February 2021 - Mim-highly.skilled

Not All Syrian Doctors Become Taxi Drivers

by Susanne.Bygnes＠uib.no

Dear list members, In this recently published article I challenge the riches-to-rags narrative that is so common in research on highly skilled forced migrants. It is available open access for those interested: Not All Syrian Doctors Become Taxi Drivers: Stagnation and Continuity Among Highly Educated Syrians in Norway https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12134-019-00717-5 Sincerely, Susanne Bygnes Associate Professor of Sociology University of Bergen, Norway +47 55589732/45204980 Recent publications: Bygnes, S (2019) Not All Syrian Doctors Become Taxi Drivers: Stagnation and Continuity Among Highly Educated Syrians in Norway. Journal of International Migration and Integration<https://link.springer.com/journal/12134>. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12134-019-00717-5 Bygnes, S (2019) A collective sigh of relief: Local reactions to the establishment of new asylum centers in Norway<https://scholar.google.com/scholar?oi=bibs&cluster=10696871275281485092&btn…>. Acta Sociologica. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0001699319833143 Bygnes, S (2017) Are They Leaving Because of the Crisis? The Sociological Significance of Anomie as a Motivation for Migration<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0038038515589300>. Sociology. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0038038515589300 Bygnes, S and Erdal, MB (2017) Liquid migration, grounded lives: considerations about future mobility and settlement among Polish and Spanish migrants in Norway. Journal of Ethnic and Migraiton Studies. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2016.1211004

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CfP, ŒThe Zero-Sum Game of Migration in Europe: 20 years after Tampere¹, 15 Oct 2019

by maja.frykman＠mau.se

Here is a message from the network member Dr Sonia Morano-Foadi, School of Law, Oxford Brookes University, who is co-organising a symposium concerning also highly skilled migrants: One-day Symposium ‘The Zero-Sum Game of Migration in Europe: 20 years after Tampere’ Date: 15th October 2019 (Tuesday) Venue: Headington Hill Hall, Music and Green Rooms, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP Organisers: Oxford Brookes University, School of Law & the Research Centre for Business, Society and Global Challenges Registration timeline Abstract submission deadline: 5th September 2019 Notification of accepted papers: 15th September 2019 Details about accommodation and travel will be released in due course. Please find the details and the call for papers at https://www.brookes.ac.uk/business/about/events/the-zero-sum-game-of-migrat….

7 months, 3 weeks

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Article on "Understanding brain waste" just published in Population, Space and Place

by maja.frykman＠mau.se

Dear colleagues, please see the message from Yvonne below, Maja From: RIANO Yvonne <yvonne.riano at unine.ch> Date: Thursday, 25 February 2021 at 14:51 Dear Maja I am pleased to announce the publication of my article on "Understanding brain waste: Unequal opportunities for skills development between highly skilled women and men, migrants and nonmigrants" which has just been published in Population, Space and Place (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15448452) You find my article attached. I would be glad if you could share this announcement and the pdf with the list members. I would also be thankful for you and the list members to distribut it among your networks. Many thanks! Have a great week! Best regards, Yvonne [cid:image001.png at 01D70B8A.CB819AE0] _______________________________________ Prof. Dr. Yvonne Riaño Chair Switzerland's National Committee for the International Geographical Union (IGU) Project leader Swiss National Center of Research Competence 'On the Move' Institute of Geography University of Neuchâtel Espace Tilo-Frey 1 CH-2000 Neuchâtel Switzerland Webpage: http://www2.unine.ch/geographie/yvonne_riano Publications: https://unine.academia.edu/YvonneRiaño Project page: https://nccr-onthemove.ch/projects/migrant-entrepreneurship-mapping-cross-b… IGU: https://igu-online.org/organization/national-committees/

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Ashika Niraula post-doc in Toronto

by maja.frykman＠mau.se

Dear all, I hope this message find you all in good health. This is to inform you that our member Ashika Niraula completed her Ph.D. from Aarhus University and started a post-doc position at the University of Toronto - still working on high-skilled migration. Her new email address is ashika.niraula at utoronto.ca<mailto:ashika.niraula at utoronto.ca> . Best wishes, Maja [signature_1973437740] Maja Povrzanović Frykman Professor of Ethnology, GPS/MIM, Malmö University, 205 06 Malmö, Sweden Web: http://forskning.mah.se/en/id/immafr Tel: +46725466809 E-mail: maja.frykman at mau.se<mailto:maja.frykman at mau.se> Recent publications: Conviviality at the Crossroads: The Poetics and Politics of Everyday Encounters, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-28979-9 Post-2015 Refugees Welcome initiatives in Sweden: cosmopolitan underpinnings, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-28979-9_9 How does place matter to highly skilled migrants?, https://doi.org/10.2478/njmr-2019-0026 The importance of friends: social life challenges for foreign physicians in Southern Sweden, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13668803.2019.1599323 P Before printing, think about the environment

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