A Competitive European Knowledge Economy at Times of Crisis: Are the Talents Coming?

Abstract

The Europe of Knowledge requires a sufficient number of knowledge workers to generate the necessary ‘manpower’ for consolidating a competitive knowledge economy. This has contributed to a new emphasis in immigration policies in recent years: –national governments have changed their policies in order to attract ‘the best and brightest’, but attempts in the European Union (EU) are also visible. Indeed, many countries and regions have been engaging in a ‘global war for talent’ due to increasing labour shortages, ageing populations and efforts to build knowledge economies. However, even high-skilled immigration creates winners and losers internationally and at home, and this question is even more pertinent with the recent economic crisis. Has Europe become more restrictive towards foreign talent and, if so, how? Or does it consider them as a stimulus during the crisis? How have different EU member states responded? Are talents coming to Europe or choosing instead other destinations, such as Australia, Canada and the United States? Are there changes to recent talent migration trends and, if so, how could we explain them? This panel focuses on talent migration during the crisis and seeks papers with a comparative approach – be it at the national, European or regional level. It encourages papers analysing policies from countries of destination and countries of origin, and those dealing with immigration policy outputs or outcomes. The papers should include a strong theoretical emphasis, drawing on the literature from migration/education studies and the wider political science discipline. Papers with quantitative and qualitative approaches are welcome, and so are contributions from immigration scholars and policy-makers.

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