Global Mobility of Research Scientists: The Economics of Who Goes Where and Why

by Aldo Geuna (Editor)

Overview

Global Mobility of Research Scientists: The Economics of Who Goes Where and Why brings together information on how the localization and mobility of academic researchers contributes to the production of knowledge.

The text answers several questions, including "what characterizes nationally and internationally mobile researchers?" and "what are the individual and social implications of increased mobility of research scientists?"

Eight independent, but coordinated chapters address these and other questions, drawing on a set of newly developed databases covering 30 countries, including the US, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, and China, among others.

• Combines theoretically sound and empirically fascinating results in one volume that has international and interdisciplinary appeal.
• Covers topics at the forefront of academic, business, and policy discussions
• Data used in the chapters available at a freely-accessible website

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128016817
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	08/03/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	330
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Aldo Geuna is Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis, University of Torino and Fellow of the Collegio Carlo Alberto. With a Ph.D. from PhD from Maastricht University, he has served as a Senior Lecturer at SPRU, University of Sussex; Senior Research Fellow at RSCAS - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies - European University Institute; and Research Fellow at BETA, Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg). His core research area is the socio-economic analysis of university research behavior and its links to innovation and economic growth.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction Aldo Geuna
2. What Do We Know of the Mobility of Research Scientists and of Its Impact on Scientific Production Ana Fernandez-Zubieta, Aldo Geuna, Cornelia Lawson
3. International Mobility of Research Scientists: Lessons from GlobSci Chiara Franzoni , Giuseppe Scellato, Paula Stephan,
4. International Mobility of Researchers in Biomedial Sciences: A Comparison of the US and the UK Ana Fernandez-Zubieta, Aldo Geuna, Rodrigo Kataishi, Cornelia Lawson, Manuel Toselli
5. Mobility and Productivity of Research Scientists Ana Fernandez-Zubieta, Aldo Geuna, Cornelia Lawson
6. Who Leaves and Who Stays? Evidence on Immigrant Selection from the Collapse of Soviet Science Ina Ganguli
7. China’s "Great Leap Forward" in Science and Engineering Richard Freeman, Wei Huang
8. Which Factors Influence the International Mobility of Research Scientists? Silvia Appelt, Brigitte van Beuzekom, Fernando Galindo-Rueda, Roberto de Pinho
9. Destinations of Mobile European Researchers: Europe versus the United States Reinhilde Veugelers , Linda VanBouwel
10. Appointment, Promotion, and Mobility of Bioscience Researchers in Japan Cornelia Lawson, Sotaro Shibayama
11. Moving Out of Academic Research: Why Scientists Stop Doing Research Aldo Geuna, Sotaro Shibayama
12. Conclusion Aldo Geuna

What People are Saying About This

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The first comprehensive analysis of the increasingly important phenomenon of the mobility of scientists around the globe

Editorial Reviews

"The international mobility of scientists  and innovators fundamentally shapes our world, but measurement is always difficult. This book fills that gap and pushes forward our understanding."  —William Kerr, Harvard Business School

"This is an incredible contribution about researchers on the move. The book provides new theoretical perspectives and quantitative empirical evidence about the motives and implications of researchers’ mobility in a contrasting international perspective. This book is a must for scientists, politicians and university administrations interested in attracting talents from all over the world."  —Javier Revilla Diez, University of Cologne

"The timely volume provides a valuable global perspective on the phenomenon of scientific mobility. It appears destined to be a key resource for both scholars and policymakers interested in understanding the movement of scientists around the world and the scientific and economic implications of this mobility."  —Aaron Levine, Georgia Institute of Technology

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