Organized Scientific Diaspora and Its Contributions to Science Diplomacy in Emerging Economies: The Case of Latin America and the Caribbean
The current knowledge society has driven an unprecedented mobility of people, especially scientists, from emerging economies to developed countries. This mobility can allow the development of human talent and the access to first class infrastructure and resources, but it can also mean a loss for eme...
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| author | Luisa F. Echeverría-King Reina Camacho Toro Pedro Figueroa Laura A. Galvis Alejandra González Verónica Rossana Suárez Ivonne Torres Atencio Claudia Natalie Widmaier Müller |
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| description | The current knowledge society has driven an unprecedented mobility of people, especially scientists, from emerging economies to developed countries. This mobility can allow the development of human talent and the access to first class infrastructure and resources, but it can also mean a loss for emerging economies due to the phenomenon of brain drain. To counteract this situation, some countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have developed models for the articulation of their scientific diaspora in projects and programs, with the aim of exchanging knowledge and capitalizing on human and technical resources to advance science, technology and innovation systems. Likewise, science diplomacy has become a tool for interlinking the work of various actors in order to advance the solution of national, transnational or global problems through scientific advice. Scientific diasporas are vital in new structures of cooperation, enabling them to innovate and solve problems jointly, advising their countries of origin and articulating policies and programs. This research seeks to analyze the interactions and initiatives identified between the organized scientific diaspora from Latin America and the Caribbean and their countries of origin in relation to science diplomacy processes, providing recommendations and proposals for public policy to improve the interaction between the diaspora and the governments of their countries of origin. Results show that diaspora organizations from Latin America and the Caribbean engage with governmental and non-state actors and are active science diplomacy stakeholders promoting the scientific developments of their country or their researchers, as well as enabling access to research resources creating alliances for scientific, institutional and academic collaborations. In the cases studied, these efforts are planned and executed by the diaspora without responding to any science diplomacy strategy of the country. Policies and programs are needed to effectively link the scientific diaspora organizations to the interests of the countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-08f442cd02f047919228993ec415ba432022-12-22T02:21:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics2504-05372022-05-01710.3389/frma.2022.893593893593Organized Scientific Diaspora and Its Contributions to Science Diplomacy in Emerging Economies: The Case of Latin America and the CaribbeanLuisa F. Echeverría-King0Reina Camacho Toro1Pedro Figueroa2Laura A. Galvis3Alejandra González4Verónica Rossana Suárez5Ivonne Torres Atencio6Claudia Natalie Widmaier Müller7Corporación Universitaria del Caribe, Sincelejo, ColombiaUMR7585 Laboratoire Physique Nucléaire et Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Paris, FranceDiploCientifica, Santiago, ChileAustralian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) Department, Clayton, VIC, AustraliaDepartamento de Emprendimiento e Innovación, Universidad de La Sabana, Chía, ColombiaDiploCientifica, Santiago, ChilePharmacology Department, University of Panama, Panama City, PanamaOrganization for Women in Science for the Developing World, Trieste, ItalyThe current knowledge society has driven an unprecedented mobility of people, especially scientists, from emerging economies to developed countries. This mobility can allow the development of human talent and the access to first class infrastructure and resources, but it can also mean a loss for emerging economies due to the phenomenon of brain drain. To counteract this situation, some countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have developed models for the articulation of their scientific diaspora in projects and programs, with the aim of exchanging knowledge and capitalizing on human and technical resources to advance science, technology and innovation systems. Likewise, science diplomacy has become a tool for interlinking the work of various actors in order to advance the solution of national, transnational or global problems through scientific advice. Scientific diasporas are vital in new structures of cooperation, enabling them to innovate and solve problems jointly, advising their countries of origin and articulating policies and programs. This research seeks to analyze the interactions and initiatives identified between the organized scientific diaspora from Latin America and the Caribbean and their countries of origin in relation to science diplomacy processes, providing recommendations and proposals for public policy to improve the interaction between the diaspora and the governments of their countries of origin. Results show that diaspora organizations from Latin America and the Caribbean engage with governmental and non-state actors and are active science diplomacy stakeholders promoting the scientific developments of their country or their researchers, as well as enabling access to research resources creating alliances for scientific, institutional and academic collaborations. In the cases studied, these efforts are planned and executed by the diaspora without responding to any science diplomacy strategy of the country. Policies and programs are needed to effectively link the scientific diaspora organizations to the interests of the countries.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frma.2022.893593/fullscientific diasporascience diplomacyemerging economiesresearch policyLatin Americadiaspora networks |
| spellingShingle | Luisa F. Echeverría-King Reina Camacho Toro Pedro Figueroa Laura A. Galvis Alejandra González Verónica Rossana Suárez Ivonne Torres Atencio Claudia Natalie Widmaier Müller Organized Scientific Diaspora and Its Contributions to Science Diplomacy in Emerging Economies: The Case of Latin America and the Caribbean Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics scientific diaspora science diplomacy emerging economies research policy Latin America diaspora networks |
| title | Organized Scientific Diaspora and Its Contributions to Science Diplomacy in Emerging Economies: The Case of Latin America and the Caribbean |
| title_full | Organized Scientific Diaspora and Its Contributions to Science Diplomacy in Emerging Economies: The Case of Latin America and the Caribbean |
| title_fullStr | Organized Scientific Diaspora and Its Contributions to Science Diplomacy in Emerging Economies: The Case of Latin America and the Caribbean |
| title_full_unstemmed | Organized Scientific Diaspora and Its Contributions to Science Diplomacy in Emerging Economies: The Case of Latin America and the Caribbean |
| title_short | Organized Scientific Diaspora and Its Contributions to Science Diplomacy in Emerging Economies: The Case of Latin America and the Caribbean |
| title_sort | organized scientific diaspora and its contributions to science diplomacy in emerging economies the case of latin america and the caribbean |
| topic | scientific diaspora science diplomacy emerging economies research policy Latin America diaspora networks |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frma.2022.893593/full |
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