We then ended with a presentation by Shuang Gao about language policies and institutional whiteness, outlining ways that such policies exacerbate students' racialization (this session was not recorded)

The next session was led by Jing Zhang, focusing on research with economically disadvantaged Chinese international students youtu.be/t4avspA94gc

We heard from Milad Mohebali, who spoke about the value of re-thinking commonly used frameworks towards more humanizing and relational understandings. He gave the example of the limitations of the push-pull theory (with some evocative images of the pull-pull in opposite directions) (not recorded)

Next was Mousumi Mukherjee who outlined the contextual and legal barriers encountered in India while attempting to conduct research *with* international students youtu.be/wkIZUkHnqQg

The second presentation came from Sandra Slotte, who highlighted a necessary shift from speaking about 'international student employability' towards 'employer-ability' (i.e. how employers should create more inclusive hiring practices) youtu.be/GOd8EBKO4Rc

We started the day with a presentation from @sophiadeterala.bsky.social, who outlined the geopolitical contexts shaping the experiences of Chinese international students in the Phillipines youtu.be/pKqtYkPRZtw