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I am an Assistant Professor at Lusófona University (Porto) and a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Education and Development (CeiED) since 2022. I was awarded a PhD in Educational Research from Lancaster University (UK) in 2012 for a thesis which performed a comparative analysis of the implementation of the Bologna Process in three European countries. Before my current employment, I worked as a researcher at the Portuguese Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES), between 2017-2022, and as a post-doctoral research fellow at the Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES), with a scholarship from the Foundation for Science and Technology, between 2012-2017. However, my career in higher education started already before the PhD, in 2005, at the Higher Education Academy (UK), where I managed projects on teaching and learning improvement in higher education. I also worked as a research assistant at Lancaster University, during my PhD, on the evaluation of the quality enhancement framework in Scottish Higher Education. I have developed my research in the field of higher education policies, moving from a more general study of European higher education policies and their implementation (Bologna Process) to specific topics such as international student mobility, employability, quality assurance and inbreeding. I have participated as a research member in national and international projects, which were awarded public funding on a competitive basis, and in privately funded national studies on the above topics. International student mobility is my main research interest. I was the Principal Investigator (PI) in a project, funded by the Edulog – Belmiro de Azevedo Foundation, which mapped international students in Portugal and analysed international recruitment strategies. I also contributed as a research consultant to studies commissioned by national and international organisations, including the evaluation of the Erasmus+ programme 2014-2020 in Portugal, commissioned by the Erasmus+ National Agency. I am also a member of two COST Actions: European Network on International Student Mobility (Action CA20115) and Rising nationalisms, shifting geopolitics and the future of European higher education/research openness (Action CA22121). In the former, I have led the execution of two deliverables: a systematic literature review on the impact of Covid-19 on the integration of international students and a systematic literature review on global trends and patterns in international student mobility. Since January 2021, I have served as one of the Associate Editors of European Journal of Higher Education (peer-reviewed, indexed in Scopus and Emerging Sources Citation Index), which has implied managing the peer review for around 40 manuscripts per year. In 2024, I also joined the editorial team of Revista Lusófona de Educação, with broad distribution in Latin America. My research record is solid and extensive, with two co-authored books (one international and one national), 3 co-edited international books, 15 book chapters and 50 articles in reputed international peer-reviewed journals in the area of higher education, most of them indexed in Scopus and/or WoS. I have contributed to debates in the written media internationally (University World News and Times Higher Education) on current topics of public interest in higher education. Over the past five years, I have also engaged in mentoring young researchers and in coordinating research teams. I am a member of academic organisations such as CHER (Consortium of Higher Education Researchers) and IMISCOE (International Migration Research Network).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Cristina Stanca Sin

Citation names

  • Sin, Cristina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9A1D-8B53-C144
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6039-8194
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=QzgD3TcAAAAJ&hl=en
Scopus Author Id
55342408500

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Educational Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Danish Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1)
Romanian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Italian Elementary (A2) Advanced (C1) Elementary (A2) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2009 - 2012
Concluded
 PhD in Educational Research (Doutoramento)
Lancaster University, United Kingdom
"Loose Policy and Local Adaptation: a Comparative Study of Master Degrees in the Context of the Bologna Process" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Excellent
2002 - 2005
Concluded
 English--French (Mestrado)
University of Roskilde, Denmark
"Language Attitudes in Bath, England - A Study of People's Perception of Their Own Dialect" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 11 (Escala de 1 a 13)
1997 - 2001
Concluded
 Applied Modern Languages (Licenciatura)
Unversitatea Babes-Bolyai, Romania
"The World Trade Organsation: Prosperity for All Countries?" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 10 (Escala de 1 a 10)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/03/01 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares em Educação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2022/02/28 Researcher (Research) A3ES - Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior, Portugal
2013/02 - 2022/02/28 Researcher (Research) Centro de Investigação de Políticas do Ensino Superior, Portugal
2011/03 - 2013/01 Research Assistant (Research) Centro de Investigação de Políticas do Ensino Superior, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/03/01 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona do Porto, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2017/07/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2010/10 - 2011/03 Research Associate (Investigação Científica) Lancaster University, United Kingdom
2008/10 - 2010/09 Research Project Officer (Investigação Científica) Lancaster University, United Kingdom
2005/04 - 2008/09 Project Coordinator (Project Management) Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Orlanda Tavares; Carla Sá; Cristina Sin; Alberto Amaral. Equity Policies in Global Higher Education. Springer International Publishing. 2022.
