Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Transnational Academic Mobility and Scientific Knowledge Production: Effects and Mechanisms of Impact

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2022 15 (5)
Authors
Antoshchuk, Irina A.; Dyachenko, Ekaterina L.; Ledeneva, Viktoriia Yu.
Contact information
Antoshchuk, Irina A.: St. Petersburg State University St. Petersburg, Russian Federation; University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands; ; Dyachenko, Ekaterina L.: Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation Moscow, Russian Federation; ; Ledeneva, Viktoriia Yu.: Institute for Demographic Research RAS Moscow, Russian Federation;
Keywords
knowledge transfer; knowledge production; academic mobility; migration of scientists; scientific collaboration; integration of scientists
Abstract

The dominant idea is that transnational academic mobility stimulates research and the production of scientific knowledge. However, what processes are behind this pattern? What are the mechanisms and factors of impact of academic mobility for the production of scientific knowledge? Despite the extensive literature on academic mobility, research on the topic is scattered, and these questions remain without a satisfactory answer. We contribute to the study of these issues through a systematic problem-oriented review of English-language and Russian-language publications for 1994–2021 based on the Web of Science and Scopus databases. Research mostly confirms the positive effect of mobility, brought about by the action of three interrelated mechanisms: scientific cooperation, acquisition / transfer of knowledge, and integration into the scientific community. However, this effect does not arise automatically and depends on a number of factors that determine the variability of the consequences of academic mobility. The novelty of our review consists in the identification of negative effects along with positive, the analysis of qualitative knowledge transformations along with the quantitative, and attention to various types of knowledge created, including tacit knowledge

Pages
679–701
DOI
10.17516/1997-1370-0789
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/143764

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