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this post was submitted on 07 May 2026
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Europe’s top research funder has dropped a controversial new policy designed to stem a flood in applications, following an outcry from the bloc’s scientists.
Unfortunately, Europeans are as saturated with xenophobia as their American peers. And given their reflexive return to austerity and immigration restrictions, it's going to be harder and harder for Americans to cross the Atlantic.
Poll Shows Majority of Swiss Support 10-Million Population Cap Initiative
‘We did everything they wanted’: The American families caught in Italy’s citizenship crackdown
France’s new government pledges hardline stance on migration as it cozies up to far right
Meanwhile...
In the race to attract the world’s smartest minds, China is gaining on the US
Mexico looks to US and beyond to recruit staff and students
The Indian government is working on a new plan to attract top Indian-origin scientists and researchers who are settled abroad to work in Indian institutions.
The pathway out of the US is increasingly looking like a pathway into the Global South.
Just got on the way to universal healthcare and the tacos are pretty good too.
Yep
Except we're in the transitional period between American and Chinese hegemonies, so there's not much demand for Western scientists just yet. Places looking to radically improve their standing in the new world order don't quite have the demand for foreign scientists that the West does/used to have just yet. While cream of the crop researchers will be able to do pretty well for themselves, I think we're about a generation away from a time when a "normal" above average Western scientist or engineer will be able to move to the (at this point former) Global South without taking a large hit to their quality of life.
You're absolutely right. What is this, the 1900s? Europe is old news - and I mean this literally, look at the demographics.