ties, and cultural homophily.

Vögtle, E. (2021, März).
The ‘Global South’ in the network of transnational student mobility. Effects of institutional stability, reputation, post-colonial ties, and cultural homophily. Vortrag auf der Tagung Aktuelle Entwicklungen der Netzwerkforschung und Computational Social Science, Mark Lutter, Jan Riebling, Nico Sonntag und Linus Weidner, Universität Wuppertal, Deutschland.
Abstract

Which role does institutional fragility or stability play for the attractiveness of a country as study destination? How does this interact with socio-economic conditions? Is homophily between countries still influential for transnational student mobility if we analyze a global sample without any pre-selection of countries? Are colonial ties between countries still influential for the direction and intensity of student exchange networks?

The student mobility network in a global perspective. Effects of fragile states and post-colonial ties 2009-2017.

Vögtle, E. (2020, Februar).
The student mobility network in a global perspective. Effects of fragile states and post-colonial ties 2009-2017. Poster Präsentation auf der Spring Conference of the Section on Social Network Analysis of the German Sociological Association (DGS), Bremen.

The role of destinations countries’ socio-economic, cultural and geographic attributes for the attractiveness as study destination. A Network Perspective on International Student Mobility.

Vögtle, E. (2020, Januar).
The role of destinations countries’ socio-economic, cultural and geographic attributes for the attractiveness as study destination. A Network Perspective on International Student Mobility. Workshop zum Informationsaustausch zwischen BMBF, DAAD und DZHW, Hannover.

The role of destinations countries’ socio-economic, cultural and geographic attributes for the attractiveness as study destination.

Vögtle, E. M. (2019, Juni).
The role of destinations countries’ socio-economic, cultural and geographic attributes for the attractiveness as study destination. Presentation at the IMISCOE -International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion - 16thAnnual Conference " Understanding International Migration in the 21st Century: Conceptual and Methodological Approaches, Malmö (Sweden).
Abstract

In our research, we analyse the phenomenon of international student mobility by combining and testing aspects of different perspectives (e.g. political, economic, and cultural factors) and, as others have done before (Spilimbergo, 2009; Vögtle and Windzio 2016), using aggregate data, we focus on the attributes of countries and the relationship between them to explain patterns of international student exchange between them.

Heterogeneous Effects of Studying Abroad.

Netz, N., & Vögtle, E. (2018, Oktober).
Heterogeneous Effects of Studying Abroad. Organisation des Workshops des DZHW-Forschungsclusters " Mobilität von Hochqualifizierten " , DZHW, Hannover.
Expert reports, peer reviews etc.

  • Applied Network Science
  • European Journal of Higher Education
  • Higher Education
  • Palgrave McMillan
  • Population, Space and Place
  • Springer VS
  • Studies in Higher Education
  • Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaften