A5080618600- International Student and Expatriate Challenges
- Higher Education Governance and Development
- Global Education and Multiculturalism
- Social Sciences and Governance
- European Socioeconomic and Political Studies
- International Business and FDI
- Social and Cultural Dynamics
- Sociology and Education Studies
- Religion, Theology, and Education
- Education, sociology, and vocational training
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism
University of Lausanne
2024-2025
University of Neuchâtel
2019
ABSTRACT The strategies, decisions and beliefs of those who occupy prominent positions economic power have influence on very large corporations the markets they dominate, vast amounts resources, rules game. However, sociology elites faces a dual challenge: divergent conceptualisations what can be considered as position internationally incompatible sources information hinder comparative analysis. World Elite Database (WED) addresses this challenge, by generating, based consistent definition,...
Abstract This study investigates the career paths of 33 graduates from Swiss Hospitality Management schools in China and United Arab Emirates (UAE), exploring nuances international credential valuation. It identifies two key factors influencing access to management positions: (1) degree internationalization major cities, which impacts significance versus local skills (2) individual cosmopolitan capital's role shaping opportunities. The paper introduces a post‐colonial conceptualization...
This article develops a cosmopolitan field analysis, drawing on Bourdieu and Beck, to analyze Swiss hospitality management schools (SHMS). Using multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) 19 interviews, it highlights the competing uses of academic recognition, admissions, alumni networks, as well complexity reconciling international identities. The results highlight nuanced interaction local, national, attributes in shaping attractiveness SHMS global scene.
This article aims to bring back into circulation Bourdieu's concept of 'refuge school' analyse transnational migration for higher education, privileged students who cannot access the most academically selective institutions. Through case study Swiss Hospitality Management Schools (SHMS), I investigate discursive strategy co-produced by individuals and these institutions valorise an 'unusual' educational choice abroad. Interviews with staff, alumni reveal how SHMS are able appear prestigious...