Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this book empirically investigates the (im)mobility decisions, social network formation, sense of European identity and migratory aspirations of higher education students. It draws on a large-scale survey, in-depth interviews and focus groups, conducted in Austria, Belgium, Italy, Norway, Poland and the UK.

1. Introduction 2. Intra-European Student Mobility, Post-Industrial Society and European Integration 3. Who Goes Abroad? 4. The Reconstruction of a Social Network Abroad 5. Erasmus Students: Frenzied Euro-Enthusiasts? 6. The Nexus between Student Mobility and Future Migration Aspirations 7. Conclusion

Christof Van Mol is Researcher at the Centre for Migration and Intercultural Studies, University of Antwerp, Belgium, and the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, the Netherlands. His research project into intra-European student mobility was funded by the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO).