The other side of mobility An ACA conference In cooperation with The 
Internationational Programme Office, the Högskoleverket and the Swedish 
Institute Hosted by the Royal Institute of Technology and supported by the 
Nordic Council of Ministers
 

Stockholm
12-14 June 2005
 
ACA is glad to announce its next major event, an international conference 
in Stockholm on the theme of mobility. ACA is organising this conference 
together with its three Swedish members: the International Programme 
Office, the Högskoleverket and the Swedish Institute. The event will be 
hosted by Stockholm’s Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). The Nordic 
Council of Ministers is kindly supporting the conference through a grant.

The event will take place in summer, when Stockholm is one of the most 
enchanting places on earth. It targets practitioners of 
internationalisation, academics and political decision-makers. It is 
designed for a participation of up to 250 delegates.

International mobility is a concern of long standing, and innumerable 
conferences have already been devoted to it. In order not to duplicate 
earlier events, ACA will approach the issue from a new perspective. The 
other side of mobility will not deal with the technicalities of exchange 
and mobility. It will try to identify the impacts of mobility on the mobile 
person. This “other side” of mobility, which should actually be the first 
concern of all internationalist, has been astonishingly rarely addressed. 
This is why we have little systematic knowledge, anecdotal evidence and a 
few studies apart, what international mobility really does to the mobile 
persons. Does it contribute, as is always assumed but rarely demonstrated, 
to academic enhancement? Does it increase intercultural understanding and 
lead to a widening of horizons? Does it contribute to peace and 
understanding?

In pursuing these and many other questions, the conference will focus on 
the mobility of students and academics, but it will not restrict itself to 
mobility for learning and teaching. It will also encompass other forms of 
temporary and lasting mobility, such as, for example, labour migration, or 
mobility induced by personal motives and by force.

ACA is proud to announce the Swedish writer Henning Mankell as our keynote 
speaker. Internationally acclaimed author Henning Mankell gained bestseller 
stardom with his series of crime novels about inspector Kurt Wallander. 
This ACA conference gives you an exceptional opportunity to meet him, hear 
him speak about his international experience, and get your latest copy of 
his books signed!

As every ACA conference, the Other Side of Mobility, will also feature 
carefully selected high-level speakers from among higher education and 
internationalisation experts. Among them will be Peter Scott, the President 
of ACA and eminent higher education theorist, and Ulrich Teichler, the 
world’s leading scholar on mobility in higher education.

Please click on the links below for more information on the conference. 
Also registering online is possible!

Should you have any questions, please contact Maaike Dhondt in the ACA 
Secretariat under [log in to unmask] or ++322 513 22 41.

 

Preliminary Conference Programme
Registration online
Practical information (location, accommodation, social programme)

Stockholm

 

        

For more information and online registrations please follow this link: 
http://www.aca-secretariat.be/08events/Stockholm/introduction.htm