Recently a team led by Louise Ackers commenced work on an ESRC Science in Society funded project ‘MOBEX 2’ (co-funded by the Anglo-German Foundation) which explores the context of science mobility in Europe, focusing on flows from a new EU member state (Poland) and an accession state (Bulgaria) into the major host countries for scientists in the EU (the UK and Germany). From the outset of the project the MOBEX2 team are keen to create synergies with other projects working on interrelated areas of research.
The main purpose of this meeting is to draw together a small number of specialists who are dealing with issues surrounding skilled mobility in separate complementary studies. We plan to take this opportunity to share and develop mobility concepts, discuss methodologies and build synergies between current projects. We propose that at the meeting the participants will present a short paper introducing their current research, identifying areas of mutual interest (for instance, regionalisation of science policy, networking and skills transfer, return mobility and managing mobility).
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