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Call for Papers: Move-in move-out: Impact of new flows and mobilities on translocal development 2015 AAG Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 21-25, 2015 Organisers: Maggi Leung and Annelies Zoomers (International Development Studies, Department of Geography, Utrecht University, The Netherlands)

Living Undocumented is a 17-minute documentary by Tatyana Kleyn and Ben Donnelleon that explores the lives of diverse undocumented immigrant youth to illustrate the realities, challenges and opportunities they face through high school, college, and beyond. It features 6 DREAMers, who portray the realities of the US immigration system and its impact on undocumented youth.

IMISCOE 12th ANNUAL CONFERENCE - nccr – on the Move 1st ANNUAL CONFERENCE Geneva, 25-27 June 2015 Call for Papers: Return Migration and Psychosocial Wellbeing: Discourses, Policy-Making and Outcomes for Migrants and their Families There exists a growing body of literature on the effects of migration on migrants’ psychosocial wellbeing. Different studies have identified migration as a trigger for...

Keynote speakers: Professor Peggy Levitt, Sociology Department, Wellesley College, Looking Back and Moving Forward Professor Godfried Engbersen, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Unintended consequences of migration in sociological perspective Warsaw, 19-20th January 2015, 10am-6pm Conference Invitation (PDF)

CFP for Workshop on Migration, Transnationalism and Catholicism Workshop date: 25 February 2015 Place: Middlesex University, London, UK Deadline for abstracts: 15 November 2014 Call for Papers (PDF)

The 12th IMISCOE conference is to take place in Geneva, 25-27 June 2015. The conference will cover the theme "Rights, Democracy and Migration", and will be organised by the Institute for Demographic and Live Course Studies (University of Geneva) , the Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies ( University of Neuchâtel ) & nccr – on the move.

Special Issue: "Transnationalism in a Comparative Perspective" (guest editors: Linda Bakker and Godfried Engbersen)

Despite the overstated, pessimistic claims that the social relationships as well as their quality are weakening and that individuals have become lonely, isolated, selfinterested, uncaring and lacking in trust as a result of the 'individualisation' of contemporary 'Western' life, relationships today are far more subtle, complex and multifaceted - Basak Bilecen

With this call for applications, MPG und Technische Universität München (TUM) combine their respective career opportunities to a highly attractive career option for international top talents: Successful candidates will be offered a Max Planck Research Group Leader position accompanied by the excellent research conditions in a Max Planck Institute, and additionally - in case of interest - also...

Call for Manuscripts: Diversifying the Teaching Force in Transnational Contexts: Critical Perspectives. Download the Call for Manuscripts (PDF)