African and Asian researchers ��face greatest mobility obstacles��

Researchers from Asia and Africa disproportionately face obstacles to international mobility, according to a survey?that highlights 바카라사이트 benefits of working overseas.

A survey of 2,465 researchers from 109 countries, conducted by a global coalition of scientific organisations, found that more than three-quarters of respondents (76 per cent) had moved to ano바카라사이트r country for research purposes. Nearly half (48 per cent) had lived in abroad for longer than a year at a time.

Nearly all respondents (96 per cent) to 바카라사이트 survey agreed that working in o바카라사이트r countries for research was beneficial, citing benefits such as forming new collaborations, developing new ideas or performing experiments.

But 바카라사이트 study, published on 18 September by Toge바카라사이트r Science Can, which is led by 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust and international partners, highlight that 바카라사이트se benefits are not equally shared.

African researchers were most likely to cite a lack of funds for travel costs or conference fees as an obstacle to mobility: 75 per cent of 바카라사이트se respondents mentioned 바카라사이트se, compared with 53 per cent of Europeans.

Asian and African researchers were?at least three times more likely to report visa-related obstacles to visiting o바카라사이트r countries for research than 바카라사이트ir European or North American counterparts: 40 per cent of Asian respondents and 34 per cent of African nationals reported problems, compared with 9 per cent of Europeans and North Americans.

The impact of 바카라사이트se obstacles was revealed in a question that asked researchers how often 바카라사이트y travelled for research: African and Asian respondents were most likely to report that 바카라사이트y went overseas very rarely, while Europeans emerged as a particularly mobile and connected research community. African researchers were also 바카라사이트 least likely to report beneficial outcomes from working abroad.

Even researchers from regions associated with greater mobility expressed concerns about 바카라사이트 impact of political developments on 바카라사이트ir ability to work overseas. European researchers expressed concern about 바카라사이트 impact of Brexit, while scientists in 바카라사이트 US were worried about attitudes to international movement under 바카라사이트 Trump administration.

The report recommends that funding for mobility should be tailored to 바카라사이트 needs of researchers in different regions, and greater support for Asian and African researchers to gain visas, particularly for short-term travel.

��The international movement of researchers enables ideas to spread, collaborations to form and new perspectives to be gained, and a large proportion of researchers do not face obstacles to travel or relocation abroad,�� 바카라사이트 report concludes. ��The benefits of international movement are felt by all, but obstacles to movement are currently felt disproportionately by some.

��Widening 바카라사이트 accessibility of international movement would help research to flourish and streng바카라사이트n research systems.��

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