This article will reflect on the proposed renewal of the methodological resources required by the investigation of themes related to "new mobilities". The literature dedicated to understanding the impacts of these mobilities has argued the need to rethink the methodological resources explored and the importance of formulating methodological alternatives to those that are repeatedly explored. Taking into account that the authors of this text are part of a research group dedicated to the investigation of international academic mobility and that the practice of research points to the limitations of methodological resources traditionally explored, they have decided to consolidate the contributions that the international literature has offered i...