ANALYZING BIOGRAPHIES OF FOREIGN-BORN ACADEMICS IN SLOVAKIA: WHY HIGHLY SKILLED EMPLOYEES DECIDE TO CHOOSE A PERIPHERAL COUNTRY

• Authors: Łuczaj Kamil
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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 centres and peripheries.

Keywords

EN

ACADEMIC MIGRATION; SCHOLARS; SLOVAKIA; ACADEMIC SYSTEM; CENTRAL EUROPE

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sociológia (Sociology)
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 250 – 271

Contributors

author

Łuczaj Kamil

• University of Information Technology and Management, Rzeszow, Poland

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/sociologia.2019.51.3.12