Elzbieta M. Gozdziak

The Impact of Blogging on Academic Success Blogging has become a popular activity for many people, but its role in academic life is often overlooked. Many of my colleagues, especially in Poland, think blogging is a waste of time since Polish u...

Does blogging help academic success? In my latest post I explore how writing for a public audience can strengthen research communication, critical thinking, and teaching — even when formal university rewards are missing. Read more and decide for yourself: wix.to/8DzzdbY

https://www.goodbeginnings.blog/post/ethnographic-writing-bringing-data-to-life Ethnographic writing is an art that blends anthropology and storytelling. It empowers writers to weave rich and detailed narratives drawn from their experiences with different communities. Ethnographi...

Ethnographic Writing: Bringing Data to Life — explore how anthropology and storytelling combine to turn fieldnotes and interviews into vivid narratives. Read the full post and learn techniques to make your data sing. wix.to/4RJD1NV #Ethnography #WritingTips #Anthropology #Storytelling

https://www.goodbeginnings.blog/post/eventful-summer As we welcome a new academic year, we also reflect on our summer activities, both project-related and the fun stuff. Katarzyna writes:The summer is now definitely over, but what an eventful summer it ...

New blog post! As my postdoc said: "Blogging is fun, and somehow therapeutic - it invites us to see ourselves within a story. Here is our collaborative story of a research process and the academic life of our project. Good beginnings are bearing fruit!"
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Work-life balance Throughout my long career as a migration scholar, I have endeavored to achieve a balance between work and personal life, often encountering challenges in doing so. However, last week I came close to m...

A new blog post on work-life balance, inspired by my recent trip to London to attend a migration conference and have a little bit of fun! www.elzbietagozdziak.com/post/work-li...

US ‘illegally deported’ Vietnamese and Burmese migrants to South Sudan Immigrant rights advocates say White House violated court order and ask judge to order nearly a dozen people’s return

It's not really deportation if people are sent to countries where they never lived. It's a human trafficking ring.

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Signed a book contract with @rutgersupress.bsky.social Title: Immigrant families and Education: Navigating belonging in Polish schools and society. Looking forward to working with Rutgers U Press. This will be my second book published in their Childhood series.

My research team has a new blog post. Wiktoria is reflecting on a recent conference on #childhoods and #resilience. Take a look and if you are interested in migrant children and education, subscribe to our blog. www.goodbeginnings.blog/post/hope-an...

Hot off the presses! A new article on the role of education in migrant families' decision making. Part of a forthcoming special issue of Przeglad Polonijny on migraht decision-making. ejournals.eu/czasopismo/s...

https://www.goodbeginnings.blog/post/methods-of-ethnographic-research-with-children-and-young-people Katarzyna Byłów reflects on ethnographic methodologies in research with children 🇺🇸 🇵🇱Within the methodology of scientific research with children, even as participatory and inductive as ethnography, it is often adults who define the scope of what is visible and documented, simply by asking specific questions. In our project, we tend to be interested in places, relationships, how and when people learn a new language, and in manifestations of inclusion and exclusion within schools. We are quit

Our team is staying busy. We have a new blog post, penned by Katarzyna Bylow, reflecting on ethnographic methodologies in research with migrant children. There is an English and Polish version. Happy reading!

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https://www.goodbeginnings.blog/post/think-like-your-editor-crafting-a-compelling-book-prospectus Elżbieta Goździak is reflecting on writing a successful book proposalI am hard at work on a new book stemming from our project on migrant children in Polish schools, but I thought I would take a momen...

A blog post about crafting a book prospectus. Hope you find it useful, especially young scholars.
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In Oslo at a conference on migration to nontraditional destinations. Thank you @heidihaa.bsky.social for organizing and inviting me.

A Year in Review: Research, Books, and K-dramas As the year drew to a close, I reflected on my accomplishments and challenges. Research and publicationsMy current research project is progressing. If you want to follow what I and my team are up to, ...

In a blogging kind of mood. Here is my personal reflection on research, reading, and entertainment in 2024. www.elzbietagozdziak.com/post/a-year-...

https://www.goodbeginnings.blog/post/2024-a-year-in-review-celebrating-our-achievements-and-looking-to-the-future Elżbieta M. Goździak is reflecting on our accomplishments and challenges in 2024Schools are empty at the moment as students and teachers enjoy a welcomed holiday break. Our team is also enjoying much deserved vacation, but I decided to reflect on our accomplishments and challenges in 2024 before the holidays end.FieldworkWe have completed hundreds of interviews with children, parents, teachers, school principals, and child advocates. In many instances these interviews were accompanied by partici

My team researching migrant children in Polish schools has just published a blog post reflecting on our 2024 accomplishments and challenges to come. The post includes links to Open Access articles we published last year. Happy reading!
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https://www.goodbeginnings.blog/post/our-favorite-books-of-2024 Every year around this time, we reflect on the books, academic and fiction, we read during the past year. Katarzyna’s reading highlights 2024Over the last year, I focused on reading the latest relevan...

Every December my team members and I reflect on the books, academic and fiction, we read in the previous year. What were your favorite books in 2024? Let us know.

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Welcome to the Blue Sky Chloe!

Indeed, we have known it since IRCA

This is what I fear too!

It just takes me to their blog about all sorts ofvthings

Migration scholars, something for us! @mlsee.bsky.social

Please include me

would love to be added, please

Sadly, precision is not a strong suit of the anti-immigration people

I am only interested in research on children and childhoods, especially migrant children

Anybody creating a starter pack on children and childhoods? Would love to join.

yes, please

Has anybody made an international migration starter pack? Would love to be part of it!

Made the switch... Let's hope this is a good experience. Follow me if you are interested in international migration, migrant children, education.