Challenges and possibilities for an inclusive approach to decent job creation in Tunisia

突尼斯以包容性方式创造体面就业机会的挑战和可能性

• 批准号: ES/W00559X/1
• 负责人: Saerom Han
• 金额: $ 12.34万
• 依托单位: Durham University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FW00559X%2F1
• 关键词: Challenges; possibilities; inclusive; approach; decent

This fellowship will be built upon my PhD project which examined ways in which domestic elites and unemployed youths understand and attempt to address the problems of job insecurities and unemployment in democratizing Tunisia. The project involved two case studies of unemployed movements and fifty interviews with unemployed youths, human rights activists and trade union members. It found that the mismatch between the authorities and unemployed youths' conceptions of the status and condition of unemployed contributed to the increasing frustration of unemployed youths with the post-uprising system. Also, this research as well as my consultancy activities for the International Labour Organisation (ILO)'s project on employment opportunities for youth and women in Tunisia indicated that, while the importance of addressing the problem of informal and precarious work and of developing an inclusive approach to job creation is being recognized, actual efforts are underdeveloped and unemployed youths are still largely marginalised from decision-making processes.This fellowship will bring together global institutions, national authorities and unemployed workers into analysis in order to explore their understanding of informal and precarious work and examine challenges and possibilities to a more inclusive approach to decent job creation. This study is timely and imperative given that the limitations of the existing employment programmes are being recognized by the three parties and the rampant unemployment and job insecurities remain key sources of political and economic instability of the country. As well as utilising the interview and document data collected during my previous research, I will conduct a small number of interivews with individuals working in the field of job creation and training in both civil society and government (ministry) levels to assess possible gaps between employment strategies promoted by international or domestic elites on the one hand and unemployed workers' expectations and needs on the other.In addition to generating academic impacts by sharing research findings through high-impact publication and presentations in conferences, the fellowship will seek to produce theoretical and empirical insights with which people in community and civil society organisations can actively engage in decent job creation. To do so, it will be designed to produce a co-productive form of research by working with local organisations and research centres working on the issue of socioeconomic rights and job creation in the process of the research. I will also share research findings with policy makers and individuals in charge of job creation and training and discuss how they can effectively collaborate with civil society organisations in developing National Employment Stratety. I have developed connections with several local organisations and potential interviewees through my PhD research and consultancy activities. The fellowship will deepen these relationships, allow me to gain new knowledge-exchange related experience and provide me with resources and tools to collaborate with people in community in practical ways.Finally, the fellowship will provide me with an excellent opportunity to develop a successful academic career as a professional researcher in my field. I will develop my research skills further, gain new teaching experiences and benefit from personal and professional trainings at Durham University.

这项奖学金将建立在我的博士项目，研究国内精英和失业青年理解和试图解决民主化突尼斯的工作不安全和失业问题的方式。该项目涉及两个关于失业运动的个案研究，并与失业青年、人权活动家和工会成员进行了50次访谈。调查发现，当局和失业青年对失业者地位和状况的概念不一致，导致失业青年对起义后的制度越来越感到沮丧。此外，这项研究以及我为国际劳工组织（劳工组织）突尼斯青年和妇女就业机会项目开展的咨询活动表明，虽然人们认识到解决非正规和不稳定工作问题以及制定包容性办法创造就业机会的重要性，实际的努力还不够充分，失业青年在很大程度上仍然被边缘化，无法参与决策过程。该奖学金将汇集全球机构，对国家当局和失业工人进行分析，以探讨他们对非正规和不稳定工作的理解，并审查在采取更具包容性的办法创造体面就业方面的挑战和可能性。这项研究是及时和必要的，因为三方都认识到现有就业方案的局限性，失业和工作不安全现象猖獗，仍然是该国政治和经济不稳定的主要根源。除了利用我以前研究中收集的访谈和文件数据外，我将与民间社会和政府中在创造就业和培训领域工作的个人进行少量访问（部）在这方面，需要在各级评估国际或国内精英推动的就业战略与失业工人的期望和需要之间可能存在的差距。通过高影响力的出版物和在会议上的演讲分享研究成果，产生学术影响，该研究金将寻求产生理论和经验见解，使社区和民间社会组织的人们能够积极参与创造体面就业机会。为此，该研究所将与在研究过程中致力于社会经济权利和创造就业问题的地方组织和研究中心合作，开展一种合作生产形式的研究。我还将与负责创造就业和培训的政策制定者和个人分享研究结果，并讨论他们如何与民间社会组织有效合作，发展国家就业能力。我通过我的博士研究和咨询活动与几个当地组织和潜在的受访者建立了联系。奖学金将加深这些关系，让我获得新的知识交流相关的经验，并为我提供资源和工具，以实际的方式与社区的人合作。最后，奖学金将为我提供一个极好的机会，发展一个成功的学术生涯作为一个专业研究人员在我的领域。我将进一步发展我的研究技能，获得新的教学经验，并从达勒姆大学的个人和专业培训中受益。

项目成果

Transitional justice for whom? Contention over human rights and justice in Tunisia

过渡时期正义为谁？

• DOI: 10.1080/14742837.2021.1967129
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Social Movement Studies
• 影响因子: 3.1
• 作者: Han S

Mobilizing within and beyond the Labor Union: A Case of Precarious Workers' Collective Actions in North Africa

工会内外的动员：北非不稳定工人集体行动的案例

• DOI: 10.1177/00197939221146778
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: ILR Review
• 影响因子: 2.8
• 作者: Han S