Professor Emeritus Anthony Welch
Tony specialises in national and international policy and practice,principally in education, and cross-cultural analysis and research. He has extensive experience in many countries, including in the Asia Pacific, and has published widely, contributing numerous analyses of issues such as cross-cultural interactions; rural education, comparative research methods in education; and practical reform affecting multiculturalism, indigenous minorities, international students, higher education reforms, internationalisation of higher education in the Asia Pacific, and changes to the academic profession.
Educational history, sociology and philosophy
- Sociology of education
Educational systems: administration, management and leadership
- Higher education
- International and comparative education
Social structures, inequalities and social justice
- Social change
Keywords: international higher education, Australian education, comparative and international education, education and social policy, education and equality
- The Chinese Knowledge Diaspora (ARC Discovery)International study of the scientific communication networks of mainland Chinese intellectuals who work in universities abroad,
- Internationalisation of Chinese Universities (U. Sydney, CCK Project)Analysis of dimensions of internationalisation of selected universities in different regions of China, including Cross Straights relations (with Taiwan). Includes background of the Chinese professoriate, the Chinese higher education system, and several case studies.
- Public and Private Higher Education in SE Asia (Fulbright New Century Scholar Project)Examination of the changing balance between public and private higher education in SE Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam), including privatisation of public sector universities, and including issues such as governance, transparency, brain drain / brain circulation, and the role of higher education in national innovation systems.
- Costs and Financing of HIgher Education in Dynamic Asia (Asian Development Bank [ADB])Examination of costs and financing issues of higher education in Asia, with a focus on SE Asia. Analysis includes comparison of public and private higher education proportions in different states of SE Asia, transparency issues, the contribution of higher education to national innovation systems, the costs of brain drain / circulation, the relative costs of public and private higher education, both domestically and internationally, costs and finance of religious higher education systems, and student loans schemes.
- International Study of Academic Salaries. (Australian Representative). Coordinated by Boston College Centre for International Higher Education (CIHE) and Russian School of Higher Economics, Moscow
• Member of Editorial Board, Higher Education Governance and Policy
• Associate Editor, Journal of International Education
• Member of International Advisory Board, Comparative Education (UK)
• Member of International Editorial Board, Syngritike kai Diethnes Ekpaideftike Epitheorise (Comparative and International Education Review) [Greek-bi-lingual journal]
• Member of Editorial Board, World Studies in Education
• Member of Editorial Board, Policy Futures in Education (on-line journal)
• Member of Editorial Board, Research in Comparative and International Education
• International Editorial Board Member, Orbis Scholae (Czech Journal of Comparative Education)
• International Editorial Board Member, (Revista Española de Educación Comparada-R.E.E.C.- (Spanish Journal of Comparative Education). http://www.sc.ehu.es/sfwseec/reec_en.htm
• Editorial Board Member, Asian Education and Development Studies
• Member, International Advisory Board, International and Development Education Book Series, Palgrave
• Board Member, Pittsburgh Studies in Comparative and International Education, Sense Publishers
• International Editorial Review Board, International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities in Education
• International Advisory Board, Book Series, Education and Development. London, Bloomsbury
• Visiting Expert, Zhejiang University, 2019-2020
• Visiting Professor, and Tübitak Scholar, COMU and METU, Turkey 2019
•Visiting Professor, IPPTN, USM, Malaysia, 2015
•Adjunct Professor, Yanbian University, Jilin, China
• Australian Research Council (REC) 2012
• Fulbright New Century Scholar (2007-8)
• DAAD Scholar 1997, 2001, 2009
• Visiting Professor, Institut National de Recherche Pedagogie (2002)
• Visiting Professor, INRP, Paris, 2001
• Visiting Professor, Waseda University, 1997
• Visiting Research Fellow, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of TEaching (1997)
• Visiting Professor, RIHE, Hiroshima University (2003-4)
• Visiting Professor, University of Hong Kong 2010-11, 2012.
• National Award for Undergraduate Teaching (1993)
• Adjunct Professor, Ph. D. Supervisor, Tianjin University, China.
Project title | Research student |
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The contribution of higher education curriculum to sustainable peace building � a case from Sri Lanka | Suren LADD |
The form of the Double Reduction policy and its implication in China | Lucy LU |
Selected publications
Publications
Books
- Welch, A. (2011). Higher Education in Southeast Asia: Blurring borders, changing balance. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge imprint of Taylor & Francis. [More Information]
- Welch, A. (2002). Comparative Education Policy Research Unit Occasional Paper Series. Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong.
