Gilmartin, Mary and Coppari, Pablo Rojas and Phelan, Dean (2021) Promising precarity: the lives of Dublin’s international students. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47 (20). pp. 4723-4740. ISSN 1369-183X

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There has been a considerable growth in the number of international students in Dublin, Ireland. In this paper, we first explore the broader context for this growth, showing the ways in which international student migration to Dublin has been facilitated, and the consequences in terms of the creation of different categories of international student migrants. We then discuss the experiences of international student migrants in Dublin by focusing on precarity and promise. We use Lorey’s tripartite understanding of precarity (2015. States of Insecurity: Government of the Precarious. London: Verso) to show how international student migrants in Dublin experience legal precarisation, economic precarity and personal precariousness. This is, we argue, mitigated by promise (Ahmed 2010. The Promise of Happiness. Durham: Duke University Press), as international student migrants seek to navigate their way through precarity in place. The paper offers important insights into the complexity of international student migration, based on the lived experiences of migrants themselves.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Cite as: Mary Gilmartin, Pablo Rojas Coppari & Dean Phelan (2021) Promising precarity: the lives of Dublin’s international students, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47:20, 4723-4740, DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2020.1732617
Keywords:	International student migration; international student migrants; precarity; promise;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography
Item ID:	15719
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2020.1732617
Depositing User:	Dr. Mary Gilmartin
Date Deposited:	22 Mar 2022 15:45
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis online
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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