Call for Contributions

FAUBAI welcomes contributions that encourage critical and creative reflection on internationalization as a collective, reciprocal and action-oriented process. Proposals should highlight practices, experiences and partnerships that move beyond symbolic cooperation and generate concrete institutional, academic or social impact.

Submissions are also encouraged to promote dialogue among diverse voices, regions, cultures and knowledge traditions, with particular attention to Brazil, Latin America and the Global South, and to explore how international higher education can become a space for listening, trust-building, shared responsibility and collaborative responses to contemporary challenges.

Contributions are expected to:

Connect the conference theme to concrete practices, policies, projects or institutional experiences in international higher education.
Address one or more of the thematic tracks, showing how internationalization can be composed through different voices, actors, territories, languages and knowledge traditions.
Present evidence, lessons learned, challenges or innovative approaches that can inform more reciprocal, inclusive and transformative forms of cooperation.
Explore how internationalization can strengthen academic collaboration, institutional capacity, intercultural dialogue, social engagement and responses to local and global challenges.
Contribute to discussions on how higher education institutions can move from intentions to action through shared responsibilities, practical tools and sustainable partnerships.

Thematic Tracks

FAUBAI encourages proposals across the following standard topics.

Internationalization Policies and Leadership

Policies, strategies, governance and leadership practices that shape institutional and national internationalization agendas.

Partnerships and Networks

Collaborative initiatives, international projects, strategic partnerships and networks that generate meaningful and sustainable impact.

Teaching, Learning and Curriculum

Approaches to internationalizing teaching, learning and curricula through innovative and globally connected educational practices.

COIL, Virtual Exchange and Digital Internationalization

Technology-enabled internationalization through virtual exchange, COIL, collaborative online learning and digital engagement.

Research and Innovation

International research collaboration, innovation ecosystems, graduate education and knowledge production across borders.

Mobility and Global Engagement

Student, staff and researcher mobility, international experiences and new models of global engagement.

Inclusion, Languages and Interculturality

Equity, diversity, multilingualism, Decolonial perspective and intercultural learning as foundations for inclusive internationalization.

Indicators, Quality Assurance and Rankings

Measuring and analyzing indicators for international education.

Contribution Formats

FAUBAI invites presenters to send their contributions in one of the two following formats.

Oral Presentation (Block)

A 20-minute presentation. The Program Chair will be in charge of scheduling the presentation together with other presentations in a coordinated thematic block.

Thematic Session

A 50-minute slot with up to three (3) presenters and one (1) moderator. Authors must explicitly name all presenters and the moderator in both the 3-page submission document and the online form.

General Guidelines for Submissions

FAUBAI invites the submission of original contributions related to the internationalization of higher education and the management of international offices. Contributions can focus on project outcomes, research findings, or best practices in the field.

Language Policy

English is the preferred idiom for the conference and submissions in English will be given preference in the selection process. Proposals in Portuguese and Spanish are also welcome.
Program Composition

The final program will feature a higher proportion of sessions in English to facilitate the integration of our international guests.
Submission Limits

To ensure a diverse program, a maximum of three (3) submissions will be accepted per presenting (speaking) author.
Institutional Limits

There is a maximum limit of four (4) submissions per institution, based on the primary author’s affiliation.
Written Description

In addition to basic information provided via the online form, authors must submit a written description of their contribution (1 page per author for Oral Presentations; a 3-page document for Thematic Sessions).

Submit Your Proposal

Submissions are open until October 5, 2026. Send your proposal through the official submission portal.

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