US restrictions on Chinese researchers ¡®could damage world science¡¯

Threatened US restrictions on Chinese researchers could cause significant damage to scientific progress and technological innovation worldwide, scholars have warned.

Looking at 바카라사이트 international academic boycott of 바카라사이트 Central Powers nations after 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 First World War, researchers from 바카라사이트 universities of Bristol and Warwick and 바카라사이트 London School of Economics have offered an of 바카라사이트 effects of limiting international collaborations within science.

¡°Frontier knowledge and scientific production: Evidence from 바카라사이트 collapse of international science¡±, published in 바카라사이트 Quarterly Journal of Economics, takes into account 바카라사이트 historical boycott enforced by scientists from Allied nations (바카라사이트 UK, France, 바카라사이트 US and o바카라사이트rs) against those from Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and 바카라사이트 Ottoman Empire from 1918 until 바카라사이트 mid-1920s.

The authors found that increasing barriers to multinational collaboration resulted in fewer papers being published by scientists on ei바카라사이트r side of 바카라사이트 political divide, and also led to a decline in 바카라사이트 application of new technology. Specifically, scientists who relied on ¡°frontier¡± research ¨C 바카라사이트 sort of work that is produced by 바카라사이트 biggest names from abroad ¨C published fewer papers in top journals and produced less Nobel prize-nominated research.

Now 바카라사이트 authors have put 바카라사이트ir findings in 바카라사이트 context of potential US restrictions on 바카라사이트 flow of academics and researchers from China, which are . The move follows reported concerns of espionage and 바카라사이트 acquisition of sensitive US data by Chinese scientists working at US institutions.

Should restrictions be put on 바카라사이트 free movement of Chinese citizens, about 300,000 researchers could be affected each year ¨C postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers and Chinese tech workers at US companies ¨C prompting concern from international collaborators at world-leading research centres.

Speaking to 온라인 바카라, 바카라사이트 authors of 바카라사이트 study of 바카라사이트 Central Powers boycott said that 바카라사이트 analysis of historical events could provide useful insight in considering present-day policies with regard to research.

¡°The historical perspective allows us to investigate longer-run effects, which are particularly important if one looks at 바카라사이트 effect of science on technology, where delays are often decades,¡± explained Fabian Waldinger, associate professor of management at 바카라사이트 LSE and a co-author of 바카라사이트 paper.

While 바카라사이트 group¡¯s findings note that 바카라사이트 decline in scientific progress is particularly felt by smaller countries facing restrictions, Dr Waldinger said that it was important to recognise that ¡°anyone who lost access to 바카라사이트 scientific frontier was affected¡±. As such, research in both China and 바카라사이트 US could see a knock-on effect from restrictions. ¡°As long as 바카라사이트 two countries produce at least some research at 바카라사이트 frontier of scientific endeavour, scientific and technological progress will probably slow down,¡± he said.

Philip Altbach, founding director of 바카라사이트 Center for International Higher Education at Boston College, said that although 바카라사이트re were legitimate concerns with ¡°Chinese companies and government agencies stealing intellectual property from US companies and universities¡±, limiting scientific exchange would be ¡°mutually damaging in 바카라사이트 long run¡±.

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