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Population Association of America Annual Meeting 2024
Columbus, Ohio, USA, 17th April – 20th April 2024

The Population Association of America’s annual meeting is the premier conference of demographers and social and health scientists from the United States and abroad. Here demographers at all career stages are afforded the opportunity to present their research in oral and poster sessions, hear others’ findings, and network with their peers. Since PAA’s first conference in 1932, much important research has been presented on topics ranging from migration to reproductive health to race and gender issues.

PHRG Participants:
Dr Mary Abed Al Ahad
Kuoshi Hu
Jiseon Baek

European Population Conference 2024
Edinburgh, Scotland, 12th June – 15th June 2024

EPC 2024 is organized by the European Association for Population Studies EAPS in collaboration with the University of St Andrews (United Kingdom). EPC 2024 is a general population conference with a special focus on the topic of Sustainable Populations.

PHRG organisers:
Prof Hill Kulu
Prof Elspeth Graham
Dr Julia Mikolai
Susan Watson
Parth Pandya

PHRG Participants:
Prof Hill Kulu
Dr Mary Abed Al Ahad
Dr Sarah Christison
Dr Chia Liu
Kuoshi Hu
Jiseon Baek
Parth Pandya
Joseph Harrison
Mengxing Joshi
Edward Pomeroy

Past Events

SECOND MIGRANTLIFE SYMPOSIUM

University of St Andrews, 29th and 30th June 2023

European countries have witnessed increasing immigration streams and ethnic diversity over the past decades. Recent social science research reports considerable heterogeneity in family forms, employment, and housing patterns among individuals with a migrant family background as well as across migrant generations. Some researchers underline the importance of preferences and human capital, whereas others emphasise the role of structural inequalities. It is equally unclear whether the observed differences are short-term outcomes in a long-term process of cultural and economic integration or rather reflections of different pathways and outcomes for immigrants and their descendants. This international symposium brings together migration researchers to discuss innovative research on migrants and their descendants.

The keynote speaker is Professor Ayse Guveli from the University of Essex. The title of the keynote is: “A new theoretical and empirical research perspective, the Third Generation: migrants, their children and grandchildren”.

The organising committee:
Dr Isaure Delaporte
Dr Chia Liu
Dr Júlia Mikolai
Dr Julie Lacroix
Mary Abed Al Ahad
Joseph Harrison
Parth Pandya
Susan Watson
Prof Hill Kulu

MIGRANT FAMILY, EMPLOYMENT, AND HOUSING IN THE LIFE COURSE

University of St Andrews, 14th and 15th March 2022
European countries have witnessed increasing immigration streams and ethnic diversity over the past decades. Recent social science research reports considerable heterogeneity in family forms, employment and housing patterns among individuals with migration family background as well as across migrant generations. Some researchers underline the importance of preferences and human capital, whereas others emphasise the role of structural inequalities. It is equally unclear whether the observed differences are short-term outcomes in a long-term process of cultural and economic integration or rather reflections of different pathways and outcomes for immigrants and their descendants. This international symposium brings together migration researchers to discuss innovative research on migrants and their descendants. We invite contributions in the following research areas of migration studies: fertility and family; employment and education; housing and place of residence. Research using longitudinal data and life course analysis will be given priority. Future projections and methodological contributions are welcome. The symposium is part of the ERC funded MigrantLife project (please see https://migrantlife.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/). To submit a paper for the symposium, please send an abstract (max 250 words) to Susan Watson at [email protected] by 14th February 2022. Slots for presentations are limited and authors will be informed by the 21st February as to whether their paper has been accepted.

The organising committee:
Dr Chia Liu
Dr Isaure Delaporte
Dr Andreas Höhn
Dr Júlia Mikolai
Ms Susan Watson
Prof Hill Kulu