Aldo Geuna is Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis, University of Torino and Fellow of the Collegio Carlo Alberto. With a Ph.D. from PhD from Maastricht University, he has served as a Senior Lecturer at SPRU, University of Sussex; Senior Research Fellow at RSCAS - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies - European University Institute; and Research Fellow at BETA, Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg). His core research area is the socio-economic analysis of university research behavior and its links to innovation and economic growth.

• IntroductionAldo GeunaWhat Do We Know of the Mobility of Research Scientists and of Its Impact on Scientific ProductionAna Fernandez-Zubieta, Aldo Geuna, Cornelia LawsonInternational Mobility of Research Scientists: Lessons from GlobSciChiara Franzoni , Giuseppe Scellato, Paula Stephan, International Mobility of Researchers in Biomedial Sciences: A Comparison of the US and the UKAna Fernandez-Zubieta, Aldo Geuna, Rodrigo Kataishi, Cornelia Lawson, Manuel ToselliMobility and Productivity of Research ScientistsAna Fernandez-Zubieta, Aldo Geuna, Cornelia LawsonWho Leaves and Who Stays? Evidence on Immigrant Selection from the Collapse of Soviet ScienceIna GanguliChina’s "Great Leap Forward" in Science and EngineeringRichard Freeman, Wei HuangWhich Factors Influence the International Mobility of Research Scientists?Silvia Appelt, Brigitte van Beuzekom, Fernando Galindo-Rueda, Roberto de PinhoDestinations of Mobile European Researchers: Europe versus the United StatesReinhilde Veugelers , Linda VanBouwelAppointment, Promotion, and Mobility of Bioscience Researchers in JapanCornelia Lawson, Sotaro ShibayamaMoving Out of Academic Research: Why Scientists Stop Doing ResearchAldo Geuna, Sotaro ShibayamaConclusionAldo Geuna

"The international mobility of scientists  and innovators fundamentally shapes our world, but measurement is always difficult. This book fills that gap and pushes forward our understanding."  --William Kerr, Harvard Business School"This is an incredible contribution about researchers on the move. The book provides new theoretical perspectives and quantitative empirical evidence about the motives and implications of researchers’ mobility in a contrasting international perspective. This book is a must for scientists, politicians and university administrations interested in attracting talents from all over the world."  --Javier Revilla Diez, University of Cologne"The timely volume provides a valuable global perspective on the phenomenon of scientific mobility. It appears destined to be a key resource for both scholars and policymakers interested in understanding the movement of scientists around the world and the scientific and economic implications of this mobility."  --Aaron Levine, Georgia Institute of Technology