Student and Graduate Mobility in Armenia

ISBN-13: 9783030196127 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 88 str.

David Cairns; Marine Sargsyan

Opis

Based on exploratory research with students and graduates conducted in Armenia and its diaspora during summer 2018, Cairns and Sargsyan provide insight into some of the challenges entailed in moving abroad, focusing on three different destinations: Russia, the United States and the European Union. Additionally, Student and Graduate Mobility in Armenia considers issues that have an impact on life chances for highly qualified young people who wish to remain in Armenia, including perceptions of corruption in the local labour market and hopes for the future following the Velvet Revolution of spring 2018. This research will be of interest to students and scholars of mobility, youth, employment and education.

Spis treści

 1. Armenia in Context.

2. Reflexive Mobility.

3. Spatial Pathways to Work.

4. Working Inside and Outside Armenia.

5. Mobility in Transition. 

6. Postscript.

O autorze

David Cairns is Principal Researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, ISCTE-University of Lisbon, Portugal. 

Marine Sargsyan is Visiting Research Fellow at the Davis Center, Harvard University, USA, and a PhD Candidate at Roma Tre University, Italy.

Blurb

Based on exploratory research with students and graduates conducted in Armenia and its diaspora during summer 2018, Cairns and Sargsyan provide insight into some of the challenges involved in moving abroad, focusing on three different destinations: Russia, the United States and the European Union. Additionally, Student and Graduate Mobility in Armenia considers issues that have an impact on life chances for highly qualified young people who wish to remain in Armenia, including perceptions of corruption in the local labour market and hopes for the future following the Velvet Revolution of spring 2018. This research will be of interest to students and scholars of mobility, youth, employment and education.