International Conference on North-South migration
International Conference on North-South migration
The Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations (CRER) is holding a conference on African Transnational and Return Migration on June 29-30th 2009, at Radcliffe House, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL. The conference is concerned with the following themes:
Conceptual issues in transnationalism, remittances and homeland development;
Public policies affecting transnational organisations in the countries of origin and destination;
Typologies and functions of transnational organisations in destination communities and homeland development;
Transnational organisations in post-conflict reconstruction;
The future of transnational organisations and North-South and South-South cooperation.
Over the two days of the conference, 20 papers will be presented. The speakers include both eminent and early stage researchers, drawn mainly from Africa south of the Sahara. While the primary focus of the conference is on African migration and migrants, the programme includes contributions from experts in north-south migration in other contexts (e.g. North America) and specialists in migration within Europe. The papers will be published in an edited book.
The conference will bring together researchers, policymakers, funding and donor agencies and other stakeholders in international migration and development to discuss the influence of migration upon the migrant’s homeland development. It will seek to map out future North-South and South-South cooperation and initiatives with respect to research, training and dialogue on the role of African transnational organisations both in Europe and in homeland development.
The conference is being organised by Professor John Oucho (See: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/crer/afrobrain/oucho/). He is a geographer, eminent in the study of migration in Africa. He holds a Marie Curie Chair at CRER, where he is developing a programme of research (entitled “Afrobrain”), concerned with the implications of international migration to and from African countries for ‘brain drain’ and ‘brain gain’ (See http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/crer/afrobrain/ for further information).
Further details of the conference will be available on the CRER website (http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/crer/events/african/), where you can also find a booking form (http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/crer/events/african/costs/). If you wish to discuss the conference further or to enquire about presenting a paper, please get in touch with the convenor, whose contact details are as follows:
Prof. John O. Oucho
Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations
University of Warwick
Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0) 24 7657 4731
Mobile phone: +44 7910508411
E-mail: J.O.Oucho@warwick.ac.uk