Maia Chankseliani
Biographic Data
| ID | 4398263 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maia Chankseliani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maia |
| FAMILY NAME | Chankseliani |
| SIGNATURE | CHANKSELIANI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0910-3287 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 66 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
How International Study Is Carried Home: A Mechanism-Based Account of Returnee Engagement
International student mobility is increasingly framed through economic and security logics, yet less is known about how international study becomes consequential for civic and institutional practice after return. The analysis draws on in-depth interviews conducted between May 2023 and September 2024 with 393 internationally educated returnees across 68 countries, spanning social, political, and economic contexts. Return is treated as an analytic …
Intercultural Competence Beyond International Student Mobility: Insights from a Global Study
This study examines how intercultural competence, shaped through international student mobility, evolves after return and contributes to returnees’ professional and institutional engagement. Drawing on 96 interviews with individuals from 43 countries who studied in the United Kingdom and the United States, the analysis focuses on five dimensions of intercultural competence—communication, adaptability, flexibility, empathy, and resilience. These c…
Choreographing collaboration in European higher education through competition in the European Universities Initiative
In 2018, the European Commission launched a competitive call, the European Universities Initiative, to prioritise and reconfigure higher education cooperation in the European Union through the formation of transnational university alliances. This paper explores the recent dynamics of the European Universities Initiative by analysing 26 policy documents and 70 semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders operating at local, national, and Europ…
European higher education policy as a plastique palimpseste: Understanding national visions for the European Universities Initiative
Since 2019, the European Union has set out on the endeavour to create ‘European Universities’ through its latest flagship higher education programme, the European Universities Initiative. These ‘European Universities’ are transnational university alliances that have been given the ambitious task to ‘transform the higher education landscape in the European Union’. European Union institutions, member states, and these ‘European Universities’ have d…
The Ripple Effect: Understanding the Societal Implications of International Student Mobility
Internationally educated health professionals and health-system change: A global qualitative study
This article examines how internationally educated health professionals contribute to health system change on return to their countries of origin. Rather than treating return as reintegration or skill application, this study approaches it as interpretive, constrained engagement within health systems. Drawing on interviews with 52 returnees from 43 countries and a comparison group of 14 nationally educated peers, and using an abductive realist the…
International student mobility and poverty reduction: A qualitative study of the mechanisms of systemic change
International study and democratic consciousness: From formation to engagement
How do international student returnees contribute to the development of their home countries? A systematic mapping and thematic synthesis
This study investigates the significant yet under-examined role of international student returnees in catalysing societal development in their home countries. Through systematic mapping and thematic synthesis of 53 articles selected from an initial pool of 1515, this review delineates the literature’s portrayal of returnees’ impacts across various domains, including firm growth, industrial innovation, higher education, research, social diversity,…
International student mobility and poverty reduction: A cross-national analysis of low- and middle-income countries
Foreign-educated graduates reduce extreme poverty long-term in low- and middle-income countries. • System GMM analysis from 1999 to 2018 highlights education's impact. • Transnationalism used to conceptualise impact of foreign-educated graduates. • International education's potential for sustainable development emphasized. While educational expansion is often acknowledged as a driving force in poverty reduction, there has been limited scholarly e…
Listening to locals: Regional spaces in higher education in the global south
One of the contemporary trends in global higher education is the emergence of regional spaces that transcend national boundaries, fostering cross-border integration and cooperation. This paper presents original data from surveys of university international officers and interviews with national policy-makers to explore regional spaces in higher education across the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) and Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, T…
The role of non-state providers in informal science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education: A Malaysian perspective
The role of non-state providers in the provision of education has been expanding globally. However, there is a dearth of literature on the role of non-state providers in informal education, especially when delivered alongside formal education in schools predominantly under government purview. Using a mixture of methods designed with surveys and interviews involving 32 non-state providers of informal STEM education in Malaysia, this study provides…
Who funds the production of globally visible research in the Global South
There exist large disparities globally when it comes to knowledge production with very small proportions of publications from the majority world penetrating the global science system. This paper examines the Scopus data on the funders of publications (co-)authored by individuals based in the Caucasus or Central Asia. The analysis shows that in the conditions of scarce local funding for research, research activity has been fuelled by international…
The process of building European university alliances: A rhizomatic analysis of the European Universities Initiative
