This international workshop explores the human dimension of mobility in highly competitive and specialised professional fields.

While long training paths and global labour market pressures often require individuals to relocate, much less is known about the emotional, relational, and personal dynamics that shape these career trajectories. The event examines how professionals navigate mobility, maintain relationships, and sustain their well-being while building demanding careers. It is co-organised by the RSU Social Sciences Research Centre and the UCL Institute of Education.

Semināra programma (angļu valodā)

9.30-9.50	Arrival & coffee
9.50-10.00	Welcome remarks
10.00-10.40	Session I Louise Archer, Prof., OBE, Institute of Education, University College London, “Interplays of capital and 'luck' in socially mobile trajectories: insights from the ASPIRES longitudinal study”     Olga Cara, Assoc. Prof., Institute of Education, University College London/ Faculty of Social Sciences, Rīga Stradiņš University, “Early Academic Careers as Reflexive Projects: Narrating Fate, Intentions, and Serendipity”
10.50-11.30	Session II Maya Graudina, PhD student, Institute of Education, University College London, “Between Bureaucracy and Dialogue: Academics’ Experiences of Quality Assurance in Latvian Higher Education” Dina Bite, Assoc. Prof., Zanda Gailume-Zohara, MA student, Faculty of Social Sciences, Rīga Stradiņš University, “Impact of Green Transition Measures on the Work Environment in State Hospitals
11.40-12.20	Session III Inguna Potetinova, PhD student, Faculty of Social Sciences, Rīga Stradiņš University, “Should I Stay or Should I Go: Resilience of Early Career General Practitioners” Anna Žabicka, PhD candidate, Faculty of Social Sciences, Rīga Stradiņš University, “GP (Im)mobility and Care in Latvia”
12.20-13.00	Coffee & lunch break
13.00-13.40	Session IV Joanne Lawrence, PhD student, Institute of Education, University College London, “How Paths Diverge: Factors Influencing Medical Career Progression” Marina Kameņecka-Usova, Leading Researcher, Faculty of Social Sciences, Rīga Stradiņš University, Signe Luika, Leading Guest Researcher, RSU Latvian Academy of Sport Education, “’Always on the Move’: Mobility as a Hidden Workload in Professional Sport"
13.50-14.30	Session V Līga Ozoliņa, PhD candidate, Faculty of Social Sciences, Rīga Stradiņš University, “On the Move: Mobility as an Integral Part of Special/Foreign Correspondents’ Careers” Elīna Reitere, Researcher, Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art, University of Latvia, “Role of Mobility in the Careers of Film Workers”
14.30-15.00	Concluding remarks & future plans

The workshop is organised within the project (R)E-TIES: Managing mobility and human relations in digitally saturated social worlds (RSU-PAG-2024/1-0017) co-financed by European Union's Recovery and Resilience Mechanism.