Experiences
The analysis of migration in Western countries has long focused on arrival – or immigration – which undeniably represents a challenge for host societies in terms of planning, integration and social cohesion. However, as a common phenomenon with considerable impact, the departure – or emigration – of migrants also deserves our ...
+ Read moreInternational migrations have become the major driver of population growth and change in Western European societies, and Switzerland is no exception. A new Migration-Mobility Indicator evaluates population growth (and its components) during the period 2011-2017 for Swiss municipalities with over 10,000 inhabitants in 2017 (157 municipalities). Population living in these ...
+ Read moreIn Bolivia, immigrants from various destinations have settled during the last century. This is just one example of the considerable and increasing migration to countries of the ‘Global South’. Yet, in public debate as well as in Anglo-Saxon and European migration scholarship, this goes widely unnoticed. Why is there an ...
+ Read moreMethodological nationalism has been omnipresent in migration theory and research since the publication of a famous article by Wimmer and Glick Schiller in 2002. However, with respect to scientific conferences and gatherings in which scholars debate these issues, this type of interrogation has been absent. In what follows, I will ...
+ Read moreTransnational grandparents and their contribution to the intergenerational circulation of care are rarely subject of attention in social sciences and public discourses on migration. Yet, as a central dimension of family solidarity, grandparents’ involvement in childcare also takes place within transnational families, both in countries of origin and settlement. Various ...
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