Staff profile

Prue Holmes is Professor in the School of Education at Durham University, Docent (Intercultural Competence in Global Education) at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and a founding member of the International Centre for the Comparative Study of Doctoral Education (ICCSDE).  

Prue has led two AHRC-funded projects (“Researching Multilingually”, and “Building an Intercultural Pedagogy in Higher Education in Conditions of Conflict and Protracted Crises: Languages, Identity, Culture”, BIPHEC). She has also been co-investigator on several other multinational research projects (funded by UKRI, and the European Commission). She has also received research commissions from UNESCO (Paris), Education New Zealand, and the Ministry of Education (International), New Zealand.

Her research and publications focus on several interrelated areas: researchers’ multilingual resources in the research process in multidisciplinary, multilingual, and multinational contexts; interculturality; intercultural competence; intercultural dialogue and critical intercultural pedagogies in higher education and in contexts of (forced) migration and conflict; internationalisation, including international and Chinese students’ learning and study-abroad experiences; and the doctoral experience.

Prue holds several international peer-esteem posts: as a member of the AHRC Peer Review College; a member of five editorial boards; participation in international advisory roles; and co-lead of the book series “Researching Multilingually” published by Multilingual Matters. Together with Professor Michael Byram, she co-convenes the annual international Cultnet meeting (for researchers in language and intercultural communication) annually at Durham University. She was Chairperson of the International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC), from 2010 to 2021 and Guest Professor, Department of English, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, from 2018-21.

Prior to coming to Durham in 2010, Prue taught in several universities internationally (New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, and Italy). She receives invitations internationally to give keynotes, invited talks, and workshops in her research areas.

Research interests

Researching multilingually

Intercultural and international education

Intercultural competence/dialogue/encounters

The intercultural dimensions of languages, language learning and teaching

Internationalisation, mobility, and the student experience; global citizenship

Critical intercultural pedagogy for intercultural learning

New materialism and the creative arts in intercultural learning

 

Information for prospective doctoral research student supervisions

Prue supervises doctoral research in the areas of language and intercultural communication, and intercultural education; intercultural citizenship; and internationalisation. Recently, her research has investigated critical intercultural pedagogy, language and intercultural competence in Chinese Higher Education, intercultural dialogue, and the creative arts in contexts of forced migration and conflict. She welcomes applications from prospective doctoral students on any of the above topics.

Completed Supervisions

A qualitative exploration of how host Chinese staff make sense of their intercultural experiences in a Sino-foreign cooperative university

A case study of EFL education in a Chinese independent college: How does the College English curriculum meet learners’ expressed needs?

Applying an Intercultural Approach to Chinese College Language Teaching.

Fluid Cultures and Identifications: The Intercultural Communication Experiences of Saudi International Students in the UK

An ethnographic study of how Chinese students in a UK university understand and respond to emotions in their intercultural adjustment.

National identity (re)construction and negotiation and cosmopolitanism in the intercultural study-abroad context: Student sojourners from Taiwan in the UK

The perspectives of female Emirati pre-service teachers on the use of English as a medium of instruction: An ethnographic investigation.

Mandarin Chinese community schooling in England: Language, culture and pupils’ identities.

 Understanding Japanese students' intercultural learning before, during, and after studying abroad: Using reflective writing as a pedagogic tool.

Developing Intercultural Competence in English Language Teachers: Towards Building Intercultural Language Education in Colombia

Multilingual and intercultural communication in and beyond the UK asylum process: a linguistic ethnographic case study of legal advice-giving across cultural and linguistic borders

An exploration of students' experiences and interpretations of an internationalisation policy implemented in a Chinese university: A case study.

“It makes me feel like part of the world”: How children in the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme understand international-mindedness.

A comparative study of English education in Japan: Fostering learners’ intercultural communicative competence, criticality and identity for intercultural citizenship.

The experiences of refugee creative writers: An intersectional feminist study. 

How to integrate intercultural communication in Chinese language teaching: An interpretive study of the perspectives and experiences of teachers in Confucius Institutes in the United Kingdom.

Investigating the use of literary texts in a pedagogy to teach intercultural communicative competence in an EFL Master’s course in Algeria.

Exploring student nurses' intercultural care experiences in clinical practice.

Experiencing multilingual identities and interculturality through learning and socialising in languages: The ecologies of two “language cafés”. 

