Moving in and Coming Home: Insights from Two Early Career Researchers in Japan
Academic Mobility and International Academics
ISBN: 978-1-80117-513-5, eISBN: 978-1-80117-510-4
Publication date: 3 May 2022
Abstract
Within a higher education system in Japan that is often regarded as insular, but which is increasingly striving to become more global in its outlook and makeup, we are classified as ‘international researchers’. Shannon entered Japan as a foreign migrant who was raised and educated in Australia, while Yusuke returned to his home country after 12 years abroad. This chapter provides an account of our personal experiences as two early career researchers beginning our academic careers in Japan.
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Citation
Mason, S. and Sakurai, Y. (2022), "Moving in and Coming Home: Insights from Two Early Career Researchers in Japan", Nachatar Singh, J.K. (Ed.) Academic Mobility and International Academics (Surviving and Thriving in Academia), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 129-145. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-510-420221013
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2022 Shannon Mason and Yusuke Sakurai. Published under exclusive licence by Emerald Publishing Limited