On April 12, 2012 the International Conference “Migration in Host Countries: Social Constraints, Cultural Context and Political Consequences” will take place on premises of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moscow. Organizers: Laboratory for Political Research, Faculty of Politics, and Institute of Demography, HSE. The most prominent Russian and foreign political scientists, analysts and policy makers are invited to participate in.Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of Programme Committee, we would like to invite you to participate in the International Conference “Migration in Host Countries: Social Constraints, Cultural Context and Political Consequences” held in National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, 12 April 2012.

Panels of the conference:

1.      The migration policy reform directions

2.      Social work with migrants и migrant health care problems

3.      Ethnic migration and social tensions in the host countries

4.      Mass media coverage of migration problems

Practical info:

Date of the conference: 12 April 2012

Place:  National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, metro Lubyanka, Miasnitskaya street, 20, room 311

Accommodation:  HSE Guesthouse, metro Leninskij prospect, Vavylova street, 7, available 10-13 April 2012, approx. 60 $ per night, http://www.hse.ru/en/org/hse/info/guide#vavilova

Speakers willing to stay at the HSE Guesthouse, please, inform about the number of days/nights you intend to stay Maria Eremenko maria.eremenko@gmail.com  till the end of February.

Language of conference:English, Russian

Deadline of submitting proposal:  01 March 2012. To submit proposal, please, send the abstracts to Maria Eremenko  maria.eremenko@gmail.com

Abstract requirements:

The application should include the speaker’s name, place of work and position, the contact address, phone and fax numbers, e-mail, the title of the proposed paper and the preferred panel. A detailed summary of the proposed presentation should be attached to the application, in Word format, in 1 - 3 pages with 1,5 line spacing (up to 7000 symbols). The summary should outline the issue, show the level of the research, include characteristics of the research (theoretical or empirical type of the work, its informational base), as well as its main results.

Presented paper requirements:

Papers presented at sessions should be summarized during 15 minutes. PowerPoint is available.

Visa info:

Speakers who need visa, please, fill in the form enclosed as soon as possible and send it to Maria Eremenko maria.eremenko@gmail.com till the end of January.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Programme Committee:

Mark Urnov, Academic Supervisor, Faculty of Politics, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Andrei Melville, Dean, Faculty of Politics, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Andrei V. Korobkov, President, Post Communist Systems in International Relations  section, International Studies Association Professor, Department of Political Science Middle Tennessee State University

Mikhail Denisenko, Deputy Director, Institute of Demography, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Blair Ruble,Director of the Kennan Institute and Program Director for Comparative Urban Studies at the Woodrow Wilson Center

Cynthia Buckley,Program Director for Eurasia of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC)

Organization Committee:

Valeria Kasamara, Head, Laboratory for Political Research, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Maria Eremenko, Junior Research Fellow,  Laboratory for Political Research, Assistant to the Dean for International Cooperation, Faculty of Politics, National Research University Higher School of Economics