Youth on the Move?

Youth on the Move?
A one-day international conference on youth and migration in Europe

Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon (ICS-UL)

Friday, 21 September 2007
Sala de Aulas 2


Provisional Timetable


Morning Session: Youth on the Move? Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives

10.00 Coffee and Welcome

10.30 Introduction - David Cairns (ICS-UL)

10.45 The Situation of Migrant Youth - Thomas Geisen (Institute for Regional and Migration Research, Zurich)

11.15 Social Capital and Migration: The Case of Youth - Katarzyna Growiec (Graduate School for Social Research, Polish Academy of Sciences)

11.45 Temporary Youth Migration and European Identity - Marion Huvette (Dublin City University)

12.30 Lunch Break


First Afternoon Session: Youth Mobility in Education and Work

14.00 Student Mobility and Immobility in Northern Ireland – David Cairns (ICS-UL) & Jim Smyth (Queen’s University, Belfast)

14.30 Transition of Migrants after Apprenticeship in Germany – Does Cultural Diversity Matter? - Anette Haas & Andreas Damelang (Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg)

15.00 Young Portuguese Researchers Abroad: Preliminary Results of a Survey - Ana Delicado (ICS-UL)

15.30 Recent Economic Performance and Changing Configurations of the Workforce Mobility Patterns in Northwest Portugal: Social Consequences of Unemployment and the Rise of Youth Emigration Flows - João Queirós (Institute of Sociology, University of Porto)

16.15 Coffee Break


Second Afternoon Session: Migration and Mobility in Portugal

16.30 Happy at Home and Travelling Far: Attitudes toward Mobility among Young Portuguese Muslims - Nina Clara Tiesler (ICS-UL)

17.30 Cosmopolitan Portuguese Youth: the World as Home after the Macao’s Migratory Experience - Inês Costa Pessoa (ISCTE )

18.00 Cultural Lifestyles of Young Capeverdean Immigrants and Descendents Living in Portugal - Catarina Vilhena Páscoa (ICS-UL)


Conference Language:
English
Organisor:
David Cairns (ICS-UL)



Free Admission