Slovenska znanstvena diaspora v Severni Ameriki: struktura, potencial in vloga mrež v znanstveni diplomaciji
Izvleček
Članek obravnava slovensko znanstveno diasporo v Združenih
državah Amerike in Kanadi skozi prizmo znanstvene
diplomacije. Izhaja iz preprostega, vendar pogosto spregledanega
vprašanja, namreč kako lahko majhna država bolje
uporabi znanstvene in strokovne mreže, ki že obstajajo zunaj
njenih meja? Raziskava temelji na kvalitativni sekundarni
analizi novejših slovenskih raziskovalnih projektov o visoko
kvalificiranih migracijah, kroženju znanja, povratnih migracijah
in vključevanju diaspore. Osredotoča se na tri ključne
razsežnosti: spreminjajočo se strukturo slovenskih diaspornih
skupnosti v Severni Ameriki, njihov položaj v raziskovalnih,
tehnoloških in inovacijskih okoljih ter oblike sodelovanja,
ki diasporne strokovnjake povezujejo z institucijami v
Sloveniji. Ugotovitve kažejo, da slovenski strokovnjaki v Severni
Ameriki predstavljajo pomemben vir znanja, kontaktov
in institucionalnega dostopa. Kljub temu je ta potencial le
delno zajet v sistematično sodelovanje s Slovenijo. V članku
izpostavljamo, da slovenske znanstvene diaspore ne bi smeli
razumeti predvsem kot nabora potencialnih povratnikov. Trenutno deluje bolj kot neformalna infrastruktura znanstvene
diplomacije, ki temelji na zaupanju, individualni pobudi
in razpršenih transnacionalnih povezavah. Za Slovenijo zato
glavni politični in strateški izziv ni le, kako ljudi pritegniti
nazaj, temveč kako vzpostaviti stabilnejše mehanizme, preko
katerih lahko znanje, izkušnje in mreže diaspore podpirajo
mednarodno raziskovalno sodelovanje ter strateško pozicioniranje
slovenske znanosti.
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