Why is it so hard? And for whom? Obstacles to intra-European mobility

in Migration Letters (2019)

Even though intra-European youth mobility is valued as a boost for personal and professional development, few opt for it. While obstacles preventing young people to become mobile have been discussed ... [more ▼]

Even though intra-European youth mobility is valued as a boost for personal and professional development, few opt for it. While obstacles preventing young people to become mobile have been discussed broadly, less attention has been paid to the obstacles for the youth who are already on the move. We offer this rare perspective in regard to intra-European mobility. We focus on youth in four types: pupil mobility, vocational (education and training) mobility, higher education student (degree and credit) mobility and employment mobility, in six countries: Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Norway, Romania and Spain. Our analysis, based on qualitative (140 interviews) and quantitative (N=1.682) data, reveals that the perceived obstacles vary between the mobility types, with the greatest divergence between the educational and work-related mobilities. Obstacles such as lack of financial resources and guidance, the perceived incompatibility of institutional regulations within Europe, are shared by all mobile youth. [less ▲]

Mapping mobility – pathways, institutions and structural effects of youth mobility, Final Public Project Report

Report (2018)

This report is a synthesis of the main results of the H2020 project MOVE – Mapping mobility, institutions and structural effects of youth mobility in Europe. Over three years the project MOVE has provided ... [more ▼]

This report is a synthesis of the main results of the H2020 project MOVE – Mapping mobility, institutions and structural effects of youth mobility in Europe. Over three years the project MOVE has provided a research-informed contribution to a systematic analysis of intra-European mobility. The project departed its work by differentiating six mobility types that have diverse institutional frameworks, age specific constraints and scopes of action. The project has thus analysed and reconstructed mobility patterns that lie across different types of mobility, which are: • student mobility for higher education, • international volunteering, • employment mobility, • mobility for vocational and educational training, • pupil’s exchange, • entrepreneurship mobility. These identified six mobility types have been investigated in the following six European countries: • Germany, • Hungary, • Luxembourg, • Norway, • Romania and • Spain. [less ▲]

Youth Mobility – experiencing (un)certainties

Scientific Conference (2018, March 19)

Understanding and conceptualizing youth mobility. A perspective of young people at the threshold to employment

Presentation (2018, March 08)

This presentation presents results of the H2020 project MOVE on employment mobility of youth in the EU.

Youth on the MOVE?

Conference given outside the academic context (2018)

Why do young working people find Luxembourg attractive? Internatonalisation and youth mobility in Europe

Article for general public (2017)

Is Luxembourg a part of the cosmopolitan migratory universe? The perception of Luxembourg as an international destination among young employees

Presentation (2017, June 09)

Youth transition to the labour market during employment mobility. Employment and inequality of young people in Europe

in Tér és Társadalom (2017), 14

Transition from study to work is considered as the end of youth. How doyoung people prepare to enter the labour market? What are the strategies youngpeople utilise to become employed if it occurs in ... [more ▼]

Transition from study to work is considered as the end of youth. How doyoung people prepare to enter the labour market? What are the strategies youngpeople utilise to become employed if it occurs in another country, as in the case ofemployment mobility? To answer these questions, the proposed article focuses on howyoung people move and enter the employment in other destination countries.Alongside with the literature on youth and transition we also observe that youngpeople equally experience challenges of matching their skills in the destinationcountries. They relate to inequalities on the job market depending on their skills, theirqualifications, the type of jobs, their working experiences, etc. The discussions in thispaper thus first touch upon the topic of inequality with regard to the process ofrecruitment and becoming employed. Second, they draw attention to the inferiorpositioning that young people are prepared to put themselves into when entering thelabour market for the first time and emphasise the fact that young people oftenexperience discrimination and unequal treatment when they complete education andapply for jobs, on the grounds of being young and inexperienced. As a result, such apositioning often puts young people in a vulnerable situation, which they accept andendure as long as they are promised work. Furthermore, by focusing on how youngpeople enter the labour market in the receiving country, the paper also exploresstrategies that young people apply for being employed, becoming integrated in thelabour market, overcoming inequalities in employment and finding ways to cope withthese challenges in the labour market, as well as their own social lives in thedestination country [less ▲]

Is Luxembourg an attractive destination for European young workers for boosting their careers? The activation of young workers’ skills in entering job markets abroad

Presentation (2017)

Muscle and Stretching: Genderdised Interaction in an Informal Collective Sports Group

Presentation (2017)