Quivine Ndomo CV_ 27.11.
2023
1. Personal details and the date of the CV
Ndomo Quivine Genevieve Aoko
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3263-7968
https://www.linkedin.com/in/quivine-ndomo-52521669/
Date: 21.11.2023
2. Degrees
• Doctor of Philosophy in Social and Public Policy, University of Jyväskylä [Pending
Public Defence on 26th January 2024]
• Master of Social Science, University of Jyväskylä, Social Policy, 15 October 2018.
Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences, PL 35, Jyväskylä, Finland.
• Bachelor of Arts, University of Nairobi, Sociology and Communication, 6
December 2013, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nairobi,
Kenya.
3. Other Studies
• Democracy Academy by Migration Policy Group’s New European Initiative
• Writing book reviews – A 1-week writing retreat by Andrew Gibson, Reviews Editor
for LATTIS, in Poznan Poland, 16-20 October 2023
• Academic writing for wider audiences – A writing workshop by Klaus Neumann –
September 2023, University of Jyväskylä
4. Linguistic skills
• Mother tongue: Swahili, Luo
• English – C2 in all components
• Finnish – A1 in all components
5. Current employment
• Doctoral candidate (4th year), University of Jyväskylä, Doctor of Social and Public
Policy, Doctoral degree programme of the Department of Social Sciences and
Philosophy.
Role:
▪ Revise and defend doctoral dissertation
▪ Main teacher for 2 graduate and undergraduate courses in the Spring and Autumn
semesters of the 2022-2023, and 2023-2024 academic years: “Migration Policy”
and “Current Trends in Development Policy”
▪ Present at 2 international conferences (PRECANORD - Critical Perspectives on
Precarious and Informal Work symposium, and The 20th Society for the Study of
Ethnic Relations and International Migration (ETMU) conference, 2023),
▪ Organise an international conference – (ETMU Days 2023)
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6. Previous work experience
• Project Researcher – Secure Mobility: SMUG Project, University of Jyväskylä,
Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences, January 2021 – July 2022.
Temporary, full time project researcher in the European Commission (EASI) funded
project – Secure Mobility: Uncovering Gaps in the Social Protection of Posted
Workers (SMUG) – coordinated at the university of Jyväskylä.
Role:
▪ Participated in grant proposal writing as our team (Professor Nathan Lilie and me)
was both the principal investigator and coordinating partner
▪ Coordinated project activities of 6 consortium partner teams based in 6 countries
– Austria, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Poland, and Slovenia
▪ Organised, hosted, and led the monthly routine project meetings
▪ Co-organised a transnational stakeholder workshop with the European Centre for
Social Welfare Policy and Research in Vienna; and a policy oriented international
conference collaboratively with the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) in
Brussels – Challenges associated with short-term labour mobility: Third country
nationals, posted workers, seasonal workers, and refugees
▪ Data collection in Finland: Biographical interviews and focus group interviews
▪ Designed the strategy for, and led consortium wide collective data analysis
▪ Co-authored (1st author) the aggregate project report for the European commission
with the PI as first author; co-authored 2 policy briefs for the ETUI, and the
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research; and co-authored 1
thematic scientific report for ETUI
▪ Administrative tasks: Maintained the project webpage and technical reporting.
▪ Authoring 1 journal article for Transfer (journal) – Abstract accepted
• Project Researcher –SIRIUS Project, University of Jyväskylä, Department of
Philosophy and Social Sciences, January 2020 – July 2021
Temporary, full time project researcher in the Horizon 2020 project; SIRIUS – Skills
and Integration of Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum applicants in European labour
markets. The project aimed to develop an evidence base for migrant integration
policies in the EU. It was implemented in 8 EU countries including Finland.
Role:
▪ Collected data using the biographical interview method for work package 6 and 7
▪ Co-authored a journal article based on work package 7 data
▪ Co-authored a chapter for an edited volume disseminating work package 6 results
▪ Authored 2 scientific reports for the Finnish team, for work packages 6 and 7
▪ Authored 1 blog post to popularise work package 5 results
▪ Co-produced a video summary of state integration services for different migrant
groups in Finland
▪ Co-wrote the theatre play ‘Routes’ with SOLIDAR to popularise project findings
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• Project Researcher, Finnish University Partnership for International Development
(UniPID), University of Jyväskylä, Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences,
August 2018 – December 2019
1. FinCEAL–Developing Finnish Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation
between Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean Region.
2. PRE-LEAP-RE —PREparing for a Long-Term Joint AU-EU Research and
Innovation Partnership on Renewable Energy
3. FinCEAL Plus BRIDGES - Internationalizing Finnish Science: Building Sustainable
Bridges to Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Role:
▪ Coordinated operations of the programme teams based at the University of
Helsinki, University of Eastern Finland, and University of Jyväskylä; updated the
website, published calls for grants, processed and evaluated grant applications,
and published a monthly newsletter.
• Monitoring and Evaluation Intern, Awareness Against Human Trafficking
(HAART Kenya), Kenya, June 2017- November 2017
Role:
▪ Wrote a proposal for the Ministry of Interior Kenya for an official training and
awareness creation programme to tackle trafficking in humans from, through, and
to Kenya as part of my MA studies
7. Research funding and grants
• Personal grant, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, August 2022 – January 2024
• Part of team that secured a European Commission EASI grant, January 2021 – July 2022,
424,521.00 euros.
