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Human Migration. Migrant Adaptation and Integration
Category 'Best Course for Career Development'
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Elective course (Population and Development)
Area of studies:
Public Administration
Delivered by:
Department of Demography
Where:
Faculty of Social Sciences
When:
1 year, 3 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Смидович Глеб Сергеевич
Master’s programme:
Population and Development
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
32
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Theoretical issues of human migration
Human migration - concept and definition
Classification, kinds and types of migration
Sources of information on migration
Migration rates
Factors and reasons for migration
Migration concepts and classification of main scientific approaches
Migration and its impact on population and labor potential
Migration and population dynamics
Migration and its impact on the sex and age structure of the population
Level of education of migrants and labor potential
Migration and ethnic processes
Migration and ethnicity - issues of interaction
Migration and its impact on the ethnic structures of the population
Migration and assimilation processes
National component of migration policy
Migration and the labor market
Labor migration: concept, classification of forms
Modern aspects of demand for labor migrants
Regional features of the use of foreign labor
Illegal migration
Integration Policy
Integration policy: barriers, potential, opportunities
Challenges of social exclusion of migrants
Principles, approaches and contours of the integration policy
Integration policy in the context of migration policy issues
Fundamental problems of integration policy
Manipulation of public opinion
Methodological foundations for the development of state migration policy
Stages of development and implementation of migration policy
Tools for the implementation of migration policy
Mechanisms for implementing migration policy
Learning Objectives
- The purpose of mastering the course “Human migration. Migrant adaptation and integration” is to form ideas about migration as a complex and multilateral socio-demographic process, to become familiar with the main migration problems in Russia and the world, to study the theoretical foundations of migration policy and management practices.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Know the main statistical publications and databases on migration processes in Russia and the world Know how to use different data sources for particular types of migration: external migration, internal migration, temporary labour migration, commuting Know the advantages and disadvantages of individual sources of statistics on migration Understand the need for integrated use of statistics for migration Can Calculate selected migration indicators and explain their use in migration analysis
Course Contents
- Theoretical issues of human migration. Migration and its impact on population and labor potential