Globalisation has become one of the key concepts in the social sciences today. In higher education research, too, the term is used frequently. Maybe even so frequently that it sometimes seems possible to pronounce virtually anything under the heading of globalisation. This article attempts to identify the various interpretations of globalisation in general, as well as in higher education resear...

We develop a methodology to measure the extent of globalisation using long time-series drawn from di¤erent sources. The novelty of this approach is that it provides a method to condense the information contained in numerous series that are highly correlated and trendy, and permits a consistent measurement of globalisation over long time periods (200 years). By applying our proposed methodology,...

Globalisation (in the sense of increased international trade) is usually associated with gains from trade but also distributional effects where e.g. capital owners gain and workers lose, both in real terms. In recent years, globalisation seems to be synonymous to international mergers of firms. This paper shows in a model with Cournot competition that international mergers due to globalisation ...

This paper describes the integration of Latin American marine fisheries into the global production system in the post-1945 period and the role of foreign and domestic fleets in this process. Through reference to the state-denial theories found in the globalisation literature, it charts the impact that the globalisation process has had upon the exploitation and sustainability of fish stocks in L...

New challenges such as changing environments, migration, globalisation and the increasing meaning of new information and communication technologies force organisations, more precisely firms, to develop innovative models of organisations in order to cope with these dynamics. Consequently contributions dealing with questions of multi-cultural teams and diversity emerge. Additionally feminist crit...

This paper takes Lebanon as a case study to examine the relationship between human development and immigration. It examines this issue from both ends: the sending and the receiving countries. The author suggests that by developing the concept of a diasporic civil society and a diasporic public sphere, a significant aspect of the relationship between human development and immigration is illumina...

This paper addresses culturally rooted factors within user interface design. The design implications of globalisation are discussed, together with the related processes of internationalisation, localisation, ‘glocalisation’, iconisation and culturalisation, in order to establish a basis for a new approach to HCI design. The potential for a more diverse culturecentred, design-based system—‘Cultu...

Three main changes in thinking about poverty have gained increasing currency over the past decade. First, the concept of poverty has been broadened. This is reflected in the move from a physiological model of deprivation to a social one, and subsequently, in the increasing attention afforded issues of vulnerability, inequality and human rights. Second, the causal structure has been broadened to...