Regional Groups and
Special Interest Groups
ICLHE currently has four Regional Groups (RGs) and one Special Interest Group, you can choose to follow any of these groups' activities when you sign up to become a member of ICLHE.
Should you be interested in creating a new group, please contact the Board. To find out more about the aims of RGs and SIGs, as well as the support you will get from the Board, please consult this document.
The DACH Regional Group is a forum for researchers, practitioners, and other stakeholders interested in EME in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The group aims to:
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Promote collaboration and networking among members;
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Share resources, problems, potential research projects, and best practices;
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Support the development and implementation of EME and learning programs in the region;
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Conduct research on EME and learning in higher education.
The RG is open to all ICLHE members in the DACH region.​
The current RG leaders are Charla Schutte and Louise Klein, both from Hochshule RheinMain (Wiesbaden, Germany).
The Italy Regional Group is a forum for researchers, practitioners, and other stakeholders interested in EME in Italy. The group aims to:
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Promote an understanding of issues related to content and language integrated learning in higher education in Italy;
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Create a network of like-minded individuals working collaboratively on various professional activities;
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Collaborate and exchange ideas about research, teaching, policy development, and administration.
The current RG leaders are Francesca Costa and Olivia Mair from Università Cattolica dell Sacro Cuore (Milan, Italy).
Our group provides a forum for ICLHE researchers and practitioners in East Asia. Our objective is to enhance collaboration amongst professionals based in East Asia interested in the integration of content and language in higher education​.
To find out more about our activities, please contact us, check out our website, or join our mailing list here to sign up for our newsletter.
​The current coordinator is Mahboubeh Rakhshandehroo, Kwansei Gakuin University (Japan).
Our main objective is to enhance collaboration amongst all the professionals based in Spain who are interested in the integration of content and language in higher education. In this respect, researchers, content lecturers, (applied) linguists, and educational developers working in the internationalisation of HE are welcome to join.
To find out more go to the RG page in the member zone or to join the Spain RG please contact us directly.​
The current RG leader is Inmaculada Fortanet-Gomez, Universitat Jaume I (Spain).​
The aim of the group is to create a community of early career researchers working in similar areas that can exchange ideas and questions and learn from and with each other.​The PhD SIG is a space where members can share and solve problems collaboratively and find intellectual support and motivation among peers as they make their way in ICLHE.​​
To find out more or to join the PhD SIG, go to the member zone and please contact us.
The current leader of the PhD SIG is Verena Grau, University of Vienna (Austria).
