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Yuan Chih Fu; Juan José Moradel Vásquez; Bea Treena Macasaet; Angela Yung Chi Hou; Justin J. W. Powell – Higher Education Policy, 2024
To explore scientific mobility patterns, we leverage a rich bibliometric dataset on Taiwanese academia. We investigate the movement and productivity of 21,051 highly active researchers who published while affiliated with Taiwanese higher education institutions based on 30 years' worth of publication and affiliation records from 1991 to 2020. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Brain Drain, Scientific Research, Researchers
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Cattaneo, Mattia; Malighetti, Paolo; Paleari, Stefano – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2019
This study analyzes the scientific profiles of doctorate holders who migrate in search of better job opportunities as a response to the increased temporariness and uncertainty of employment in their native country. Analyzing the career trajectories of the population of research-active Italian doctorate holders in economics, finance, and business…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Brain Drain, College Graduates, Doctoral Degrees
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Yang, Rui – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2020
Globalisation and the shift towards a knowledge economy have made researchers among the most sought-after resources. International research mobility has been encouraged at policy levels and has remarkably increased in the past decade. Meanwhile, concerns of policy makers about the possible loss of such human capital are also rapidly growing. This…
Descriptors: Researchers, Foreign Countries, Brain Drain, Global Approach
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Metcalfe, Amy Scott – Critical Studies in Education, 2017
Transnational academic mobility is often characterized in relation to terms such as "brain drain", "brain gain", or "brain circulation"--terms that isolate researchers' minds from their bodies, while saying nothing about their political identities as foreign nationals. In this paper, I explore the possibilities of a…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, International Education, Political Attitudes, Foreign Nationals
Celik, Servet – Online Submission, 2012
To answer an overwhelming demand for university faculty, Turkey's Ministry of National Education (MoNE) developed a scholarship program to sponsor graduate study abroad. After completion, program recipients are expected to serve in Turkey's universities. However, the cost of the program relative to the contributions of returning scholars has led…
Descriptors: Expertise, Graduate Study, Research Design, Qualitative Research
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Marimon, Ramon; Lietaert, Matthieu; Grigolo, Michele – Higher Education in Europe, 2009
Many researchers trained in Europe leave to work abroad, namely in the USA. This brain-drain phenomenon is the result of a lack of openness and competition in European academic systems. Some aspects relating to the mobility of academic careers could make a difference in attracting--and maintaining--researchers, aside to serious structural reform.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Researchers, Brain Drain, Higher Education