Edited Books
- Welch, A., Bagnall, N., Burns, K., Cuervo, H., Foley, D., Groundwater-Smith, S., Harwood, V., Low, R., Mockler, N., Proctor, H., Rawlings, V., Wood, J., et al (2022). Education, change and society (5th edition). Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
- Huang, F., Welch, A. (2021). International Faculty in Asia: In Comparative Global Perspective. Singapore: Springer. [More Information]
- Welch, A., Li, J. (2021). Measuring Up in Higher Education: How University Rankings and League Tables are Re-shaping Knowledge Production in the Global Era. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.
Book Chapters
- Welch, A. (2025). Foreword. Educating migrant children in China: Social citizenship and exclusion, (pp. viii-x). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
- Welch, A., Huang, F. (2024). Academic labour and the rise of Asia: Mobility in a multi-polar knowledge world. In G. Strachan (Eds.), Research handbook on academic labour markets, (pp. 36-48). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
- Welch, A. (2024). Everything old is new again? Confucianism, legalism and Jiaohua in Chinese higher education. In Yingjie Guo (Eds.), Jiaohua: Chinese ideas and practices of moral transformation, (pp. 155-173). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. [More Information]
Journals
- Welch, A. (2024). Caps on international students risk crippling Australia's academic reputation. East Asia Forum, 30 October. [More Information]
- Welch, A. (2024). East Asia's private higher education crisis: Demography as destiny? Higher Education Quarterly, Online first. [More Information]
- Welch, A. (2024). International students in the crosshairs. International Higher Education, 120. [More Information]
Conferences
- Hao, J., Welch, A. (2011). Career Development of High-skilled International Graduates. DEHEMS International Conference: Employability of Graduates & Higher Education Management Systems.
Report
- Welch, A., Zhang, Z. (2007). The Rise of the Chinese Knowledge Diaspora: Possibilities, Problems and Prospects for South and North.
Other
- Welch, A. (2013), How returnees and diaspora contribute to Chinese higher education (ChinaDaily.com.cn blog post). [More Information]
Research Reports
- Welch, A., Hayden, M. (2013). Myanmar Comprehensive Education Sector Review (CESR), Phase 1: Rapid Assessment - Technical Annex on the Higher Education Subsector, Project number: 46369, (pp. 1 - 48). Manila, Philippines: Asian Development Bank.
- Welch, A. (2012). Counting the Cost: Financing Asian Higher Education for Inclusive Growth, (pp. 1 - 51). Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank. [More Information]
2025
- Welch, A. (2025). Foreword. Educating migrant children in China: Social citizenship and exclusion, (pp. viii-x). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
2024
- Welch, A., Huang, F. (2024). Academic labour and the rise of Asia: Mobility in a multi-polar knowledge world. In G. Strachan (Eds.), Research handbook on academic labour markets, (pp. 36-48). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
- Welch, A. (2024). Caps on international students risk crippling Australia's academic reputation. East Asia Forum, 30 October. [More Information]
- Welch, A. (2024). East Asia's private higher education crisis: Demography as destiny? Higher Education Quarterly, Online first. [More Information]
2023
- Welch, A. (2023). Australia: Corruption scandal and international students. International Higher Education, 116(Autumn), 26-28. [More Information]
- Welch, A. (2023). China-Australia higher education relations: Promise unfulfilled? In J. Reilly and J. Yuan (Eds.), Engaging China: How Australia can lead the way again, (pp. 217-256). Sydney: Sydney University Press.
- Welch, A. (2023). Higher education in the Asia-Pacific: Rise or renaissance: evolution, achievements, challenges. In Lee, W.O., Brown, P., Goodwin, A., & Green, A. (Eds.), International handbook on education development in Asia Pacific. Ebook: Springer Link. [More Information]
2022
- Welch, A. (2022). A plague on higher education? COVID, Camus and Culture Wars in Australian universities. Higher Education Quarterly, 76(2), 213-229. [More Information]
- Welch, A. (2022). Australia's China challenge. International Higher Education, 109(Winter), 44-45. [More Information]
- Welch, A. (2022). Australia: History versus geography in an evolving national system. In D. Kapur, L. Kong, F. Lo & D. M. Malone (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of higher education in the Asia-Pacific Region, (pp. 735-754). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2021
- Welch, A. (2021). Audit culture and academic production: Re-shaping Australian social science research output (1993-2013). In A. R. Welch & J. Li (Eds.), Measuring Up in Higher Education: How University Rankings and League Tables are Re-shaping Knowledge Production in the Global Era, (pp. 295-316). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Welch, A. (2021). Australia-ASEAN relations in higher education: Progress and paradox. Revue Diplomatique, 14, 87-92.
