The globalisation of scientific mobility, 1970–2014

Czaika, Mathias; Orazbayev, Sultan

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2018.04.017

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“…All these factors feed into their decision to stay in Mexico following the completion of their studies. These results are consistent with Williams, Baláž, and Wallace (), Yu (), and Czaika and Orazbayev (), which also show that the social and cultural capital acquired in previous fixed‐term positions have an impact on professional choices, especially when deciding to stay permanently in a foreign country.…”

Section: Methodssupporting

confidence: 88%

“…and Wallace (2004), Yu (2017), and Czaika and Orazbayev (2018), which also show that the social and cultural capital acquired in previous fixed-term positions have an impact on professional choices, especially when deciding to stay permanently in a foreign country.…”

Section: Arrival In Mexico: Diversity and Complexity Of Academic Camentioning

confidence: 91%

“…The academic debate on the "brain drain" focused, initially, on the risks carried by the migration of qualified professionals in terms of loss of human capital in the countries of origin and the availability of opportunities in the countries of destination (Bhagwati & Hamada, 1974;Watanabe, 1969). Concerns were also raised in terms of imbalance and inequality in developmental terms between different geographical areas (Czaika & Orazbayev, 2018;Koser & Salt, 1997).…”

Section: Academic Mobility Versus the Migration Of Academics: A Litmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Over time, the relative importance of these regions decreased: In the 2000s, they were attracting below 60% of the global flows. New destinations were emerging in the Global South (e.g., Latin America and Southern Asia; Czaika & Orazbayev, 2018). The rise of emerging economies such as these has shifted the "global centre of gravity" for mobility and knowledge production in academia (Czaika & Orazbayev, 2018).…”

Section: Academic Mobility Versus the Migration Of Academics: A Litmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…New destinations were emerging in the Global South (e.g., Latin America and Southern Asia; Czaika & Orazbayev, 2018). The rise of emerging economies such as these has shifted the "global centre of gravity" for mobility and knowledge production in academia (Czaika & Orazbayev, 2018). It is expected that the importance of emerging economies will increase in the future given that the expanding education systems in these countries are set to account for the majority of new jobs created in the academic sector (Altbach, 2004).…”

Section: Academic Mobility Versus the Migration Of Academics: A Litmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Because mobility has been described as a key element of the academic habitus and a well‐established norm in scientific life, people moving within academia have been generally considered to be “knowledge migrants” and “talent migrants.” Indeed, the literature rarely takes a labour market perspective when analysing academic mobility. However, Southern European academia is largely characterised by challenging working conditions, low wages, and a lack of fair competition for positons, all of which negatively affecting job prospects. Based on 25 in‐depth interviews, this paper explores the reasons behind the migration of a group of Spanish and Italian academics in Mexico with a view to bringing into focus the role of economic/labour and career‐related reasons in migration decisions. We find that their experiences fall along three main academic trajectories, which are distinguished by the stage in the participants' careers at which they decided to migrate and the channels by which they entered Mexican academia. Common to all three groups is the identification of the economic crisis and a lack of institutional support as strong motivating factors in their decision. Underlying this is the question of whether the studied group is best viewed as “knowledge”/“talent” migrants who have followed certain institutional channels or “economic migrants” who are somehow pushed to work abroad by the lack of good employment in their countries of origin. The paper also challenges mainstream ideas about academic mobility, in the sense that the literature has not considered the attractive power of universities/research centres located in the Global South.

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The paper examines the nexus between skills mismatch, educational/industrial policies, and brain circulation in Israel. Focusing on the field of life sciences (LS), it argues that migratory movements of highly educated Israelis are fueled by vertical (inadequate level) and horizontal (inadequate type) skills mismatches. It shows that whereas many so‐called bio‐brains migrate due to being underqualified (lacking postdoctoral training), their return is often delayed or prevented altogether due to shortage of academic positions and the incompatibility between their fields of (academic) specialisation and the (industrial) jobs available in the country's small LS industry. Drawing on primary and secondary qualitative data, the paper analyses the structural forces and agentic articulations behind this migration paradox, which sees departing bio‐scientists who are underqualified for academic positions becoming (potential) returnees who are largely overqualified and inappropriately trained for industrial jobs. The paper concludes by highlighting potential avenues for research on the links between skills mismatch and international mobility.

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The globalisation of scientific mobility, 1970–2014

Cited by 53 publications

References 26 publications

“Knowledge migrants” or “economic migrants”? Patterns of academic mobility and migration from Southern Europe to Mexico

“Knowledge migrants” or “economic migrants”? Patterns of academic mobility and migration from Southern Europe to Mexico

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