    10.1007/978-3-030-69691-7
  2. Sónia Cardoso; Orlanda Tavares; Cristina Sin; Teresa Carvalho. Structural and Institutional Transformations in Doctoral Education. Springer International Publishing. 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-38046-5
Book chapter
  1. Tavares, Orlanda; Sin, Cristina; Amaral, Alberto. "Sucesso académico no ensino superior: políticas e práticas". In Sucesso Académico no Ensino Superior, edited by Alexandra Costa; Amélia C. D. Caldeira; Claisy Marinho Araújo; Leandro Almeida. Braga, Portugal: ADIPSIEDUC – Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação em Psicologia da Educação, 2024.
    Published
  2. Sin, Cristina; Tavares, Orlanda. "The model of state control". In Handbook on Higher Education Management and Governance, 59-70. Edward Elgar, 2023.
    Published
  3. Baptista, João; Sin, Cristina; Tavares, Orlanda. "Data and Reflections on Access-Transition to Higher Education in Portugal". In Equity Policies in Global Higher Education, 143-169. Springer International Publishing, 2022.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-69691-7_7
  4. Orlanda Tavares; Cristina Sin; Carla Sá. "Conclusion: Learning from the Past to Shape Future Policies Towards Equity in Higher Education". In Equity Policies in Global Higher Education. 2022.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-69691-7_10
  5. Carla Sá; Orlanda Tavares; Cristina Sin. "Who Is Left Out? Inequalities in Higher Education Admissions and Placements in Portugal". In Equity Policies in Global Higher Education. 2022.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-69691-7_8
  6. Carvalho, Teresa; Cardoso, Sónia; Diogo, Sara; Sin, Cristina; Videira, Pedro. "Institutional Policies to Attract International Academics in Portugal in an Adverse Context". In The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective, 153-169. Springer Singapore, 2021.
    10.1007/978-981-33-4980-3_10
  7. Orlanda Tavares; Cristina Sin; Diana Soares. "Building Bridges Between Industry and Academia: What Is the Profile of an Industrial Doctorate Student?". In Structural and Institutional Transformations in Doctoral Education. Social, Political and Student Expectations. Palgrave/Springer Nature, 2020.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-38046-5_12
  8. Cristina Sin; Orlanda Tavares. "Introduction". In Structural and Institutional Transformations in Doctoral Education. Social, Political and Student Expectations. Palgrave/Springer Nature, 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-38046-5_1
Conference paper
  1. Orlanda Tavares; Cristina Sin; Maria João Antunes. "Strategies to reduce dropout in higher education". 2024.
    10.4995/HEAd24.2024.17082
  2. Joyce Aguiar; Cristina Sin. "Students from Portuguese Speaking African Countries in Portuguese Higher Education". 2021.
    10.4995/HEAd21.2021.12953
  3. Joyce Aguiar; Cristina Sin. "THE LAST DECADE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ENROLMENTS IN PORTUGAL: A MAPPING OF WHO, WHERE AND WHAT". 2020.
    10.21125/iceri.2020.2014
Journal article
  1. Cristina Sin; Orlanda Tavares; Elina Apsite-Berina; Judith Borràs; Betül Bulut-Sahin; Martina Chrancoková; Karolina Czerska-Shaw; et al. "The impact of COVID-19 on the social and cultural integration of international students: a literature review". Comparative Migration Studies (2025): https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-025-00425-3.
    10.1186/s40878-025-00425-3
  2. Cristina Sin; Orlanda Tavares; Joyce Aguiar. "International students in less attractive institutions and countries: how integration can make a difference". Globalisation, Societies and Education (2025): https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2024.2431846.