- Welch, A. (2021). Challenging times for Sino-foreign sci-tech relations. International Higher Education, 105(Winter), 15-17.
2020
- Welch, A. (2020). Australia's Asia engagement in higher education and research must do better. East Asia Forum: Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the Pacific. [More Information]
- Welch, A. (2020). Globalization of Higher Education (Australia). In Laura Perry, W. James Jacob and Weiyan Xiong (Eds.), Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies. London: Bloomsbury Academic. [More Information]
- Welch, A. (2020). Governance and Corruption in East and Southeast Asian Higher Education: Close Cousins, Close Encounters. In G. Capano & D. S. L. Jarvis (Eds.), Convergence and Diversity in the Governance of Higher Education, (pp. 355-395). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
2019
- Welch, A. (2019). Australia's China question. International Higher Education, 98(Summer), 22-23.
- Welch, A. (2019). Higher Education in Asia. In J. L. Rury, E. H. Tamura (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the History of Education, (pp. 1-17). New York: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
- Welch, A., Xiuyan, X. (2019). Prospect and limits of China-EU relations in higher education: A Danish case study. Frontiers of Education in China, 14(2), 257-283. [More Information]
2018
- Jing, W., Welch, A. (2018). Academic drift in China's universities of applied technology. International Higher Education, 94, 30-31. [More Information]
- Welch, A. (2018). China's southern borderlands and ASEAN higher education: A cartography of connectivity. In P. Meusburger, M. Heffernan, L. Suarsana (Eds.), Geographies of the University, (pp. 567-602). Cham: Springer. [More Information]
- Burns, R., Welch, A. (2018). Contemporary perspectives in comparative education (originally published by Garland Publishing in 1992). New York & London: Routledge.
2017
- Welch, A. (2017). Another missed opportunity? Underfunding Australian higher education. International Higher Education, 91(Fall), 17-18. [More Information]
- Welch, A. (2017). Higher education and the developmental state: The View from East and South East Asia. In Toby Carroll, Darryl S. L. Jarvis (Eds.), Asia after the developmental state: Disembedding autonomy, (pp. 359-387). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
- Welch, A. (2017). The value of comparative education: Knowing oneself and accepting diversity. Bijiao Jiaoyu Yanjiu / International and Comparative Education, 39(9), 23-24.
2016
- Welch, A. (2016). Asian higher education: Achievements, challenges, prospects. In C. Collins, M.N.N. Lee, J.N. Hawkins, D.E. Neubauer (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Asia Pacific Higher Education, (pp. 39-55). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Welch, A. (2016). Audit Culture and Academic Production: Re-shaping Australian social science research output 1993-2013. Higher Education Policy, 29(4), 511-538. [More Information]
- Da, W., Welch, A. (2016). Educative and Child-Rearing Practices Among Recent Chinese Migrants in Australia: Continuity, Change, Hybridity. In Chuing Prudence Chou, Jonathan Spangler (Eds.), Chinese Education Models in a Global Age, (pp. 231-245). Singapore: Springer. [More Information]
2015
- Welch, A. (2015). A new epistemic Silk Road? The Chinese knowledge diaspora, and its implications for the Europe of Knowledge. European Review, 23(S1), S95-S111. [More Information]
- Welch, A., Konigsberg, P., Rochecouste, J., Collard, G. (2015). Australia: Aboriginal Education. In Michael Crossley, Greg Hancock, Terra Sprague (Eds.), Education in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, (pp. 91-110). London: Bloomsbury Academic. [More Information]
- Welch, A. (2015). Countering campus extremism in Southeast Asia. International Higher Education, 82, 7-8.
2014
- Welch, A. (2014). Be careful what you wish for: Pending privatization of Australian higher education. International Higher Education, 77(Fall), 22-24. [More Information]
- Welch, A. (2014). China-ASEAN relations in higher education: An analytical framework. In A. Yonezawa, Y. Kitamura, A. Meerman, K. Kuroda (Eds.), Emerging international dimensions in East Asian higher education, (pp. 103-120). Dordrecht: Springer. [More Information]
- Welch, A., Hao, J. (2014). Hai Gui and Hai Dai: The job-seeking experiences of high-skilled returnees to China. In Ka Ho Mok and Kar Ming Yu (Eds.), Internationalization of Higher Education in East Asia: Trends of Student Mobility and Impact on Education Governance, (pp. 90-114). London: Routledge. [More Information]
2013
- Welch, A. (2013). Different paths, one goal: Southeast Asia as knowledge society. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 33(2), 197-211. [More Information]
- Connell, R., Welch, A., Vickers, M., Foley, D., Bagnall, N., Hayes, D., Proctor, H., Sriprakash, A., Campbell, C. (2013). Education, Change and Society: Third Edition. Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press.
