- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
Labour migrations and their social and economic consequences 1900-1FMG-OG
The lecture aims to familiarize students with the subject of economic migration and its effects in the countries sending and receiving migrants
The lecture is introductory, the following topics will be discussed:
1. Characteristics of contemporary economic migrations - introduction
2. Traditional immigration countries: United States of America - Example of a country with the largest number of international migrants - historical perspective
3. Traditional immigration countries: Canada - multiculturalism, ethnic neighbourhoods, ethnourbs
4. History of migration to Europe - division into Western, Southern and Eastern Europe
5. Migration policy of the European Union, EU response to migration crises
6. Labour migrations of Poles and migrations to Poland. Poland as an example of a migration transformation country
7. The specificity of economic migration in the Persian Gulf countries - economies based on the work of economic migrants
8 Characteristics of contemporary population migrations in and out of Africa - migrations related to climate change
9. The specificity of economic migration in the countries of South and Southeast Asia - changes in the directions and intensity of migration, female migration
10. Characteristics of contemporary economic migrations of people in and from Latin America - changes in directions and intensity of migration, integration "lite"
The estimated number of hours that the student must spend to achieve the learning outcomes defined for the subject.
Lecture: 1 ECTS - including:
1 ECTS - in direct contact with the teacher
1 ECTS student's contribution including 0.5 ECTS preparation for the colloquium, 0.5 ECTS getting acquainted with additional materials (publications, reports)
Type of course
Mode
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student knows and understands:
- the most important features of contemporary migration and their determinants
- how migration affects different areas (both sending and receiving areas)
The student is able to:
- interpret the processes of migration in the light of the theory of migration
- use theoretical knowledge to describe and solve a research problem
- transfer geographic knowledge to different audiences
Competences / attitudes: The course shapes the attitude of openness towards cultural diversity, migration behavior and the socio-cultural effects of migration.
Assessment criteria
Credit is based on the result of a written test consisting of open and closed questions.
50% of the points are required for a positive assessment.
Practical placement
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Bibliography
Basic literature:
Lesińska M., Okólski M. (red.), 2023, 30 wykładów o migracjach, Wydawnictwo Scholar Warszawa
Lesińska M, Okólski M, (red.), 2018, 25 wykładów o migracjach, Wydawnictwo
Scholar, Warszawa
Castles S., Miller M.J., 2011, Migracje we współczesnym świecie, Wydawnictwo
Naukowe PWN, Warszawa
Thiollet H., 2017, Migranci, migracje. O czym warto wiedzieć, by wyrobić sobie
własne zdanie, Wydawnictwo Karakter, Kraków
Duszczyk M., 2012, Polska polityka imigracyjna a rynek pracy, Instytut Polityki Społecznej, Wydział Dziennikarstwa i Nauk Politycznych, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Warszawa
During the lectures, current studies, reports and articles are used:
- Working Papers series of the Center for Migration Research of the University of Warsaw available online: www.migracja.uw.edu.pl
- Migration Studies Series - Polish Diaspora Review, Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee for Research on Migration of Population and the Polish Diaspora
- Migration Policy Institute https://www.migrationpolicy.org/
-IMISCOE https://www.imiscoe.org/publications/introduction
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: