Kursinformation

Migration is a crucial and dynamic part of human life. International migration ranges from voluntary migration of high skilled labor migrants up to forced migration of refugees. Even in times of global mobility, international migrants always pass by specific places. Therefore, the course focuses on transnational relations caused by migration in postindustrial cities. This course starts from (1) elaborating some basic social mechanisms that structure international migration since long, then (2) addresses the history and current relevance of migration in postindustrial cities of the UNIC network (https://www.unic.eu) and (3) finally gives opportunities to deepen in selected aspects of transnational relations and organizations caused by or inducing migration.

This Master-course is part of the joint efforts of 8 European universities, integrated in the UNIC network (https://www.unic.eu), to coordinate and innovate their teaching and researching activities. Therefore, Master students of all 8 UNIC universities are welcome to participate in this course. One basic idea is to deal with all the main topics mentioned before in a comparative perspective by taking the cities of the UNIC universities (Bilbao, Bochum, Cork, Istanbul, Liege, Oulu, Rotterdam, Zagreb; according to corresponding participation of students from that locales) as points of reference.

The course is organized based on a blended learning concept: there will be a one day onsite meeting at the RUB Campus on 4^th of April, then weekly hybrid meetings until end of semester, when a second onsite day on Friday 22^nd of July 2022. Participants have the chance to define specific research questions and work on that in teams – group work will be presented on the last onsite day.