Drawing upon French philosophy, this study offers a novel empirical and conceptual understanding of the newly launched European Universities Initiative. In 2019, higher education institutions across the European Union created 17 new alliances as part of the first pilot phase of the initiative. This is an experiment in European and global higher education. This paper offers a conceptual contribution to the field of higher education studies, making…
International development higher education: Looking from the past, looking to the future
International development higher education is a distinct space in a vibrant and growing field of higher education studies. This paper examines international development higher education scholarship to highlight its thematic, disciplinary, methodological, and analytical eclecticism. At the heart of international development higher education is the assumption that the world can be made better by the human effort invested in higher education. This p…
Universities vs. research institutes? Overcoming the Soviet legacy of higher education and research
Universities and non-university research institutes have been recognised as two key sectors producing research globally. The Soviet model of research organisation included a large network of research institutes, affiliated with the USSR Academy of Sciences and republican academies, as well as industry research institutes, affiliated with sectoral ministries. Universities played a minor role in research. Post-Soviet higher education and research s…
A crisis of opportunity at English universities: Rethinking higher education through the common good idea
The ongoing pandemic has affected all aspects of human life globally. Universities have faced significant challenges in continuing their educational and research activities while at the same time becoming more visible due to their work on identifying treatments, developing vaccines, understanding the impact of the pandemic and exploring the ways of recovering from the crisis. English universities have been at the forefront of these global efforts…
A big picture: Bibliometric study of academic publications from post-Soviet countries
The world’s largest community of scientists disintegrated following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. With extremely scarce resources and limited academic freedom as starting points, researchers in this region have been creating new knowledge; they have been building on rich scientific traditions in selected disciplines and, at times, paving new paths in non-traditional disciplines. At present, the cumulative contribution of post-Soviet countr…
Higher education contributing to local, national, and global development: New empirical and conceptual insights
Higher education offers the potential to support glonacal (global, national, and local) development. This study presents new empirical and conceptual insights into the ways in which higher education can help to achieve and exceed the outcomes enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals. Open-ended online surveys were used to learn how academics in Georgia and Kazakhstan view the contributions of universities to addressing self-identified devel…
Higher education and the Sustainable Development Goals
The politics of exporting higher education: Russian university branch campuses in the “Near Abroad
This exploratory study represents the first attempt at examining the politics of exporting Russian higher education to the former Soviet countries. The existing numeric and narrative evidence on Russian universities’ international branch campuses (IBCs) was gathered and systematically organized in a new dataset. The study finds that the majority of IBCs operating in former Soviet countries are branches of Russian universities. While the effective…
Triple exclusion: Life stories of Jewish migrant academics from the former Soviet Union at a contested university under siege
Rural disadvantage in the context of centralised university admissions: A multiple case study of Georgia and Kazakhstan
The extraordinary expansion of higher education has not been accompanied by more equitable access to universities for various disadvantaged groups. Rural youth is at the heart of this study that draws on secondary data and literature to examine rural-urban disparities in higher education access in two high-participation systems in the Caucasus and Central Asia. This multiple case study uses a historical-comparative lens to offer a synthesis of th…
The politics of student mobility: Links between outbound student flows and the democratic development of post-Soviet Eurasia
Charting the development of knowledge on Soviet and post-Soviet education through the pages of comparative and international education journals
This paper examines 126 research articles from three comparative education journals to chart the development of knowledge within comparative education on the Soviet Union and post-Soviet countries. Thematic, theoretical, discursive, and methodological aspects of scholarship are linked with changing geopolitical realities in a systematic analysis of scholarship published since the late 1950s. A new framework of multi-layered colonialism is introdu…
Charting the development of knowledge on Soviet and post-Soviet education through the pages of comparative and international education journals
This paper examines 126 research articles from three comparative education journals to chart the development of knowledge within comparative education on the Soviet Union and post-Soviet countries. Thematic, theoretical, discursive, and methodological aspects of scholarship are linked with changing geopolitical realities in a systematic analysis of scholarship published since the late 1950s. A new framework of multi-layered colonialism is introdu…
The politics of student mobility: Links between outbound student flows and the democratic development of post-Soviet Eurasia
The politics of exporting higher education: Russian university branch campuses in the “Near Abroad
This exploratory study represents the first attempt at examining the politics of exporting Russian higher education to the former Soviet countries. The existing numeric and narrative evidence on Russian universities’ international branch campuses (IBCs) was gathered and systematically organized in a new dataset. The study finds that the majority of IBCs operating in former Soviet countries are branches of Russian universities. While the effective…
Rural disadvantage in the context of centralised university admissions: A multiple case study of Georgia and Kazakhstan
