Opening Pathways, Building Bridges : Skilled Migration of Mexican Scientists and Engineers to the UK

Tonatiuh Anzures

ISBN 10: 1433166011 / ISBN 13: 9781433166013

Editore: Peter Lang, 2020

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Opening Pathways, Building Bridges explores contemporary skilled migration and the brain drain using a bottom-up approach, based on a case study of Mexican scientists and engineers-or the Brains, as coined by the author-working in the UK. It provides an insight into how the phenomenon is shaped by the migrants' personal and professional experiences (from Mexico to the UK: 'opening pathways') and how their contributions could have valuable effects through diaspora policies (from the UK back to Mexico: 'building bridges'). The research is based on an analysis of 36 semi-structured, qualitative interviews with Mexicans graduated in STEM fields, who currently work in academia or the private sector in the UK, and the empirical findings are organised into three main topics: transnationalism, professional experience and collaboration at a distance. It is argued that a more balanced exchange between Mexico and the UK can be achieved by building more bridges with the diaspora through long-distance collaborative initiatives. For this to happen, it is important for policy-makers to understand the relevance of skilled individuals' choices and experiences, the value of their networks and communities of interest, the existing imbalances between developed and developing countries, and the challenges posed by scientific and professional collaborative projects. This book offers some ideas and policy recommendations arising from the research, in order to better understand-and face-the challenges of skilled migration in future years and, ultimately, mitigate the negative effects of the Brains' departure.

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• Titolo: Opening Pathways, Building Bridges : Skilled Migration of Mexican Scientists and Engineers to the UK
• Editore: Peter Lang
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1433166011
• ISBN 13: 9781433166013
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 231 L x 155 A x 16 P (millimetri) 231 millimetri di larghezza per 155 millimetri di altezza per 16 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 453 grammi

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Opening Pathways, Building Bridges explores contemporary skilled migration and the brain drain using a bottom-up approach, based on a case study of Mexican scientists and engineers—or the Brains, as coined by the author—working in the UK. It provides an insight into how the phenomenon is shaped by the migrants’ personal and professional experiences (from Mexico to the UK: ‘opening pathways’) and how their contributions could have valuable effects through diaspora policies (from the UK back to Mexico: ‘building bridges’).

The research is based on an analysis of 36 semi-structured, qualitative interviews with Mexicans graduated in STEM fields, who currently work in academia or the private sector in the UK, and the empirical findings are organised into three main topics: transnationalism, professional experience and collaboration at a distance. It is argued that a more balanced exchange between Mexico and the UK can be achieved by building more bridges with the diaspora through long-distance collaborative initiatives. For this to happen, it is important for policy-makers to understand the relevance of skilled individuals’ choices and experiences, the value of their networks and communities of interest, the existing imbalances between developed and developing countries, and the challenges posed by scientific and professional collaborative projects.

This book offers some ideas and policy recommendations arising from the research, in order to better understand—and face—the challenges of skilled migration in future years and, ultimately, mitigate the negative effects of the Brains’ departure.

Informazioni sull'autore

Tonatiuh Anzures is a political scientist at the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico and a specialist in education policy. He holds a PhD in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from University College London (UCL) and an MSc. in Public Policy from the Latin American Faculty for Social Sciences (FLACSO Mexico). He is an Honorary Research Fellow at the STS UCL Department.