David
Cairns
is
a
researcher
based
at
the
Centre
for
Research
and
Studies
in
Sociology,
ISCTE-University
Institute
of
Lisbon,
Portugal.
Previously
he
has
worked
and
studied
at
Queen’s
University
Belfast,
University
of
Ulster,
National
University
of
Ireland
Galway
and
University
of
Lisbon,
and
been
a
visiting
scholar
at
universities
in
Ireland,
Armenia,
Estonia,
China
and
Singapore.
His
research
interests
include
youth,
mobility,
education
and
political
participation,
and
he
is
a
member
of
the
European
Commission/Council
of
Europe
Youth
Partnership
Pool
of
European
Researchers.
He
has
participated
in
numerous
projects,
including
two
European
Commission
funded
studies
and
work
funded
by
the
governments
of
Portugal,
Ireland
and
the
United
Kingdom,
and
is
regularly
employed
as
an
expert
on
Youth
Policy
by
various
European
institutions,
including European
Commission.
To
date,
he
has
over
100
publications,
including
five
books
and
articles
in
journals
including
International
Migration,
British
Journal
of
Sociology
of
Education,
Journal
of
the
Royal
...
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