The Council of Europe’s Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture: Hope for democracy or an allusive Utopia?

 

Research awards and funded projects

ESRC IAA (Economic & Social Science Research Council) Impact Acceleration Account). Project title: Facilitating intercultural dialogue among refugee/asylum-seeking youths and students in higher education.PI: Professor Prue Holmes Project duration: 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2025. Amount £13,939.91

AHRC GCRF (Arts and Humanities Research Council Global Challenges Research Fund). Project Title: Building an intercultural pedagogy for higher education in conditions of conflict and protracted crises: Languages, identity, culture (BIPHEC) (AH/S003967/1).PI: Professor Prue Holmes. Project duration: 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019. Amount: £54,397.91 https://biphec.webspace.durham.ac.uk/ 

ERASMUS+ Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices: Capacity building in Higher Education (KA2). Project Title: RICH-Ed (Resources for Interculturality in Chinese Higher Education). (585733-EPP-1-2017-1-BE-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP). PI-UK. Dr Prue Holmes. Project leader, Professor Jan Van Maele, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium. Project duration: 1 September 2017 – 30 April 2021.Durham University allocation €71,280,00. Total grant €596,300 http://www.rich-ed.com/ 

Jean Monnet Network Project. Project Title: EUROMEC (European Identity, Culture, Exchanges, & Multilingualism). (553397-EPP-1-2014-1-BG-EPPJMO-NETWORK). PI-UK, Dr Prue Holmes. Project leader, Professor Maria Stoicheva, University of Sofia, Bulgaria. Project duration: 1 September 2014 – 30 August 2017. Durham University allocation £30,000. Total grant €366,274

AHRC (Arts & Humanities Research Council, UK) Large Research Grant. Project title: Researching multilingually at the borders of language, the body, law, and the state (AH/L006936/1).Co-Investigator (Researching Multilingually). Project leader, Professor Alison Phipps, University of Glasgow.Project duration: 1 April 2014 – 30 September 2017. Durham University allocation £365,000 (post-doctoral researcher, two funded PhDs); Total grant£1,998,797  https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/education/research/fromlocaltoglobalresearch/researchprojects/researchingmultilinguallyatthebordersoflanguagethebodylawandthestate/

LLP ERASMUS Multilateral project title: Intercultural Educational Resources for ERASMUS Students and their Teachers (IEREST). Project Title: Mobility strategies and removal of barriers to mobility in higher education [527373-LLP-1-2012-1-IT-ERASMUS-ESMO]. Co-Investigator (supported by a research assistant at Durham).Project duration: November 2012-October 2015. Durham University allocation €73,745; Total grant €550,475 http://www.ierest-project.eu/ 

AHRC (Arts & Humanities Research Council, UK) Research Network Grant.Project title: Researching multilingually (AH/J005037/1)PI, Dr Prue Holmes.Project duration: 1 December 2011 – 30 November 2012. Amount £28,349 https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FJ005037%2F1

HEA/UKCISA (Higher Education Academy/United Kingdom Council for International Student Affairs) Project title: Preparing students for internationalisation at home: Evaluating a two-week induction programme in a one-year masters programme. PI, Dr Prue Holmes.Project duration: 13 February to 1 September, 2012. Amount £10,000

UNESCO Research Grant.Project Title: Intercultural competence: Asia-Pacific region (Concepts, methods, and tools for intercultural competence and mediation). PI: Dr Prue Holmes. Funded 7,000 word literature review for the Division of Cultural Policies and Intercultural Dialogue, UNESCO.Project duration: August to December, 2008. Amount $US 5,000

Asia: New Zealand Research Grant.Project title: Contributing to New Zealand’s cohesive communities: Developing two-way networks between Asian migrants and New Zealand employers.PI: Dr Prue Holmes.Awarded September, 2006. Amount $NZ 18,000

Education New Zealand/Ministry of Education.Project title: The experiences of Chinese international students in New Zealand,Co-I: Dr Prue Holmes. Awarded March 2006. Amount $NZ 40,000

Ministry of Education/Education New Zealand.Project title: Interactions with international students.Co-I: Dr Prue Holmes; PI, Professor Colleen Ward.Awarded July, 2004.Amount $NZ 140,000

Ministry of Education (International).Project title: A review and evaluation of the international literature on managing cultural diversity in the classroom.Co-I: Dr Prue Holmes.Awarded April, 2004. Amount $NZ 65,000

 

Keynote presentations

“Researching in multilingual environments of onward migration: Negotiating positions of linguistic power”. British Association for Applied Linguistics/Cambridge University Press, Goldsmiths, University of London. (2024, 14 February).

