Transnational Higher Education Institutions as instruments of soft power. Stage 1: Education diplomacy in East Asia and Southeast Asia. Data collection.

Higher education (HE) is one of the core instruments of nation-building (Anderson, 2006; Wojciuk, 2018) experienced a severe shift in the last two decades. Increased availability and internationalization of HE reduced the state's dominance in the sector and the limited capacity of its nation-building policies through HE Institutions (HEI). Globalization of HE led to the growth of transnational higher education institutions (TNHEI) establishment around the world. Asia with its drastically increasing demand for HE is hosting numerous TNHEIs such as international branch campuses.
Even though The Cross-Border Education Research Team (C-BERT) is managing the International Campus Listing (2020) it is far from being complete since they focus only on International campuses many TNHEIs are not counted, some data is outdated and certain data is missing.

This project aims at collecting extensive data on TNHEIs in Asia. After completion of the data collection, this database will be used for analyzing the development of HE in the region, HE’s impact on regional and international relations dynamics, and nation-building processes.