Hidden Migration, Data & Policy, 9-10 March, 2017

Hidden Migration, Data & Policy

Registration

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Nishan Canagarajah (Pro-Vice Chancellor Research, University of Bristol)

Dipti Pardeshi (Chief of Mission, International Organization for Migration, UK) 

Panel A: SDGs and Hidden Migration

Chair: Ann Singleton (Senior Research Fellow, Policy Studies, University of Bristol; Senior Adviser to IOM GMDAC)

Denis Kierans (Data & Research Officer, IOM GMDAC) & Marzia Rango (Research Officer, IOM GMDAC) - Global Migration Trends: the experience of IOM’s Data Analysis Centre

Hakan G. Sicakkan (Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen) - Hidden Policy, Hidden Migration and Researching SDGs

Coffee

Panel B: Regional Perspectives

Chair: Franck Düvell (University of Oxford)

Akanni Akinyemi (Associate Professor & Director of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Office, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife) - Challenges of Migration Data Harmonization within ECOWAS

Delali Badasu (Director, Centre for Migration Studies, University of Ghana) - Developing a Migration Data Policy for Ghana: International Context, Sustainable Development and Human Rights Considerations

David Gordon (Professor of Social Justice, University of Bristol) - Well-being and inclusion of migrants in Southern Africa: which data are needed?

Franck Düvell (Senior Researcher, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford) - Migration in transition: Russia and Turkey

Lunch

Panel C: Labour migration, hidden & precarious employment 

Chair: Jon Fox (Co-Lead, Migration Research Group, University of Bristol)

Chris Forde (Professor of Employment Studies, University of Leeds) & Gabriella Alberti (Lecturer in Work and Employment Relations, University of Leeds) - Employment agencies, precarious work and migration

Hung Wong (Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) & Raees Begum Baig (Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) - Protection or exclusion: national and international social protection policy on migrant domestic workers

Rutvica Andrijasevic (Senior Lecturer in Management, University of Bristol) - Global Firms and Labour Migration

Ranji Devadason (Senior Lecturer, Social Sciences, Bath Spa University) - 'The Golden Handcuffs? Choice, compliance and relocation amongst transnational professionals'

Tea

Networking and Refreshments 

Roundtable: Future Research Funding Bids (RDF Core Participants) - Watershed, Bristol, 1 Canon's Rd, Bristol BS1 5TX 

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Coffee

Panel D: Health and Migration

Chair: Val Williams (Professor of Disability Studies, University of Bristol) 

Sandra Dowling (Lecturer in Disability Studies, University of Bristol) - At the margins of the marginalised: Disabled refugees within the migrant population

Dee Knipe (Senior Research Association in Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol) - Self-harm in families “left-behind” by temporary foreign migration – evidence from Sri Lanka

Loubaba Mamluk (Research Associate in Epidemiology/Knowledge Transfer, Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol) - Syrian Health and Migration Study (SHAMIS)

Coffee

Panel E: 'Marriage, migration and children: gender and citizenship dimensions'

Chair: Chris Bertram (Co-Director, Specialist Research Institute in Migration, University of Bristol)

Katharine Charsley (Reader in Sociology, University of Bristol) - Migrant husbands: hidden aspects of marriage-related migration

Devyani Prabhat (Lecturer in Law, University of Bristol) - The Missing Ingredient: Best Interests for Children Seeking Nationality and Secure Status in the UK

Popo Mfubu (Attorney, Refugee Rights Unit, University of Cape Town) - The gendered impact of South Africa’s interpretation of Family Reunification under its Refugees Act  

Lunch

Panel F: Older People and Migration 

Chair: Randall Smith (Senior Research Fellow, Policy Studies, University of Bristol) 

Hong-Jae Park (Associate Professor, Community Welfare & Social Work, Western Sydney University) - ‘Involuntary retirement migration’: The experiences of older Asian adults being left behind in New Zealand

Liz Lloyd (Professor of Social Gerontology, University of Bristol) - Societal ageing, migration and care work

Michaella Vanore (Research Fellow, Graduate School of Governance, Maastricht University) - Adult Child Migration and Elderly Multidimensional Well-being: Comparative Analysis between Moldova and Georgia

Tea

Roundtable & Departure