The extraordinary expansion of higher education has not been accompanied by more equitable access to universities for various disadvantaged groups. Rural youth is at the heart of this study that draws on secondary data and literature to examine rural-urban disparities in higher education access in two high-participation systems in the Caucasus and Central Asia. This multiple case study uses a historical-comparative lens to offer a synthesis of th…
Escaping Homelands with Limited Employment and Tertiary Education Opportunities: Outbound Student Mobility from Post-Soviet Countries
Despite the phenomenal growth in the numbers of international students, research focusing on mobile students from post-Soviet countries is still extremely scarce. This paper offers an empirical investigation and theorisation of student mobility from post-Soviet countries to contribute to the growing body of research on the topic of international student mobility that so far has largely focused on English-speaking destination countries. Using seco…
Overcoming vocational prejudice: How can skills competitions improve the attractiveness of vocational education and training in the UK
Raising the attractiveness of vocational education and training ( VET ) has been on the UK as well as the European agenda for some time, primarily for economic and social development reasons. However, little is known about the role of skills competitions in improving the attractiveness of VET . This study uses data from 110 interviews with WorldSkills competitors and their associates to examine the potential contributions of skills competitions t…
International student mobility and poverty reduction: A qualitative study of the mechanisms of systemic change
Are we using Friedman's roadmap? A comparative analysis of stimuli of private school enrolments in post-Soviet countries
Fairness in Access to Higher Education in a Global Perspective: Reconciling Excellence, Efficiency, and Justice
The purpose of this volume is to help jump-start an urgently needed conversation about fairness and justice in access to higher education to counteract the ubiquitous mantras of neoliberal globalization and managerialism. The book seeks to carve out a strong moral and normative basis for opposing mainstream developments that engender increasing inequality and market-dependency in higher education. The bookâ s chapters consider how different natio…
Are we using Friedman's roadmap? A comparative analysis of stimuli of private school enrolments in post-Soviet countries
Escaping Homelands with Limited Employment and Tertiary Education Opportunities: Outbound Student Mobility from Post-Soviet Countries
Despite the phenomenal growth in the numbers of international students, research focusing on mobile students from post-Soviet countries is still extremely scarce. This paper offers an empirical investigation and theorisation of student mobility from post-Soviet countries to contribute to the growing body of research on the topic of international student mobility that so far has largely focused on English-speaking destination countries. Using seco…
Overcoming vocational prejudice: How can skills competitions improve the attractiveness of vocational education and training in the UK
Raising the attractiveness of vocational education and training ( VET ) has been on the UK as well as the European agenda for some time, primarily for economic and social development reasons. However, little is known about the role of skills competitions in improving the attractiveness of VET . This study uses data from 110 interviews with WorldSkills competitors and their associates to examine the potential contributions of skills competitions t…
Charting the development of knowledge on Soviet and post-Soviet education through the pages of comparative and international education journals
This paper examines 126 research articles from three comparative education journals to chart the development of knowledge within comparative education on the Soviet Union and post-Soviet countries. Thematic, theoretical, discursive, and methodological aspects of scholarship are linked with changing geopolitical realities in a systematic analysis of scholarship published since the late 1950s. A new framework of multi-layered colonialism is introdu…
The politics of student mobility: Links between outbound student flows and the democratic development of post-Soviet Eurasia
Triple exclusion: Life stories of Jewish migrant academics from the former Soviet Union at a contested university under siege
Rural disadvantage in the context of centralised university admissions: A multiple case study of Georgia and Kazakhstan
The extraordinary expansion of higher education has not been accompanied by more equitable access to universities for various disadvantaged groups. Rural youth is at the heart of this study that draws on secondary data and literature to examine rural-urban disparities in higher education access in two high-participation systems in the Caucasus and Central Asia. This multiple case study uses a historical-comparative lens to offer a synthesis of th…
A big picture: Bibliometric study of academic publications from post-Soviet countries
The world’s largest community of scientists disintegrated following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. With extremely scarce resources and limited academic freedom as starting points, researchers in this region have been creating new knowledge; they have been building on rich scientific traditions in selected disciplines and, at times, paving new paths in non-traditional disciplines. At present, the cumulative contribution of post-Soviet countr…
Higher education contributing to local, national, and global development: New empirical and conceptual insights
Higher education offers the potential to support glonacal (global, national, and local) development. This study presents new empirical and conceptual insights into the ways in which higher education can help to achieve and exceed the outcomes enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals. Open-ended online surveys were used to learn how academics in Georgia and Kazakhstan view the contributions of universities to addressing self-identified devel…
Higher education and the Sustainable Development Goals
The politics of exporting higher education: Russian university branch campuses in the “Near Abroad
