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Many countries today have policies to encourage outstanding scientists to remain, or return, ‘home’. To date, the cumulative effect of these policies remains unclear. This essay argues that we need a new approach to studying elites in science. It draws upon three studies to suggest that migration is field-specific; that migration occurs more among potential, rather than among established elites; and that policies aimed simply at attracting eminent scientists may prove inadequate to the task of sustaining national scientific communities.
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Laudel, G. Migration Currents Among the Scientific Elite. Minerva 43, 377–395 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11024-005-2474-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11024-005-2474-7