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Well said Mariya. This is a disgrace and just another version of exploiting junior academics. Might as well just ask these casual researchers to write an auto ethnography - would provide fruitful findings for any project on labour migration . Sent from my iPhone > On 12 Nov 2014, at 17:03, cristiana strava <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Amen, to everything in Mariya's email. This is truly infuriating. > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 6:00 PM, Cristiana Strava < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Amen, to everything in Mariya's email. This is truly infuriating. >> >> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 5:44 PM, Mariya Ivancheva < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I find this call utterly infuriating, and seeing that it comes from one >>> institution with very high prestige in the field of migration studies and >>> labor migration makes the situation even more alarming. >>> >>> The situation of casualization of academic labor at present is soar >>> enough, >>> with many of us globe-trotting between projects every few months or - if >>> we're lucky - every few years. With a lot falling into the trap of >>> zero-hour teaching jobs or other arrangements to make ends meet, junior >>> academics are in many countries literally working poor. Those few of us >>> who >>> are lucky enough to get on board what is celebrated as "post-doctoral >>> experience" usually have to do it on a completely different subject than >>> our PhD and be data collectors for a new employer. This extends the time >>> in >>> which we are not able to publish from our dissertation, and are then >>> threatened by the "publish or perish" incentive. But now we see that >>> thanks >>> to COMPAS the exploiitation is taken to yet another level. Within this >>> fantastic project advertised here, a job that would be done by a full-time >>> and fully-funded PhD or a post-doc, people are not even treated as >>> academic >>> staff but as CASUAL RESEARCHERS (how convenient!!). >>> >>> So for a job that would require doing fieldwork and interviews for >>> project, >>> with a significant number of respondents, they will not be receiving any >>> visibility, no recognition whatsoever (even if they might be supposed to >>> contribute to the data analysis), and only minimal hourly payment. And >>> what >>> is required here: 20-60 interviews with migrants and 8-24 employers, in 12 >>> weeks (!!) transcribed and encoded (!!!) i.e. The full-time labor would >>> translate (in my experience e.g. in Ireland in present), into a 2 years' >>> post-doctoral contract, including a desk, benefits, healthcare insurance, >>> and pension, plus your name on the publications and recognition of your >>> work, here would be done as a completely casual labor. So thanks to COMPAS >>> from now on we don't need to pay to phd or post-doctoral fellows, we can >>> call everyone a 'casual researcher" instead! >>> >>> Of couse, there's not specified requirement of credentials or fieldwork, >>> one would say. But that's the tricky thing: reading the call, it requires >>> a >>> particular type of individual - one with significant previous research >>> experience, ethical awareness, confidence in recruiting and interviewing >>> informants, and very particular language expertise in the field. I.e. that >>> would be an individual at least after an MA with a developed fieldwork and >>> network among migrants (!!). So guess who would that be - most obviously a >>> migrant academic during or even after a PhD-level fieldwork with migrants, >>> who tries to stay afloat and scrap some money to stay on board while doing >>> their PhD and/or applying for jobs.So, researching slave labor migration >>> with the methods of enforcing slave (academic) labor migration is the way >>> to go - so once again, thanks COMPAS and Oxford for teaching us all a >>> great >>> lesson here! >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> >>> Mariya >>> >>> Mariya P Ivancheva >>> Post-doctoral research fellow >>> Project Equal Opportunities in Working, Learning and Caring, IRC >>> UCD School of Social Justice, James Joyce Library, Office 505, Belfield, >>> Dublin 4 >>> [log in to unmask] >>> +353(1)716-7804 >>> www.ucd.ie/socialjustice >>> >>> >>> >>> On 12 November 2014 14:29, Gil Middleton <[log in to unmask]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> COMPAS is looking to recruit a minimum of five casual researchers to >>> carry >>>> out in-depth interviews with irregular migrants from various ethnic >>>> backgrounds (Australian, Brazilian, Pakistani, Ukrainian, and Turkish) >>> as >>>> well as with relevant employers in three different locations in England >>>> (London, probably Hertfordshire, and another city, exact locations to be >>>> confirmed). These interviews are to be conducted as part of a three-year >>>> ESRC-funded project called 'Does Immigration Enforcement Matter (DIEM)?' >>>> >>>> The overarching theme of the study is to examine the impact of >>>> increasingly rigid legislation and robust enforcement measures on >>> irregular >>>> migration. It aims to find out if and how irregular immigrants navigate >>>> controls; to investigate the interaction between irregular immigrants' >>>> strategies, employer practices and enforcement measures; to show how >>>> enforcement measures are perceived by immigrant communities; to explore >>> the >>>> impact of enforcement on irregular migrants' access to fundamental >>> rights; >>>> and to understand the political, practical and ethical limits to law >>>> enforcement in order to highlight its impact and effectiveness. >>>> >>>> Candidates should have excellent communication and interviewing skills >>> and >>>> an ability to work independently to deliver results. >>>> >>>> Deadline for applications will be the 19th November 2014 at 12 noon UK >>>> time. >>>> >>>> Full details attached. >>>> >>>> >>>> ************************************************************* >>>> * Anthropology-Matters Mailing List >>>> * http://www.anthropologymatters.com * >>>> * A postgraduate project comprising online journal, * >>>> * online discussions, teaching and research resources * >>>> * and international contacts directory. * >>>> * To join this list or to look at the archived previous * >>>> * messages visit: * >>>> * http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/Anthropology-Matters.HTML * >>>> * If you have ALREADY subscribed: to send a message to all * >>>> * those currently subscribed to the list,just send mail to: * >>>> * [log in to unmask] * >>>> * * >>>> * Enjoyed the mailing list? 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