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Call For Papers:
Global Justice and Migration: Normative Perspectives and Empirical Trends
A workshop jointly organized by the European University Institute, IMISCOE
(International Migration and Social Cohesion in Europe), and the Global
Justice Network.
Sponsors: EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences, IMISCOE
Research Network
Convenors: Rainer Bauböck, Miriam Ronzoni, Christian Schemmel
Date and Place: EUI, Fiesole (Florence), April 23rd-24th 2010.
Confirmed Keynote Speaker: Joseph Carens, University of Toronto
The movement of people across countries and regions is a central issue
both in the social sciences and in normative debates. This workshops aims
to analyze migration in its trans- and international aspects, by examining
its geopolitical and socio-economic causes and effects and by asking
normative questions regarding its relationship to global inequality and
the scope of the right to free movement in the international realm. In
particular, we wish to focus on the three following areas:
(1) The relationship between migration, poverty, and development. Are the
claims of migrants stronger in virtue of their condition of need? Is
welcoming migrants a substitute for aid? Does the role of affluent
countries in imposing an economic system that, as some would argue,
reinforces global inequality deprive them of any right to control their
own borders? Migration also has repercussions for the societies that
migrants leave behind: is migration good or bad for developing countries?
Do remittances outweigh the negative effects of brain drain? Are there any
relevant differences between short-term and long-term effects?
(2) The ethics of migration control. What are the scope and the strength
of the right to free movement? Is there a moral asymmetry between
immigration and emigration control? Why do states think that the former is
easier to justify? Has it always been like that? In recent years bilateral
and multilateral agreements to fight irregular migration (such as the one
between Italy and Libya) have become fairly popular: what are the
long-term effects of such policies and, consequently, their ethical
implications? Do we need forms of supranational governance to regulate
migration, and if so of what kind?
(3) Temporary labour migration. What are the trends in state policies with
respect to voluntary temporary migrants? Do trends mirror domestic
economic needs - and if so how – or ideological assumptions? Do temporary
migrants have different needs and claims with respect to both refugees and
would-be citizens/permanent residents? What exactly is immoral, if
anything, about guest worker programmes?
We are interested both in empirical and normative contributions that
examine one or more of the above phenomena and problems, with an eye to
policy implications.
To apply, please send us:
- an abstract of max. 350 words;
- a short description (max. 150 words) of how the paper would fit in with
the workshop topic, and which of the three areas it is most relevant to;
- a short CV (1 page max.)
5 papers will be selected. Presenters of accepted papers will receive a
subsidy for travel and accommodation of up to €500.
Please send your submission to [log in to unmask] by February 28th
2010.
Dr Miriam Ronzoni
Research Fellow, Centre for Advanced Studies "Justitia Amplificata:
Rethinking Justice: Applied and Global", Department of Political Science,
University of Frankfurt
For the academic year 2009/10: Max Weber Visiting Fellow, European
University Institute
http://www.mwpweb.eu/MiriamRonzoni/
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