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[ronin]

Hello,
I am a social scientist born in Europe and with teaching and research experience in a variety of countries. I have been based in South Asia for the last two years. My experience at an Asian university has been overall positive even though I have lived and/or noticed all the downsides that other posts have highlighted for similar universities: isolation, discrimination, job insecurity, lack of transparency, and so on.
Now, even though I would probably like to stay (longer) in Asia, I am wondering if anyone on this forum would like to share experiences of return. I am in fact wondering what are the career chances for somebody like me who is at a mid-career stage, has spent lot of time abroad, published at a competitive level with European and North American colleagues, but does not have strong links with European and North American universities.
I understand that this kind of career path might be quite peculiar but shall be very interested in hearing experiences from senior colleagues.

[brixton]

What is your degree?  If you have an MA or higher and have some credentials in teaching ESL or EFL, you might be able to look for positions in the US, teaching students arriving at college and needing extra support in English.  US Schools are also looking for ways to expand study abroad, and your knowledge of Asia might make you qualified to help in study abroad offices.   Have you been teaching in the Social Sciences?  I'm not sure how translatable that is, unless the teaching job  in SE Asia involved research/publishing in the field, and you look like you're really in the game.  In the humanities (my field) it would be very difficult to go from teaching English (even English lit) in Thailand to getting an Assistant Prof position at a US school, just because the teaching requirements in Asia are so different from US methodologies.  If you have experience teaching in US schools before your stint in Asia -- maybe.  Although there are newly minted and fresh Ph.D.s who have been teaching and publishing, who you'd be competing against.  (Is this what you're asking?)

[totoro]

If you've published at a competitive level with European and N. American colleagues and been teaching in South Asia I think Australian universities would take you seriously, especially if you are specialist on economic development or on culture of the region etc. I have colleagues here at Go8 uni who have worked in India and even one who has an Indian PhD.

[ronin]

Thank you for your suggestions! Go8 and other universities in Australia sound interesting. I would not qualify for teaching English though: I hold a PhD in social anthropology.