“Understanding our intercultural (dialogic and embodied) selves—as practitioners, as learners”, at the Professional Issues Meeting (Hybrid Event) (PIM BALNEAP), English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and Intercultural Communication (IC), University of Leeds, UK. (2022, 17 June).

“A Non-essentialist Framework for Intercultural Communication in Higher Education”, at the First Language, Translation & Intercultural Communication Forum, Prince sultan University, Saudi Arabia. (2022, 29 March).

“Developing global citizens through critical intercultural pedagogies”. Intercultural competence and foreign language learning in HE: Present and future directions, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK. (2021, 1-2 July).

“Developing glocal talents through critical intercultural pedagogies”. International symposium on international higher education: Glocal talents for the new era. University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, China. (2021, 4-5 June).

“An intercultural pedagogy for English language teaching and learning in Chinese Universities”. 22^nd Warwick International Conference in Applied Linguistics (WICAL), University of Warwick, Warwick, UK. (2019, 24-25 June).

“Mobility and the ‘Belt and Road’: Interculturality in Chinese higher education”. Chinese Transformations in space: Migration and mobility in Chinese education, Educational Research Association (CERA). Institute of Education, University College London, London. (2019, 13-14 June).

“Interculturality in English as a Lingua Franca: Implications for Pedagogy”. The 5^th ELT Conference: Bridging Theory and Practice. Faculty of Persian and Foreign Languages, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran. (2019, 1-2 May).

“Creating glocal talents through intercultural education: A pedagogy for ‘interculturality at home’”. International symposium on cultivating “glocal talents” through international/transnational higher education. University of Nottingham Ningbo, China. (2018, 6-7 December).

“Intercultural pedagogies for language learning in ‘unstable’ and ‘stable’ contexts: Some affordances, challenges, and complementarities”. Language teaching and learning in unstable times, and in changing political landscapes. British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Language Learning and Teaching Special Interest Group, Southampton University, Southampton, UK. (2018, 12-14 July).

“Enhancing interculturality through languages education. World languages symposium. Educational Collaborative for International Schools”, Vienna, Austria. (2017, 14-15 November).  https://www.ecis.org/  

“Languages under pressure and pain: Implications for languages and intercultural education”. The 12th Annual International Conference, Chinese Association for Intercultural Communication (CAFIC). School of English, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nottingham Ningbo, Ningbo, China. (2017, 22-23 June)  https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/english/research/cafic-conference/conference.aspx  

“Language, culture, pedagogy, and translation under pressure in the 21^st century: Some reflections and ways forward”. Global communication and beyond: Language, culture, pedagogy and translation. International Conference on Applied Linguistics, Department of English, National Taipei University of Technology, GIS TAIPEI TECH Convention Center, Taipei, Taiwan. (2015, 19-20 November).

“How do I know I’m interculturally competent? A study of students’ intercultural learning”. Issues in intercultural learning and teaching in L2 contexts. The 12^th ELIA Conference, The University of Seville, Seville, Spain. (2015, 1-3 July).

“Mobility and interculturality: What’s in it for students?” The actual importance of international mobility in HEIs. Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo, Portugal. (2015, 1-5 June).

“Intercultural communicative competence in the 21^st century: Is it still fit for purpose?” Intercultural communicative competence: Impact, influence, and theoretical developments. British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Special Interest Group. University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom. (2015, 14-15 May).

“Theoretical and methodological possibilities and challenges for researching Chinese people/communities: An auto-biographical non-Chinese researcher perspective”. Intercultural communication between China and the rest of the world: Beyond (reverse) essentialism and culturalism? University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. (2014, 5-6 June).

“Researching multilingually: New theoretical and methodological directions”. Methodological issues in intercultural, international and comparative research: Opportunities, challenges, approaches and future trends. British Education Research Association (BERA) Special Interest Groups: Comparative and International Education; Research Methodology in Education, Durham University, United Kingdom. (2013, 22 April).

“Building intercultural understanding and competence in (foreign language) education”. Italian Association of Foreign Language Teachers (LEND), University of Verona, Verona, Italy. (2013, 20 March).

