Cosmopolitan nationalism is a concept used to describe the dual tendency of combining local and global policy orientations in modern education studies.
The framework introduces a two-dimensional grid mapping educational policies along both national identity preservation and global standard adoption axes.
These limitations currently restrict its analytical utility beyond descriptive case studies, though ongoing research continues to refine measurement approaches and expand its applications.
The research covered diverse contexts across China.,[8] Ecuador,[9] Morocco,[10] Japan and South Korea,[11] demonstrating the concept's applicability across different cultural, economic, and political settings.
The studies incorporated theoretical perspectives from research on globalization by Fazal Rizvi and Bob Lingard,[6] educational nationalism by Daniel Tröhler,[8] and cosmopolitanism by Ulf Hannerz.