Research
Horizon Research Project – YOUROPE: Youth for Europe
MIIC is proud to be a partner on the Horizon Project YOUROPE: Youth for Europe alongside 16 other partner organizations.
Visionary Roadmaps: Crafting an Inclusive and Participatory European Democracy with Youth and Communities (Project Reference: 101178794)
Horizon Research Project – DEMOCREATE: Transforming European Democracy Education Through Community-Led Research and Action
MIIC continues to support young people in becoming active European citizens and building democracy with a new Horizon Europe project: DEMOCREATE. The project is funded by the European Commission and builds on our work with our YOUROPE project. DEMOCREATE is lead by Coventry University and aims to transform European democracy education through community-led research and action.
To address persistent shortfalls in European citizenship education, DEMOCREATE will implement a 3-year initiative across 5 countries (UK, Netherlands, Finland, Czechia, Poland) embedding democratic practice in educational institutions. Targeting youth 15–29, with focus on disadvantaged groups facing intersecting inequalities, the project works across secondary, TVET, higher and non-formal education settings to create “democracy-in-action” environments. Through participatory research, DEMOCREATE scales the validated Community-Led Research and Action (CLRA) methodology from its HORIZON YOUROPE foundations. Grounded in Prefigurative Democratic Praxis, CLRA enables students, educators and community partners to co-create democratic learning through cycles of inquiry and action. Democracy becomes lived practice rather than abstract knowledge with citizenship developed through immediate participation.
Publications
Key publications
Janebova, E. (2023) The challenge of culture: The Czech path to international education in Mestenhauser and the Possibilities of International Education: Illuminating Pathways for Inquiry and Future Practice Edited By Anne M. D’Angelo, Mary Katherine O’Brien, Gayla Marty (Routledge, 2023).
Summary: This book addresses the theoretical foundations of the field of international education and the implications for practice and strategy by focusing on the work of Josef Mestenhauser (1925–2015) and the depth and breadth of his contribution to the area of internationalisation of higher education. It considers key concepts and poses questions for discussion that make Mestenhauser’s work accessible to new readers.
It includes Josef A. Mestenhauser´s unfinished manuscript and, through a series of provocative essays, including Eva Janebová’s Challenge of Culture: the Czech Pathway to International Education, Hanneke Teekens, Hans de Wit, Darla Deardoff and many other contributors across the globe examine Mestenhauser’s influence on their understanding and practice of international education, the relevance of his work today, the transferability of his ideas across contexts, and current interpretations of the field. They consider areas of agreement and disagreement that illuminate pathways for inquiry and future practice, affirming the importance of his work in a new era.
Inspect a chapter
Janebova, E. (2022). The Challenge of Culture in Mestenhauser and the Possibilities of International Education: Illuminating Pathways for Inquiry and Future Practice. Routledge 2022.
Inspect the Review of the book
Review of Mestenhauser and Possibilities of International Education by Bryan McAllister
Agnew, M., & Beelen, J. (Ed.s). (2025), Critical Internationalization of Higher Education: From Internationalization Drift to Ethical Global Engagement (1st ed.). Routledge, 2025.
Summary: This edited collection explores ethical global engagement in higher education internationalization. Framed by organizational change theory and critical internationalization approaches, chapter authors discuss the systemic inequities in who is served and for what purposes, while also providing new insights on what drives the why, what, and how of internationalization. This volume features contributions from scholars across disciplines, presenting original research and theoretical insights on topics within higher education internationalization, including teaching and learning, mobility, university service, collaborative partnership, student recruitment, evaluation, and leadership. Ultimately, this volume provides higher education leaders, professionals, and graduate students with ethical policies and practices that champion internationalization of higher education for its capacity to meet contemporary global challenges while also maintaining its foundational educational mission.
Inspect a chapter
Exploring Incoming Mobility through a Critical and Inclusive Internationalization Lens
Eva Janebová, Christopher Johnstone, and Thi Nguyen
Inspect the Review of the book
Review of Critical Internationalization of Higher Education from Internationalization Drift to Ethical Global Engagement
Other publications
Progress Report of IEI team hosted at Palacky (2021-2023)
Janebova, E, Vorlíček R., Stašová L, Hogens, M.(2023) Issues and challenges of inclusion in distance teaching and learning from the perspective of university students and teachers. Journal of Distance Education. Taylor and Francis
Janebova, E., & Johnstone, Ch. (2021) Mapping the Dimensions of Inclusive Internationalization. In Kommers, S., & Bista, K. (Eds.). Routledge.
Think pieces
Weisova, L. (2023) Exploring the state of Internationalisation of the curriculum at a Swedish University: lessons learned.
Janebova, E., Johnstone, Ch., Medalis, Ch. (2022). Inclusive Internationalisation: An invitation to ask honest, perhaps uncomfortable questions instead of ticking ‘diversity’ boxes, In ACA Think Piece on Inclusive Internationalisation (2022).
Weisova, L. (2021). Its time to prioritize Internationalization at Home.