21/06/2024 – Conference ‘Welcoming Europe’? Understanding Migration In The Context Of Global Ageing, Depopulation And Rural-Urban Transformation (Utrecht University)
Invitation – June 21 – ‘Welcoming Europe’? Understanding Migration In The Context Of Global Ageing, Depopulation And Rural-Urban Transformation
On the 21st of June, the Horizon 2020 Project Welcoming Spaces will have a closing conference in Utrecht. This is in collaboration with the Focus area Migration and Societal Change and the Centre for Global Challenges (Uglobe).
The conference is called ‘Welcoming Europe’? Understanding Migration in The Context Of Global Ageing, Depopulation And Rural-Urban Transformation.
Background: Current discussions about the link between migration – ageing – depopulation often end in polarised debates about whether migration is ‘the’ solution – the contribution migrants can make to ‘filling gaps’ and/or the revitalisation of shrinking areas. There are however multiple paradoxes and dilemmas. Based on the outcomes of our H2020 Welcoming Spaces programme (2019-2024) and multiple UU-related research programmes we want to broaden the debate – unravel the connections between ageing – shrinkage and migration; and come with concrete suggestions for achieving ‘spatial justice’ and ‘leaving no one behind’.
Keynotes:
- Helga de Valk, Director, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute
- Tanja Bastia, Professor, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester
You can consult the event’s website for more information and registration.