This exploratory study represents the first attempt at examining the politics of exporting Russian higher education to the former Soviet countries. The existing numeric and narrative evidence on Russian universities’ international branch campuses (IBCs) was gathered and systematically organized in a new dataset. The study finds that the majority of IBCs operating in former Soviet countries are branches of Russian universities. While the effective…
International development higher education: Looking from the past, looking to the future
International development higher education is a distinct space in a vibrant and growing field of higher education studies. This paper examines international development higher education scholarship to highlight its thematic, disciplinary, methodological, and analytical eclecticism. At the heart of international development higher education is the assumption that the world can be made better by the human effort invested in higher education. This p…
Universities vs. research institutes? Overcoming the Soviet legacy of higher education and research
Universities and non-university research institutes have been recognised as two key sectors producing research globally. The Soviet model of research organisation included a large network of research institutes, affiliated with the USSR Academy of Sciences and republican academies, as well as industry research institutes, affiliated with sectoral ministries. Universities played a minor role in research. Post-Soviet higher education and research s…
A crisis of opportunity at English universities: Rethinking higher education through the common good idea
The ongoing pandemic has affected all aspects of human life globally. Universities have faced significant challenges in continuing their educational and research activities while at the same time becoming more visible due to their work on identifying treatments, developing vaccines, understanding the impact of the pandemic and exploring the ways of recovering from the crisis. English universities have been at the forefront of these global efforts…
Listening to locals: Regional spaces in higher education in the global south
One of the contemporary trends in global higher education is the emergence of regional spaces that transcend national boundaries, fostering cross-border integration and cooperation. This paper presents original data from surveys of university international officers and interviews with national policy-makers to explore regional spaces in higher education across the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) and Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, T…
The role of non-state providers in informal science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education: A Malaysian perspective
The role of non-state providers in the provision of education has been expanding globally. However, there is a dearth of literature on the role of non-state providers in informal education, especially when delivered alongside formal education in schools predominantly under government purview. Using a mixture of methods designed with surveys and interviews involving 32 non-state providers of informal STEM education in Malaysia, this study provides…
Who funds the production of globally visible research in the Global South
There exist large disparities globally when it comes to knowledge production with very small proportions of publications from the majority world penetrating the global science system. This paper examines the Scopus data on the funders of publications (co-)authored by individuals based in the Caucasus or Central Asia. The analysis shows that in the conditions of scarce local funding for research, research activity has been fuelled by international…
The process of building European university alliances: A rhizomatic analysis of the European Universities Initiative
Drawing upon French philosophy, this study offers a novel empirical and conceptual understanding of the newly launched European Universities Initiative. In 2019, higher education institutions across the European Union created 17 new alliances as part of the first pilot phase of the initiative. This is an experiment in European and global higher education. This paper offers a conceptual contribution to the field of higher education studies, making…
How do international student returnees contribute to the development of their home countries? A systematic mapping and thematic synthesis
This study investigates the significant yet under-examined role of international student returnees in catalysing societal development in their home countries. Through systematic mapping and thematic synthesis of 53 articles selected from an initial pool of 1515, this review delineates the literature’s portrayal of returnees’ impacts across various domains, including firm growth, industrial innovation, higher education, research, social diversity,…
International student mobility and poverty reduction: A cross-national analysis of low- and middle-income countries
Foreign-educated graduates reduce extreme poverty long-term in low- and middle-income countries. • System GMM analysis from 1999 to 2018 highlights education's impact. • Transnationalism used to conceptualise impact of foreign-educated graduates. • International education's potential for sustainable development emphasized. While educational expansion is often acknowledged as a driving force in poverty reduction, there has been limited scholarly e…
The Ripple Effect: Understanding the Societal Implications of International Student Mobility
Internationally educated health professionals and health-system change: A global qualitative study
This article examines how internationally educated health professionals contribute to health system change on return to their countries of origin. Rather than treating return as reintegration or skill application, this study approaches it as interpretive, constrained engagement within health systems. Drawing on interviews with 52 returnees from 43 countries and a comparison group of 14 nationally educated peers, and using an abductive realist the…
International student mobility and poverty reduction: A qualitative study of the mechanisms of systemic change
International study and democratic consciousness: From formation to engagement
Political science (22 works) · Sociology (20 works) · Higher education (17 works) · Higher Education Governance and Development (16 works) · Economic growth (15 works) · Economics (13 works) · Global Educational Policies and Reforms (10 works) · Law (8 works) · Pedagogy (8 works) · Psychology (7 works)