As the days till my departure shrink in number, I am scrambling to make last minute arrangements for housing, banking, transportation, etc. . . . I will arrive in Dublin International Airport on Sunday, and I start my internship on Tuesday. I am taking part in an off-campus credit program through the School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) at Cornell University.
It appears that my internship will involve a study of labor markets, job loss, and social programs available to cushion European workers in the current recession. This blog is intended to be a space for exploring the balance of work and play: how it impacts my work life and research, how it relates to the subject of my research, and how it might differ from the United States to Ireland and the rest of the European Union. Since the nature of this work appears to be similar to the kind that I am interested in professionally, I wish to explore the work-life balance that accompanies it, and its compatibility with my personality and career goals. I am also interested in how differing work rules and norms between the countries manifest themselves in the workplace and labor market, as well as how they play out in the larger consciousness of the workforce and population.
I am furthermore interested in understanding the material consequences of income support programs, especially those used to replaced wages lost from sectoral shifts and job destruction.
Finally, I would like to extend my most appreciative thanks to Brigid Beachler and Prof. Clete Daniel of ILR for their continued guidance and assistance with my search for an internship and my struggle to square away all of the relevant practicalities; to my new supervisor in Dublin for this amazing opportunity; to my advisor, Goerge Jakubson, for his overwhelming confidence in my ability to produce quality work and excitement at my continued intellectual engagement and growth; and to the ILR Alumni Association for their generous financial support.
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