Thomas Brotherhood

Profile Information

Affiliation: Assistant Professor (Assistant Professor), College of Business Department of Global Business, Rikkyo University

Researcher number: 40926656
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3071-3349
J-GLOBAL ID: 202101020113756203
researchmap Member ID: R000027079

Research Interests

Research Areas

Major Research History

Apr, 2023 - Present

Visiting Associate Professor, Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University
Apr, 2021 - Present

Assistant Professor, College of Business Department of Global Business, Rikkyo University

Education

Oct, 2016 - Aug, 2020

Doctor of Philosoophy (Education), Department of Education, University of Oxford
Oct, 2015 - Aug, 2016

Comparative and International Education (MSc), Department of Education, University of Oxford
Oct, 2010 - Jul, 2013

English Literature (BA Hons), Department of English Literature, Lancaster University

Committee Memberships

Apr, 2023 - Present

International Committee, Japan Association for Migration Policy Studies
Jan, 2018 - Present

Editorial Committee (Assistant Editor), Higher Education Forum

Awards

Major Papers

Lives on hold: Prospective international students and the #JapanTravelBan

Thomas Brotherhood

Journal of International Students, 14(2), May 29, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
A narrative exploration of agency in the education-migration nexus

Thomas Brotherhood

Asia Pacific Education Review, 1-13, May 23, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Consolidating regulatory and personal accounts of student migration: a mixed methods study in the UK and Japan

Thomas Brotherhood

Globalisation, Societies and Education, 21(1) 33-54, Jan 1, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
A crisis of opportunity at English universities: Rethinking higher education through the common good idea

Lili Yang, Thomas Brotherhood, Maia Chankseliani

Educational Review, 74(3) 1-18, Sep 10, 2021 Peer-reviewedCorresponding author
Towards an actor-centered typology of internationalization: a study of junior international faculty in Japanese universities

Thomas Brotherhood, Christopher D. Hammond, Yangson Kim

Higher Education, 79(3) 497-514, Mar, 2020 Peer-reviewedLead author

Books and Other Publications

International Student Mobility to Japan: Hitting the Target, but Missing the Point

Brotherhood, Thomas

Jun, 2023 (ISBN: 9789814451963)
Agency of International Student-Migrants in Japan

(Original Author(s): Brotherhood, Thomas)

Bloomsbury, Apr, 2022
International Faculty: Increasing Mobility

Brotherhood, Thomas

Amsterdam University Press, Sep, 2021

Presentations

Considering universities as migration intermediaries

Thomas Brotherhood

Society for Research in Higher Education, Dec 7, 2023
Comparing student migration in the UK and Japan

Thomas Brotherhood

Japan Association for Migration Policy Studies, 2022
International faculty: Exploring the relationship between on-campus support and off-campus integration

Thomas Brotherhood

Research Institute for Higher Education, Japan, 2022
Why do international students move internationally? Agency as a catalyst for international study

Thomas Brotherhood

Hiroshima University Centre for International Education, 2021
Considering universities’ support responsibilities towards their international community

Thomas Brotherhood

Centre for Global Higher Education annual research meeting, 2020
Towards an actor-centered typology of internationalization: A study of junior international faculty in Japanese universities

Thomas Brotherhood

STORIES annual conference, Oxford, UK, 2019
Migrating through university: International students’ migration journeys in Japan

Thomas Brotherhood

Centre for Global Higher Education seminar series, 2019
Agency of International Student-Migrants in Japan

Thomas Brotherhood

Higher Education Research Association, 2019
Junior international faculty members in Japanese universities: Internationalisation, integration, and dejimisation’

Thomas Brotherhood

Consortium of Higher Education Researchers annual conference, Kassel, Germany, 2018
A crisis of opportunity at English universities: Rethinking higher education through the common good idea

Thomas Brotherhood

Comparative Education Research Centre, University of Hong Kong, 2018
International student migration in Japan: From the individual to the institution

Thomas Brotherhood

Paper presented at Education University of Hong Kong, 2018
Internationalisation in higher education: Who is responsible for the wellbeing of international students?

Thomas Brotherhood

Invited public lecture presented at the University of the Arts, London, UK, 2017
Considering nationality and tenure in the academic experiences and aspirations of international junior faculty at Japanese universities

Thomas Brotherhood

Global Higher Education Forum, 2017
Students, migrants, or student-migrants? A longitudinal study of international students’ migrant identity throughout migration transitions in the UK and Japan

Thomas Brotherhood

Invited public lecture presented at University College London, London, UK, 2016 Invited
Equality of access and opportunity in education: Intersections of gender, race and social class

Thomas Brotherhood

Invited public lecture presented at Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan, 2016 Invited

Major Teaching Experience

Apr, 2021 - Present

Bilingual Business Leadership Program (Rikkyo University)

Research Projects

Higher education and migrant flows: Japanese universities as migration intermediaries

科学研究費助成事業, 若手研究, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2026

BROTHERHOOD THOMAS
A Comparative Study in the Roles and Contributions of Foreign Faculty and Researchers in Japan

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2023

Media Coverage

Creating accessible and inclusive EMI classrooms using narrative podcasts

FreshEd, https://freshedpodcast.com/recommended/brotherhood/, Apr, 2024 Other
Impact of Japanese international tuition fee hike debated

Times Higher Education, https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/impact-japanese-international-tuition-fee-hike-debated#:~:text=Expected%20tuition%20fee%20increases%20by,to%20double%20international%20student%20enrolments., Mar, 2024 Newspaper, magazine
Japan expected to lose 140,000 students by mid-century

Times Higher Education, https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/japan-expected-lose-140000-students-mid-century, Jul, 2023 Newspaper, magazine
Why International Student Move Internationally and What Does the Increase in International Student Mobility Mean for Higher Education in Europe and Asia

Hiroshima University, Dec, 2022 Internet
ボーダーレスな環境で世界基準のリーダーシップ教育を——グローバル視点で見る立教経営

立教大学, Sep, 2022 Promotional material
Student engagement: how do the US, Europe and Japan compare?

Times Higher Education, https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/student-engagement-how-do-us-europe- and-japan-compare, Jan, 2020 Internet
Comparing higher education in the US, Europe and Japan

VNExpress, https://vnexpress.net/so-sanh-giao-duc-dai-hoc-o-my-chau-au-va-nhat-4044574.html, Jan, 2020 Internet
Why are international graduates so keen on jobs in Japan?

Study International, https://www.studyinternational.com/news/jobs-japan-international-graduates/, Nov, 2019 Internet
Are junior international faculty being used as a fig leaf?

University World News, https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20190902093951722, Sep, 2019
FreshEd Podcast #164 with Dr. Will Brehm

FreshEd Podcast with Dr. Will Brehm, https://soundcloud.com/freshed- podcast/freshed-164-higher-education-internationalization-in-japan-tom-brotherhood-and-chris- hammond, Aug, 2019 TV or radio program
Foreign academics in Japan ‘marginalised’ and ‘disillusioned’

Times Higher Education, https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/foreign-academics-japan- marginalised-and-disillusioned, Aug, 2019 Internet
Japan: A new home for student migrants?

Inside Higher Ed, https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/world-view/japan-new-home-student-migrants, Nov, 2018 Internet

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