Opening Internationalisation of Higher Education through Doctoral Networks (Appendix & Data)

This document is an appendix for the research paper of the above title. This paper addresses the persistent problem of isolation in doctoral education, a factor widely associated with reduced wellbeing, disengagement, and non-completion. It explores how participation in an open, international virtual community of practice can mitigate experiences of distance (physical, emotional, and epistemic) through collaborative, equity-oriented research practices. We examine the experiences of participants from the Global Open Graduate Network (GO-GN), an international community of practice (online and face-to-face) that fosters knowledge exchange, peer support, and scholarly collaboration among doctoral researchers beyond institutional and geographic boundaries. Using a collaborative autoethnographic approach, we introduce a theory of open internationalisation at a distance as a hybrid, networked ‘third space’ that amplifies the possibilities of internationalisation at a distance. We focus on doctoral education and community, but the potential application is wider.