Student Assistant: Loneliness among older migrants at NIDI-KNAW in The Hague

at  Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen

Location: The Hague
Max hours per week: 38.00
Max salary: 2,951
Duration of agreement: 4 months
Apply until: 11/11/2024

We are seeking a highly motivated and qualified student to join our research project PROMISE (Prominent Reduction of Loneliness among Older Migrants through Interventions and Social Engagement) on the taboo surrounding loneliness and the diversity in forms and causes of loneliness among older migrants. In this student assistantship, you will focus on the taboo surrounding loneliness among older migrants. By delving into the diverse manifestations and underlying factors contributing to their loneliness, we aim to gain new scientific insights. We seek to understand the nature and origins of the taboo surrounding loneliness for migrants and develop culturally sensitive interventions to address it. This new knowledge will be translated into practical tools and adjusted interventions to effectively reach and support lonely older migrants.
In this project, you will work with Prof. Dr. Tineke Fokkema (NIDI), Prof. Dr. Basak Bilecen (RUG), and Prof. Dr. Bianca Suanet (Linköping University) under daily supervision of Mirjam Kingma (RUG) to conduct, transcribe and translate interviews with older migrants and their children. You will focus on one of the following migrant groups: refugees from Iran, Chinese migrants, or labour migrants from Turkey.
More specifically, you will review literature to become familiar with the research question, and have contact with stakeholders regarding the information details to contact the participants. Further, you will conduct interviews with older migrants and their children using the photo-elicitation method. You will then transcribe (and translate) the interviews you conducted. There is a possible extension of two months to support in the organisation of co-creation sessions to develop interventions on loneliness among older migrants