David Cairns is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal, currently undertaking research on the Erasmus programme. He has published widely on topics including migration and youth studies.Valentina Cuzzocrea is Lecturer in Sociology at University of Cagliari, Italy. She is also coordinator of the European Sociological Association RN 30 Youth and Generation and a member of the CoE/EC Pool of European Youth Researchers.Daniel Briggs is Professor of Criminology at the European University of Madrid, Spain. His research includes work on social problems, deviance and migration. He is currently undertaking research on the refugee crisis. Luísa Veloso is a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal. She is coordinator of the research line ‘Work, Innovation and Social Structures of Economy’, with numerous publications on the sociology of work.

• 1. The Mobility Dream and its Consequences.- 2. Mobility Contexts.- 3. New Dilemmas in Europe’s Race for Global Talent: A Wrong Turn for Tertiary Education?.- 4. Working for Europe? Managing Erasmus+ in the Austerity Era.- 5. Recruiting Interns and Keeping them ‘Externs’: Mobility Paradoxes in Internship Governance.- 6. Being a Researcher: Professional Stability and Career Trajectories in Science and Technology.- 7. The Unsettled Future: Future Challenges in Highly Qualified Mobility