Academic “centres,” epistemic differences and brain circulation

• Main Authors: ORTIGA, Yasmin Y., CHOU, Meng‐Hsuan, SONDHI, Gunjan, WANG, Jue
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: academic performance; education; migrant worker; mobility; Singapore; Asian Studies; Higher Education; Work, Economy and Organizations
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2681; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3938/viewcontent/Ortiga_et_al_2017_International_Migration__1_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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...