Analyzing Biographies of Foreign-born Academics in Slovakia: Why Highly Skilled Employees Decide to Choose a Peripheral Country
Analyzing Biographies of Foreign-born Academics in Slovakia: Why Highly Skilled Employees Decide to Choose a Peripheral Country
Author(s): Kamil ŁuczajSubject(s): Social Sciences, Higher Education , Demography and human biology, Sociology of the arts, business, education, Migration Studies
Published by: Sociologický ústav - Slovenská akadémia vied
Keywords: Academic migration; foreign-born scholars; Slovakia, Slovak academic system; higher education in Central Europe
Summary/Abstract: Analyzing Biographies of Foreign-born Academics in Slovakia: Why Highly Skilled Employees Decide to Choose a Peripheral Country. This paper summarizes findings from qualitative research conducted in Slovakia in early 2018. One of the main research questions was related to factors attracting foreign-born academics to Slovak higher education institutions. This data supplements limited knowledge derived from the official statistics. Using individual in-depth interviews (IDI), six types of foreign-born academics were distinguished: family-tied academics, commuters, socioeconomic migrants, transnational scholars, local enthusiasts, and last resort scholars. The paper includes a detailed characteristic of each category supported by extensive excerpts from the interviews. It facilitates a discussion regarding another dimension of the distinction between global academic centers and peripheries.
Journal: Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review
- Issue Year: 51/2019
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 250-271
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English