Investigate the internationalization from an intercultural perspective: the journey of an Argentine-Brazilian network

Abstract

This article presents a schematic overview of three successive researchs from internationalization practices in higher education from an intercultural perspective that respectively covered the micro (2016-2020), meso (2021-2024) and macro (2025-2028) levels of analysis. The purpose of this study was to study first a single experience with a group of psychology departments, then to extend it to an institutional level, including a set of  proposals at a single university, and finally to reach a national level, locating a series of practices in different academic centers in Argentina. To carry out this research process, which has been underway for a decade, the value of the collaborative work by Argentine- Brazilian network of researchers, in which the authors of this article participated, is highlighted. The methodological designs of these three studies were based on different case studies, following a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. The results demonstrate the relevance of interculturality as a dimension that permeates the internationalization projects studied, and also highlight the need to undertake research that delves deeper into the interrelationship between the three levels of analysis addressed. This publication is offered as an opportunity for meta-cognitive reflection from the perspective of our own participation in this process, which can be considered a "case" of internationalization of research.