Tag: Irregular Migration

Danube U Krems: Country Experts for West Balkans and North Africa (Austria)

“JobCall for experts: Measuring Irregular Migration (MIrreM), Department of Migration and Globalization, Danube University Krems, Austria. Deadline: 16 April 2023.

The University for Continuing Education Krems (Danube University Krems) is looking for expressions of interests from qualified experts interested to contribute to research conducted under the EU funded research project “Measuring irregular migration and related policies” (MIrreM). The project’s research covers 20 countries, including 12 EU countries and the United Kingdom, the US and Canada covered by project partners and five non-EU countries to be covered by experts recruited through this call.

Specifically, they are looking for up to five experts mapping policies and estimates/statistical data on irregular migration for a) two Western Balkan Country (two of the following countries shall be covered: Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo2 or Bosnia-Herzegovina), two North African countries (two of the following countries shall be covered: Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria or Morocco) and Türkiye. Experts may express an interest for one or more countries mentioned above, provided they can prove country expertise, expertise on (irregular) migration and related policies and ability to analyse statistical data and estimates on the subject. There are 3 deliverables due in August and September, at which point the experts will be paid.

Ryerson U: Research Fellow – Irregular Migration (Canada)

“JobResearch Fellow – Irregular Migration, CERC in Migration and Integration, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. Deadline: 25 April 2022.

The Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Migration and Integration at Ryerson University invites applications of interest from post-doctoral and more senior research fellows who work in the wider field of irregular migration. This position is offered in close connection with several multi-year international research projects on irregular migration.

The Fellow will conduct research on areas of irregular migration in Canada and in comparative perspective with Europe and North America, including entry, stay, work and other dimensions, pathways between regularity and irregularity, lived experiences of migrants, policy analysis, and methods to estimate irregular migration.

CERC Migration offers an opportunity to pursue new research, develop leadership potential, and collaborate internationally working as part of a research team, headed by Professor Anna Triandafyllidou, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration, at Ryerson University.

U Oxford COMPAS: Researchers on Migration in Europe (UK)

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2 Researcher positions, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford, UK. Deadline: 14 April 2022.

  1. Senior Researcher

Reporting to the Director of the Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity, you will be Principal Investigator and lead for the award-winning C-MISE, the city initiative on migrants with irregular status in Europe. You will provide clear leadership for this innovative programme as it moves into the next phase of its development, being integral in the formulation of its new strategic plan. You will have a passion both for academic research and for knowledge exchange with policy makers, NGOs, and other stakeholders. You will be able to equally balance these two aspects of the role, undertaking research with pathways for publishing in an academic context, alongside a clear focus on applied knowledge exchange and policy engagement. The post is offered on a full-time basis for up to 34 months, available from 1st June 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter. The post is based in the UK. Requests for flexible working will always be taken into consideration and will be accommodated as far as possible.

2. Researcher

Reporting to the Director of the Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity, you will be responsible for carrying out a research and knowledge exchange project focused on the No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) immigration condition and social services provision for those at risk of destitution. You will have a passion both for academic research and for knowledge exchange with policy makers, NGOs, and other stakeholders. You will be able to equally balance these two aspects of the role, undertaking research with clear pathways for publishing in an academic context, alongside a clear focus on applied knowledge exchange and policy engagement. The post is offered on a full-time basis for 18 months from 1 May 2022 (with the possibility of extension). Requests for flexible working will always be taken into consideration and will be accommodated as far as possible.

Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford and those with lived experience of the immigration system.