Opening pathways, building bridges : skilled migration of Mexican scientists and engineers to the UK / Tonatiuh Anzures
- Author
- Anzures Escandón, Tonatiuh
- Published
- New York, NY : Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., [2020]
- Physical Description
- xviii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Contents
- Foreword / Brian Balmer -- Neither from here nor from there : transnationalism, identity, and belonging -- Opening pathways : the professional experience of the brains in the UK -- Building bridges : collaboration at a distance, scientific diplomacy, and the challenges for diaspora policies.
- Summary
- "This book explores contemporary skilled migration and the brain drain from a bottom-up approach, based on a case study of Mexican scientists and engineers working in the UK. The main interest is to provide a better understanding on how the phenomenon is shaped by the migrant's personal and professional experience, from Mexico to the UK ('opening pathways'), and from then on, to explore the extent of collaboration at a distance (from the UK back to Mexico) as a policy alternative to mitigate the negative effects of their departure ('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. The empirical findings are organised into three main topics: transnationalism, professional experience, and collaboration at a distance. The book also investigates the relevance of these research findings for science policy. Without overlooking the negative implications of skilled migration at a massive scale, it argues 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 preferences, the value of communities of interest, the existing imbalances between central and peripheral countries, and the challenges posed by long-distance collaborative initiatives. Finally, some ideas and policy recommendations arising from the research are outlined, in order to better understand -and face- the challenges of skilled migration in future years"--
- Subject(s)
- Brain drain—Mexico
- Scientists—Mexico—Attitudes
- Scientists—Great Britain—Attitudes
- Engineers—Mexico—Attitudes
- Engineers—Great Britain—Attitudes
- Foreign workers, Mexican—Great Britain
- Immigrants—Great Britain—Social conditions
- Brain drain
- Emigration and immigration—Social aspects
- Engineers—Attitudes
- Foreign workers, Mexican
- Immigrants—Social conditions
- Scientists—Attitudes
- Mexico—Emigration and immigration—Social aspects
- Great Britain—Emigration and immigration—Social aspects
- Great Britain
- Mexico
- ISBN
- 9781433166013 hardcover
1433166011 hardcover - Note
- "This book is part of the Peter Lang regional studies list."
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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