The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Working Conditions, Employment, Career Development and Well-Being of Refugee Researchers

Societies

Vasilis Gavalas¹  Svetlana Dimitrova²  Marin Barzakov²  Miroslav Trajanovic³  Hani Harb⁴  Saad Yaseen⁵  Eleni Andrianopulu⁶  Brian P. Cahill⁷  Alexandra Ćulibrk⁸  Ourania Tzoraki⁸  Abas Haidari⁸  Ekaterini Nikolarea⁹ 

[1] Department of Geography, University Hill, 81100 Mytilene, Greece;EURAXESS BHO, Sofia University, Dragan Tzankov, str. 1164, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria;Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nis, Aleksandra Medvedova 14, 18000 Nis, Serbia;German-Syrian Research Society, 60314 Frankfurt, Germany;Institut für Informationsmanagement und Unternehmensführung, Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Konrad-Adenauer 13, 49808 Lingen, Germany;International Office, Bielefeld University, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany;Learning and Skills Analytics Group, Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology (TIB), 30167 Hannover, Germany;Marine Sciences Department, University Hill, 81100 Mytilene, Greece;School of Social Sciences, University Hill, 81100 Mytilene, Greece;

关键词: COVID-19;    refugee researchers (RRs);    researcher at risk;    scholars at risk;    employment;    pandemic;   

DOI  :  10.3390/soc11030071

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The ongoing ‘refugee crisis’ of the past years has led to the migration of refugee researchers (RRs) to European countries. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, RRs often had to work from home and/or to continue their social, cultural and economic integration process under new conditions. An online survey carried out to explore the impact of the pandemic on the refugee researchers showed that RRs found it difficult to adapt their everyday working life to the ‘home’ setting. The majority have had neither a suitable work environment at home nor the appropriate technology. Although they stated that they are rather pleased with the measures taken by the public authorities, they expressed concern about their vulnerability due to their precarious contracts and the bureaucratic asylum procedures, as the pandemic has had a negative impact on these major issues. The majority of RRs working in academia seem not to have been affected at all as far as their income is concerned, while the majority of those employed in other sectors became unemployed during the pandemic (58%). Recommendations are provided to the public authorities and policy makers to assist RRs to mitigate the consequences of the pandemic on their life.

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