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Human migration and geographic mobility of scientific and technical human capital are interwoven phenomena. Twin processes of human capital and social capital network formation through scientific mobility have been important for capacity building in the Asia-Pacific. This paper focuses on a sample of research participants from Australia, illustrating how CVs can enable methodological progress in filtering respondent survey data. In particular, CVs prove to be an effective data source for disentangling migration from scientific mobility, and in developing a stratified sample of forms of mobility for further qualitative data collection in this ongoing research. It is noted that CVs also show potential for appreciating collective processes of capital accumulation in the sciences, along with the durability of collective forms of organization, such as networks, over time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Globalisation and changes in agriculture have resulted in major social changes in inland Australia. Depopulation of the inland has led many to speculate on the future of rural towns and rural people. This paper will examine population drifts from country towns to cities and from the inland to the coastal regions and, in particular, the outmigration of young people. In doing this, the paper focuses on several small towns in central New South Wales that have been the subject of intensive study during 2000 and 2001. Drawing on analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics figures, in-depth interviews and focus groups with key informants and surveys with young people and their parents in small rural communities the paper will report on the loss of young people and the greater loss of young women from these areas. It is argued that this outmigration of young people is linked to the need to seek higher education and also to the loss of full-time jobs for young people. The loss of these jobs is the result of changes in agricultural production, labour market restructuring and a withdrawal of public and private sector services. It is further argued that current reliance by governments on market based and community self-help solutions is not enough to provide a future for rural communities. Even if economic growth occurs this will not solve the problem of loss of young people, and the greater loss of young women, nor will it address the issue of access to education and training. Rather far greater attention to human capital (access to education, training and employment), institutional capital (government and non-government services and infrastructure) and social capita! (strong networks) is needed if Australia's small rural towns are to survive and flourish. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]