It has been reported that science has gone through an institutional crisis and that science in Russia as a whole has been deinstitutionalized. This article is an attempt to make use of the example of scientific organizations in St. Petersburg in order to trace the changes that have been going on in science in the past few years as a result of…

This Issue Brief reports on the international mobility of scientists and engineers to the United States and discusses student flows into the higher education system, the stay rates of foreign doctoral recipients, and their short and long term employment in United States industry, universities, and government. Information presented in the tables…

This paper provides estimates of the stocks and flows of human resources in science and technology (HRST) in India, and their breakdown by education and occupation. Furthermore, the paper provides estimates of the number of highly skilled people moving to India and out of India during the 1990s, mainly to the United States. This part of the study…

This paper presents the main trends in respect of the supply of human resources in science and technology (HRST) in Latin America and the international mobility of its highly skilled labour. This will be done through the identification of potential data sources, followed by a presentation of indicators drawn from these sources. In addition, a…

This paper describes the results of two specific primary surveys, one of IT professionals in the city of Bangalore and their role in making the city a corridor for international mobility of Indian professionals, and the second survey of health professionals (doctors and nurses) in the city of New Delhi. In these surveys, highly skilled Indians…