    10.1080/14767724.2024.2431846
  3. Aguiar, J.; Tavares, O.; Sin, C.. "Impact of international student mobility in rural Portuguese regions". International Journal of Educational Research 127 (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85201483505&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ijer.2024.102439
  4. Tavares, O.; Aguiar, J.; Sin, C.. "Off the beaten track: Portugal’s strategies for attracting international students". Policy Futures in Education (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85205220321&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1177/14782103241287566
  5. Orlanda Tavares; Cristina Sin; Carla Sá; Francisco Pereira; Alberto Amaral. "Graduate employment: Does the type of higher education institution matter?". Bulletin of Economic Research (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/boer.12400.
    10.1111/boer.12400
  6. Joyce Aguiar; Ligia de Santis; Cristina Sin. "International Student Mobility in Psychology: an Analysis of Brazilian Students in Portuguese Higher Education". Trends in Psychology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s43076-023-00270-2.
    10.1007/s43076-023-00270-2
  7. Tavares, Orlanda; Cardoso, Sónia; Sin, Cristina. "Comment on accède à l’enseignement supérieur". Cahiers pédagogiques N° 583 2 (2023): 6-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/cape.583.0006.
    Published • 10.3917/cape.583.0006
  8. Seeber, M.; Klemencic, M.; Meoli, M.; Sin, C.. "Publishing review reports to reveal and preserve the quality and fairness of the peer review process". European Journal of Higher Education (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85151565764&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/21568235.2023.2192549
  9. Aguiar, J.; Sin, C.; Tavares, O.. "International Students' Experience of Remote Teaching and Learning in Portugal". Open Education Studies 5 1 (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85164660567&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1515/edu-2022-0190
  10. Cardoso, S.; Sin, C.. "The internationalisation of doctoral education and the strategies to achieve it: the perspectives of Portuguese universities and doctoral students". Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education 14 3 (2023): 399-414. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85170536261&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1108/SGPE-12-2022-0078
  11. Julio Bertolin; Orlanda Tavares; Cristina Sin. "Towards a democratic and fair society: Civic competences of Brazilian graduates". Education, Citizenship and Social Justice (2022): 174619792211311-174619792211311. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F17461979221131148.
    10.1177/17461979221131148
  12. Cristina Sin; Orlanda Tavares; Joyce Aguiar. "COVID-19: Threat or Opportunity for the Portuguese Higher Education's Attractiveness for International Students?". Journal of Studies in International Education (2022): https://doi.org/10.1177/10283153221121396.
    10.1177/10283153221121396
  13. Cristina Sin; Orlanda Tavares; Joyce Aguiar; Alberto Amaral. "More students and more diverse: new trends in international mobility to Portugal". Tertiary Education and Management (2022): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11233-022-09090-y.
    10.1007/s11233-022-09090-y
  14. Hugo Horta; Orlanda Tavares; Alberto Amaral; Cristina Sin. "New perspectives and analytical approaches to better understand academic inbreeding". Higher Education Quarterly (2022): https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12375.
    10.1111/hequ.12375
  15. Cristina Sin; Orlanda Tavares; Joyce Aguiar; Ricardo Biscaia; Alberto Amaral. "International students in Portuguese higher education: who are they and what are their choices?". Studies in Higher Education (2021): https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2021.1916907.
    10.1080/03075079.2021.1916907
  16. Orlanda Tavares; Cristina Sin; Carla Sá; Sylwia Bugla; Alberto Amaral. "Inbreeding and research collaborations in Portuguese higher education". Higher Education Quarterly (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12301.
    10.1111/hequ.12301
  17. Tavares, Orlanda; Soares, Diana; Sin, Cristina. "Industry–university collaboration in industrial doctorates: A trouble-free marriage?". (2020): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/29335.