“Beyond intercultural competence: Intercultural dialogue and responsibility”. Across languages and cultures. 4th International Adriatic-Ionian Conference. Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy. (2011, 1-3 September).

Esteem indicators

Co-founding member, International Centre for the Comparative Study of Doctoral Education (ICCSDE). https://iccsde.com/ (launched January 2023).

Adjunct Professor, Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (since 2013, ongoing).

Guest Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China (2018-2021)

Guest Professor, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China (2015-2018)

Chair, International Association of Language and Intercultural Communication (IALIC), UK, December, 2010 to December 2021.

Series co-Editor, Researching Multilingually, published by Multilingual Matters, United Kingdom, since January, 2015.

Co-convenor, Cultnet Annual Meeting, Durham University, since 2011.

Member, AHRC Peer Review College, since 2022.

Associate Editor, International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities in Education, since October, 2011.

Editorial Board Member of the Following Journals:Communication Education, published by Routledge, since November, 2010.Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, published by Routledge, 2009-2020. International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities in Education (formerly International Journal of Education for Diversities), since October, 2011.Language and Intercultural Communication, published by Routledge, since December, 2006.Contemporary Language Teaching. University of Isfahan, Iran. Since August 2018. Multilingualism, De Gruyter, since June 2016. 

Advisory Board Member, The SAGE Handbook of Intercultural Communication, publication date June 2024

Advisory Board Member, EFIL’s Training and Intercultural Learning Advisory Body (TICLAB), Brussels, Belgium, since October 2017.

Advisory Board Member, Education beyond borders: Studies in educational and academic mobility and migration. Series Editor, Professor Fred Dervin. Peter Lang, since January 2013.

Expert, United Kingdom National Commission for UNESCO (2016).

Advisory Board Member for International Research, Ministry of Education (International), New Zealand, 2005-2010.

Research Associate of the Following International Research Associations: International Academy for Intercultural Research, US, since September, 2012.Center for Intercultural New Media Research, US, since September, 2011.Center for Intercultural Dialogue, US, since January, 2010.Centre for Applied Cross-cultural Research, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, since July, 2005.

• Intercultural and International Education
• Intercultural Communication
• Language Learning and Teaching
• Researching multilingually
• Qualitative Research Methods/ Ethnography

