01727nas a2200145   4500008004100000022001400041245008700055210006900142300001200211490000600223520114300229653007601372100001801448856011501466       2016                        eng d  a2300-168200aThe Complexity of Return: Socio-Cultural Remittances of Highly Skilled Belarusians0 aComplexity of Return SocioCultural Remittances of Highly Skilled  a119-1340 v53 a<p>This article investigates the post-return experiences of highly skilled Belarusian professionals. I concentrate on the socio-cultural aspects of highly skilled migration and view returnees as carriers of new experiences, ideas, and practices by studying the ways in which they apply various socio-cultural remittances to the different spheres of their lives. In particular, I argue that the formation and transmission of socio-cultural remittances are strongly heterogeneous and selective processes, which manifest themselves to varying degrees not only in different people, but also in different aspects of people&rsquo;s lives. The analysis of several socio-cultural remittances in private and public spheres shows that in some cases the socio-cultural remittances display strong gender differences. Moreover, the highly skilled returnees appear to be proactive remitters: some of them re-interpret and transform the socio-cultural remittances before transmitting them. The research draws on the analysis of 43 in-depth interviews with highly skilled professionals who returned to Belarus after long periods of time spent abroad.</p>10ahighly skilled migration; return migration; social remittances; Belarus1 aBobova, Nadya  uhttp://ceemr.uw.edu.pl/sites/default/files/Bobova_Socio-Cultural_Remittances_of_Highly_Skilled_Belarusians.pdf