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The Migration-Development Nexus Revisited: State of the Art and Ways Ahead
Conference venue: University of Trento, Trento (Italy)
Period: June 8-10, 2011
Deadline for submitting abstracts: Jan. 28, 2011
Description of the Conference
The conference will focus on the migration-development nexus in the context on the major themes affecting human migration such as gender, international institutions and national policy. The conference aims to review the knowledge available in these respects, in an interdisciplinary and multi-method perspective.
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Eligible topics for the conference
Original contributions are invited with regards to empirical studies, relevant conceptualisations, single or comparative case studies and policy-oriented analyses, potentially applying to any migration system – although with special respect to South-North labour migration.
In addition, the conference will be divided into three sessions:
- The M&D nexus at a macro level: States, markets and beyond
- The M&D nexus at a meso level: Local communities and translocal networks
- The M&D nexus at a micro level: Women, men, families
Papers should be applicable to one of these sessions.
Guidelines for submission
Abstracts (250-500 words), containing a description of the theses advanced, the key question(s) driving the paper and the kind of evidence analysed, should be sent by 28 January 2011 to the following address: smms@unitn.it.
Organizer
- University of Trento - Migration Scenarios and Social Change Center, Department of Sociology and Social Research
- Centro per la Formazione alla Solidarieta Internazionale
Information & contacts
For further information please contact the conference coordinator:
Paolo Boccagni
address: Via Verdi, 26
38122 Trento (Italy)
tel.: 0039.0461.281391
fax: 0039.0461.281348
e-mail: paolo.boccagni@unitn.it
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