INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND RECOVERY OF TALENTS IN THE ECUADORIAN UNIVERSITY FIELD: UNIVERSITY OF CUENCA - FLACSO ECUADOR

THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND THE RECOVERY OF TALENTS IN THE ECUADORIAN UNIVERSITY FIELD, THROUGH A STUDY FOCUSED ON THE UNIVERSITY OF CUENCA AND THE FLACSO-ECUADOR. THE YOUTH MIGRATION PHENOMENON, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNIVERSITY GRADUATES, HAS EXPERIENCED A RETURN IN RECENT YEARS, ALONG WITH THE CONSEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUSTAINED DEPARTURE OF QUALIFIED AND HIGHLY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS, AS WELL AS THE ABSENCE OF INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR THE MONITORING AND GENERATION OF NETWORKS WITH THEIR MIGRANT COMMUNITIES. THE RESEARCH WILL BE DEVELOPED UNDER A MIXED SEQUENTIAL EXPLORATORY APPROACH. IN A FIRST PHASE, A DOCUMENTARY DIAGNOSIS OF STATISTICAL AND ACADEMIC SOURCES ON UNIVERSITY MIGRATION IN THE COUNTRY WILL BE CARRIED OUT. IN THE SECOND, A FIELD RESEARCH WILL BE CONDUCTED TO KNOW PROFILES, PERCEPTIONS, MOTIVATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS OF RETURN AND/OR LINKAGE WITH THE UNIVERSITIES AND THE COUNTRY. THE THIRD PHASE CONTEMPLATES THE USE OF DESIGN SCIENCE RESEARCH (DSR) AS A METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE DESIGN OF A UNIVERSITY DIGITAL PLATFORM (MVP), WHICH FUNCTIONS AS A NETWORK FOR THE REGISTRATION, INTERACTION, ACADEMIC AND WORK COOPERATION BETWEEN MIGRANT GRADUATES, UNIVERSITIES, AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE COUNTRY. IT IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE UNPUBLISHED KNOWLEDGE ABOUT UNIVERSITY MIGRATION IN ECUADOR, PROVIDE INPUTS FOR THE FORMULATION OF PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES, AND CONTRIBUTE TO TRANSFORMING THE VISION OF MIGRATION FROM "BRAIN DRAIN" TOWARDS "TALENT RECOVERY". THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT IS PROJECTED IN THE SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL AREAS, STRENGTHENING THE CAPACITY OF ECUADORIAN UNIVERSITIES TO MAINTAIN ACTIVE NETWORKS WITH THEIR ACADEMIC DIASPORAS.

XXII UNIVERSITY COMPETITION FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS