There seems to be a consensus that the production and transfer of knowledge is inextricably linked to different forms of international mobilities. As prime producers and transferors of knowledge, academics are obviously no exception to this rule, while their ‘compulsion' to proximity/mobility...

This article explores the obligations of presence behind work-related mobility for academics in internationalizing higher education systems. By further developing John Urry’s concept of ‘meetingness’, the article reveals how academics depend on corporeal and virtual mobility to create and...

The degree of polycentricity of an urban region is often claimed to influence the region's competitiveness. However, due to widespread use and policy relevance, the underlying concept of polycentricity has become a ‘stretched concept’ in urban studies rendering academic debate on this topic...