My Start At 'The Lab'
THE LAB MY PLACEMENT AT THE RED CROSS MIGRATION LAB This is my first preliminary blog post in concern of the structure and objectives of my Capstone Placement for Global Studies Research (HUSO 2346) at RMIT University. Well here it is folks! The final academic baby steps before the humanitarian cartilage strengthens in these proverbially developing knees and allows me to run straight on to a career! I'm currently undertaking my placement at the Red Cross Migration Lab as an associate researcher. I am the academic Oompa Loompa, the researching Igor and the pro-bono Money Penny! As a Research associate it is my primary position with 'The Lab' to investigate the contextual and theoretical literature concerning how Pacific Island Communities can respond to the adverse effects of local environmental degradation and wether the responses and strategies undertaken have made positive impacts to mitigate such community issues. The research I shall be as...