This week on the Nature Careers Podcast: displaced researchers share their stories
How does it feel to have your research disrupted by the war, by all this illegal, very difficult travelling?Truthfully, I feel that I waste all the effort that I have done in the past. I feel that I begin from new.I hope. I hope to finish my PhD and work in my field also. If the war stopped in Yemen, I want to come back to my country to see my family, my friends, my country, yes.
But this isn’t the case for all researchers. Some are able to find ways to continue work once they move to another country. Even if this work comes with limitations, and may only be temporary. This is what Fares el Hasan has experienced. I was living in the east of Aleppo, where it was controlled by a revolutionist. And my work at Aleppo University was controlled by government, Syrian government. At the beginning, I was travelling from the eastern part to the western part. But it was really difficult and dangerous because there was snipers on the road.
Also the economic situation was very, very bad. And I also decided, okay, it's time to leave this country because it’s impossible to live in these circumstances.Fares el Hasan: 10:09 But the first night was difficult, I remember. Because I was alone. And I’m thinking oh, I am very, very far away from my family. It’s really long distance. But after that, when the new students start to come and I start to have contact with other students, life starts to be nice and happy again.And can you describe how you were able to adapt to this very different surrounding that you found yourself in?It was for me really difficult, completely different culture.
And it took for me, I think, about six months from the beginning and till the end to get like, five years permit resident. And after that I was able to find job. And my first job was at Rainforest Alliance in Amsterdam. But yeah, I wasn’t able because my family was in Syria. I was worried about my family. I was entered in a refugee procedure.
And it came about just after the Nazis had come to power. And one of their first edicts was to ban non-Aryans, as they call them, from the public service. And I think academics tend to become targets, perhaps second only to journalists, in the sense that they they’re people who ask awkward questions. They listen politely to the answers they give them, but then have more questions.Any reason that someone might have to flee their country and to seek refuge will be a huge disruption to their lives, is this disruption shifted or any different for academics?The same disruption and of course, the people we’re helping, usually don’t come by themselves.
And so by the time we go out to one of our partner universities, saying here is somebody we think you might be interested in hosting. But unfortunately, it’s a never ending task in some ways, because the range of issues that people are escaping is pretty wide. And when we meet them, it’s really very emotional. And it’s really very striking how people feel really, very pleased at what we’ve been able to what we’ve been able to do to help them, and to get them away.
What responsibilities do states have when it comes to these issues? Should countries in conflict collaborate with each other scientifically? And how do political tensions or wars affect the integrity of science and the lives of scientists?
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