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Conference: Facing a New "Age of Migration"? Methodological Challenges, Conceptual Questions, Political Entanglements (Bucharest, 1 – 2 September 2016)
Tudorina Mihai
30 August 2016
ESA Research Network 35 "Sociology of Migration" is holding this week its third mid-term conference in Bucharest, from 1 to 2 September 2016.
The conference Facing a New "Age of Migration"? Methodological Challenges, Conceptual Questions, Political Entanglements is organized in Romania in collaboration with the Research Institute for Quality of Life (Romanian Academy) and the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work (University of Bucharest).
The main theme of the Conference is to reflect on the question whether or not European countries are currently facing a “new” age of migration and on the methodological and conceptual challenges posed to migration research within the current developments. Thematically, this conference will bring together various analytical and methodological approaches in refugee and migration studies.
The keynote speeches will be delivered by prof. Bridget Anderson (Centre on Migration, Policy and Society - COMPAS, University of Oxford, UK) and prof. Michael Collyer (University of Sussex, UK).
The conference will cover the following topics:
Conference venue: Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Șoseaua Panduri, 90, Bucharest.
More information and the detailed programme of ESA conference:
RN35ESA_Midterm_book of abstracts
RN35ESA_Midterm_programme
For any questions related to the event, please address your messages to:
Monica Şerban (ICCV): monas@iccv.ro
Karin Peters (ESA RN35): karin.peters@wur.nl
The conference Facing a New "Age of Migration"? Methodological Challenges, Conceptual Questions, Political Entanglements is organized in Romania in collaboration with the Research Institute for Quality of Life (Romanian Academy) and the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work (University of Bucharest).
The main theme of the Conference is to reflect on the question whether or not European countries are currently facing a “new” age of migration and on the methodological and conceptual challenges posed to migration research within the current developments. Thematically, this conference will bring together various analytical and methodological approaches in refugee and migration studies.
The keynote speeches will be delivered by prof. Bridget Anderson (Centre on Migration, Policy and Society - COMPAS, University of Oxford, UK) and prof. Michael Collyer (University of Sussex, UK).
The conference will cover the following topics:
- Borders, refugee crisis and migration policies;
- Highly skilled migration;
- Focus on temporary migration;
- Quantitative data and their use;
- Unobserved flows;
- Origin country, migration and transnationalism;
- Youth migration
Conference venue: Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Șoseaua Panduri, 90, Bucharest.
More information and the detailed programme of ESA conference:
RN35ESA_Midterm_book of abstracts
RN35ESA_Midterm_programme
For any questions related to the event, please address your messages to:
Monica Şerban (ICCV): monas@iccv.ro
Karin Peters (ESA RN35): karin.peters@wur.nl
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