Grant Agreement n. 613468. Report on drivers, policies and impacts of mobility among international students and academics: Temporary versus Permanent Migration (TEMPER Project)

This research, conducted within the framework of the Temporary vs Permanent Migration (TEMPER) project, aims to contribute to the understanding of current student and academics mobility trends and dynamics in the EU. We analyse sociodemographic characteristics and migration trajectories of international students and academics in France, Spain and the UK, using a new dataset from the Academic International Migration Survey (AIMS), conducted in 2016-2017 by Lama Kabbanji (IRD/CEPED), Antonina Levatino (INED/UAB) and Sorana Toma (ENSAE/INED). Biographical information on key points in our respondents’ trajectories allows us to overcome the dominant static view when studying international student mobility adopted in previous research. We have taken a longitudinal perspective and explored the diversity of trajectories of international students (IS) and academics with the help of sequence analysis. Comparing three contexts of reception allows us to relate these trajectories to the immigration policy framework in each country and its recent changes.