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Taísa Oliveira, Nada, C. & Magalhães, A. (2023). Academic Migration and Epistemological Value: Exploring the Experience of Migrant Academics in Portugal. Education Sciences. 13 (7), 720

T. Oliveira et al.,  "Academic Migration and Epistemological Value: Exploring the Experience of Migrant Academics in Portugal", in Education Sciences, vol. 13, no. 7, pp. 720, 2023

@article{oliveira2023_1736954835940,
	author = "Taísa Oliveira and Nada, C. and Magalhães, A.",
	title = "Academic Migration and Epistemological Value: Exploring the Experience of Migrant Academics in Portugal",
	journal = "Education Sciences",
	year = "2023",
	volume = "13",
	number = "7",
	doi = "10.3390/educsci13070720",
	pages = "720"
}

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Academic Migration and Epistemological Value: Exploring the Experience of Migrant Academics in Portugal
T2  - Education Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 7
AU  - Taísa Oliveira
AU  - Nada, C.
AU  - Magalhães, A.
PY  - 2023
SP  - 720
SN  - 2227-7102
DO  - 10.3390/educsci13070720
AB  - The internationalisation of higher education (IoHE) has become a prominent topic in
higher education research. While there is increasing institutional and governmental commitment
to IoHE, it is important to consider the actual outcomes of these processes critically. Despite the
significant issues raised by the academic migration of professors, researchers, and post-docs regarding
migratory trajectories and epistemological aspects of scholarly work, this area of research remains
understudied. This article adopted a qualitative approach, drawing on semi-structured interviews
with migrant scholars pursuing academic careers in Portugal. Our findings suggest that a complex
interplay of factors influences the pursuit of an academic career by migrants, including the influence
of institutional and governmental policies regarding science and the impact of marketisation of
higher education institutions that have jeopardised academic career possibilities. Moreover, science
and academic-related work seem to be the main drivers in pursuing an academic career for migrant
scholars rather than primarily career-focused and economic strategies. Notwithstanding, our study
highlighted the challenges that migrant academics face at the epistemological level, pointing out that
their experiences are embedded in neocolonial logics that are further aggravated by current unequal
societal arrangements related to what constitutes valid and legitimate knowledge and the power
relations therein.
ER  -