Silvia Torezani
Biographic Data
| ID | 755908 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Silvia Torezani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Silvia |
| FAMILY NAME | Torezani |
| SIGNATURE | TOREZANI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Edith Cowan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6184-6577 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A peer-to-peer support model for developing graduate students’ career and employability skills
Career opportunities for Australian research graduates have expanded in recent years into areas outside academia. However, the employment market is highly competitive, and Australian universities have recognised the need to produce graduates with transferable skills across all sectors, not just academia. The need to provide an infrastructure to support the career and skill development of research students has become essential, with funding from t…
Learning communities across cultures
Ethnography across Disciplinary Borders
Discrimination and Well-Being
This paper reports the apparent paradox of high levels of discrimination experienced by humanitarian migrants to Australia, in the labor market and everyday life, yet simultaneous reporting of positive well-being. How can people feel discriminated against, yet still be relatively satisfied with life? The study draws on quantitative and qualitative data from a study of 150 refugees from the former Yugoslavia, the Middle East, and Africa. Possible …
"Looking for a "Missing Link
Finding employment and developing social networks that can facilitate this task can be major challenges for migrants from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds in Australia and comparable countries, and even more so for refugees who represent a potentially more disadvantaged section of the immigrant intake. This paper explores refugees’ perception and use of the Job Network (JN), a group of employment service providers contract…
The 'Latin' among Chileans
Scholarly research on Latin Americans in Australia reflects some of the difficulties in labelling collective identities.1 Such research seems to name the collective South and Central American and Spanish-speaking groups in two ways. First, some research refers to these groups as a plural subject; that is, the Latin American identity is described as a ‘community of communities’.2 Second, some of the recent social sciences studies, including the di…
Discrimination and Well-Being
This paper reports the apparent paradox of high levels of discrimination experienced by humanitarian migrants to Australia, in the labor market and everyday life, yet simultaneous reporting of positive well-being. How can people feel discriminated against, yet still be relatively satisfied with life? The study draws on quantitative and qualitative data from a study of 150 refugees from the former Yugoslavia, the Middle East, and Africa. Possible …
"Looking for a "Missing Link
Finding employment and developing social networks that can facilitate this task can be major challenges for migrants from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds in Australia and comparable countries, and even more so for refugees who represent a potentially more disadvantaged section of the immigrant intake. This paper explores refugees’ perception and use of the Job Network (JN), a group of employment service providers contract…
The 'Latin' among Chileans
Scholarly research on Latin Americans in Australia reflects some of the difficulties in labelling collective identities.1 Such research seems to name the collective South and Central American and Spanish-speaking groups in two ways. First, some research refers to these groups as a plural subject; that is, the Latin American identity is described as a ‘community of communities’.2 Second, some of the recent social sciences studies, including the di…
Ethnography across Disciplinary Borders
The 'Latin' among Chileans
Scholarly research on Latin Americans in Australia reflects some of the difficulties in labelling collective identities.1 Such research seems to name the collective South and Central American and Spanish-speaking groups in two ways. First, some research refers to these groups as a plural subject; that is, the Latin American identity is described as a ‘community of communities’.2 Second, some of the recent social sciences studies, including the di…
Discrimination and Well-Being
This paper reports the apparent paradox of high levels of discrimination experienced by humanitarian migrants to Australia, in the labor market and everyday life, yet simultaneous reporting of positive well-being. How can people feel discriminated against, yet still be relatively satisfied with life? The study draws on quantitative and qualitative data from a study of 150 refugees from the former Yugoslavia, the Middle East, and Africa. Possible …
"Looking for a "Missing Link
Finding employment and developing social networks that can facilitate this task can be major challenges for migrants from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds in Australia and comparable countries, and even more so for refugees who represent a potentially more disadvantaged section of the immigrant intake. This paper explores refugees’ perception and use of the Job Network (JN), a group of employment service providers contract…
Ethnography across Disciplinary Borders
A peer-to-peer support model for developing graduate students’ career and employability skills
Career opportunities for Australian research graduates have expanded in recent years into areas outside academia. However, the employment market is highly competitive, and Australian universities have recognised the need to produce graduates with transferable skills across all sectors, not just academia. The need to provide an infrastructure to support the career and skill development of research students has become essential, with funding from t…
Learning communities across cultures
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Refugee (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Acculturation (1 work)