Fair Skilled Mobility

A Manifesto
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-09371-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Development, Mobilities and Migration

This book sets out a new approach to the global flow of skilled migration, one based on ethical, fair, balanced and sustainable frameworks. Instead of focusing on human capital loss and ‘brain drain’, the book argues that we should look towards mutually beneficial outcomes.

In a world where demographic shifts, rapid technological advancements connected to automation and AI-enhancement, and evolving economic landscapes are reshaping labour markets, this book serves as a guide for ‘doing’ skilled migration, highlighting shared development, social inclusion, and economic resilience opportunities. Seeking to provoke and inspire policy makers, researchers, and practitioners, the book sets out a manifesto for transparent, fair and sustainable migration skill infrastructure, based on 13 theses. Based on extensive original data from across the Link4Skills consortium and its sister projects GS4S and Skills4Justice across at least 15 countries of origin and 15 countries of destinations, the book addresses critical issues such as the depletion of labour markets in origin countries and the challenges of skill recognition and labour market integration and retention in destination countries.

This important new book will be a breath of fresh air for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers looking for possible solutions to global migration skill flow challenges.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grabowska, Izabela

Boatemaa Setrana, Mary

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Berufe, Ausbildung, Karriereplanung
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction  Part I. Migration Skill Corridors, Skills Partnerships, and Ethical Recruitment  Chapter 1. Migration Skill Corridors  Chapter 2. Skills Mobility Partnerships: Addressing global skills shortages more fairly  Chapter 3. Pursuing an Ethical Labour Migration Process in Transnational Recruitment [GS4S]  Part II. Empirical Pathways of Skill Mobility: Case Studies across Continents  Chapter 4. Reciprocal Skill Exchange Mechanisms as a Strategy to Mitigate Brain Drain and Promote Mutual Development: The Case of Ghana  Chapter 5. The Challenge of Enhancing Global Labor Market Responsiveness Through Education and Upskilling Initiatives and Partnerships: The Case of Germany’s Skilled Migration Programs  Chapter 6. Bilateral Labour Agreements and Migrant Worker Protection: The Philippine Experience  Chapter 7. The Role of Stakeholder Engagement in Skill Corridors: The Case of Canada  Chapter 8. The Impact of Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion on Ukrainian-Polish and Ukrainian-German Migration Skill Corridors  Chapter 9. Mobilising Skilled People Abroad: A Strategic Challenge for Morocco  Chapter 10. Navigating Skill Flow: The Case of India  Part III. Optimum Allocation of Skills of Migrants, Skill Recognition and AI-Assisted Skill Navigation  Chapter 11: Optimum Allocation of Skills of Migrants and Automation  Chapter 12. Aligning Skill Formation and Mobility Strategies with Sustainability Goals [Skills4Justice]  Chapter 13. AI-Driven Decision Support for Fair Migration  Conclusions and Policy Directions

Über Autor(innen)

Izabela Grabowska is Professor of Social Sciences, Department of Economics, Kozminski University, Poland, Scientific Coordinator of Horizon Europe Link4Skills and Director of Centre for Research on Social Change and Human Mobility (CRASH).

Mary Boatemaa Setrana is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Migration Studies, University of Ghana.