Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
9-2018
Abstract
This article investigates the factors that shape how migrant academics engage with fellow scholars within their countries of origin. We focus specifically on the mobility of Asian‐born faculty between Singapore, a fast‐developing education hub in Southeast Asia, and their “home” countries within the region. Based on qualitative interviews with 45 migrant academics, this article argues that while education hubs like Singapore increase the possibility of brain circulation within Asia, epistemic differences between migrant academics and home country counterparts make it difficult to establish long‐term collaboration for research. Singapore institutions also look to the West in determining how research work is assessed for tenure and promotion, encouraging Singapore‐based academics to focus on networking with colleagues and peers based in the US and Europe rather than those based in origin countries. Such conditions undermine the positive impact of academic mobility between Singapore and surrounding countries within the region.
Keywords
academic performance, education, migrant worker, mobility, Singapore
Discipline
Asian Studies | Higher Education | Work, Economy and Organizations
Research Areas
Sociology
Publication
International Migration
Volume
56
Issue
5
First Page
90
Last Page
105
ISSN
0020-7985
Identifier
10.1111/imig.12354
Publisher
Wiley: 12 months
Citation
ORTIGA, Yasmin Y., CHOU, Meng‐Hsuan, SONDHI, Gunjan, & WANG, Jue.(2018). Academic “centres,” epistemic differences and brain circulation. International Migration, 56(5), 90-105.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2681
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Authors
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12354
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