{"id":2778,"date":"2019-05-09T13:41:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T17:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bpapm\/?p=2778"},"modified":"2025-12-18T10:11:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:11:30","slug":"mitacs-globalink-students-in-western-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bpapm\/2019\/mitacs-globalink-students-in-western-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitacs Globalink Students in Western Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Mitacs Globalink Students in Western Europe\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div id=\"attachment_33699\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33699\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/mitacs-1400x933.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6000px) 100vw, 6000px\" alt=\"Three female Mitacs winners pose for a photo.\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mitacs award winners (L to R) Bridget Healy, Dede Huang, and Risny Tan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Three Faculty of Public Affairs students have received the 2019\/2020 Mitacs Globalink Research Award to conduct migration research across Western Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The award provides $6,000 for senior Canadian undergraduate, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows to spend 12-24 weeks on a research project at an overseas institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"2019-2020-mitacs-globalink-research-award-winners\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2019\/2020&nbsp;Mitacs Globalink Research Award Winners<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bridget Healy<\/strong><br>\nMA Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Affairs (2020), Carleton University<br>\nDestination<strong>: Brussels, Belgium<\/strong><br>\n<em>What role do EU institutions play in the European Union\u2019s ability to attract and retain high-skilled, third-country nationals to boost innovation and economic growth?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The European Union is often described as a \u2018supra-national\u2019 entity \u2013 one with significant economic attractiveness as the guarantor of the European Single Market. Despite this attractiveness to foreign STEM talent, migration control and \u2018say\u2019 largely lies with each individual Member State (EU-28). I find this research fascinating \u2013 with overlapping layers of political systems and priorities, it will be important to see how EU institutions push for greater global competitiveness for talent (migration for innovation).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dede Huang<\/strong><br>\nBA Public Affairs and Policy Management (2020), Carleton University<br>\nDestination: <strong>London, UK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What current approaches and practices do UK universities institute to attract and retain emerging STEM talent? What role do UK universities play in larger, national innovation goals?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United Kingdom is in a very public moment of change \u2013 although it has been an innovation leader, it is still facing skills shortages. The political uncertainty stemming from the UK\u2019s exit from the EU (Brexit) is likely exasperating this situation. One of the major sources of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) talent includes international students at UK universities. Finding out what current approaches and practices are taken up by UK universities in this area may have major implications for the UK\u2019s innovation potential in the years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Risny Tan<\/strong><br>\nBA Political Science, Economics (2020), Carleton University<br>\nDestination: <strong>Berlin &amp; Thuringia, Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>How do social conditions (levels of discrimination and racism) affect a region\u2019s ability to attract and retain highly-skilled STEM talent from abroad?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Berlin has been able to attract global talent with emerging clusters in the tech industry, Thuringia seems to struggle with its openness \u2013 resulting in persistent racism and repeated attacks against foreigners. This may have a dampening effect, undermining recruitment efforts undertaken by technology companies. This work hopes to illustrate the importance of social factors that are often neglected in the discussion of competitiveness and the drive for innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>These important research initiatives have been made possible by Mitacs and the Centre for European Studies (CES) Jean Monnet Centre for Excellence at Carleton University.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Images courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/buttamilkbiscuit\/\">PB Photography<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To keep up with the reporting from this research, and to read other international research reports, look no further than our Outcomes section at <a href=\"http:\/\/migrationforinnovation.info\/outcomes\">http:\/\/migrationforinnovation.info\/outcomes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This story was originally published by <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpa\/2019\/mitacs-globalink-students-in-western-europe\/\">Faculty of Public Affairs<\/a> on Wednesday, May 1, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitacs award winners (L to R) Bridget Healy, Dede Huang, and Risny Tan Three Faculty of Public Affairs students have received the 2019\/2020 Mitacs Globalink Research Award to conduct migration research across Western Europe. 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