Research cluster A2: Migration and development: causes and consequences
Contact
Cluster leader: Richard Black
Institute: SCMR Sussex Centre for Migration Research
University: University of Sussex
Address: School of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies, Falmer
Postal Code: Brighton BN1 9SJ
Country: UK
Email address: R.Black@sussex.ac.uk
Cluster assistant: Christina Pantiru, m.c.pantiru@sussex.ac.uk
Work Programme until October 2008
A2 will support the European Ethnosurvey, which will be funded through FP7. This study’s objective is to explore the links between international migration, on the one hand, and urban development (architecture, investments) and social change (especially at family level) in Sub-Saharan Africa, on the other hand. The research itself will produce quantitative data regarding both the circulation of migrants and the impact of migration in the countries of origin. Secondly, A2 will explore the role of Migrant diasporas in decentralized development. In a conference in Rotterdam in 2008, attention will be drawn to innovative methodologies for exploring the transformations that are created in countries of ‘origin’ by the engagement of migrant diasporas at local level. Thirdly, the cluster will hold a meeting to prepare a publication on Labour migration from accession countries within the EU. More info...