- Welch, A., Wahidyar, A. (2013). Evolution, Revolution, Reconstruction: The interrupted Development of Higher Education in Afghanistan. In Marc Fabian Buck, Marcel Kabaum (Eds.), Ideen und Realitaten von Universitaten [Universities: Ideas and Realities], (pp. 83-105). Frankfurt: Peter Lang Publishing. [More Information]
2012
- Hao, J., Welch, A. (2012). A Tale of Sea Turtles: Job-Seeking Experiences of Hai Gui (High-Skilled Returnees) in China. Higher Education Policy, 25(2), 243-260. [More Information]
- Yang, R., Welch, A. (2012). A world-class university in China? The case of Tsinghua. Higher Education, 63(5), 645-666. [More Information]
- Welch, A. (2012). Academic Salaries, Massification and the Rise of an Underclass in Australia. In Altbach. P; Reisberg, L; Yudkevich, M; Androushchak, G; Pacheco, I (Eds.), Paying the Professoriate: A Global Comparison of Compensation and Contracts., (pp. 61-71). Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge. [More Information]
2011
- Welch, A., Yang, R. (2011). A Pearl on the Silk Road? Internationalizing a Regional Chinese University. In Palmer, J D, Roberts, A, Ha Cho, Y, Ching, G S (Eds.), The Internationalization of East Asian Higher Education. Globalizations Impact, (pp. 63-89). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Jarvis, D., Welch, A. (2011). ASEAN Industries and the Challenge from China. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Hao, J., Welch, A. (2011). Career Development of High-skilled International Graduates. DEHEMS International Conference: Employability of Graduates & Higher Education Management Systems.
2010
- Welch, A. (2010). Australian education in an era of markets and managerialism: A critical perspective. In Masemann V, Majhanovich S, Truong N, Janigan K (Eds.), A Tribute to David N. Wilson. Clamouring for a Better World, (pp. 191-206). Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
- Welch, A. (2010). City and Bush. In Connell R, Campbell C, Vickers M, Welch A, Foley D, Bagnall N, Hayes D (Eds.), Education, Change and Society 2nd Ed. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia.
- Welch, A. (2010). Cultural Difference and Identity. In Connell R, Campbell C, Vickers M, Welch A, Foley D, Bagnall N, Hayes D (Eds.), Education, Change and Society 2nd Ed, (pp. 130-167). South Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia.
2009
- Welch, A. (2009). Australian Education. In Yang, Shenkeng; Li, Fengru (Eds.), Comparative and International Education, (pp. 435-487). Taipei, Taiwan: Higher Education Press.
- Welch, A. (2009). Financing, state capacity, privatization and transparency in financing Southeast Asian higher education. In Knight, Jane (Eds.), Financing Access and Equity in Higher Education, (pp. 75-94). Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
- Welch, A. (2009). Mammon, markets and managerialism - Asia-Pacific perspectives on contemporary educational reforms. In Cowen, Robert; Kazamias, Andreas (Eds.), International Handbook of Comparative Education Part One, (pp. 587-600). London, UK: Springer. [More Information]
2008
- Amirrachman, A., Syafi'I, S., Welch, A. (2008). Decentralisation in Indonesian Education: the Promise and the Price. World Studies In Education, 9(1), 31-53.
- Welch, A., Zhang, Z. (2008). Higher Education and Global Talent Flows: Brain Drain, Overseas Chinese Intellectuals, and Diasporic Knowledge Networks. Higher Education Policy, 21(4), 519-537. [More Information]
- Welch, A. (2008). Myths and Modes of Mobility: the Changing Face of Academic Mobility in the Global Era. In Byram M, Dervin F. (Eds.), Students, Staff and Academic Mobility in Higher Education, (pp. 292-311). Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2007
- Welch, A. (2007). Blurred Vision?: Public and Private Higher Education in Indonesia. Higher Education, 54(5), 665-687. [More Information]
- Welch, A. (2007). Building bridges in higher education. Singapore-China relations in the GATS era. Journal of University Studies, 35, 161-171.
- Welch, A. (2007). Cultural Difference and Identity. In R Connell;C Campbell;M Vickers;A Welch;D Foley;N Bagnall (Eds.), Education, Change and Society, (pp. 155-187). Sydney: University of New South Wales (UNSW) Press.
