International Conference

New Patterns of East
West Migration in Europe November 18
19, 2005 MIGRATION RESEARCH GROUP Hamburg Institute of International Economics Hamburg, Germany

The conference is financed by the Hamburg Institute of International Economics, as part of a project sponsored by the European Union 6th Framework Programme (Marie Curie Actions: Excellence Grant).

Programme – Friday, 18th November 2005

9.30
9.45

9.45
11.00

Introductory remarks Thomas Straubhaar, Christina Boswell Panel One: Transnationalism & Migration

Chair: Christina Boswell Paper I: Culture of Migration among Rural Romanian Youngsters István Horváth Paper II: Borşa: One Town, One Past, Two Migration Cultures? Oana Ruxandra Ciobanu Discussant: Sebastian Lăzăroiu 11.00
11.15 11.15
12.30

Coffee break Panel Two: Migration & the Labour Market

Chair: Tanja El
Cherkeh Paper I: Irregularity and Risks in Europe: Illegal Status, Labor Markets and Transnational Practices among Romanian Transmigrants in Milan Remus Gabriel Anghel Paper II: Soldiers and Plumbers. Immigration Business and the Impact of EU Enlargement on Polish Migrants Michal P.Garapich Discussant: Tim Fallenbacher 12.30
13.45 13.45
15.15

Lunch Panel Three: Determinants of Migration

Chair: Thomas Straubhaar Paper I: Drives of the Hungarian labour migration to the European Union Ágnes Hárs Paper II: Migration and Migration Potential in Bulgaria und Romania Sonja Haug Paper III: Social Interactions in Migration Decisions: Evidence from Romania Dragoş Radu Discussant: Ira Gang 15.15
15.45 15.45
17.30

Coffee break Panel Four: Irregular Migration

Chair: Christina Boswell Paper I: An Overview of Recent Trends in Illegal Migration and Human Smuggling in CEEC Péter Futó Paper II: Networks, Social Capital and Decision Making in (Irregular) Migrations from Eastern Europe: A Comparative Perspective Franck Düvell Paper III: Irregular Migration as Social Practice Norbert Cyrus Discussant: Tanja El
Cherkeh 19.00

Dinner

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Updated Programme – Saturday, 19th November 2005

9.30
10.45

Panel Five: High Skilled Migrants

Chair: Tim Fallenbacher Paper I: Deciding Whether and Where to Move: Why Eastern European Doctoral Researchers Go West Jessica Guth/Louise Ackers Paper II: The Labour Market Incorporation of Highly Skilled Migrants: The Case of Romanians and Hungarians in London Krisztina Csedő Discussant: Elmar Hönekopp 10.45
11.00 11.00
12.15

Coffee break Panel Six: Integration

Chair: Christina Boswell Paper I: New European Immigrants and Social Cohesion in Britain Eugenia M. Markova Paper II: Occupational Mobility among Eastern European Migrants in Portugal: Does Gender Make a Difference? Joana Sousa Ribeiro Discussant: Michael Bommes 12.15
13.30 13.30
14.10

Lunch Keynote: Marek Okólski Change in Migration Patterns in the Period of Postcommunist Transition

14.10
15.30

Panel Seven: Migration Policy

Chair: Michael Bommes Paper I: The Rise and Fall of Temporary Foreign Worker Policies: Lessons for Poland. Piotr Plewa Paper II: Accession to the EU and its Impact on the Evolution of Migration Policy and Migration Flows – A Comparison between Poland and Spain Axel Kreienbrink Paper III: Was it Really the Only Player? The EU Enlargement and its Impact on the Polish Migration Policy Anna Kicinger Discussant: Christina Boswell 15.30
15.45 15.45
16.30

Coffee break Closing keynote: Adrian Favell From the Politics of Immigration to the Politics of Intra
Regional Migration

16.30

Closing remarks

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West Migration in Europe", Nov 18
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Participants

