Message posted on 03/06/2024
[ONLINE lecture] June 19 (10am, CET)/16:00 (SGT) “The Insecure Migrant Middle in Singapore: Research insights on migrant professionals, immigrant teachers, and immigrant parents” by Dr. Peidong Yang (National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Dear members,
We are organizing our second lecture as a part of Research Forum
=E2=80=9CDiversifying Immigrant Societies in (East) Asia=E2=80=9D by the In=
stitute of East
Asian Studies (IN-EAST) in the University of Duisburg-Essen. This forum is
co-organized with collaborative research project QuaMaFA (Qualification and
Skill in the Migration =C2=ADProcess of Foreign Workers in Asia) funded by =
the
Federal Ministry of Education and Research Germany (BMBF). Dr. Yang will
give a talk entitled =E2=80=9CThe Insecure Migrant Middle in Singapore: Res=
earch
insights on migrant professionals, immigrant teachers, and immigrant
parents=E2=80=9D on *19th June 2024, 10 (am/CET) / 16:00 (SGT) ONLINE*.
You can join this lecture via Zoom (registration):
https://uni-due.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/u5woceuqqD8jGdI1zCGzbmJxIvXKR4WV=
KlaH
Look forward to seeing you all online!
*Abstract*
A small city-state with a highly developed economy strategically situated
in Southeast Asia, Singapore is a major hub for migration/mobility in the
Asia-Pacific region and has one of highest non-resident-to-resident
population ratios in the world. While migration research has long noted
that Singapore has a bifurcated foreign labour-immigration regime favouring
the highly-educated/skilled migrants, more recent research seems to suggest
that even the well-educated, professional, middle-class migrants are not
exempted from insecurity and precarity under Singapore=E2=80=99s tightening
immigration regime since the late 2000s and early 2010s. This talk draws on
several strands of migrant-focused research that emerged within the past
decade in Singapore, specifically offering insights from published and
ongoing research (including several of the author=E2=80=99s own projects) a=
bout the
settlement and integration experiences of migrant professionals (from
Chinese and Indian backgrounds), immigrant-background teachers in
mainstreams schools, and immigrant parents whose children go to government
schools. It is argued that a common theme characterizing the experience of
these diverse =E2=80=9Cmigrant middle=E2=80=9D groups in Singapore is a sen=
se of insecurity
resulting from increasing difficulties of obtaining a permanent foothold
(permanent residency/citizenship) in the country. The paper also sheds
light on how feelings of uncertainty, anxiety and precarity manifest in
realms such as work and children=E2=80=99s education for these =E2=80=9Cins=
ecure=E2=80=9D migrant
middle in Singapore.
*Bio*
Peidong Yang (DPhil, Oxford) is an Assistant Professor at the National
Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. A
sociologist of education, Peidong=E2=80=99s research concerns the intersect=
ions
between education and migration/mobility. He is the author of International
Mobility and Educational Desire: Chinese Foreign Talent Students in
Singapore (2016) and numerous journal articles on topics including
international student mobility, identity, integration, and social studies
education. www.peidongyang.com
This event is partially funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education
and Research (BMBF) and co-organized with the IN-EAST.
----------------------------------------------
Dr. Aimi Muranaka (=E6=9D=91=E4=B8=AD =E3=81=82=E3=81=84=E3=81=BF=EF=BC=89
Post-doc/ Research Associate
Institute of East Asian Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen
Tel (Germany): +49 203 379-2166
Research project website: https://quamafa.de
*Latest publications:*
Muranaka, Aimi (2024): "Being a Foreigner During the COVID-19 Pandemic:
Researcher Positionality in Online Interviews". *Forum Qualitative
Sozialforschung Forum: Qualitative Social Research*, *25*(1).
https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-25.1.4075
Muranaka, Aimi (2023): "'Framing' and 'Packaging' of Foreign Skilled
Workers: Diversity of the Intermediary Actors in the Cross-Border Labour
Market Between Japan and Vietnam". *Globalizations*. DOI:
10.1080/14747731.2023.2165376
Tran, Huy An and Aimi Muranaka (2022): "Editorial - Transnational Flows of
Contemporary Asia: Trends and Futures". *The German Journal on Contemporary
Asia*. 162/163: 7-14.
