Message posted on 27/06/2019

CfA International Symposium "Retirement Migration to the Global South"

Call for Abstracts International Symposium

Retirement migration to the =84global South=93 =96 Current insights and future perspectives Research Cluster Transnational Aging at the University of Mainz, Germany March 11th-13th, 2020

The symposium will provide an international space for scholars who are inte= rested in current developments of retirement migration in its =93North-Sout= h=94 nexus. It offers a forum to discuss empirical evidence and its theoret= ical and political implications. We especially welcome papers that focus on= =96 but need not to be limited to =96 the following aspects:

  • Social and political backgrounds of retirement migration
  • Life circumstances and life worlds of the retirement migrants
  • Social support and social protection of older people
  • Challenges and repercussions for the countries involved Final date for abstract submission is July 31, 2019.

Please see the full call for abstracts attached.

Kind regards, Cornelia Schweppe and Annika M=FCller

Annika M=FCller PhD Student Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Germany

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