In times of globalisation of higher education, alternative theoretical and methodological approaches were introduced in the field of comparative higher education research. To stimulate the debate on this issue, this paper firstly addresses them theoretically by combining the concept of institutional isomorphism and the ‘glonacal’ analytical heuristic. On this basis, it discusses arguments in favour of convergence and diversity from the perspective of the internationalisation of higher education and also points to the limits of institutional isomorphism resulting from ‘glonacal’ influences of agencies and agency on the development of (internationalisation of) higher education. Secondly, the paper also draws attention to the influence of globalisation on the selection of methodology in comparative higher education research by exposing the limits of methodological nationalism. Along these lines, it portrays the reversed pyramid model of different horizontal and vertical levels of comparisons with which it establishes the (missing) link between the selected theoretical and methodological framework of comparative (higher education) research. In conclusion, it acknowledges the need to integrate the contextual element into the comparative framework which allows thorough analysis of complex relationships between globalisation and higher education both theoretically and methodologically.

在高等教育全球化的时代，比较高等教育研究领域引入了替代的理论和方法论方法。为了激发对此问题的辩论，本文首先在理论上通过结合制度同构和“全局”分析启发法来解决这些问题。在此基础上，从高等教育国际化的角度讨论了有利于融合和多样性的论点，并指出了机构和机构对高等教育（国际化）发展的“全球”影响所导致的制度同构的局限性。教育。其次，本文还通过暴露方法论民族主义的局限性，提请人们注意全球化对比较高等教育研究方法论选择的影响。沿着这些思路，它描绘了不同水平和垂直比较层次的反向金字塔模型，通过它建立了比较（高等教育）研究的选定理论和方法框架之间的（缺失）联系。总之，它承认有必要将背景因素纳入比较框架，以便从理论和方法上全面分析全球化与高等教育之间的复杂关系。它描绘了不同水平和垂直比较层次的反向金字塔模型，通过它建立了比较（高等教育）研究的选定理论和方法框架之间的（缺失）联系。总之，它承认有必要将背景因素纳入比较框架，以便从理论和方法上全面分析全球化与高等教育之间的复杂关系。它描绘了不同水平和垂直比较层次的反向金字塔模型，通过它建立了比较（高等教育）研究的选定理论和方法框架之间的（缺失）联系。总之，它承认有必要将背景因素纳入比较框架，以便从理论和方法上全面分析全球化与高等教育之间的复杂关系。