Science and mobility: Is physical location relevant?

Iván De la Vega and Hebe Vessuri

Technology in Society, 2008, vol. 30, issue 1, 71-83

Abstract: This article discusses the world distribution of scientists, engineers, and technologists and the movement of these personnel from peripheral countries to central countries. It begins with an analysis of the US as the center of attraction for scientists and technologists, using Latin America as an example. It characterizes mobility and migration flows and examines the migration of Venezuelan scientists and technologists to the US. Finally, it discusses the relevance of intellectual patrimony and physical location in view of the possibilities offered by information and communication technology (ICT).

Keywords: Mobility; Migration; Scientists; Engineers; Information technology; Communications; ICT; Intellectual patrimony; Venezuela (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160791X07000693
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:teinso:v:30:y:2008:i:1:p:71-83

DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2007.10.003

Access Statistics for this article

Technology in Society is currently edited by Charla Griffy-Brown

More articles in Technology in Society from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().