The 4th International Conference on Population Geographies, 10-13 July 2007, Hong Kong

 

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME: Session B2-B8

 

2B. Urbanization  (11 July 2007)

Chair: Li ZHANG, The Chinese U. of Hong Kong

 

11:10 Regional Differences of Vulnerability: The Future of Large Cities in Germany (2002 – 2020) [ppt]

Paul GANS, U. of Mannheim, Germany

 

11:30 Urbanisation and Growth of Million + Cities in India [ppt]

U. V. SOMAYAJULU and Tilak MUKHERJI, TNS India, India

 

11:50 Urbanization, Suburbanization and Counterurbanization by Ethnic Origin in Estonia [ppt]

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 FINDLAY (U. of Dundee)

Chair: Allan FINDLAY, U. of Dundee

 

14:00 Asian Skilled Migration to and From Australia: Patterns and Policy Implications [ppt]

Graeme HUGO, The U. of Adelaide, Australia

 

14:40 Migrants of Choice: A Case Study of German and Japanese Professionals in the US [ppt]

Masayo NISHIDA, Department of Sociology, Boston U., USA

 

15:00 Moving from East to West – Migration from the former Soviet Union to Sweden, before and after the Fall of the Iron Curtain [ppt]

Jenny OLOFSSON, Umeå U., Sweden

 

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, Eotvos U., Hungary

 

4B. IGU Commission on Population and Vulnerability Session: Mobility of Global Talent or New Brain Drain? (2) (11 July 2007)

Organizer: Allan FINDLAY (U. of Dundee)

Chair: Graeme HUGO, The U. of Adelaide

 

16:30 Global Talent and the Knowledge Economy: An Exploration of the UK Experience [ppt]

Allan FINDLAY and Alistair GEDDES, U. of Dundee, UK

 

16:50 “Make Yourself at Home, Gypsy Kings and Queens!” Skilled Labour Migrants in Hong Kong

Maggi W.H. LEUNG, U. of Bonn, Germany

 

17:10 Highly Skilled Singaporean Transnational Migration: The Construction of ‘Global Talent’ from the State and Migrant Perspectives

Elaine Lynn-Ee HO, U. College London, UK

 

17:30 Educationally Channeled International Labor Mobility: Post-1978 Student Migration from China to Japan

Gracia LIU FARRER, Tohoku U., Japan

 

17:50 Can Beneficial Brain Drain Reduce Regional Disparity? A Study on the Skilled Migration in Mainland China

Jianbo LIU, The Chinese U. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

 

5B. IGU Commission on Population and Vulnerability Session: Love and Mobility in the Time of Globalization (1) (12 July 2007)

Organizers: Brenda YEOH (National U. of Singapore), Elli HEIKKILÄ (Institute of Migration)

Chair: Brenda YEOH, National U. of Singapore

 

8:40 Multicultural Marriages and Their Dynamics in Finland [ppt]

Elli HEIKKILÄ, Institute of Migration, Finland

 

9:00 When Love Comes to Town (and When It Is Missing). Foreign Immigrants and Couple Formation Processes in Spain [ppt]

Ricard MOREN-ALEGRET, Autonomous U. of Barcelona, Spain

 

9:20 Love and Mobility in Post-Modern Families [ppt]

Olof STJERNSTRÖM, Umeå U., Sweden

 

9:40 Immigration and Intergenerational Affection - Child-Parent Proximity among Immigrants in the Swedish Welfare State [ppt]

Gunnar MALMBERG, Umeå U., Sweden

 

10:00 Honor Your Father and Your Mother? Adult Children and Old Parents as Migration Attractions in Sweden [ppt]

Anna PETTERSON, Umeå U., Sweden

 

10:20 The Globalisation of Swedish Marriage Fields [ppt]

Thomas NIEDOMYSL1, John ÖSTH2 and Maarten van HAM3, 1Institute for Futures Studies, 2Uppsala U., Sweden, 3U. of St Andrews, UK and Umeå U., Sweden

 

6B. IGU Commission on Population and Vulnerability Session: Love and Mobility in the Time of Globalization (2) (12 July 2007)

 

Organizers: Brenda YEOH (National U. of Singapore), Elli HEIKKILÄ (Institute of Migration)

Chair: Elli HEIKKILÄ, Institute of Migration

 

11:10 International Marriage Migrants to Rural Areas in Korea and Japan: A Comparative Analysis [ppt]

Hiroo KAMIYA1 and Chul Woo LEE2, 1Kanazawa U., Japan, 2Kyungpook U., Korea

 

11:30 Interracial Marriage in Japan : A Strategy to Maintain Rural Farm Households [doc]

Fumie KUMAGAI, Kyorin U., Japan

 

11:50 Singapore’s Cupid Goes to Vietnam: The “Foreign Bride” Industry in Singapore

Brenda S.A. YEOH and Shirlena HUANG, National U. of Singapore, Singapore

 

7B. IGU Commission on Population and Vulnerability Session: Love and Mobility in the Time of Globalization (3) (12 July 2007)

Organizers: Brenda YEOH (National U. of Singapore), Elli HEIKKILÄ (Institute of Migration)

Chair: Brenda YEOH, National U. of Singapore

 

14:00 Affects and International Migration: The Case of Exotic Dancers in Switzerland [ppt]

Romaric THIÉVENT, U. of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

 

14:20 Tanpopo: Personal International Narratives of Japanese Women Living in Spain [ppt]

Rosalia AVILA TÀPIES, Konan U., Japan

 

14:40 Sons and Daughters or Lovers? Return Migration to Hong Kong [PPT.pdf] [Paper.pdf]

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, Humak U. of Applied Sciences, Finland

 

8B. Population Issues in the World (12 July 2007)    

Chair: Hazel BARRETT, Coventry U.

 

16:50 Population and Its Norm (Iran Specimen) [ppt]

Mehdi MOMENI, Islamic Azad U., Najafabad Branch, Iran

 

17:10 Regional Incidence of Poverty in India: From Rich to the Poor [ppt]

M. Satish KUMAR1, Amaresh DUBEY2 and Chris LLOYD1, 1Queen’s U., UK, 2National Council for Applied Economic Research, India

 

17:30 Physical Activity Lifestyle of Personnel in Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University, Thailand [ppt]

Chulaporn SOTA, Khon Kaen University, Thailand