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Synopsis
In today s global knowledge economy, competition for the best and brightest workers has intensified. Highly skilled workers are an asset to companies, knowledge institutions, cities, and regions as they contribute to knowledge creation, innovation, and economic growth and development. Skilled migrants cross, and many times straddle, international borders to pursue professional opportunities. These spatial relocations provide opportunities and challenges for migrants and the cities and regions that they inhabit.
How have international skilled migratory flows been formed, sustained, and transformed over multiple spaces and scales? How have these processes affected cities and regions? And how have multiple stakeholders responded to these processes? The contributors to this book bring together perspectives from economic, social, urban, and population geography in order to analyse these questions from a myriad of angles. Empirical case studies of regions illuminate the multi-scaled processes of international skilled migration. In particular, the contributions provide insights into the experiences of highly-skilled labor migrants and international students, issues related to transnational activities and return migration, and policy implications for both immigrant source and destination countries, re-thinking skilled migration theories. The conclusion charts a future research agenda for international skilled migration research.
This book provides a comparative perspective on the experiences of skilled migrants across the local, regional, national, and/or global scale, paying particular attention to spatial and place-based dimensions of international skilled migration. It will be of interest to scholars and professionals in international migration, regional and national development policymakers, international businesses, and NGOs.
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