Emerald Publishing Limited Academic Mobility and International Academics: Challenges and Opportunities

This book brings together the stories of international academics from around the world through 11 essays that describe their experiences, the barriers and issues they face, their opportunities, their strategies for success, and their successes. The essays focus on foreign-born nationals working at higher education institutions in teaching or research positions, including leadership positions, early career researchers, and LGBTQ scholars. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. Annotation ©2022 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com) Throughout this timely collection, chapter authors offer insight into overall academic employment experiences, including their motivations and challenges in steering their academic career. They offer guidance on how international academics can harness their career aspirations and how internationality in academic careers is evolving. Despite growing numbers of international academics globally, there is a dearth of works exploring success stories, and the barriers and opportunities of being an international academic. Academic Mobility and International Academics offers personal experiences and guidance from a truly international suite of scholars exploring their academic journeys and addressing intersectional topics on academic mobility including perspectives from early career researchers, university leaders, mentors, LGBTIQ scholars, and more. Throughout this timely collection, chapter authors offer insight into overall academic employment experiences, including their motivations and challenges in steering their academic career. They offer guidance on how international academics can harness their career aspirations, across both leadership and non-leadership positions and how internationality in academic careers is evolving in these current times.Essential reading for any scholar or postgraduate student looking to work outside of their home nation, this hopeful and insightful text will provide guidance, inspiration, and real-life examples of how to survive and thrive as an international scholar. Autorid: Jasvir Kaur Nachatar Singh