I have coordinating responsibility for Arcada’s activities within the national Talent Boost project for attracting and retaining international talent in Finland. This requires broad and deep systemic cooperation with a range of actors and partners in society.

I act as Secretary of Arcada's Internationalisation Group, which supports the implementation of Arcada's strategic internationalisation through coordination and follow-up, as well as through concrete and strategic proposals for action for the Management Group.

I am also an elected member of the EAIE (European Association for International Education) Steering Group for Strategy and Management 2022-2024 and the Thematic Committee for Leadership, Strategy and Policy 2024-2026.

I am Project Manager at Arcada for the Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership INTERLOCALITY - Increased Local Employability of International Degree Students 2022-2025. The project combines four UASs in Denmark, Germany, Finland and the Netherlands, as well as a third sector organisation in Italy. We focus on regional needs for retaining international degree students and alumni and how higher education institutions (HEIs) can contribute to a systemic and multi-stakeholder approach involving SMEs, governments, municipalities, HEIs, 3rd sector actors and the international students and graduates themselves. https://www.interlocality.eu/ External link

Additionally, I am a PhD student at the Centre for Higher Education Internationalisation (CHEI) at Università Cattolica in Milan, Italy.

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Publications and presentations:

Who is an international talent? 2024 https://www.arcada.fi/en/article/pu… External link

Podcast episode: Cynthia Alby, Sandra Slotte, Jeroen Ouburg: A chat with real people about AI.
European Association for International Education (EAIE), 2024
https://www.eaie.org/blog/podcast-a… External link

International graduate employability: whose job is it anyway?
European Association for International Education (EAIE), 2024
https://www.eaie.org/blog/internati… External link

Webinar panelist: Highly skilled people in jobs that do not match their qualifications- International workers' experiences of continuous learning
The Service Centre for Continuous Learning and Employment, October 2023

Poster: Employability & Employer-ability: Connecting the Two Currents
European Association for International Education (EAIE) annual conference in Rotterdam, September 2023

Balancing employability with ‘employer-ability’
European Association for International Education (EAIE), 2023
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Fast Expert Teams as a method for addressing the complex issue of retaining international students in Finland, 2023
https://www.arcada.fi/en/article/bl… External link

Webinar panelist: Student Living in the Nordics. The Class Foundation, January 2023

Conference session: Be an agent of change at your institution
European Association for International Education (EAIE) annual conference in Barcelona, September 2022

Poster: Sustainable Career Support for Students and Graduates: a Systemic and Holistic Approach
European Association for International Education (EAIE) annual conference in Barcelona, September 2022

Tools and mental models for internationalising with society
European Association for International Education (EAIE), 2022
https://www.eaie.org/blog/ihes-ment… External link

Workshopserie: Comprehensive Internationalisation. Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, 2022

The Complexity of Internationalisation Calls for Collaboration
UAS Journal, 2022
https://uasjournal.fi/4-2022/the-co… External link

Behov av utökat nordiskt samarbete kring integration av högutbildade immigranter
Arcada, 2021
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Presentation: Being an Agent of Change in Internationalisation of Higher Education. OsloMet, December 2021

Presentation: Internationalisation for all and not the few. University College of Northern Denmark (UCN) International Days, November 2021

Creating space for global and intercultural competence development through curriculum design
Arcada University of Applied Sciences, 2021
https://www.theseus.fi/handle/10024… External link

Overcoming loneliness in a people-centred career
European Association for International Education (EAIE), 2021
https://www.eaie.org/blog/overcomin… External link

Internationalisation in Post-Corona Higher Education: What Will Change
Arcada University of Applied Sciences, 2020
https://www.theseus.fi/bitstream/ha… External link

Future work skills in higher education - learning to be an international Intrapreneur
Työelämäpedagogiikka korkeakoulutuksessa (TyöPeda)-project, 2020
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International alumni: the missing piece of the puzzle
UAS Journal, 2020
https://uasjournal.fi/4-2020/future… External link

Internationalisation at Home: The Road to Success
Arcada University of Applied Sciences, 2019
https://www.academia.edu/42116187/I… External link