Comparative and international higher education; tertiary education policy; internationalization; international students; stratification and rankings; access and equity.
Georgiana Mihut is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education Studies and a higher education researcher. Her research interests span tertiary education policy, international and comparative higher education, as well as higher education stratification, prestige, and rankings. Georgiana uses primarily quantitative and mixed methods research approaches and has an interest in experimental research designs. Georgiana's publications cover higher education developments in over 20 national contexts. Several of Georgiana's projects have used a comparative approach or looked at higher education trends internationally. Georgiana has published on a wide range of topics, including the role of university prestige in the labour market, university rankings, the experiences of international students, internationalisation policies, further and vocational education, and outcomes of students with disabilities.
Her research has been published in Studies in Higher Education, Teachers College Record, Journal of Studies in International Education, Oxford Review of Education, and the International Journal of Inclusive Education, amongst others. Georgiana is co-editor of the Research Handbook on University Rankings Theory, Methodology, Influence and Impact.
Before joining the University of Warwick, Georgiana worked for Ireland's Economic and Social Research Institute, the American Council on Education, and the Boston College Centre for International Higher Education. She has also consulted for the World Bank and Romania's Executive Unit for Financing Higher Education, Research, Development, and Innovation. Georgiana received her PhD in Higher Education from Boston College in 2019.
Prospective doctoral students
Georgiana is no longer considering PGR applicants who aim to start their doctoral studies in the 2024-2025 academic year. Georgiana is interested in supervising doctoral students who aim to answer timely research questions about higher education. Georgiana encourages potential applicants to attach a research proposal to their supervision inquiry. Guidance on how to develop a research proposal is available here.
- Mihut, Georgiana, 2024. Learning from each-other : comparing the experiences of first-generation migrant, international, and domestic students at Irish Universities. Journal of Studies in International Education, 28 (1), pp. 15-32
- 'Mihut, Georgiana, 'McCoy, Selina, 'Ma?tre, Bertrand, 2022. 'A capability approach to understanding academic and socio-emotional outcomes of students with special educational needs in Ireland. Oxford Review of Education, 48 (3), pp. 271-288
- 'Mihut, Georgiana, 2022. 'Romania : public-private divide in a dual-track system. International Higher Education, 109, pp. 34-35
- 'Carroll, Eamonn, 'McCoy, Selina, 'Mihut, Georgiana, 2022. 'Exploring cumulative disadvantage in early school leaving and planned post?school pathways among those identified with special educational needs in Irish primary schools. British Educational Research Journal
- 'Darmody, Merike, 'Groarke, Sarah, 'Mihut, Georgiana, 2022. 'Engagement of international students at Irish higher education institutions. Journal of International Students, 12 (4)
- Mihut, Georgiana, 2021. Does university prestige lead to discrimination in the labor market? Evidence from a labor market field experiment in three countries. Studies in Higher Education
- Kenny, Neil, McCoy, Selina, Mihut, Georgiana, 2021. Special education reforms in Ireland : changing systems, changing schools. International Journal of Inclusive Education, pp. 1-20
- Stensaker, Bjørn, Jungblut, Jens, Mihut, Georgiana, 2021. Strategic advisory boards - the emergence of shadow governance in universities?. International Journal of Leadership in Education, pp. 1-17
- Mohan, Gretta, Carroll, Eamonn, McCoy, Selina, Mac Domhnaill, Ciarán, Mihut, Georgiana, 2021. Magnifying inequality? Home learning environments and social reproduction during school closures in Ireland. Irish Educational Studies, 40 (2), pp. 265-274
- Finn, Mairéad, Mihut, Georgiana, Darmody, Merike, 2021. Academic satisfaction of international students at Irish higher education institutions : the role of region of origin and cultural distance in the context of marketization. Journal of Studies in International Education
- Mihut, Georgiana, Altbach, Philip G., Salmi, Jamil, 2016. International advisory councils and internationalization of governance : a qualitative analysis. European Journal of Higher Education, 6 (4), pp. 328-342
- Mihut, Georgiana, Altbach, Philip G., Salmi, Jamil, Mihut, Georgiana, Altbach, Philip G., Salmi, Jamil, 2016. International advisory councils and internationalization of governance : a qualitative analysis. European Journal of Higher Education, 6 (4), pp. 328-342
- Mihut, Georgiana, 2015. What Germany and Romania have in common : the impact of university prestige on graduate employability. Working papers in Higher Education Studies, 1 (1), pp. 46-67
- Balyasin, Mikhail, Carvalho, Luís, Mihut, Georgiana, 2015. Student experience : a new approach to evaluate the quality of Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees through survey research. Educational Studies Moscow, 1, pp. 110-134
- Hazelkorn, E., Mihut, Georgiana, Hazelkorn, E., Mihut, Georgiana, 2021. Introduction : putting rankings in context ? looking back, looking forward. Hazelkorn, Ellen; Mihut, Georgiana; Hazelkorn, Ellen; Mihut, Georgiana (eds.), Research handbook on university rankings : theory, methodology, influence and impact, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing
- 'Hazelkorn, E., 'Mihut, Georgiana, 2021. 'Introduction : putting rankings in context - looking back, looking forward. Hazelkorn, Ellen; Mihut, Georgiana (eds.), Research handbook on university rankings : theory, methodology, influence and impact, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing
- Mohan, Gretta, McCoy, Selina, Carroll, Eamonn, Mihut, Georgiana, Lyons, Seán, Mac Domhnaill, Ciarán, 2020. Learning for all? Second-level education in Ireland during Covid-19. The Economic and Social Research Institute
- Mihut, Georgiana, McCoy, Selina, Maître, Bertrand, 2020. Academic and socio-emotional outcomes of young people with special educational needs and the role of parental educational expectations. The Economic and Social Research Institute
- Mihut, Georgiana, Selina, McCoy, 2020. Examining the experiences of students, teachers and leaders at Educate Together second-level schools. The Economic and Social Research Institute
- Mihut, Georgiana, McCoy, Selina, Maître, Bertrand, Mihut, Georgiana, McCoy, Selina, Maître, Bertrand, 2020. Academic and socio-emotional outcomes of young people with special educational needs and the role of parental educational expectations. The Economic and Social Research Institute
- de Wit, Hans, Rumbley, Laura, Craciun, Daniela, Mihut, Georgiana, Woldegiyorgis, Ayenachew, de Wit, Hans, Rumbley, Laura, Craciun, Daniela, Mihut, Georgiana, Woldegiyorgis, Ayenachew, 2019. International mapping of National Tertiary Education Internationalization Strategies and Plans (NTEISPs). Center for International Higher Education
- Mihut, Georgiana, Helms, Robin, Mihut, Georgiana, Helms, Robin, 2019. International student funding. Tuition, fees, and financial aid. American Council on Education
- Mihut, Georgiana, Helms, Robin, 2019. International student funding. Tuition, fees, and financial aid. American Council on Education
- de Wit, Hans, Rumbley, Laura, Craciun, Daniela, Mihut, Georgiana, Woldegiyorgis, Ayenachew, 2019. International mapping of National Tertiary Education Internationalization Strategies and Plans (NTEISPs). Center for International Higher Education