Searching for skills and status. Qualitative Study on Moroccan students in France.

Research summary

In North-Africa, students face many difficulties in finding employment after graduation and a good number of them aspire to pursue their studies abroad or to emigrate for work. Due to the colonial history, France has traditionally been the number one destination country for Moroccan students. This PhD study provides in-depth understanding of South-North student mobility and migration by analysing an ethnographic data collected in France and Morocco between years 2008-2011. The socio-cultural, political and economic aspects are discussed, as well as the cross-cutting theme of gender and generation.

Description

Research info

Research title
Searching for skills and status. Qualitative Study on Moroccan students in France.

Research timeline
1.1.2007 - 1.12.2015

Keywords
Gender higher education Skilled Migration Student Migration Transnationalism

Region
Africa

Countries
Finland, France, Morocco

Institution
University of Tampere
Education
Tampere, Finland

Head of research
Anna Virkama

Partners
L'Université Paris VIII

Contact information
Anna Virkama
+358 505238098
anna.virkama@gmail.com

Record last updated
12.2.2015