演講主題：Indian High-Skilled Academics in Taiwan’s Universities: Pathways, Challenges, and Career Trajectories
主講人：Arokkiaraj Heller 印度拉吉夫·甘地國家青年發展學院助理教授、國立臺灣大學亞比中心訪問學者（外交部臺灣獎助金獲獎學人） (Assistant Professor, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development; MOFA Fellow & Visiting Scholar, Global Asia Research Center, National Taiwan University)
主持人：鄭欣娓 HANA Hsin-Wei CHENG 臺大亞比中心助理研究員 (Researcher of the GARC, National Taiwan University)
時間：2026年10月13日(二)12:30-14:00
地點：臺大社會社工系館319室
摘要：
Despite ongoing opposition to labour migration from India in certain sectors, Taiwan has witnessed a steady rise in its Indian population in recent years. Within this expanding population, highly skilled professionals working in academia forming a distinct migration stream that has received limited attention. Drawing on 20 in-depth interviews, along with photo-elicitation method with Indians working as Postdoctoral Fellows, Assistant Researchers, and Assistant Professors (non-tenure-track) across universities in Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung, this study offers an in-depth account of this migration trajectory. Preliminary findings map participants’ socio-economic backgrounds, highlighting the motivations and starting points that shape their trajectories into Taiwan’s academic sector, as well as the pathways through which they secured their current positions. The findings further identify significant workplace and housing challenges. Housing emerges as a persistent difficulty, especially for Indian families, who face constraints around availability rooted in cultural differences. Another key challenge concerns the transition from academic to industry employment within Taiwan. Finally, the study examines participants’ anticipated career paths, considering whether Taiwan is viewed as a long-term destination or as a stepping stone toward further academic mobility in India or elsewhere.
講者介紹：
Arokkiaraj Heller is currently a MOFA Fellow at the Global Asia Research Center (GARC), National Taiwan University (NTU). He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work at the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Tamil Nadu, India. He holds a PhD in Social Work from the University of Delhi and has previously worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Leibniz ScienceCampus in Germany. His research focuses on international labour migration and human trafficking, Indian student mobility to Eastern European countries, and Indian high-skilled migration. He is a Working Group member of the European Network on International Student Mobility: Connecting Research and Practice (ENIS) and a member of the research pool of the Kerala Institute of Labour and Employment, India.
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