Graduate School of Governance in Maastricht is voor het project Migration and Development: A World in Motion op zoek naar studenten (master en bachelor) in Nederland die deze zomer bij hen een stage zouden willen lopen. Zij bieden studenten een kans om ervaring op te doen in een grootschalig onderzoeksproject in de ontwikkelingssector, en om hun kennis te verdiepen op het gebied van migratie en ontwikkelingsprocessen. Zij zijn bij voorkeur op zoek naar studenten van Marokkaanse, Burundese/Rwandese, Ethiopische, Nederlandse en Afghaanse afkomst.

Call for interns: IS Academy: Migration & Development Project
The Maastricht Graduate School of Governance is currently working on a project financed by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to better understand the relationship between migration and development through the destination case of the Netherlands, and the origin countries of Afghanistan, Burundi, Ethiopia and Morocco.

The project aims to stimulate new approaches to development cooperation using the available knowledge on sustainable development and poverty reduction, and creating new evidence on effective policies.

The project will come up with policy suggestions to optimize the developmental impact of migration by stimulating the positive effects of migration, while mitigating the negative ones. For this objective, the project will investigate migration history and integration processes of migrants in the Netherlands on the one hand, and will examine the impact of economic remittances, transfer of knowledge, skills and values, and return migration on development on the other hand.

The main responsibilities of interns will be to implement the survey to the specified groups in the Netherlands. Intern positions are open to all Bachelor and Master Students. We prefer work to be conducted as a full-time job; however, those who can work part-time can also apply. The tentative period for the internship is the beginning of June 2010 till September 2010. Interns will receive training on interviewing, gain fieldwork experience, and be paid an intern fee.

Applicants should apply with a specific interest in at least one of the target groups. For all applicants English proficiency is mandatory, and Dutch proficiency is preferred.

In addition, applicants interested in working with:

• Moroccan migrants should have a proficiency in French, Arabic or Berber.
• Burundian migrants should have a proficiency in French or Kirundi.
• Ethiopian migrants should have a proficiency in Amharic.
• Afghan migrants should have a proficiency in Arabic, Persian or Pashto.

Applicants should send a short letter of application (not more than one page) and their CV by May 24th to the following researchers according to their country of interest. Those who are chosen will be informed within a week.

• Morocco: Özge Bilgili – Dit e-mailadres is beschermd tegen spambots. U heeft JavaScript nodig om het te kunnen zien.
• Burundi: Sonja Fransen – Dit e-mailadres is beschermd tegen spambots. U heeft JavaScript nodig om het te kunnen zien.
• Ethiopia: Katie Kuschminder – Dit e-mailadres is beschermd tegen spambots. U heeft JavaScript nodig om het te kunnen zien.
• Afghanistan: Melissa Siegel – Dit e-mailadres is beschermd tegen spambots. U heeft JavaScript nodig om het te kunnen zien.

For more information on the project:

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Website: http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/Schools/MGSoG/ProjectPages/ISAcademieMigrationDevelopment.htm 


Sonja Fransen
PhD Fellow Migration and Development

Maastricht Graduate School of Governance
Kapoenstraat 2, Room 1.043
6221 KW Maastricht, The Netherlands
T (+)31 43 3885191
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