Echeverría-King, Luisa F.Pantovic, BranislavBonilla, KleinsyMoreno García, Daniela2025-10-142025-10-142025APA: Echeverría King, L., Pantović, B., Bonilla, K., & Moreno García, D. (2025). Bridging knowledge frontiers: A comparative analysis of international strategies and methodologies to engage scientific diasporas and foster transnational collaboration [Policy document]. Barranquilla: Universidad Simón Bolívar, Barranquilla-Colombia & International Development Research Centre (IDRC).Chicago: Echeverría King, Luisa, Branislav Pantović, Kleinsy Bonilla, and Daniela Moreno García. 2025. Bridging Knowledge Frontiers: A Comparative Analysis of International Strategies and Methodologies to Engage Scientific Diasporas and Foster Transnational Collaboration. Barranquilla: Universidad Simón Bolívar, Barranquilla-Colombia and International Development Research Centre (IDRC).https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12442/17024This policy document offers a concise, comparative roadmap for governments, STI agencies, and organized diaspora networks to transform “brain drain” into dynamic knowledge circulation. Drawing on relevant global practices, it distills ten strategic action areas that integrate institutionalization, hybrid engagement models, robust monitoring, and multilevel governance. The document shows how scientific diasporas can shift from latent assets to permanent partners, catalyzing innovation, evidence-based policymaking, and sustainable development across Latin America and beyond.pdfengAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaperhttps://doi.org/10.17081/r.book.2025.10.17024Scientific diasporaBrain circulationMigrationScience diplomacyInternational cooperationScientific networksPublic policies