The conversion of career capital of highly skilled syrian refugees in Switzerland: exploring the issues of transnational relocation and time perspective

Author(s) : Eric Davoine, Flavia Cangia, Sima Tashtish

Source : https://agrh2021.sciencesconf.org/data/pages/Communication_AGRH_2021_Davoine_Cangia_Tashtish.pdf

“In this paper we use the Bourdieusean conceptualisation of capitals to understand the
difficulties and the strategies of highly skilled Syrian refugees trying to position themselves in
the fields of the Swiss employment market and trying to pursue their career. Analyzing 21
interviews of Syrian highly skilled refugees in Switzerland, we focus on refugee specific
issues of relocation and conversion of capitals in a transnational context, and more precisely
on time issues associated with relocation of capitals.“