The conditions of movement A discussion of academic mobility between two early career scholars

• Published in: Higher education quarterly Vol. 70; no. 3; pp. 225 - 245
• Main Authors: Gopaul, Bryan, Pifer, Meghan J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2016; Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: Academic writing; Ausland; Auslandsbeziehungen; Austausch; Canada; College Faculty; Cost-benefit analysis; Doctoral Programs; Educational Change; Faculty Mobility; Foreign Countries; Graduate studies; Higher education; Intellectuals; Kanada; Mobility; Mobilität; Qualitative Research; Student; Student Attitudes; Student Mobility; Teacher Attitudes; United States; USA; Wissenschaftler; Work Attitudes; Canada; United States; United Kingdom > UK; United States > US
• ISSN: 0951-5224; 0263-9769; 1468-2273
• DOI: 10.1111/hequ.12092

Academic mobility is an increasingly crucial topic to the current and future dynamics of doctoral study and the professoriate. Much of the research has focused on US, UK and European contexts. This research explores academic mobility and the manifold issues that arise between the jurisdictions of Canada and the US, in ways that parallel and diversify previous research based on various understandings of mobility. The qualitative perspective is grounded in a reflective narrative approach that enables exploration of powerful themes. The findings indicate that there are costs, tensions and benefits to academic mobility that serve to emphasise specific personal and professional elements to the pursuit of academic life that need explicit articulation. These findings encourage additional scholarly and practical attention to the changing nature of doctoral study and of academic work and life across jurisdictions. (HRK / Abstract übernommen).