People move for professional reasons, but they stay in or return to the UK for a mix of personal and professional reasons

Susan Guthrie, Catherine A. Lichten, Emma Harte, Sarah Parks, Steven Wooding

Data VizPublished May 4, 2017

People move for professional reasons, but they stay in or return to the UK for a mix of personal and professional reasons

Career development is the most commonly cited reason for mobility to the UK and long-term mobility overseas

Shorter term moves are to work with particular people and/or on particular topics, and these reasons also matter to those moving for longer periods

Family and personal reasons are the top two drivers of non-mobility, followed by career development

For those returning to the UK, career development is the most frequently selected driver, followed by family and personal reasons

Adapted from International mobility of researchers: A survey of researchers in the UK by Susan Guthrie, Catherine Lichten, Emma Harte, Sarah Parks and Steven Wooding, RR-1991-RS, 2017, available at https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1991.html.

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