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[Wanderlust]

What's the best way to arrange a visiting position at an institution outside of the US? I have wanderlust and would love to learn about another culture! I would like to do a comparative project that compares facets of urban policy in another country with that here in the US.

I am an assistant professor at an Ivy League institution. My discipline is city planning. If anyone can point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated.

[anon]

The key here is the money, like it almost always is.  If you have money, anyone will take you and you can write your own ticket.  If you want to do it on the foreign universities money, then you need to be one of the absolute best for whatever you want to do, or they probably won't find it easy to justify your visit.  There are many grants for foriegn visits, some are very prestigious, some less so, but they are all money.  I'd suggest that you figure out where you'd like to go, look into the grant programs, contact the countries embassy, gather information, write your friends, dissertation adviser, etc. for advice and suggestions/letters of introduction.  there is also the little pursued fact that many universities have had in the past entrepreneurial faculty members that have done this in the fast and built longstanding relationships with foreign faculties.  Usually university's international office will have a list of Memorandums of Understanding (mou) that actually will name universities which would very much like to exchange faculty for a year.  

as to how to discover the universities and programs that you want to be affiliated with... start with the mou's, if you find nothing of interest there, then look at the membership body of your national organizations for your field and see where foreign members are from, etc.  in short, networking is the key.

[Nona]

There are a lot of job openings in the Middle East with excellent pay.  However, working conditions are a bit scary. Google is a good starting point if you are looking for American type schools in Egypt, Turkey, Cyprus or the UAE.

[Raj Nambiar]

 Hi

I am writing from Mumbai, India.

We just concluded an exchange program with one of our partner schools in the US wherein a professor actually taught a semester in india.

This was the second instalment of the exchange. Student exchange programs have also been put into place

If it is a three month program money shouldne be the issue. It should be the ability to have fun and do exciting work.  We have a professor who's left for the US and is scheduled to teach the fall term in the US. Options are plenty just that besides the teaching load one should always look for programs that could benefit through the exchange besides look at countries like India wherein travel & learning is also possible

Best wishes

Raj Nambiar