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Apologies for cross-posting CALL FOR PAPERS RGS - IBG Annual Conference Manchester, 26th-28th August 2009 Geographical perspectives on international labour migration Session organisers: Katharine Jones and Kevin Ward (University of Manchester) Session description As an object of policy labour migration is undergoing something of a revival, with labour markets in advanced industrial economies becoming increasingly dependent on migrant workers. Even European states previously opposed to migration are instigating migration programmes as the mobility of European workers has become increasingly integral to EU debates about the operation of flexible labour markets. Meanwhile, a range of economic actors at a variety of scales, from local businesses to the World Bank, have promoted economic migration as a solution to various labour market shortages. In the process migration policies appear to have become transformed into active labour market strategies. The aim of this session is to bring together a range of papers – empirical, methodological, and theoretical – to advance the contribution that geographers can make to understanding the increasingly complex cultural, economic and political co-ordinate of international migration. Possible issues include: how the demand for international labour migration in advanced industrial economies is shaped; the evolving nature of A8 and A2 migration in Europe; the role of the state as a regulatory actor of both migration and of labour markets; the role of other regulatory actors; the relationship between flexible labour markets and migration; the labour supply of migrant workers and the consequences for social reproduction; and new theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of migration. Authors are invited to submit a brief abstract (not more than 250 words) to the session organisers Katharine Jones ([log in to unmask]) and Kevin Ward ([log in to unmask]) by Friday 23rd January 2009. _________________________________________________________________ Send e-mail anywhere. No map, no compass. http://windowslive.com/Explore/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_anywhere_122008 ----- End forwarded message ----- ----- End forwarded message -----