Chapter in book

• Holmes, P. (in press). The politics of researching interculturally. In S. Liu, A. Komisarof, Z. Jua, & L. Obijiofor (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of intercultural communication. SAGE Publications
• Holmes, P., & Rajab, T. (2022). An ethic for researching multilingually in transnational, multilingual, multidisiplinary research teams. In P. Holmes, & J. Corbett (Eds.), Critical intercultural pedagogy for difficult times: Conflict, crisis, and creativity (228-249). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003150756-15
• Holmes, P., Moskal., M., & Rajab, T. (2022). Participation, understanding and dialogue: Intercultural learning among students in higher education and refugee youth. In P. Holmes, & J. Corbett (Eds.), Critical intercultural pedagogy for difficult times: Conflict, crisis, and creativity (117-137). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003150756
• Qin, S., & Holmes, P. (2022). Exploring a Pedagogy for Understanding and Developing Chinese EFL Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence. In T. McConachy, I. Golubeva, & M. Wagner (Eds.), Intercultural learning in language education and beyond: Evolving concepts, perspectives, and practices (227-249). Multilingual Matters. https://doi.org/10.21832/9781800412613-020
• Polo Perez, N., & Holmes, P. (2022). Languaging In Language Cafés: Emotion Work, Creating Alternative Worlds and Metalanguaging. In V. Lytra, C. Ros i Sole, & J. Anderson (Eds.), Liberating Language Education (99-117). Multilingual Matters. https://doi.org/10.21832/9781788927956-008
• Holmes, P., Reynolds, J., & Ganassin, S. (2022). Afterword. In P. Holmes, J. Reynolds, & S. Ganassin (Eds.), The politics of researching multilingually (345-352). Multilingual Matters
• Polo-Pérez, N., & Holmes, P. (2022). Languaging in language cafés: Emotion work, creating alternative worlds, and metalanguaging. In V. Lytra, C. Ros i Solé, J. Anderson, & V. Macleroy (Eds.), Liberating language education: Personal, aesthetic and political perspectives. Multilingual Matters
• Holmes, P., & Corbett, J. (2022). Afterword. In P. Holmes, & J. Corbett (Eds.), Critical intercultural pedagogy for difficult times: Conflict, crisis, and creativity (250-256). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003150756-16
• Holmes, P., & Corbett, J. (2022). Introduction: Critical intercultural pedagogies in contexts of conflict and crises. In P. Holmes, & J. Corbett (Eds.), Critical intercultural pedagogy for difficult times: Conflict, crisis, and creativity (1-21). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003150756-1
• Holmes, P., Araújo e Sá, M. H., & Pinto, S. (2022). The role of languages in doctoral examination. In The Experience of Examining the PhD. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003248569-6
• Holmes, P., & Kokotsaki, D. (2022). Durham University Case Study. In The experience of examining the PhD: An international comparative study of processes and standards (206-222). Routledge
• Nemouchi, L., & Holmes, P. (2022). Multilingual Researching, Translanguaging, and Credibility in Qualitative Research: A Reflexive Account. In P. Holmes, J. Reynolds, & S. Ganassin (Eds.), The politics of researching multilingually (70-89). Multilingual Matters
• Holmes, P., Reynolds, J., & Ganassin, S. (2022). Introduction: The Imperative for the Politics of ‘Researching Multilingually’. In P. Holmes, J. Reynolds, & S. Ganassin (Eds.), The politics of researching multilingually (1-27). Multilingual Matters
• Holmes, P., & Corbett, J. (2021). Latin American universities in a time of crisis: Responses from the arts, humanities, and social sciences. In S. Garcia-Ferrari, H. Offerdal, & M. Kania (Eds.), Why Latin America matters (64-79). University of Edinburgh: Centre for Contemporary Latin American Studies
• Holmes, P., & Zhou, V. (2020). Intercultural business education: The role of critical theory and experiential learning. In J. Jackson (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of language and intercultural communication (457-472). (2nd ed). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003036210-35
• Andrews, J., Holmes, P., Fay, R., & Dawson, S. (2019). Researching Multilingually in Applied Linguistics. In J. McKinley, & H. Rose (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of research methods in applied linguistics. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367824471-7
• Holmes, P., Costa, N., & Lopes, B. (2019). The role of supervision in doctoral education: A transversal perspective. In M. Byram, & M. Stoicheva (Eds.), The doctorate as experience in Europe and beyond: Supervision, languages, identities (213-228). Routledge