• Personal grant, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, January 2021 – December
2022 – (Forfeited)
• Travel grant for internship abroad, University of Jyväskylä, June 2017 – November 2017,
1,800.00 euros.
8. Research output
Peer reviewed publications
1. Ndomo, Q., Bontenbal, I. and Lillie, N.A. (2023), "Essential? COVID-19 and highly
educated Africans in Finland’s segmented labour market", International Journal of
Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 43 No. 3/4, pp. 339-355. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-
06-2022-0171 (Open access)
2. Ndomo, Q., & Lillie, N. (2023). Resistance is useless! (and so are resilience and
reworking): Migrants in the Finnish labour market. In I. Isaakyan, A. Triandafyllidou, &
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S. Baglioni (Eds.), Immigrant and Asylum Seekers Labour Market Integration upon
Arrival: NowHereLand: A Biographical Perspective (pp. 161–184). Springer Nature.
(Open access)
3. Lillie, N., Bontenbal, I., & Ndomo, Q. (2023). Welfare Regimes and Labour Market
Integration Policies in Europe. In S. Baglioni & F. Calo (Eds.), Migrants and refugees in
Europe: work integration in comparative perspective. Bristol University Press. (Open
access)
4. Ndomo, Q. (2022). Europe-Africa Border Relations: A reflection. In I. Moyo & S.J.
Ndlovu-Gatsheni, The Paradox of Planetary Human Entanglements: Challenges of living
together (pp.83-103). Routledge
5. Ndomo, Q. (2022). Doing Research for and With Others: A Researcher's Relationship
with Research Content. In A. Gibson (Ed.), The Affective Researcher (pp. 63-94).
Emerald Publishing Limited.
6. Lillie, N., & Ndomo, Q. (2021). Migrants’ Economic Integration: Problematising
Economic Citizenship. In M. Giugni & M. Grasso (Eds.), Handbook of Citizenship and
Migration. Edward Elgar.
7. Ndomo, Q. (2020). Staying Because of all Odds: Lived experiences of African student
migrants in Finland. In J.P. Laine, I. Moyo, C.C. Nshimbi (Eds.), Expanding Boundaries:
Borders, Mobilities and the future of Europe-Africa relations. Routledge.
Scientific Reports
8. Ndomo, Q. & Lillie, N. (2022). “(In)Secure Mobility: Posted workers’ acquiescence,
social insurance, and economic rationality”. SMUG WP 5 Project report. August 2022
9. Ndomo, Q., Bontenbal, I., & Lillie, N. (2020). “Policy Recommendations on the Labour
Market Integration of Migrants”. SIRIUS WP 7 Finland report. November 2020.
10. Ndomo, Q. & Lillie, N. (2020). “Individual Barriers and Enablers to Labour Market
Integration in EU Labour Markets”. SIRIUS WP 6 Finland report. August 2020.
Policy Briefs
11. Lillie, N., Ndomo, Q., & Karkkäinen, K. (2023). “Social insurance for mobile
construction workers: The effects of posting and other forms of mobility on worker
precarity”. Policy Brief. European Trade Union Institute. September 2023
12. Lillie, N., Karkkäinen, K., & Ndomo, Q. (2022). “Posting short term labour migration,
and social rights access: How to rework an alienating system?” Policy Brief. European
Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research. August 2022
Scientific Blog
13. Maury, O., Khan, J., & Ndomo, Q. (2021). Why does Finland seek talent from abroad,
but neglect highly skilled foreigners in the country? Raster.fi. June 2021
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9. Research supervision and leadership experience
• Main supervisor of 1 master’s thesis in Social Policy
• Official examiner of 1 master’s thesis in Development Studies
• Lead consultant for a team of project experts in Finland working on the European Union
and Council of Europe joint Project on “Building an inclusive integration approach in
Finland, in collaboration with the ministry of justice Finland and 6 Finnish cities till
September 2024.
Role: Leading a consultancy group of migration and integration experts based in
Finland in assisting six Finnish municipalities to: 1) Conduct their Intercultural City
Index (ICC Index) analysis; 2) draw up and implement strategies, practical tools, and
solutions to reform migrant integration and inclusion in Finland; 3) promote
implementation of local integration strategies which reflect intercultural and the
Finnish good relations principle.
10. Teaching merits
• University Pedagogy Studies (10ECTS), University of Jyväskylä
• Responsible Teacher (2022-2023): Migration policy (YKPS3102); Autumn 2023:
Current trends in development policy (DEVS3015) –Department of Social Sciences and
Philosophy – University of Jyväskylä
• Graduate Teaching Assistant (2020-2021): Migration policy (YKPS3102) – Social and
Public Policy Unit – University of Jyväskylä
• Teaching material production – Migration, Mobilities and Social Policy – Helsinki Open
University
11. Awards and honours
• Masters’ degree award in development research – Finnish Society for Development
Research (FSDR) and Finnish University Partnership for International Development
(UniPID)
12. Other key academic merits:
• Board member 2022-2024, The Society for the Study of Ethnic Relations and
International Migration (ETMU)
• Board member 2023-2024, Nordic Migration Research Council (NMR)
• Committee member – EQUITY team, University of Jyväskylä
• Co-coordinator Migration, Mobilities and Internationalization Network (miNET)
• Member, speaker, and facilitator Think Africa Ry (an association of the African
diaspora in Finland)
