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| This paper seeks to add to our understanding of the concept of ‘tied migration’ through a grounded and essentially qualitative analysis of the experiences of highly skilled scientists moving within the European Union. The propensity of the highly skilled to move and the consequences of this for individuals and their families varies significantly between different employment sectors. Progression in scientific careers demands a very high level of international mobility particularly in some national contexts. While research suggests that young, single, women are at least as mobile as their male counterparts, levels of mobility amongst women scientists decline at doctoral and post-doctoral level. Locating the research findings within existing literature on ‘tied movers’, the paper considers the nature and impact of partnering on the career decision-making of male and female scientists. It concludes that the prevalence of dual science career couple situations (defined as situations in which both partners in a couple are employed in scientific research) both reflects high levels of mobility and generates the kinds of tensions which result in the tendency of women to ‘exit’ from science careers and/or fail to progress. The findings reported upon in this paper confirm recent work on dual career situations in noting the persistence of ‘trailing’ irrespective of the skill level of the female partner. It does, however, draw out some new issues. Firstly the importance of considering the impact of mobility on the progression of trailing partners as opposed to simply engagement or salary. Secondly, in contradiction to recent work, the findings suggests that the impact of partnering (in comparison with parenting) has been underestimated when considering the mobility and career decision-making of women in dual career relationships.
Although the paper is firmly grounded in the experiences of scientists, recent trends in European labour markets suggest that the pressure to attain international experience is beginning to shape career trajectories in many other employment sectors.
| Prof Louise Ackers | Women's Strudies International Forum
27 (3) pp189 - 201 | Last Updated - 1 March 2005 |
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| A response to the House of Lord’s Inquiry on Science and the Regional Development Agencies (2003) which reviews the current relationship between national and regional science policies. | B Perry
University of Salford | House of Commons Select Committees 2003 | Last Updated - 20 January 2005 |
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| This piece in the practitioner journal Regeneration and Renewal critically reviews the increasing allocation of Regional Development Agency resources towards science-based economic development and the extent to which this is currently targeting regional economic priorities. | B Perry
University of Salford | Regeneration and Renewal
7th November 2003 p14 | Last Updated - 20 January 2005 |
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| This book chapter argues that the development of the knowledge economy is placing universities at the heart of economic and social development processes in relation to their teaching, research and outreach functions. While this is by no means an exclusively contemporary phenomena, and certainly not an uncontroversial one, emphasis is increasingly being placed on the contribution of universities to their localities and regions in political, economic, social and civic terms. For those keen to exploit the opportunities this presents, a consideration of the need for internal transformations within the university is required in order to make it ‘fit for purpose’ to meet new ‘entrepreneurial’ roles. A core concern here is how best to re-orientate or re-mould the university in such a way as to meet new challenges while guarding the ‘essence’ of the academic enterprise. What is needed is greater empirical work which considers the relationship between external engagements and internal transformations in different national and sub-national contexts. | B Perry
M Harloe
| In A Harding et al (eds), Knowledge Factories: Universities, Regional Development and the Knowledge Economy. Mering [Germany]: Hampp Verlag.
Forthcoming | Last Updated - 20 January 2005 |
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| There has long been a tension between the roles of the university in servicing the needs of sub-national economies and civil societies, those of the national state and those of learning and the pursuit of knowledge in an abstract sense. The position in liberal democracies through much of the twentieth century can be accurately characterised by a significant degree of separation and segregation between the university, the state and the market. Recently, however, it has been posited that the balance is shifting away from relative autonomy towards a new ‘mode of knowledge production’ (Gibbons et al., 1994) in which the growing engagement of universities with their regions and localities is an important aspect. The first part of this article explores the knowledge economy rhetorics which have come to dominate public policy rationales in many liberal democracies and inter-relationships with questions of territory and scale. Second, the implications for universities are considered as they are confronted by a number of challenges and choices in navigating the waters of increasing societal expectations. Finally, the article highlights key questions that emerge from our preliminary overview of these issues within a wider research agenda around universities, the knowledge economy and regional development. | M Harloe
B Perry | International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 28:1, 212-223.
2004 | Last Updated - 20 January 2005 |
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| A response to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister’s Inquiry on Reducing Regional Disparities (2003) which includes consideration of the absence of joined-up thinking on the regional impacts of a range of policy areas, including science policy. | A Harding
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P Le Gales | House of Commons Select Committees 2003 | Last Updated - 20 January 2005 |
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| This short piece argues that the Government’s ambiguous approach to regional policy means it is nominally attempting to reduce disparities between regions while at the same time supporting growth and innovation in all regions simultaneously, and occasionally concentrating major wealth-creating public investments without regard to the impact on regional inequality. The Government would do better to consider the potential of major cities in rebalancing UK plc. | A Harding
B Perry | Town and Country Planning 72:9 pp272-273 (2003) | Last Updated - 20 January 2005 |
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| This report is based on two separate seminars held in London (RSA/ESRC sponsored) and Manchester (ESRC-sponsored) in May 2003. The report outlines the reasons for and policy implications of the emergence of a multi-scalar science policy and examines the international experiences of regional science and innovation policies. International case studies are then compared with the UK experience, particularly Regional Development Agency approaches to regional science policy since the controversial ‘DIAMOND’ decision. Finally, the report looks at issues relating to process and policy implementation at different spatial scales. | D Charles
B Perry
P Benneworth | Regional Studies Association (2004)
ISBN 1 897721 23 4 | Last Updated - 20 January 2005 |
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