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Call for Paper - Special Issue "Career Reestablishment of Refugees" in International Migration

  • 1.  Call for Paper - Special Issue "Career Reestablishment of Refugees" in International Migration

    Posted 08-21-2019 02:30
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    Dear colleagues,

    We are currently seeking manuscripts for a special issue entitled "Career Reestablishment of Refugees: Qualification Recognition, Skill Upgrade, and Employment Acquisition" in International Migration. We are looking for empirical research that has clear policy implications. We call on research that answers the following or similar questions.

    • What forms of careers counselling and employment support work best for people from a refugee background?
    • How should careers counsellors adapt traditional, and initiate innovative new approaches to meet the needs of skilled people from a refugee background?
    • How do people from a refugee background ensure that they get their qualifications, skillsets, and work experience recognized in new societies?
    • What role do higher education institutions and vocational education providers have in assisting refugees to upgrade their skills and re-establish their careers?
    • How should policy makers work with community sector organizations and employment partners to get the qualifications of skilled refugees recognized and transition into employment and/or self-employment?
    • What barriers do people from a refugee background face in seeking employment and/or self-employment? How can refugees themselves and community sector organizations work together to overcome such barriers?
    • How effective are mentoring and internship programs in helping people from a refugee background to obtain employment and/or self-employment and prosper in their career?

    This is only an example list. We also welcome other topics that are related to refugees' career development. Full papers should be submitted via https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/imig before 15 December 2019. We have attached the full call for papers below.

    Thank you and best regards,



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    Zhou Jiang
    Deakin University
    Melbourne
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