Before taking up his post in New Zealand in 1995, he worked in England, Europe and the Middle East as teacher, teacher educator, manager and advisor to Ministries of Education. In recent years, he has accepted visiting professorships in several Asian universities, where he has taught postgraduate courses and undertaken joint research projects. His most recent co-edited books are Language learner autonomy: Teachers’ beliefs and practices in Asian contexts. (2016) with Jinrui Li, and Reflective practice: Voices from the field (2017) with J. G. Ryan, He is currently working on two more books: English Medium Instruction programmes: Perspectives from South East Asian universities with Zuwati Hasim, and a volume of ethical issues in educational research with Rosemary De Luca –upon which this presentation is based.