Only one out of five Albanian PhD holders willing to return home, study shows

TIRANA, Nov. 8 – Only one out of five Albanian PhDs holders living and working abroad say they would be willing to return and contribute to the country’s development through know-how gained in top North American and European universities, according to survey. A recent UNDP-commissioned research study examining the brain drain situation in Albania, ranked among top countries for tertiary-educated emigrants globally, shows a grim situation about the prospects of the Albanian scientific diaspora returning home at a time when Albania continues losing qualified workers in an ongoing upward trend during the past quarter of a century of the country’s…