2006
- Welch, A. (2006). Konkurrenzkultur? Internationalisierung des australischen Hochschulsystem in der Ara der Globalisierung. In E Fuchs (Eds.), Bildung international: Historische Perspektiven und aktuelle Entwicklungen, (pp. 305-329). Wurzberg, Germany: Ergon.
2005
- Welch, A. (2005). Accountability or accountancy? Governance and university evaluation systems in an era of performativity. Comparative and International Education Review, 5, 116-144.
- Welch, A. (2005). Challenge and change: The academic profession in uncertain times. In A. Welch (Eds.), The Professoriate: Profile of a Profession, (pp. 1-19). Dordrecht: Springer.
- Welch, A. (2005). Conclusion: New Millennium, New Milieu? In A. Welch (Eds.), The Professoriate: Profile of a Profession, (pp. 205-215). Dordrecht: Springer.
2004
- Welch, A. (2004). Globalisation And The Re-Structuring Of Education In Asia And The Pacific. Sang Saeng, 9(1), 24-29.
- Welch, A. (2004). Going Global? L'Internationalisation Des Universite(')S Australiennes Et De La Crise Mondiale. Revue Francaise de Pedagogie, 146, 27-40.
- Welch, A. (2004). Internationalisation And Australian Universities - Two Case Studies. In Not known (Eds.), Internationalisation and advancement of higher education. Soeul: Korean Education Development Institute.
2003
- Welch, A., Mok, K. (2003). Conclusion: deep development or deep division? In Ka-ho Mok and Anthony Welch (Eds.), Globalization And Educational Restructuring In The Asia Pacific Region, (pp. 333-355). UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Mok, K., Welch, A. (2003). Globalization And Educational Restructuring In The Asia Pacific Region. UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Mok, K., Yoon, K., Welch, A. (2003). Globalization's challenges to higher education governance in South Korea. In Ka-ho Mok and Anthony Welch (Eds.), Globalization And Educational Restructuring In The Asia Pacific Region, (pp. 58-78). UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
2002
- Welch, A. (2002). Comparative Education Policy Research Unit Occasional Paper Series. Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong.
- Welch, A., Mok,, J. (2002). Economic rationalism, managerialism and structural reform in education. In Mok, Joshua Ka-Ho & Chan, David Kin-Keung (Eds.), Globalisation and Education. The Quest for Quality Education in Hong Kong, (pp. 23-40). Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
- Welch, A. (2002). Going global? Internationalising Australian universities in a time of global crisis. Comparative Education Review, 46(4), 433-471. [More Information]
2001
- Welch, A. (2001). Globalisation, Post-modernity and the State: Comparative education facing the third millennium. Comparative Education, 37, 475-492.
- Welch, A., Yang, R. (2001). Internationalising Chinese Universities: A Study of Guangzhou. World Studies In Education, 2, 21-49.
2000
- Welch, A. (2000). Third world education: Quality and equality. NY: Routledge.
Selected Grants
2023
- Reimagining Australia-China relations through bi-lateral dialogue, Welch A, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Federal)/National Foundation for Australia-China Relations
2012
- The Dragon and the Tiger Cubs: China-ASEAN relations in higher education, Welch A, DVC Research/Bridging Support Grant
Translated works
• Welch, A. Technocracy, uncertainty, and ethics: Comparative education in an era of postmodernity and globalization. In R. F. Arnove, C. A. Torres & S. Franz (Eds.), Comparative education: The dialectic of the global and the local.
Translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Valenciano, Armenian, Chinese and Russian.
• Welch, A. (2012). Academic salaries, massification and the rise of an underclass in Australia. In P. Altbach, L. Reisberg, M. Yudkevich, G. Androushchak & I. Pacheco (Eds.), Paying the professoriate: A global comparison of compensation and contracts.
Translated into Russian and Chinese.
• Welch, A. (2012). China-ASEAN relations in higher education: An analytical framework. Frontiers of Education in China, 7(4), 465-485.
Translated into Spanish, published in F. Acosta & G. R. Ruiz (Eds.), Repensando la educación comparada: lecturas desde Iberoamérica.
• Da, W., Welch, A. (2016). Educative and Child-Rearing Practices Among Recent Chinese Migrants in Australia: Continuity, Change, Hybridity. In Chuing Prudence Chou, Jonathan Spangler (Eds.), Chinese Education Models in a Global Age, (pp. 231-245). Singapore: Springer
Translated into Chinese, published by Psychology Publishing, Taiwan
• Jing, W., Welch, A. (2018). Academic drift in China's universities of applied technology. International Higher Education, 94, 30-31.
•Welch, A. (2021). Challenging times for Sino-foreign sci-tech relations. International Higher Education, 105(Winter), 15-17.
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