%0 Journal Article
%T The Function of the City in Academic Migration. The Case of Central Europe
%A Łuczaj, Kamil
%J Migration Studies – Review of Polish Diaspora
%V 2020 (XLVI)
%R 10.4467/25444972SMPP.20.005.11796
%N Vol. 1 (175)
%P 97-119
%K urban culture, academic migration, Central Europe, highly-skilled migrants, foreigners in Poland
%@ 2081-4488
%D 2020
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/smpp/article/funkcja-miasta-w-migracjach-urodzonych-za-granica-pracownikow-akademickich-przypadek-europy-srodkowej
%X 
	The paper analyzes how the foreign-born employees of universities and research institutions located in Poland and Slovakia benefit from the cultural offer and infrastructure of the cities, where they work. A study, based on individual in-depth interviews (IDI), has discovered four recurring patterns of interaction with urban culture. Based on the subjective reconstruction of the participants’ beliefs expressed in their narratives, two active styles and two passive styles can be distinguished. The active are: “the admiration of a European city”, typical for academics arriving from North America as well as “diaspora life”. The passive are: “instrumental contact with the city”, typical for commuters from neighboring countries states only for work and “fleeting contacts” with basic institutions available in the city due to lack of time, characteristic of academic work that often affects work-life balance.