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Call for Papers International Conference: Migration and Well-Being: Research Frontiers Tel Aviv University, Israel January 8-10, 2013 We invite paper submissions for the International Conference on Migration andWell-Being organized by Tel Aviv University and RC31. International Advisory Committee David Bartram, University of Leicester, UK Peter Kivisto, Augustana College, USA Peggy Levitt, Wellesley College, USA Marco Martiniello, University de Liege, Belgium; FRS-FNRS Ewa Morawska, University of Essex, UK Israeli Organizing Committee Adriana Kemp, Tel Aviv University Noah Lewin-Epstein, Tel Aviv University Moshe Semyonov, Tel Aviv University Sergio DellaPergola, Hebrew University Rebeca Raijman, University of Haifa Keynote Speaker: Professor Doug Massey, Princeton University The conference will address such issues as: - Economic and psychological well-being of immigrants - Social exclusion and xenophobia - The contribution of immigrants to the well-being of the local population, particularly the aging - The role of remittances in improving the welfare of immigrant families - Well-being of asylum seekers and refugees - Education and children of immigrants - Migration policies and the well-being of immigrants Papers relevant to the main theme of the conference, Migration and Well-Being, will be particularly welcome. Other papers will be considered as well, space permitting. Submission of Papers All paper presenters should submit an application consisting of the following two items: a) Name of Author(s) and affiliation(s) b) A short abstract (maximum of 500 words) Please upload your abstract at http://socsci.tau.ac.il/migration/conference/index.php/call, or send it as an attachment to [log in to unmask] Deadline for submission: May 15, 2012 Decisions will be sent out: June 30, 2012 For more information on the conference, please visit our website at http://socsci.tau.ac.il/migration/conference/. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Note: The material contained in this communication comes to you from the Forced Migration Discussion List which is moderated by Forced Migration Online, Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the RSC or the University. If you re-print, copy, archive or re-post this message please retain this disclaimer. Quotations or extracts should include attribution to the original sources. E-mail: [log in to unmask] Posting guidelines: http://www.forcedmigration.org/discussion/guidelines Subscribe/unsubscribe: http://tinyurl.com/fmlist-join-leave List Archives: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html RSS: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?RSS&L=forced-migration Twitter: http://twitter.com/forcedmigration