• Holmes, P., Reynolds, J., & Chaplin, M. (2019). Case study: Durham University. In M. Byram, & M. Stoicheva (Eds.), The doctorate as experience in Europe and beyond: Supervision, languages, identities (52-88). Routledge
• Holmes, P., Reynolds, J., & Chaplin, M. (2019). Case study: Durham University. In M. Byram, & M. Stoicheva (Eds.), The doctorate as experience in Europe and beyond : supervision, languages, identities (52-88). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351213585-3
• Wang, C., & Holmes, P. (2019). The role of informal curricula in furthering intercultural dialogue: Internationalisation in a Chinese university. In U. Lundgren, P. Castro, & J. Woodin (Eds.), Educational approaches to internationalization through intercultural dialogue : reflections on theory and practice (111-125). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429444289-9
• Holmes, P., Costa, N., & Lopes, B. (2019). The role of supervision in doctoral education – a transversal perspective. In M. Bryam, & M. Stoicheva (Eds.), The Doctorate as experience in Europe and beyond : supervision, languages, identities (213-228). Routledge
• Holmes, P. (2017). Intercultural communication in the global workplace, critical approaches. In Y. Kim (Ed.), The international encyclopedia of intercultural communication (1-16). John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118783665.ieicc0051
• Lin, W., Shie, J., & Holmes, P. (2017). Enhancing intercultural communicative competence through online foreign language exchange: Taiwanese students’ experiences. . Centre for Applied English Studies, The University of Hong Kong
• Holmes, P. (2016). Navigating languages and interculturality in the research process: The ethics and positionality of the researcher and the researched. In M. Dasli, & A. Díaz (Eds.), The critical turn in intercultural communication pedagogy : theory, research and practice (91-108). Routledge
• Holmes, P., & Dervin, F. (2016). Introduction - English as a lingua franca and interculturality: Beyond orthodoxies. In P. Holmes, & F. Dervin (Eds.), The cultural and intercultural dimensions of English as a lingua franca (1-32). Multilingual Matters. https://doi.org/10.21832/9781783095100-004
• Holmes, P., Fay, R., Andrews, J., & Attia, M. (2016). How to research multilingually: Possibilities and complexities. In Z. Hua (Ed.), Research methods in intercultural communication : a practical guide (88-102). Wiley
• Hua, Z., Holmes, P., Young, T., & Angouri, J. (2016). How to identify research questions. In Z. Hua (Ed.), Research methods in intercultural communication: a practical guide (73-87). Wiley
• Holmes, P. (2015). Intercultural encounters as socially constructed experiences; Which concepts? Which pedagogies?. In N. Holden, S. Michailova, & S. Tietze (Eds.), Routledge companion to cross-cultural management (237-247). Routledge
• Holmes, P. (2015). Researching Chinese Students' Intercultural communication Experiences in Higher Education: Researcher and Participant Reflexivity. In J. S. B. Clark, & F. Dervin (Eds.), Reflexivity in language and intercultural education : rethinking multilingualism and interculturality (100-118). Routledge
• Haydari, N., & Holmes, P. (2014). Contextualising 'Intercultural dialogue' and the 'case study'. In N. Haydari, & P. Holmes (Eds.), Case studies in intercultural dialogue. Kendall Hunt Publishing
• Holmes, P. (2014). "Why did it all go so horribly wrong?": Intercultural conflict in an NGO in New Zealand. In N. Haydari, & P. Holmes (Eds.), Case studies in intercultural dialogue (189-206). Kendall Hunt
• Holmes, P. (2014). The (inter)cultural turn in foreign language teaching. In N. Pachler, & A. Redondo (Eds.), A practical guide to teaching foreign languages in the secondary school (76-86). (2nd ed.). Routledge
• Holmes, P. (2013). Intercultural communication in context: Business and management. In J. Jackson (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of language and intercultural communication. Routledge
• Holmes, P. (2012). Business and management education. In J. Jackson (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication (464-480). Routledge
• Holmes, P., & O'Neill, G. (2010). Autoethnography and Self-reflection: tools for self-assessing intercultural competence. In J. Tsau, & S. Houghton (Eds.), Becoming intercultural : inside and outside the classroom (167-193). Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Holmes, P., & Tan, E. (2007). Getting our wires crossed: Culture conflict in email and telephone messages. In D. Page, & T. Zorn (Eds.), Management Communication: New Zealand and Australian Case Studies. Pearson Education
• Holmes, P., & Zaidman, N. (2007). The role of culture in persuasive presentations: An Israeli and New Zealand student video exchange. In M. Hinner (Ed.), The influence of culture in the world of business. Peter Lang

