BRISPO (Department of Sociology) is looking for student interviewers to support a research project focusing on immigrants who arrived in Belgium within the last five years.
The call is open to all students who speak English and Pashto and have contacts that would allow them to recruit potential respondents (newcomer migrants) within the Afghan community in Belgium.
Your main task
You will conduct face-to-face interviews (approximately 30 minutes each) with at least five non-student participants belonging to one of the targeted immigrant groups from Afghanistan.
Each interview consists of:
- conducting a structured questionnaire with the respondent using a tablet provided by VUB
- gathering the respondent’s comments/feedback on the questionnaire design
- addressing any questions or concerns the respondent may have
Workload: 10 hours, including the following tasks:
- On-site training session (90 minutes): introduction to the questionnaire, practice filling it in, instructions on how to conduct interviews professionally (January 2026)
- Collecting five completed questionnaires from individuals from Afghanistan who arrived in Belgium within the last 5 years and who are not students (you may rely on family networks and acquaintances) (February 2026)
- Completing a short interviewer’s form reporting the circumstances of each interview (location, time, difficulties encountered, etc.) (February 2026)
Compensation: €14,0483 per hour
This job offer covers only the tasks described above, but for students who wish to continue the collaboration, it will be possible to arrange additional contracts to conduct a larger number of interviews (February-May 2026) and/or translation of the survey from English into Pashto (January-February 2026).
If you are interested in this job, please contact dorota.celinska-janowicz@vub.be
