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

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

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