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IILME Sessions at the 21st IMISCOE Annual Conference

Link to the panels on July 2

Revisiting the social constructs of ‘essentialism’ and ‘irregularization’ of migrant workers in European Farm to Fork sectors. Tue July 2, 13:00–14:30, Session #7 workshop  | SC Migration, Migrants and the Labour Markets. Chairs: Pascal Beckers  (on-site) Radboud University/RUNOMI and Tesseltje de Lange  (on-site) Centre for Migration Law, Radboud University. 

Migrants’ economic integration and entrepreurship. Tue July 2, 13:00–14:30, Session #26 panel  | SC Migration, Migrants and the Labour Markets. Chairs: Aziz Rahman  (online) Toronto Metropolitan University.

Managing migration and labour market inclusion from above. Tue July 2, 14:50–16:20, Session #42 panel  | SC Migration, Migrants and the Labour Markets. Chairs: Nahikari Irastorza  (on-site) MIM, Malmö University.

Envisioning just mobile work in European peripheralized spaces through a translocal and intersectional lens: An explorative participatory theatre method. Tue July 2, 14:50–16:20, Session #34 workshop  | SC Migration, Migrants and the Labour Markets. Chairs: Maggi W.H. Leung  (on-site) University of Amsterdam and Bianca Szytniewski  (on-site) Utrecht University.

Global fair skill flows, skill recognition, talent partnerships and migration skill corridors. Tue July 2, 14:50–16:20, Session #44 workshop  | SC Migration, Migrants and the Labour Markets. Chairs: Izabela Grabowska  (on-site) Kozminski University, Central Europe and Helen Schwenken  (on-site) Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS), University of Osnabrück.

The discursive production of irregularity for migrants and racialized communities in Europe. Tue July 2, 14:50–16:20, Session #29 panel   | SC Migration, Migrants and the Labour Markets. Chair: Bastian Vollmer  (online) Catholic University of Applied Sciences Mainz.

Link to the panels on July 3

SC IILME Special Session: The future of research on migrant workers and labour markets. Wed July 3, 09:00–10:30, Session #65 workshop  | SC Migration, Migrants and the Labour Markets. Chairs: Lisa Berntsen  (on-site) De Burcht, Scientific Research Institute for the Dutch Labour Movement and Nahikari Irastorza  (on-site) MIM, Malmö University.

Unveiling inequities and resistances in migrants’ access to the labour market. Wed July 3, 09:00–10:30, Session #79 panel  | SC Migration, Migrants and the Labour Markets. Chair: Tanja Schroot  (online) Università degli Studi di Torino.

SC IILME Special Session: The IILME SC and its future research agenda. Wed July 3, 10:50–12:20, Session #84 workshop   | SC Migration, Migrants and the Labour Markets. Chair: Stefania Marino  (on-site) Work and Equalities Institute.

Job (in)security, emotions and migrants’ wellbeing. Wed July 3, 10:50–12:20, Session #105 panel  | SC Migration, Migrants and the Labour Markets. Chair: Alessio Buonomo  (online) University of Naples Federico II.

Precarity, irregularity and exploitation: the role of labour migration regimes. Wed July 3, 10:50–12:20, Session #88 panel  | SC Migration, Migrants and the Labour Markets. Chairs: Sandra Mantu  (on-site) Radboud University and Amy Weatherburn  (on-site) Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Migration and the labour market. Wed July 3, 14:50–16:20, Session #131 panel  | SC Migration, Migrants and the Labour Markets. Chair: Mimoza Dushi  (online) University of Pristina.

The essential work of migrant women. Labour trajectories, political regulation and resistance strategies of domestic and agricultural workers

Wed July 3, 14:50–16:20, Session #113 panel  | SC Migration, Migrants and the Labour Markets. Chairs: Ruth McAreavey  (on-site) Newcastle University and Antía Pérez-Caramés  (on-site) University of Coruna.

Refugees’ entrepreneurship and access to the labour market. Wed July 3, 16:40–18:10, Session #158 panel  | SC Migration, Migrants and the Labour Markets. Chairs: Alex Lita  (online) Babes-Boliay University.

Link to the panels on July 4

Migration and labour market integration: Pritorities, selectivity and transnational dynamics. Thu July 4, 09:00–10:30, Session #174 panel  | SC Migration, Migrants and the Labour Markets. Chairs: Esteban Perez Gnavi  (on-site) Technical University of Berlin.

Politics, policies and implications of migrant work in Europe. Thu July 4, 14:15–15:45, Session #223 panel  | SC Migration, Migrants and the Labour Markets. Chair: Nahikari Irastorza  (on-site) MIM, Malmö University.

Assembling Mobilities: Culture, Industry and Migration from Japan to Europe. Thu July 4, 14:15–15:45, Session #213 panel   | SC Migration, Migrants and the Labour Markets. Chair: Gracia Liu-Farrer  (online) Waseda University.

Understanding the complexity of migrants navigating “integration”. Thu July 4, 14:15–15:45, Session #220 panel  | SC Migration, Migrants and the Labour Markets. Chair: Anders Neergaard  (on-site) REMESO, Linköping university.

Highly skilled migrants’ transfer of capitals, skills and resources to European labour markets: reflexivities on ‘adaptive strategies’ and ‘qualification and skill mismatches’. Thu July 4, 16:00–17:30, Session #239 panel   | SC Migration, Migrants and the Labour Markets. Chairs: Esteban Perez Gnavi  (on-site) Technical University of Berlin and Nilay Kilinc  (on-site) Helsinki Institute of Urban and Regional Studies, University of Helsinki.

Link to the panels on July 5

The (Re-)Production of Exceptionalism in European Agrifood Sectors: Connecting Migration, Labor and Social Policy with Migrant Agrifood Worker´s Experiences. Fri July 5, 10:50–12:20, Session #290 panel   | SC Migration, Migrants and the Labour Markets. Chairs: Kamil Matuszczyk  (on-site) University of Warsaw and Paul Sperneac-Wolfer  (online) University of Barcelona.