缅北禁地

Background:

After graduating with an undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Salzburg in Austria, I went on to study for a MA in Cross-Cultural Communication and Education at 缅北禁地. I subsequently studied for a PhD at ECLS, investigating the intercultural adjustment and adaptation of international postgraduate students in the UK. I completed my PhD in February 2014. 

I was appointed Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at 缅北禁地 in June 2015, having previously worked as a Research Associate at the NU Research Centre for Learning and Teaching ().

Memberships and professional networks:

• British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL)
• Society for Research in Higher Education (SRHE)
• International Association of Language and Social Psychology (IALSP) - three-year term as Secretary (2014-2017).
• Global Collective for Study Abroad Researchers and Administrators 
• Critical Internationalization Studies Network (CISN)

Esteem indicators: 

• Editorial Board member for the European Journal of Higher Education
• Editorial Board member for the open-access journal 'Trends in Higher Education' 
• Paul Webley Award for innovation in international education by the UK Council for International Student Affairs (Aug, 2024) - UKISA #WeAreInternational Grant: Beyond cultural differences: critical intercultural orientation workshops for newly arrived students. Toolkit available 
• June 2016: awarded the James J Bradac Early Career Prize for my work on the international student experience.

Current leadership roles: 

Head of the Applied Linguistics and Communication (ALC) subject area in the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences

Recent blog posts:

My research interests focus mainly on transnational mobility, in particular the lived experiences of internationally mobile individuals and groups. I am especially interested in the experiences of student migrants but also intercultural communication more generally (eg., in professional settings).

Recent funded research: 

Principal investigator (with Dr Sam Shields):

'A mixed-methods study of the experiences of international students from the 'Global South' in the UK, US, Australia, Kazakhstan, China, and Portugal' funded by the NU HaSS Faculty Bid Prep Fund (08/23 - 12/24)

Principal investigator (with Dr Sam Shields):

'A mixed-methods exploratory study of the university experiences of working-class international students in UK universities' funded by the NU HaSS Faculty Research Fund (2022-2023)

Co-investigator: 

• Global Citizenship and Multilingual Competences (GCMC), Erasmus Strategic Partnership (2020-2023):  

Principal investigator: 

The 'international student experience' in 2021: The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the academic, psychological and sociocultural adjustment of international students in the UK' funded by the NU Institute for Social Science. 

A research briefing reporting on key findings from this project can be accessed here. 

Co-investigator: 

• Critical Skills for Life and Work (CSLW): Developing the Professional Intercultural Communicative Competence of Highly Skilled Refugees, Erasmus Strategic Partnership (2017-2019):  
• Approaches and Tools for Internationalisation at Home (ATIAH), Erasmus Strategic Partnership (2016-2018):  

Doctoral supervision: 

I am happy to supervise doctoral research in the following areas: internationalisation in higher education, student migrants, intercultural communication in professional settings. I offer expertise in mixed-methods research using both qualitative and quantitative methods (e.g. interviews, focus groups, surveys and questionnaires). 

Current PhD projects I supervise: 

• A mixed methods study of identity construction and negotiation among Chinese women doctoral students at UK HE institutions, Yuxi Liu
• The impact of social contact and vocabulary knowledge on intercultural competence, Dunia Alghamdi 
• Improving the personal creativity of international higher education business students, John Reilly O'Donnell

Successfully completed PhD projects under my supervision:

• Exploring the level of intercultural competence and language proficiency as factors in international students' adjustment in the UK and KSA, Amjad Almeshal (2024)
• Cross-cultural adaptation of Saudi Arabian international ESL students in UK higher education, Fatimah Alsaadi (2024)
• International students: the jewel in the crown for higher education in preparing the global leader, Joanne Rush (2022)
• Understanding international postgraduate students' adjustment in a British university: motivations for study abroad and subsequent academic, sociocultural and psychological experiences, Xuan Zhao (2021)
• Cross-cultural adaptation and identity change: A study of Asian student sojourners in the UK, Hanh Pho (2021)
• Internationalisation and students' intercultural competence development, Yuwei Liang (2019) 
• A study of international Vietnamese undergraduate students' psychological, sociocultural and academic adaptation and adjustment at a higher education institution in Thailand, Nattaya Srisakda (2018)

