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MAASTRICHT GRADUATE SCHOOL OF GOVERNANCEAdvanced Academic
Update
18 and 19 March
WORKERS WITHOUT BORDERS
Rethinking Economic Migration
Tuesday 18 March, 2008 (Harvardzaal 0.009)
Chair of the day: Dr. Mindel van de Laar (MGSoG, Maastricht
University)
09.00-09.30 Registration (courtyard)
09.30-12.00 Opening and trends in international
migration09:30-09:45 Welcome by Prof. Chris de Neubourg (Academic
Director MGSoG, Maastricht
University)09:45-10:45 Prof. Khalid Koser (The Brookings
Institute) an Overview of Recent Dimensions
and Dynamics of International Migration10:45-11:00 Break
(courtyard)11:00-12:00 Prof. Hildegard Schneider (Maastricht
University) European and International
Migration Policy: Current Affairs
12.00-13.30 Lunch (courtyard)
13.30-18.00 Migration management13:30-14:30 Ms. Sandra Pratt
(formerly Deputy Head of Asylum and Immigration at the
European Commission) - The European approach to migration
management14:30-14:45 Break (courtyard)14:45-15:45 Prof. Jaap
Dronkers (EUI) The Socio-Economic Integration of Immigrants in
the
EU15:45-16:00 Break (courtyard)16:00-17:00 Prof. Rita Sssmuth
(former President of the German Federal Parliament and
former Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Women, Youth and
Health)
17:00-17:30 Break with snack (courtyard)
17.30 19.00 Debate: Brain drain: Ethical Issues related to
Labour Migration, including anacademic introduction of 20 minutes,
followed by 40 minutes debate.
Moderator: Dr. Jo Ritzen (President Maastricht University)
17:30-18:00 Introduction to the debateProf. Dr. Oded Stark
(Universities of Bonn, Klagenfurt, and Vienna; WarsawUniversity;
Warsaw School of Economics; ESCE Economic and Social
ResearchCenter, Cologne and Eisenstadt)
18:00-19:00 Debate, with following participants: Mr. Oded Stark
Mr. Khalid Koser (The Brookings Institute) Ms. Hildegard Schneider
(UM) Ms. Sandra Pratt (formerly Deputy Head of Asylum and
Immigration at the
European Commission) Ms. Rita Sssmuth (former President of the
German Federal Parliament and
former Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Women, Youth and
Health) Mr. Sergio Carrero (Head of migration section CEPS)
20:00 Dinner, with dinner speaker Dr. Nebahat Albayrak, Deputy
Minister, Ministryof Justice, The Netherlands
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Wednesday 19 March, 2008 (Harvardzaal 0.009)
Chair of the day: Dr. Franziska Gassmann (MGSoG, Maastricht
University)
8.30-11.00 Remittances8:30-9:30 Dr. Samuel Munzele Maimbo
(Worldbank) - Remittances and financial sector
development in conflict-affected countries: Lessons from Somalia
and Afghanistan9:30-9:45 Break (courtyard)9:45-10:45 Dr. Catalina
Amuedo-Dorantes (San Diego State University) the Impact of
Immigration Process on Remittance Flows10:45-11:00 Break
11.00-17.30 Migration and development11:00-12:00 Prof. Chris de
Neubourg (MGSoG, Maastricht University) Not without Strings:
the Impediments to Migration12:00-12:15 Break
(courtyard)12:15-13:15 Prof. Dr. Oded Stark (Universities of Bonn,
Klagenfurt, and Vienna; Warsaw
University; Warsaw School of Economics; ESCE Economic and Social
ResearchCenter, Cologne and Eisenstadt) Migration when the Incomes
of Others Count
13:15-14:15 Lunch (courtyard)
14:15-15:15 Prof. Dr. Frdric Docquier (IRES, Catholic University
of Louvain) Brains Drainand Remittances Replenish
15:15-15:30 Break (courtyard)15:30-16:30 Prof. Dr. Hillel
Rapoport, (Bar-Ilan University) Self-Selection Patterns in
Mexico-
US Migration: the Role of Migration Networks16:30-16:45 Break
(courtyard)16:45-17:45 Dr. Hein de Haas (Oxford University)
Migration and Development: A Theoretical
Perspective17:45-18:00 Closing
18.00 Closing Drink
