Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Fernandez-Zubieta, Ana
Author-Email: afernandez-zubieta@iesa.csic.es 
Author-Name: Geuna, Aldo
Author-Email: aldo.geuna@unito.it
Author-Name: Lawson, Cornelia 
Author-Email: Cornelia.Lawson@nottingham.ac.uk 
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Turin
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.est.unito.it/
Title: What do We Know of the Mobility of Research Scientists and of its Impact on Scientific Production.
Abstract: In this chapter we review the literature on the analysis of researcher mobility and productivity
highlighting recent changes in the research system - internationalization, inter-sector mobility and
collaboration and career diversification which make researcher mobility more relevant for the
dynamics of knowledge creation and dissemination. Our review reveals that to date we still know
little about the consequences and motivations of increased mobility for individual researchers. We
contribute by presenting a typology of researcher mobility, and considering the relevance of
multiple mobility events throughout a researcher career. Finally, we review the modeling problems
related to analyzing the effect of mobility on academic performance at the individual level, and
suggest various solutions.
Length: 54 pages
Creation-Date: 2015-06
File-URL: http://www.est.unito.it/do/home.pl/Download?doc=/allegati/wp2015dip/wp_22_2015.pdf
File-Format: Application/PDF
Handle: RePEc:uto:labeco:201508