Melissa Laufer
Biographic Data
| ID | 6449250 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Laufer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Laufer |
| SIGNATURE | LAUFER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2706-2880 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Magnets, gatekeepers, surveillants, and refiners
The globally circulating policy discourse ‘ international students are ideal immigrants’ merges three policy arenas: economic immigration, higher education, and international student mobility. This is part of a relatively new edugration (education + [im]migration) policy context in which international students transition to permanent residency status after graduation through targeted immigration pathways. • Edugration has been translated into pol…
Infusing educational technologies in the heart of the university—A systematic literature review from an organisational perspective
Educational technologies have experienced unprecedented prominence on university agendas with many institutions motivated to keep the lessons learned from the COVID‐19 sparked transition with regard to online teaching. In response to this renewed interest in ensuring the longevity of educational technologies in higher education, this systematic review analysed the various organisational factors—for example, leadership, infrastructure, strategy—co…
Friend or foe? Exploring the implications of large language models on the science system
The advent of ChatGPT by OpenAI has prompted extensive discourse on its potential implications for science and higher education. While the impact on education has been a primary focus, there is limited empirical research on the effects of large language models (LLMs) and LLM-based chatbots on science and scientific practice. To investigate this further, we conducted a Delphi study involving 72 researchers specializing in AI and digitization. The …
How satisfied are international students? The role of town, gown and motivations
A growing literature addresses the experiences of international students in higher education. However, limited attention has been paid to how satisfied international students are with their educational experience (gown) and their non-educational experiences related to, e.g. culture, transportation, administrative matters and housing (town). This paper presents findings from a study on 392 international students that have spent a period in one of …
Crossing academic borders
Academics are increasingly seeking employment abroad. Despite their growing number, there is limited research on how academics secure positions at foreign universities. The literature does indicate however, that academic hiring is not a standardised meritocratic process, but influenced by academic tradition and social capital. Drawing on this perspective, this study explores the role social capital plays among international and local hires at two…
How satisfied are international students? The role of town, gown and motivations
A growing literature addresses the experiences of international students in higher education. However, limited attention has been paid to how satisfied international students are with their educational experience (gown) and their non-educational experiences related to, e.g. culture, transportation, administrative matters and housing (town). This paper presents findings from a study on 392 international students that have spent a period in one of …
Crossing academic borders
Academics are increasingly seeking employment abroad. Despite their growing number, there is limited research on how academics secure positions at foreign universities. The literature does indicate however, that academic hiring is not a standardised meritocratic process, but influenced by academic tradition and social capital. Drawing on this perspective, this study explores the role social capital plays among international and local hires at two…
How satisfied are international students? The role of town, gown and motivations
A growing literature addresses the experiences of international students in higher education. However, limited attention has been paid to how satisfied international students are with their educational experience (gown) and their non-educational experiences related to, e.g. culture, transportation, administrative matters and housing (town). This paper presents findings from a study on 392 international students that have spent a period in one of …
Infusing educational technologies in the heart of the university—A systematic literature review from an organisational perspective
Educational technologies have experienced unprecedented prominence on university agendas with many institutions motivated to keep the lessons learned from the COVID‐19 sparked transition with regard to online teaching. In response to this renewed interest in ensuring the longevity of educational technologies in higher education, this systematic review analysed the various organisational factors—for example, leadership, infrastructure, strategy—co…
Friend or foe? Exploring the implications of large language models on the science system
The advent of ChatGPT by OpenAI has prompted extensive discourse on its potential implications for science and higher education. While the impact on education has been a primary focus, there is limited empirical research on the effects of large language models (LLMs) and LLM-based chatbots on science and scientific practice. To investigate this further, we conducted a Delphi study involving 72 researchers specializing in AI and digitization. The …
Magnets, gatekeepers, surveillants, and refiners
The globally circulating policy discourse ‘ international students are ideal immigrants’ merges three policy arenas: economic immigration, higher education, and international student mobility. This is part of a relatively new edugration (education + [im]migration) policy context in which international students transition to permanent residency status after graduation through targeted immigration pathways. • Edugration has been translated into pol…
Political science (4 works) · Higher Education Governance and Development (3 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Engineering ethics (2 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (2 works) · International Student and Expatriate Challenges (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education (1 work) · Business (1 work)