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Higher Education Policy

, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 517–534 | Cite as

Trends and Developments of Higher Education Research in Hong Kong: In Pursuit of a Cosmopolitan Vision

  • William Yat Wai Lo
  • Felix Sai Kit Ng
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Abstract

With the processes of inter- and intranationalization, higher education in Hong Kong has been rapidly expanding in an effort to develop the city into a regional education hub. This article explores the trends and developments of higher education research (HER) in Hong Kong in the context of inter- and intranationalization. By drawing on the data from the Scopus database, this article analyzes a selection of journal articles on higher education published in Hong Kong over the past three decades. Findings show that significant growth and some new outputs have been seen in the field during the study period. In addition, local researchers have complied with the rule by forming more transnational and intranational research teams and by conducting more non-local studies. Interestingly, many of them have not abandoned local collaboration and studies, but they further developed their roots. These findings reveal that some internal signs of cosmopolitanization have been recorded in the field.

Keywords

higher education research cosmopolitanization cosmopolitanism academic publications Hong Kong 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • William Yat Wai Lo
    • 1
  • Felix Sai Kit Ng
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of International Education and Lifelong LearningThe Hong Kong Institute of EducationTai Po, New TerritoriesHong Kong
  2. 2.Department of Applied Social SciencesThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung HomKowloonHong Kong

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