[Bilimsel Haber] CfA: Clandestino Project-Employment Opportunity for Migration Experts

[Onur Inal]

Call for Experts
in Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech
Republic, Turkey, Morocco, Ukraine for the project CLANDESTINO:
Undocumented Migration: Counting the Uncountable. Data and Trends Across
Europe

The project CLANDESTINO is a research project funded by the European
Commission, under the Sixth Framework Programme, Priority 8, Scientific
Support to Policies (Contract no: CIS8-044130). This project responds to
the need for more reliable and systematic data on undocumented migration
in the European Union.
Designing and implementing relevant policies is highly dependent on such
data and estimates. Building a reliable picture of the undocumented
migration in the EU involves providing an inventory of data and
estimates on undocumented migration (stocks and flows), and analysing
critically the existing methods of data collection and calculation of
estimates on undocumented migration in the countries selected. In doing
so, the ethical and methodological issues involved in the collection of
data, the elaboration of estimates and their use are highlighted and
discussed. Concrete products of this project will be the design of a
system of evaluation and classification of existing data/estimates, the
creation of a database on undocumented migration to which this system
will be applied, and the drafting of guidelines for an ethical policy
for mapping the undocumented migration phenomenon in Europe. The
project's Consortium consists of six partners: Hellenic Foundation of
European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) Athens (Co-ordinator); Centre for
International Relations (CIR), Warsaw; Hamburg Institute of
International Economics (HWWI), Hamburg; Centre for the Study of
Migration Policy and Society (COMPAS), Oxford; International Centre for
Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), Vienna; Platform for International
Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), Brussels. The countries
studied include Greece, Italy, France and Spain in southern Europe;
Netherlands, UK, Germany and Austria in Western and Central Europe;
Poland, Hungary, Slovakia in Central Eastern Europe, and three countries
near the EU borders who are often used as `stepping stones' for
irregular migrants: Ukraine, Turkey and Morocco.

Task description
The country experts to whom this Call is addressed will be required to
review empirical and theoretical research on undocumented migration
within their country of expertise, conduct expert interviews
particularly in countries with few secondary sources and write a country
report in English. This task can be broken down in the following three
parts:

- Providing an inventory of data and estimates on undocumented migration
(stocks and flows) and assessing its validity and reliability.
- Offering an overview of undocumented migration and its social,
demographic, economic and political parameters in the selected countries
under study.
- Providing for a critical overview of national policies on undocumented
migration.

A detailed questionnaire is currently tested and will be available by
the end of Febuary 2008.

Requirements
In order to deliver the above, the experts should have excellent
knowledge of migration situations in their country, a proven ability to
write in English and, ideally, experience and expertise in the
quantitative and qualitative analysis of the undocumented migration
phenomenon. Remuneration ranges between 3,000 and 4,000 Euro depending
on the country of residence and seniority level. Deadline for draft
reports is 15 June 2008 and final reports are due at the end of
September 2008. Do not hesitate to ask for details or clarification
(address below).
Deadline for applications: 1 December 2007

Please send your application to the attention of Dr. Thanos Maroukis
(thmaroukis at eliamep.gr) , containing a motivation letter (explanations
concerning your suitability to the project's requirements); Your full CV
including a list of publications; copies of 2 recent and relevant
publications. Applications are accepted only via e-mail. Please attach
your motivation letter and CV as one file. As filename use your surname.
Important: Write `CLANDESTINO' as first word in the subject line in this
and all further e-mail communications.