• We are looking for a qualitative postdoctoral researcher to join the SYREALITY team!

    The Department for Migration and Globalisation, Danube University Krems, is looking for a qualitative postdoc (3 years, 100%) to join the FWF project SYREALITY (Syrian Imaginations of Europe meet Reality) to a lesser extent (15%) and the ERC project RESTATE (Refugees’ Political Participation and State-(Re)Making in Displacement) as the main focus (85%), starting preferably on 1 January 2026. The position involves research on refugees’ (im)mobilities, political…

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    New section of our SYREALITY Methodological Handbook available

    We are happy to share the latest update of the #SYREALITY Methodological Handbook about our qualitative data collection. Chapter 3 now includes a new section on collaborative data collection, sampling strategies, experiences with recruiting participants, & reflections on interview encounters by the whole team. Hopefully it is of interest for those who participated in our project as well as other researchers working with life histories…

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    Life history interviews almost finished

    Since April 2023 we have been busy with conducting 100 life histories in Athens, Vienna, Berlin and Amsterdam, which we almost finished until the end of the year. We are very grateful to all our participants. Read more about our qualitative fieldwork in our Methodological Handbook chapter where we discuss our methodological approach. In spring 2024, we will add a subchapter with fieldwork reflections and…

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  • The SYREALITY Survey is now up and running!

    In the next weeks, we are conducting the SYREALITY survey online. The survey is available in Arabic and English and takes around 20min. Read more about how we developed the survey questionnaire and how we set up the survey in our Methodological Handbook chapter. If you are Syrian, were born between 1957 and 1996, and came to live in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria or Greece…

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    Welcome to the SYREALITY website!

    The official website of the SYREALITY project is now online! The website is a space for participants, researchers, and the general public to know more about the SYREALITY project, its objectives and methodology, to learn more about the research team, and to share information related to the data collection and publications of the project. !مرحبا بكم في موقع سيرياليتي .الموقع الرسمي لمشروع سيرياليتي متوفر الآن…

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