Higher education (HE) researchers have become increasingly interested in transnational academic mobility as a field of inquiry. A phenomenon frequently associated with 'progress' and 'development', research accounts are written about academic migrants who harness career momentum and experience upward social mobility resulting from their travels.…

This article explores the process of constituting 'professionalism' as a discursive category amongst migrant academics working in Thailand. We animate the conceptual resource of 'category boundary work' to examine the inclusionary and exclusionary practices by which 'un/professionalism' is produced in the talk of 25 "aa-jaan dtàang…

While academic expatriation is a longstanding global phenomenon, Thailand has emerged in recent years as an increasingly popular destination for internationally mobile academics. The objective of this article is to identify current policy dispositions towards foreign academics at the national and institutional levels in Thailand. The article finds…

Academic mobility is an ancient phenomenon that has particular characteristics in an era of increasing internationalisation. However, surprisingly little has been published about academic mobility to Thailand, and available accounts in both Thai and English languages are dispersed and disconnected. This article addresses these challenges by…