(12.14-15)International Workshop on "The Politics of Migration in a Globalized World"

 

The Politics of Migration in a Globalized World

 

Organizers: Fudan Institute for Advanced Study in Social Sciences

Chinese Political Science Review

Dec 14, Saturday, Morning Sessions

Venue

Room 2801, East Guanghua Tower, Fudan University

9:00-9:40

Registration and Reception

9:40-9:50

Welcome and Opening Speech

Xi Lin ( Assistant Dean of Fudan-IAS; Managing Editor of Chinese Political Science Review)

9:50-10:00

Group Photo Taking

10:00-11:40

20 mins each

Session 1  Migrant Policies in Various Social Contexts

 

Chair: Dwayne Woods (Purdue University, US)

 

1.       Trends and Patterns of Internal Migration in China, 1950-2015

Wei Chen (Renmin University of China, China)

 

2.       Transnational Family Justice and the Commercialization of the British Visa Regime, 2008 - 2018

Daniel Nehring (East China University of Science and Technology, China)

 

3.       Building a Global Workforce: Shanghai’s Foreign Employment Regime and the Quest for Internationalization

Tabitha Speelman (Leiden University, Netherlands)

 

Panel Discussion (40 mins): 11:00-11:40

Dec 14, Saturday, Afternoon Sessions

 14:00-15:40

20 mins each

Session 2     Objective Well-being and Inequality

 

Chair: Wei Chen (Renmin University of China, China)

 

1.       Cross-Border Migration, Place of Education, and Earning Disparities in Hong Kong

Hua Ye (Sun Yat-Sen University, China)

 

2.       Bourdieu’s Talk: An Analysis of High-Education-Low-Income Issue among Recent Chinese Professional Immigrants in Canada

Xiaowei Yu (Northeast Normal University, China)

 

3.       Health Implications of Elder Spouses’ Spatial Separation Due to Migration

Hangyu Zhang (Central University of Finance and Economics, China)

 

Panel Discussion (40 mins): 15:00-15:40

15:40-16:10

Coffee Break (30 mins)

 

 

16:10-17:20

20 mins each

Session 3     Migration and Democracy

 

Chair: Hua Ye (Sun Yat-Sen University, China)

 

1.       A Boat Load Too Many: How the League Uses Migration Crisis to Redefine Liberal Democracy in Italy

Dwayne Woods (Purdue University, US)

 

2.       Making Democratic Citizens: The Lingering Effects of Authoritarian Regime on Political Attitudes and Behaviors of Immigrants in US

Yanfeng Gu (Fudan University, China)

 

Panel Discussion (30 mins): 16:50-17:20

Dec 15, Sunday, Morning Sessions

8:30-10:10

20 mins each

Session 4     Subjective Well-being and Integration

 

Chair: Jun Li (Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China)

 

1.       Neighborhood Socio-Economic Status, Relative Income, and Chinese Immigrants’ Life Satisfaction in Hong Kong

Zhuoni Zhang (City University of Hong Kong, China)

 

2.       A Network of Immigrants’ Integration Process

Zhijun Chen (Hong Kong Baptist University, China)

 

3.       Migration, Relative Deprivation, and Subjective Well-being: Evidence from China Labor Dynamics Survey

Bingdao Zheng (Fudan University, China)

 

Panel Discussion (40 mins): 9:30-10:10

10:10-10:40

Coffee Break (30 mins)

10:40-11:50

20 mins each

Session 5     Political Attitudes and Behaviours of Migrants

 

Chair: Zhuoni Zhang (City University of Hong Kong, China)

 

1.       How does Your Neighbours’ Intergroup Bias Affect Your Social Identity? The Case of Hong Kong

Duoduo Xu (Hong Kong University, China)

 

2.       The Risk Preference of Migrants: A Comparative Study between Shanghai and Hong Kong

Mengyu Liu (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China)

 

Panel Discussion (30 mins): 11:20-11:50