Student and Graduate Mobility in Armenia
Based on exploratory research with students and graduates conducted in Armenia and its diaspora during summer 2018, Cairns and Sargsyan provide insight into some of the challenges involved in moving abroad, focusing on three different destinations: Russia
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David Cairns Marine Sargsyan
Student and Graduate Mobility in Armenia
David Cairns • Marine Sargsyan
Student and Graduate Mobility in Armenia
David Cairns Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon Lisbon, Portugal
Marine Sargsyan Roma Tre University Rome, Italy
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Acknowledgements
This book would not have been possible without the help and co- operation of many people, not least the 51 interviewees who participated in our research. In particular, we would like to thank the students of Yerevan State University, Yerevan State Conservatory, the Russian- Armenian Slavonic University, Yerevan State Economic University and the French and American Universities. Marine Sargsyan would like to thank the Davis Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University, for hosting her during the preparation of this book and the support of the directorate and administrative staff. She would also like to acknowledge the contribution of Birthright Armenia to the fieldwork, its Yerevan Office Director Sevan Kabakian and Birthright volunteers from the Middle East, Russia and Europe. Their perspectives were invaluable in providing insight about the political situation inside and outside Armenia, as well as different aspects of mobility decision-making. We must also thank the Caucasus Research Resource Centre in Arme
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