Muranaka, Aimi (2022): "Brokerage in the cross-border labour market:
Recruitment and training of Vietnamese IT workers by Japanese temporary
staffing firms". *Asian Studies Review. *46(4): 578-596. DOI:
10.1080/10357823.2022.2093836
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We are organizing our second lecture as a part of Research Forum
=E2=80=9CDiversifying Immigrant Societies in (East) Asia=E2=80=9D by the In=
stitute of East
Asian Studies (IN-EAST) in the University of Duisburg-Essen. This forum is
co-organized with collaborative research project QuaMaFA (Qualification and
Skill in the Migration =C2=ADProcess of Foreign Workers in Asia) funded by =
the
Federal Ministry of Education and Research Germany (BMBF). Dr. Yang will
give a talk entitled =E2=80=9CThe Insecure Migrant Middle in Singapore: Res=
earch
insights on migrant professionals, immigrant teachers, and immigrant
parents=E2=80=9D on *19th June 2024, 10 (am/CET) / 16:00 (SGT) ONLINE*.
You can join this lecture via Zoom (registration):
https://uni-due.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/u5woceuqqD8jGdI1zCGzbmJxIvXKR4WV=
KlaH
Look forward to seeing you all online!
*Abstract*
A small city-state with a highly developed economy strategically situated
in Southeast Asia, Singapore is a major hub for migration/mobility in the
Asia-Pacific region and has one of highest non-resident-to-resident
population ratios in the world. While migration research has long noted
that Singapore has a bifurcated foreign labour-immigration regime favouring
the highly-educated/skilled migrants, more recent research seems to suggest
that even the well-educated, professional, middle-class migrants are not
exempted from insecurity and precarity under Singapore=E2=80=99s tightening
immigration regime since the late 2000s and early 2010s. This talk draws on
several strands of migrant-focused research that emerged within the past
decade in Singapore, specifically offering insights from published and
ongoing research (including several of the author=E2=80=99s own projects) a=
bout the
settlement and integration experiences of migrant professionals (from
Chinese and Indian backgrounds), immigrant-background teachers in
mainstreams schools, and immigrant parents whose children go to government
schools. It is argued that a common theme characterizing the experience of
these diverse =E2=80=9Cmigrant middle=E2=80=9D groups in Singapore is a sen=
se of insecurity
resulting from increasing difficulties of obtaining a permanent foothold
(permanent residency/citizenship) in the country. The paper also sheds
light on how feelings of uncertainty, anxiety and precarity manifest in
realms such as work and children=E2=80=99s education for these =E2=80=9Cins=
ecure=E2=80=9D migrant
middle in Singapore.
*Bio*
Peidong Yang (DPhil, Oxford) is an Assistant Professor at the National
Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. A
sociologist of education, Peidong=E2=80=99s research concerns the intersect=
ions
between education and migration/mobility. He is the author of International
Mobility and Educational Desire: Chinese Foreign Talent Students in
Singapore (2016) and numerous journal articles on topics including
international student mobility, identity, integration, and social studies
education. www.peidongyang.com
This event is partially funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education
and Research (BMBF) and co-organized with the IN-EAST.
----------------------------------------------
Dr. Aimi Muranaka (=E6=9D=91=E4=B8=AD =E3=81=82=E3=81=84=E3=81=BF=EF=BC=89
Post-doc/ Research Associate
Institute of East Asian Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen
Tel (Germany): +49 203 379-2166
Research project website: https://quamafa.de
*Latest publications:*
Muranaka, Aimi (2024): "Being a Foreigner During the COVID-19 Pandemic:
Researcher Positionality in Online Interviews". *Forum Qualitative
Sozialforschung Forum: Qualitative Social Research*, *25*(1).
https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-25.1.4075
Muranaka, Aimi (2023): "'Framing' and 'Packaging' of Foreign Skilled
Workers: Diversity of the Intermediary Actors in the Cross-Border Labour
Market Between Japan and Vietnam". *Globalizations*. DOI:
10.1080/14747731.2023.2165376
Tran, Huy An and Aimi Muranaka (2022): "Editorial - Transnational Flows of
Contemporary Asia: Trends and Futures". *The German Journal on Contemporary
Asia*. 162/163: 7-14.
Muranaka, Aimi (2022): "Brokerage in the cross-border labour market:
Recruitment and training of Vietnamese IT workers by Japanese temporary
staffing firms". *Asian Studies Review. *46(4): 578-596. DOI:
10.1080/10357823.2022.2093836
