Report Beyond recognition: Polish scientific diaspora as a source of social capital
Raport „Niedostrzeżeni: Polska diaspora naukowa jako źródło kapitału społecznego”
Over the last three decades, Poland has experienced a large-scale brain drain. Many of the brightest young scientists decided to study and work abroad. We are trying to connect such people. We believe that the first step to do that is to better understand who they are.
What we did:
Between October 2017 and October 2018, we polled 464 Polish scientists working abroad (Polish scientific diaspora) in 31 countries, at all career stages, recent and long-term migrants. We asked them about links with the Polish scientific community abroad and in Poland, potential benefits from these contacts, as well as attitudes to return migration. The resulting study constitutes the largest snapshot of the Polish scientific diaspora in recent years.
Meet our research team:
Dominika Czerniawska
Małgorzata Bochińska
Piotr Oleśkiewicz
Rafał Mostowy, PhD