ABSTRACT Air travel has become central to Australian academic practice, with flying increasingly seen as crucial to the progression of successful academic careers. This paper seeks to understand why academic air travel has come to be perceived as so necessary, particularly given its significant environmental, social, and economic implications. Drawing on the mobilities paradigm and social practice theory, we seek to understand how air travel practices are a key part of contemporary academic careers. We conducted an online survey of 301 academics and 24 in depth semi-structured interviews to understand academic air travel in Australia, finding that it is seen as a means to connect and collaborate within and between academic communities, and to counteract the effects of ‘remoteness'. This remoteness is experienced domestically and internationally, by Australian academics who feel they must travel to perceived centres of knowledge production to further their careers. Academics often frame their ‘need' for connections as necessarily involving physical co-presence. Air travel offers career benefits for those who can take advantage of it, and corresponding drawbacks for those ‘stuck on the ground’. We conclude by discussing the need for valuing localised forms of collaboration as markers of success, and developing imaginative alternatives to academic flying.

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克服偏远：澳大利亚大学航空旅行的必要性

摘要 航空旅行已成为澳大利亚学术实践的核心，飞行越来越被视为成功学术生涯发​​展的关键。本文旨在了解为什么学术航空旅行被视为如此必要，特别是考虑到其对环境、社会和经济的重大影响。借鉴流动范式和社会实践理论，我们试图了解航空旅行实践如何成为当代学术职业的关键部分。我们对 301 位学者和 24 位深度半结构化访谈进行了在线调查，以了解澳大利亚的学术航空旅行，发现它被视为学术界内部和学术界之间联系和协作的一种手段，并抵消了“远程性”的影响'。澳大利亚学者在国内和国际都经历过这种偏远，他们觉得他们必须前往认知的知识生产中心，以促进他们的职业生涯。学者们经常将他们对联系的“需求”定义为必然涉及物理共存。航空旅行为那些能够利用它的人提供了职业福利，而对于那些“被困在地面上”的人来说则是相应的弊端。最后，我们讨论了将本地化合作形式视为成功标志的必要性，并开发富有想象力的学术飞行替代方案。航空旅行为那些能够利用它的人提供了职业福利，而对于那些“被困在地面上”的人来说则是相应的弊端。最后，我们讨论了将本地化合作形式视为成功标志的必要性，并开发富有想象力的学术飞行替代方案。航空旅行为那些能够利用它的人提供了职业福利，而对于那些“被困在地面上”的人来说则是相应的弊端。最后，我们讨论了将本地化合作形式视为成功标志的必要性，并开发富有想象力的学术飞行替代方案。