The 4th International
Conference on Population Geographies, 10-13 July 2007,
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME: Session B2-B8
2B. Urbanization (11 July 2007)
Chair: Li ZHANG, The
11:10 Regional Differences of Vulnerability: The Future of
Large Cities in
Paul GANS, U. of
11:30 Urbanisation and Growth of Million + Cities in
U. V. SOMAYAJULU and Tilak MUKHERJI, TNS
11:50 Urbanization, Suburbanization and Counterurbanization
by Ethnic Origin in
Tiit
TAMMARU, U. of Tartu, Estonia
3B. IGU Commission
on Population and Vulnerability Session: Mobility of Global Talent or New Brain
Drain? (1) (11 July 2007)
Organizer: Allan
Chair: Allan
14:00 Asian Skilled Migration to
and From
Graeme HUGO, The U. of
14:40 Migrants of Choice: A Case Study of German and
Japanese Professionals in the
Masayo NISHIDA, Department of Sociology,
15:00 Moving from East to West –
Migration from the former Soviet Union to
Jenny OLOFSSON,
15:20 Drivers of Change and Changed Drivers:
Individual Determinants behind the International Mobility of Professionals and
Graduates
Krisztina
CSEDŐ, London School of Economics
and Political Science, UK
15:40 The Hungarian Migration
Regime: From Talent Loss to Talent Attraction [ppt]
Maria REDEI,
4B. IGU Commission
on Population and Vulnerability Session: Mobility of Global Talent or New Brain
Drain? (2) (11 July 2007)
Organizer: Allan
Chair: Graeme HUGO, The
16:30 Global Talent and the Knowledge Economy: An
Exploration of the
Allan
16:50 “Make Yourself at Home,
Gypsy Kings and
Maggi W.H. LEUNG, U. of
17:10 Highly Skilled Singaporean Transnational
Migration: The Construction of ‘Global Talent’ from the State and Migrant
Perspectives
Elaine Lynn-Ee HO, U. College
17:30 Educationally Channeled International Labor
Mobility: Post-1978 Student Migration from
Gracia LIU FARRER, Tohoku U., Japan
17:50 Can Beneficial Brain Drain Reduce Regional Disparity?
A Study on the Skilled Migration in Mainland
Jianbo LIU, The Chinese
Organizers: Brenda YEOH (
Chair: Brenda
YEOH,
8:40 Multicultural Marriages and Their Dynamics
in
Elli HEIKKILÄ,
9:00 When Love
Comes to Town (and When It Is Missing). Foreign Immigrants and Couple Formation
Processes in
Ricard MOREN-ALEGRET, Autonomous U. of
9:20 Love and Mobility in Post-Modern Families [ppt]
Olof STJERNSTRÖM,
9:40 Immigration and Intergenerational Affection -
Child-Parent Proximity among Immigrants in the Swedish Welfare State [ppt]
Gunnar MALMBERG,
10:00 Honor Your Father and Your
Mother? Adult Children and Old Parents as Migration Attractions in
Anna PETTERSON,
10:20 The Globalisation of Swedish Marriage Fields [ppt]
Thomas NIEDOMYSL1, John ÖSTH2 and Maarten van HAM3, 1Institute
for Futures Studies, 2Uppsala U.,
Organizers: Brenda YEOH (
Chair: Elli
HEIKKILÄ,
11:10 International
Marriage Migrants to Rural Areas in
Hiroo KAMIYA1 and Chul Woo LEE2, 1Kanazawa U.,
11:30 Interracial
Marriage in
Fumie KUMAGAI,
11:50
Brenda S.A. YEOH and Shirlena HUANG,
National
Organizers: Brenda YEOH (
Chair: Brenda
YEOH,
14:00 Affects and International
Migration: The Case of Exotic Dancers in
Romaric THIÉVENT, U. of
14:20
Tanpopo: Personal International Narratives of
Japanese Women Living in
Rosalia
AVILA TÀPIES, Konan U., Japan
14:40 Sons
and Daughters or Lovers? Return
Migration to
Janet
SALAFF1, Angela SHIK2 and Arent GREVE3, 1U. of
Toronto, Canada, 2The Chinese U. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 3Norwegian
School of Economics and Business,
Norway
15:00 Finnish Men and Their
Masculinity in Long Term Intermarriages [ppt]
Hannu SIRKKILÄ,
8B. Population Issues in the World (12 July 2007)
Chair: Hazel BARRETT,
16:50 Population and Its Norm (
Mehdi MOMENI, Islamic
17:10 Regional Incidence of Poverty in
M. Satish KUMAR1, Amaresh DUBEY2 and Chris LLOYD1, 1Queen’s U.,
17:30 Physical Activity Lifestyle of Personnel in Faculty
of Public Health,
Chulaporn SOTA,