The 18th Nordic Migration Conference, August 11-12 2016, Oslo
Migration and social inequality: Global perspectives – new boundaries
Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to submit abstracts for the workshop: Intersectionally
gendered trajectories of labour migration to and within the European
Economic Area. The call closes on March 15th.
Kind regards,
Anna Matyska
Workshop nr.8:
Intersectionally gendered trajectories of labour migration to and
within the European Economic Area
Labour mobility within and to the European Economic Area remains
topical. On one hand, labour migration from third countries is
perceived as a solution to the weakening dependency ratios in Europe,
and to the labour deficit particularly in health and social care as
well as in manual professions such as construction. On the other hand,
the EU strives to compete over highly educated workforce, i.e. the
“best migrant talent”. Economic inequalities continue to produce
labour mobility within the European Economic Area, which has been
further accelerated by the crisis in the Eurozone. A brain drain has
been reported to take place in the austerity ridden Greece, for
instance. In many national labour markets, the gendered, ethnicised
and classed figures such as the “Polish construction worker”, the
“Filipino nurse”, or “Ukrainian domestic worker” have become
recognizable in public discourse. However, the status of different
types of labour migrants varies widely in Europe, from the rights of
family reunification to the recognition of skills and qualifications
to salary levels and types of contract. In general, third country
nationals’ access to both rights and professional circles remains weak
throughout the EEA, but also this often depends on the destination
country, the nationality, gender and class of the migrant, as well as
on the profession. This panel is interested in empirical research on
how different national labour markets within the EEA are both shaped
by labour immigration, and how the national migration and employment
regimes also shape the migrants’ position therein. The panel seeks
papers that illuminate the role of various collective bodies, from
market to state actors to trade unions and beyond, in shaping
migrants’ working lives and their experience of mobility to and within
the EEA. The panel is particularly interested in the gendered and
classed aspects of the phenomenon, including how institutions produce
particularly gendered and classed migration streams and how they
affect the labour market structures of sending and receiving countries
in gendered and classed ways.
Abstracts should not exceed 400 words, and can be submitted
electronically at the conference website:
http://www.sv.uio.no/iss/english/research/news-and-events/events/conferences-and-seminars/the-18th-nordic-migration-conference/call-for-paper-abstracts/index.html
General information on the conference:
http://www.sv.uio.no/iss/english/research/news-and-events/events/conferences-and-seminars/the-18th-nordic-migration-conference/
For further information or if you have any questions please do not
hesitate to email the workshop convenors:
Tiina Vaittinen, University of Tampere ([log in to unmask])
Unnur Dís Skaptadóttir, University of Iceland ([log in to unmask])
Anna Matyska, University of Tampere ([log in to unmask])
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Anna Matyska
Postdoctoral researcher in Social Anthropology
School of Social Sciences and Humanities
University of Tampere, Finland
(+358) 400212861
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