Attracting Highly-Skilled Migrant Workers

Workforce availability is a key determinant in the locations chosen by industry, although the workforce need not necessarily be from the host country. UK employers increasingly use international workers and it is critical that these continue to be accessible to them. Immigrants should not just be seen as filling a skills gap, but as diversifying and enhancing the workforce.

Katerina Ruediger is working as a researcher on The Work Foundation’s Knowledge Economy Programme. She is leading the globalisation strand of the programme, as well as the research on intangible assets and value creation in the knowledge economy. Her main areas of research include the knowledge economy, globalisation, migration, the rise of India and European social models. Previously, she worked at the European Policy Centre and the European Commission in Brussels, as well as at Policy Network in London.