The academic migration between Spain and Ecuador during the period of economic recession: A survival strategy of Spanish teachers and researchers?

Abstract:

Within the flows of migrants with professional skills or education, Spanish academic migration has traditionally followed a North-North direction in its search for spaces of insertion. Nonetheless, during the economic crisis of the past few years, there has been a significant change and increase, directing migrants to counties in the global South. This change of direction is not a coincidence; it is in response to a geographic strategy which is articulated around two fundamental axes: securing teaching and research experience, which, in today's Spain, is difficult to find yet key to enter or continue in Academia, and enjoying a quality of life which is not possible in Spain. By way of qualitative methodology, this paper attempts to highlight the principal elements and dynamics which make up this «new» geostrategic migration.

Año de publicación:

2018

Keywords:

• Lifestyle migration
• Professional migration
• Migratory geostrategy
• Academic migration
• Coloniality

Fuente:

scopus