    10.1177/0950422219900155
  18. Sin, C.; Soares, D.; Tavares, O.. "Coursework in industrial doctorates: a worthwhile contribution to students’ training?". Higher Education Research and Development (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85089704851&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/07294360.2020.1807918
  19. Sin, C.; Cardoso, S.; Tavares, O.. "Attracting and recruiting international students in portugal: National and institutional policies,Attirer et recruter des étudiants internationaux au portugal: Politiques nationales et institutionnelles,Atração e recrutamento de estudantes internacionais em portugal: Políticas nacionais e institucionais,Atraer y reclutar estudiantes internacionales en portugal: Políticas nacionales e institucional". Revista Lusofona de Educacao 47 47 (2020): 69-83. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85087122386&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.24140/issn.1645-7250.rle47.05
  20. Cristina Sin; Orlanda Tavares. "Integrating International Students: The Missing Link in Portuguese Higher Education Institutions". Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education (2019): https://doi.org/10.32674/jcihe.v11iWinter.1110.
    10.32674/jcihe.v11iWinter.1110
  21. Cristina Sin; Orlanda Tavares; Sónia Cardoso. "Portuguese Institutions’ Strategies and Challenges to Attract International Students". Journal of International Students (2019): https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v9i4.185.
    10.32674/jis.v9i4.185
  22. Orlanda Tavares; Cristina Sin; Vasco Lança. "Inbreeding and Research Productivity Among Sociology PhD Holders in Portugal". Minerva 57 3 (2019): 373-390. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11024-019-09378-1.
    10.1007/s11024-019-09378-1
  23. Cristina Sin; Dominik Antonowicz; Jannecke Wiers-Jenssen. "Attracting International Students to Semi-peripheral Countries: A Comparative Study of Norway, Poland and Portugal". Higher Education Policy (2019): https://doi.org/10.1057/s41307-019-00135-3.
    10.1057/s41307-019-00135-3
  24. Sin, Cristina; Tavares, Orlanda; Amaral, Alberto. "Balance de los cambios en la garantía de la calidad en la educación superior en Portugal entre 2007 y 2015". DEBATS 131 2 (2017): 69-80.
Report
  1. Lourenço, Diogo Gonçalo; Cosmin Nada; Sin, Cristina; Aguiar, Joyce; Luís Fernandes; Tavares, Orlanda; Biscaia, Ricardo. 2024. Internacionalização da Educação e Formação: desafios e oportunidades do programa Erasmus+ em Portugal. https://erasmusmais.pt/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?juwpfisadmin=false&action=wpfd&task=file.download&wpfd_category_id=53&wpfd_file_id=5789&token=&preview=1.
  2. Sá, Carla; Sin, Cristina; Pereira, Francisco; Aguiar, Joyce; Tavares, Orlanda. 2021. Estudantes nacionais e internacionais no acesso ao ensino superior: Quem são, que escolhas fazem e como acedem ao mercado de trabalho. https://www.edulog.pt/storage/app/uploads/public/61a/52b/c82/61a52bc82dc22884838784.pdf.

Other

Other output
  1. INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITATION ACROSS EUROPE: DO ASSESSMENT CRITERIA MIRROR HIGHER EDUCATION’S MISSIONS?. 2022. Orlanda Tavares; Cristina Sin.
    10.21125/edulearn.2022.2100
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/12/06 - Current Organizadora e promotora do Webinar “Education at a Glance: Desigualdades no Ensino Superior em Portugal e no Brasil” (2022/12/06 - 2022/12/06)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares em Educação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2016/10 - Current Membro da comissão ciéntífica e comissão organizadora do seminário internacional “The visible hand of the internal market: tensions between European competence and national sovereignty in higher Education” (2016/10 - 2016/10)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Investigação de Políticas do Ensino Superior, Portugal
2023/04/03 - 2023/04/05 IRSPM United or divided? Public value(s), Management and Governance in turbulent times Co-organizadora do painel "Managerialism and beyond in higher education" e revisora de submissões (com outros 4 investigadores da Polónia, Chéquia, Reino Unido e Hungria) (2023/04/03 - 2023/04/05)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem, Hungary