Remus Gabriel Anghel

Péter Futó

PhD student, Institute for world society, DFG Graduate

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and

College “World Concepts and Global Structural

Social Policy, Corvinus University, Budapest

Patterns”, U Bielefeld

Ira Gang

Louise Ackers

Professor, Department of Economics, Rutgers

Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Policy in

University, New Brunswick

Europe (CSLPE) , School of Law, U Leeds

Michal P.Garapich

Janna Böhringer

Researcher & PhD student, Institute for European

PhD student, Institute for macro
economic theory and

Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow & Research

policy, U Potsdam

Fellow, Centre for Research on Ethnicity and

Michael Bommes

Multiculturalism at University of Surrey, UK

Professor, Head of Institute for Migration and Inter


Irén Gödri

cultural Studies (IMIS), U Osnabrück

Researcher & PhD student, Hungarian Demographic

Christina Boswell

Institute, Budapest

Senior Researcher, Migration Research Group, HWWA,

Jessica Guth

Hamburg

Researcher & PhD student, Centre for the Study of Law

Oana Ruxandra Ciobanu

and Policy in Europe (CSLPE) , School of Law, U Leeds

Researcher & PhD student, Migration Research Group,

Ágnes Hárs

HWWA, Hamburg

Senior Researcher, KOPINT
DATORG Foundation for

Krisztina Csedö

Economic Research (FER), Budapest

PhD student, Department of Sociology, London School

Sonja Haug

of Economics

Head of Department "Migration Research", Federal

Samantha Currie

Agency for Migration & Refugees (BAMF), Nuremberg

PhD student, The Liverpool Law School, U Liverpool

Daniel Heuermann

Norbert Cyrus

Reseacher, German Ministry of Economics & Labour,

Senior Researcher, Interdisciplinary Centre for

Berlin

Education and Communication in Migration Processes

Elmar Hönekopp

(IBKM), U Oldenburg

Head of Workgroup "Migration & Integration", Institute

Sylwia Czaja

for Labour Market and Career Research (IAB),

PhD student, Institute of Sociology, U Hamburg

Nuremberg

Heike Daume

István Horváth

Researcher, Migration Research Group, HWWA,

Senior Researcher, Faculty of Sociology and Social

Hamburg

Work of the Babeş
Bolyai University, Cluj
Napoca

Franck Düvell

Anna Kicinger

Lecturer, Centre for European Studies, U Bremen

Researcher, Central European Forum for Migration

Tanja El
Cherkeh Head of Migration Research Group, HWWI, Hamburg Jennifer Elrick Researcher, Migration Research Group, HWWI, Hamburg Tim Fallenbacher Researcher & PhD student, Migration Research Group, HWWA, Hamburg Adrian Favell Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, UCLA, Los Angeles Mariella Franz Senior Researcher, Karl
Franzens
University Graz

Research (CEFMR) & International Organization for Migration (IOM), Warsaw Katrin Klein
Hitpaß Researcher & PhD student, Institute of Geography, U Osnabrück Axel Kreienbrink Senior Researcher, Federal Agency for Migration & Refugees (BAMF), Nuremberg Sabine Kroner PhD student, Institute for Political Science, U Göttingen Sebastian Lazaroiu Head of Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, U Bucharest

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Participants

Emilia Lewandowska

Joana Sousa Ribeiro

Researcher, Migration Research Group, HWWA,

PhD student, Economic and Sociological Faculty, U

Hamburg

Coimbra

Eugenia M. Markova

Max Steinhardt

Associate Researcher, Sussex Centre for Migration

Researcher, Migration Research Group, HWWA,

Research, U Sussex

Hamburg

Doreen Müller

Sabina Stelzig

PhD student, Institute for Social Sciences, DFG

Researcher & PhD student, Migration Research Group,

Graduate College "The future of the European Social

HWWI, Hamburg

Model", U Göttingen

Elena Stirbu

Marek Okólski

Researcher & PhD student, Migration Research Group,

Professor for Demography and Sociology, Faculty of

HWWA, Hamburg

Economic Sciences, U Warsaw & Warsaw School of

Thomas Straubhaar

Social Psychology

Professor & President of HWWA & HWWI, Hamburg

Dorota Osipovic

Laura Thaut

PhD student, School of Slavonic and East European

Researcher, Lithuania Free Market Institute, Fulbright

Studies, UCL, London

Scholar, Lithuania

Piotr Plewa

Andreia Tolciu

Researcher & PhD student, Department of Political

Researcher & PhD student, Migration Research Group,

Science and International Relations, U Delaware,

HWWI, Hamburg

Newark Dragos Radu Researcher & PhD student, Migration Research Group, HWWA, Hamburg

Juan Usera MA student, Institute for Human Geography, U Utrecht