Educational migration and demographic resilience: the role of student mobility in local development

• Autorzy: Rokita-Poskart Diana , Adamska Małgorzata , Platje Johannes , Mąkolska-Frankowska Iwona , Poskart Robert

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.34659/eis.2024.91.4.1016

Warianty tytułu

PL

Migracje edukacyjne a odporność demograficzna: rola mobilności studenckiej w rozwoju lokalnym

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Contemporary non-metropolitan regions of Central and Eastern Europe face significant demographic challenges, characterised by depopulation trends and accelerating population aging. This research addresses two primary objectives: first, to examine the significance of higher education-related migration inflows for demographic resilience (conceptualised as a locality's capacity to regenerate its population following structural demographic shifts) and second, to identify how flows' impact on graduate retention and human capital accumulation, using Opole – a Polish non-metropolitan city – as a case study. The methodology combines empirical research among students in Opole with statistical analysis to evaluate the long-term demographic and structural implications of educational migration for both city and region. Initial findings suggest that educational migration – specifically, the influx of students to the specific non-metropolitan area – may serve as a crucial mechanism for building demographic resilience through the attraction and retention of young cohorts. Our analysis indicates that such educational migration patterns may contribute to both mitigating adverse demographic trends and enhancing regional human capital stocks. Particularly significant in fostering demographic resilience is the retention of female graduates by academic centers. These findings carry substantial implications for regional policy formulation and higher education development strategies in other non-metropolitan regions confronting demographic challenges.

PL

Celem niniejszego artykułu jest ukazanie wpływu migracji edukacyjnych na lokalną odporność demograficzną oraz akumulację kapitału ludzkiego w kontekście współczesnych wyzwań demograficznych. Badanie koncentruje się na dwóch kluczowych aspektach: po pierwsze, na ocenie jak napływ migrantów związanych ze szkolnictwem wyższym oddziałuje na zdolność społeczności lokalnej do regeneracji populacji w obliczu postępujących trendów depopulacyjnych i starzenia się społeczeństwa; po drugie, na ocenie wpływu absorpcji absolwentów przez ośrodek miejski na kapitał ludzki w regionie. Opole – niemetropolitalne miasto akademickie – posłużyło w nim jako studium przypadku. Wyniki badań empirycznych przeprowadzonych wśród opolskich studentów umożliwiły uzyskanie informacji o planach migrantów związanych z okresem po ukończeniu studiów, a dane statystyczne posłużyły ukazaniu długoterminowych konsekwencji w zakresie sytuacji demograficznych i kapitału ludzkiego. Wstępne ustalenia badawcze wskazują na istotną rolę tego rodzaju migracji w kreowaniu mechanizmów odporności demograficznej, przede wszystkim poprzez skuteczne przyciąganie i zatrzymywanie młodych osób, zwłaszcza kobiet, w obszarach pozametropolitalnych. Uzyskane wyniki badawcze dostarczają cennych wskazówek dla decydentów odpowiedzialnych za kształtowanie polityki regionalnej oraz strategii rozwoju szkolnictwa wyższego w regionach zmagających się z analogicznymi wyzwaniami demograficznymi.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

educational migration; demographic resilience; student mobility; human capital; local development

PL

migracja edukacyjna; odporność demograficzna; kapitał ludzki; rozwój lokalny

• Wydawca: Polskie Stowarzyszenie Ekonomistów Środowiska i Zasobów Naturalnych
• Czasopismo: Economics and Environment
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: No. 4
• Strony: art. no. 1016
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. poz., rys., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Rokita-Poskart Diana

• Opole University of Technology, Luboszycka Street 7, 45-036 Opole, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0184-0768

autor

Adamska Małgorzata

• Opole University of Technology

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5227-3519

autor

Platje Johannes

• WSB Merito University

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6274-1467

autor

Mąkolska-Frankowska Iwona

• City Hall of Opole

• https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5978-6022

autor

Poskart Robert

• University of Opole

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5895-7209

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2025).