Edited book

• Holmes, P., Reynolds, J., & Ganassin, S. (Eds.). (2022). The politics of researching multilingually. Bristol: Multilingual Matters
• Holmes, P., & Corbett, J. (Eds.). (2022). Critical Intercultural Pedagogy for Difficult Times: Conflict, Crisis, and Creativity. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003150756
• Holmes, P., & Dervin, F. (Eds.). (2016). The cultural and intercultural dimensions of English as a lingua franca. Multilingual Matters
• Haydari, N., & Holmes, P. (Eds.). (2014). Case studies in intercultural dialogue. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt

Journal Article

• Polo-Pérez, N., & Holmes, P. (2023). Translanguaging as methodology to study language cafés: implications for managing multilingual data. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 44(8), 737-750. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2023.2197882
• Holmes, P., Ganassin, S., & Li, S. (2022). Reflections on the co-construction of an interpretive approach to interculturality for higher education in China. Language and Intercultural Communication, 22(5), 503-518. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2022.2114491
• Holmes, P., & Peña Dix, B. (2022). A research trajectory for difficult times: decentring language and intercultural communication. Language and Intercultural Communication, 22(3), 337-353. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2022.2068563
• Ganassin, S., & Holmes, P. (2020). I was surprised to see you in a Chinese school’: Researching multilingually opportunities and challenges in community-based research. Applied Linguistics, 41(6), 827-854. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amz043
• Holmes, P., & MacDonald, M. N. (2020). The ‘good’ interculturalist yesterday, today and tomorrow: everyday life-theory-research-policy-practice. Language and Intercultural Communication, 20(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2020.1692513
• Lui, H., & Holmes, P. (2018). Ideologies of the Chinese language in Finland: A critical analysis of policy documents and news articles. Global Chinese, 4(2), 247-270. https://doi.org/10.1515/glochi-2018-0012
• Holmes, P., Bavieri, L., Ganassin, S., & Murphy, J. (2016). Interculturality and the study abroad experience: students’ learning from the IEREST materials. Language and Intercultural Communication, 16(3), 452-469. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2016.1168054
• Byram, M., Holmes, P., & Savvides, N. (2015). Guest editorial. The Language Learning Journal, 43(2), 129-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2015.1023065
• Holmes, P., Bavieri, L., & Ganassin, S. (2015). Developing intercultural understanding for study abroad: Students' and teachers' perspectives on pre-departure intercultural learning. Intercultural Education, 26(1), 16-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/14675986.2015.993250
• Holmes, P. (2015). ‘The cultural stuff around how to talk to people’: immigrants' intercultural communication during a pre-employment work-placement. Language and Intercultural Communication, 15(1), 109-124. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2014.985309
• Holmes, P. (2014). Intercultural dialogue: challenges to theory, practice and research. Language and Intercultural Communication, 14(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2013.866120
• Byram, M., Holmes, P., & Savvides, N. (2013). Intercultural communicative competence in foreign language education: Questions of theory, practice and research. The Language Learning Journal, 41(3), 251-253. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2013.836343
• Ganassin, S., & Holmes, P. (2013). Multilingual Research practices in Community Research: The case of Migrant/Refugee Women in North East England. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 23(3), 342-356. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12043
• Holmes, P., Fay, R., Andrews, J., & Attia, M. (2013). Researching multilingually: New theoretical and methodological directions. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 23(3), 285-299. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12038
• Holmes, P., & O'Neill, G. (2012). Developing and evaluating intercultural competence: Ethnographies of intercultural encounters. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 36(5), 707-718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2012.04.010
• Ganesh, S., & Holmes, P. (2011). Positioning intercultural dialogue—theories, pragmatics, and an agenda. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 4(2), 81-86. https://doi.org/10.1080/17513057.2011.557482
• Zaidman, N., & Holmes, P. (2009). Business communication as cultural text: Exchange and feedback of promotional video clips. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 33(6), 535-549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2009.06.002
• Cockburn-Wootten, C., Holmes, P., & Simpson, M. (2008). Teaching teamwork in business communication/management programs. Business communication quarterly, 71(4), 417-420. https://doi.org/10.1177/1080569908325864
• Holmes, P. (2008). Foregrounding harmony: Chinese international students voices in communication with their New Zealand peers. China media research, 4(4), 102-110
• Holmes, P., & Janson, A. (2008). Migrants' communication practices with ICTs: Tools for facilitating migration and adaptation?. International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society, 4(6), 51-62. https://doi.org/10.18848/1832-3669/cgp/v04i06/55946
• Holmes, P. (2006). Problematising intercultural communication competence in the pluricultural classroom: Chinese students in a New Zealand university. Language and Intercultural Communication, 6(1), 18-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708470608668906
• Holmes, P. (2005). Ethnic Chinese students' communication with cultural others in a New Zealand university. Communication Education, 54(4), 289-331
• Holmes, P., Cockburn-Wootten, C., Motion, J., Zorn, T., & Roper, J. (2005). Critical reflective practice in teaching management communication. Business communication quarterly, 68(2), 247-256. https://doi.org/10.1177/1080569905276668
• Bird, P., & Holmes, P. (2005). Perception, communication, understanding: New Zealand (tertiary) students' experiences with international students in the classroom
• Holmes, P., & O'Neill, G. (2005). Intercultural communication in tertiary pluricultural education: Bridging the social divide
• Holmes, P. (2004). Negotiating differences in learning and intercultural communication: Ethnic Chinese students in a New Zealand university. Business communication quarterly, 67(3), 294-307. https://doi.org/10.1177/1080569904268141
• O'Halloran, S., & Holmes, P. (2003). Communicating across cultures on the Internet: Implications for global(ising) e-education. Australian journal of communication, 30(2), 65-84

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• Young, Y. (2017). The International Encyclopedia of Intercultural Communication, 3 Volume Set. [Data]