Europe to burned American scientists: We'll take you in (2025)
vrganj
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9 comments
April 26, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (8 comments)
jandrewrogers
This is great but I am skeptical that there is the kind of resource and compensation behind it that would be required to make this a real thing.
woodpanel
Great, as if Europe hasn’t been wrecked by American Social Sciences already. Furthermore at current projections, the speed at which MAGA is imploding, those who still make the migration won’t be the ones fleeing „persecution“ but rather „market forces“
DivingForGold
Don't know about other professions, but typical pay for software engineers in Europe only like $60K a year, perhaps some European software engineers working for European corporations can chime in.
wewewedxfgdf
The cost to do this is trivial why don't all countries open their arms and wallets for academic talent from USA? I put it to you because all around the world countries no longer value academic research.
enaaem
As research is being defunded [1], scientists affected have nowhere to go, so you can pick them up at a discount. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74dzdddvmjo
opengrass
Europeans use US tech with backdoors, they do their research for free.
NordStreamYacht
This is from a year ago. Would be interesting to see the results of this campaign.
ChrisArchitect
Some more discussion at the time: Europe launches program to lure scientists away from the US https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43943583 EU's von der Leyen invites scientists, researchers to make Europe their home https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43841789