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Introduction: Narrating Migrant Academics’ Precarity and Resilience in Europe

  • Ladan Rahbari(author)
  • Olga Burlyuk(author)
Chapter of: Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity and Resilience in Europe(pp. ix–xxx)
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TitleIntroduction
SubtitleNarrating Migrant Academics’ Precarity and Resilience in Europe
ContributorLadan Rahbari(author)
Olga Burlyuk(author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0331.23
Landing pagehttps://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0331/chapters/10.11647/obp.0331.23
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
CopyrightLadan Rahbari and Olga Burlyuk
PublisherOpen Book Publishers
Published on2023-05-11
Long abstract

In the introduction chapter, we draw on the existing literature at the intersection of precarity and migration to show the gap in studies on migrant academics’ precarity and resilience. We outline our aim as decolonization of (former) academics’ narratives of South-North migration. We also provide an outline of the narrative chapters and explain how they speak to each other.

Page rangepp. ix–xxx
Print length12 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)
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Ladan Rahbari

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3840-708X

Olga Burlyuk

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7477-1655
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