I am a regular academic reviewer for several journals, including:

• Higher Education
• European Journal of Higher Education
• Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 
• International Journal of Intercultural Relations 

In 2025-26 I am the module leader for:

• ALC8001 Social Psychology of Communication (Semester 1)
• ALC8007 Professional Communication in Intercultural Settings (Semester 2)

I also contribute sessions to the following modules:

• ALC8003 Research Portfolio (Semesters 1 and 2)
• ALC8020 Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
• SPE3056: Research Methods III

Teaching and scholarship related activities:

• Virtual exchange project with Indian University-Purdue University Columbus on 'critical intercultural incidents' (March 2023), funded by the NU Virtual Exchange Fund 
• Development of intercultural orientation workshops for students on the MA CCC programmes (June-December 2022), funded by the NU Education Development Fund 
• Intercultural orientation workshops funded by the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA)

• Articles

  • Mairi S, Gruber J, Mercer S, Schartner A, Ybema J, Young TJ, van der Meer C. . Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 2025, 46(9), 2631-2647.
  • Schartner A, Greener L, Paxton T, Regan A. . Journal of Intergenerational Relationships 2025, epub ahead of print.
  • Schartner A, Shields S, Wang Y. . Comparative and International Education 2024, 53(2), 1-17.
  • Zhao X, Schartner A. . European Journal of Higher Education 2024, 14(2), 343-366.
  • Schartner A, Wang Y. . Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education 2024, 16(1), 60-74.
  • Sin IL, Schartner A. . Journal of International Students 2024, 14(1), 289-308.
  • Schartner A, Shields S. . Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice 2023, 23(11), 15-31.
  • Schartner A, Young TJ, Snodin N. . Higher Education 2023, 85, 483-502.
  • Liang Y, Schartner A. . Journal of Studies in International Education 2022, 26(1), 44-60.
  • Valentine RA, Wakeling LA, Ferrie LJ, Schartner A, Guilding C, Peterson J. . ARELCS 2019, 16(2), 1-29.
  • Pho H, Schartner A. . Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 2019, 42(6), 489-502.
  • Robson S, Almeida J, Schartner A. . European Journal of Higher Education 2018, 8(1), 19-35.
  • Young TJ, Handford M, Schartner A. . Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 2017, 38(3), 189-191.
  • Young TJ, Handford M, Schartner A. . Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 2017, 38(3), 189-191.
  • Schartner A, Cho Y. . Higher Education 2017, 74(3), 455-472.
  • Schartner A, Young TJ. . European Journal of Higher Education 2016, 6(4), 372-386.
  • Schartner A. . Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 2016, 37(4), 402-418.
  • Schartner A. . Higher Education 2015, 69(2), 225-241.
  • Athanasopoulos P, Bylund E, Montero-Melis G, Damjanovic L, Schartner A, Kibbe A, Riches N, Thierry G. . Psychological Science 2015, 26(4), 518-526.
  • Young TJ, Schartner A. . Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 2014, 35(6), 547-562.
  • Young TJ, Sercombe PG, Sachdev I, Naeb R, Schartner A. . European Journal of Higher Education 2013, 3(2), 151-171.
  • Wright C, Schartner A. . Journal of Research in International Education 2013, 12(2), 113-128.

• Authored Books

  • Shields S, Schartner A, Curtis W, Murphy M. . Abingdon: Routledge, 2024.
  • Young TJ, Ganassin S, Schneider S, Schartner A, Walsh S. . London and New York: Routledge, 2022.
  • Schartner A, Young TJ. . Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2020.

• Book Chapters

  • Schartner A. . In: Dr. Lee Waller and Dr. Sharon Waller, ed. Higher Education - Reflections From the Field. London: IntechOpen, 2023.
  • Young TJ, Ganassin S, Schartner A. . In: Tammy Gregersen, Sarah Mercer, ed. The Routledge Handbook of the Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching. London: Routledge, 2022, pp.300-312.
  • Schartner A, Young TJ. . In: Fabricius, AH; Preisler, B, ed. Transcultural Interaction and Linguistic Diversity in Higher Education. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave MacMillan, 2015, pp.12-33.