What Do We Know of the Mobility of Research Scientists and of its Impact on Scientific Production
54 Pages Posted: 30 May 2015
Date Written: May 22, 2015
Abstract
In this chapter we review the literature on the analysis of researcher mobility and productivity highlighting recent changes in the research system - internationalization, inter-sector mobility and collaboration and career diversification which make researcher mobility more relevant for the dynamics of knowledge creation and dissemination. Our review reveals that to date we still know little about the consequences and motivations of increased mobility for individual researchers. We contribute by presenting a typology of researcher mobility, and considering the relevance of multiple mobility events throughout a researcher career. Finally, we review the modeling problems related to analyzing the effect of mobility on academic performance at the individual level, and suggest various solutions.
Keywords: International mobility, academic career, academic labor market, research productivity, postdoc
JEL Classification: O31, I23, J24
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