Warsaw University Library

“Do Employers Matter?” – Seminar around the new IMISCOE Research Series book on employers’ impact on labour migration

The Centre of Migration Research invites you to a Seminar on the new book “Do Employers Matter? Their Impact on Labour Migration,” edited by Prof. Marek Okólski and published by Springer as part of the IMISCOE Research Series. The book, an outcome of the E-factor project at the CMR, offers a new neo-institutionalist framework for studying employers' impact on migration. It also empirically analyses and compares this impact in four European countries: Germany, the UK, Italy and Poland.

During the seminar, taking place on 16 October (Friday), at the Warsaw University Library (Dobra 56/66, room 256, 2nd floor), the authors will present the book, and experts will share their perspectives on the topic. The following guests have confirmed their participation:

Dr Dorothea Pozzato, Goethe University Frankfurt

Prof. Martin Ruhs, European University Institute

Prof. Johan Fredrik Rye, University of Oslo

Prof. Dariusz Stola, Polish Academy of Sciences


 Register here!

 

Agenda:

10:00 – 10:20 Opening – Paweł Kaczmarczyk, Marek Okolski

10:20 – 12:20 Session 1: New theoretical approaches to employers’ impact on migration 

Speakers: Agnieszka Fihel, Martin Ruhs, Dariusz Stola

12:20 – 12:50 Lunch

12:50 – 14:50 Session 2: Employers’ impact: Poland and a comparative European perspective

Speakers:  Kamil Matuszczyk, Sara Bojarczuk, Dominika Pszczółkowska, Dorothea Pozzato, Johan Fredrik Rye

14:50-15:00 Closing remarks – Marek Okólski

Registration

Register here if you intend to participate in person; please do so by October 8th so that the organisers can provide an appropriate lunch.

If you cannot participate on-site, you can also watch the event on CMR's YouTube channel!

Download the full book here!

 

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