Moving people and knowledge : scientific mobility in an enlarging European Union

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Title:

Moving people and knowledge : scientific mobility in an enlarging European Union

Author:

Ackers, Louise, 1960-

ISBN:

9781843769859

Personal Author:

Ackers, Louise, 1960-

Publication Information:

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, c2008.

Physical Description:

xiii, 273 p. ; 25 cm.

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

Machine derived contents note: 1 Introduction: moving people and knowledge - defining the -- research agenda -- PART I UNDERSTANDING MIGRATION BEHAVIOUR -- AND PATTERNS -- 2 Circulators, returners and settlers: migration trajectories and -- patterns 29 -- 3 Migration processes and their determinants: -- "professional' factors 59 -- 4 The impact of partnering on migration processes and outcomes 90 -- 5 Multiple life-courses? The impact of children on migration -- processes 113 -- 6 The role of networks and connections in shaping migration -- processes and effects 128 -- PART II ASSESSING IMPACT: THE EXPERIENCE OF -- RECEIVING AND SENDING COUNTRIES -- 7 Brain gain? Assessing the value of scientific migration to -- receiving countries 155 -- 8 Brain drain? The experiences of sending countries 187 -- 9 Summary, conclusions and policy implications 230 -- linex 1 Summary of MOBEX 2 methods 243 -- i4nnex 2 Respondents' pseudonyms 245 -- Anne.x 3 Summaries of flirther CSLPE projects 246 -- Refkrences 251 -- In2dex 267.

Subject Term:

Occupational mobility -- European Union countries.

Scientists.

Geographic Term:

European Union countries -- Emigration and immigration.

Added Author:

Gill, Bryony.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy1001/2008935922.html

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Moving People and Knowledge provides a fresh examination of the processes of highly skilled science migration. Focusing on intra-European mobility and, in particular, on the new dynamics of East-West migration, the authors investigate the movement of Polish and Bulgarian researchers to and from the UK and Germany. Key questions include: who is moving, how long for, and why? In addressing the motivations and experiences of mobile scientists and their families, insights into professional and personal motivations are provided, demonstrating how relationships, networks and infrastructures shape decision-making. This book provides a useful perspective on the implications of increasing researcher mobility - for both sending and receiving regions and the individuals concerned - which is necessary for the construction of future policies on sustainable scientific development.

This empirical account provides a nuanced analysis of the duration and flow of scientific mobility showing the prevalence of repeat and shuttle moves in science careers. It will be of particular interest to researchers in European social policy, migration studies and EU law, as well as policymakers in the field of highly skilled migration - especially those working on the free movement of persons provisions and the European Research Area and European Area of Higher Education.