Migration Update Conference
Established in 2010, the Migration Update conference aims to provide a comprehensive update about current research in South Australia on contemporary refugee and migration matters.
Migration and refugee policy issues in Australia are likely to remain high on the public agenda for the foreseeable future. These conferences are therefore designed to bring together researchers, policy makers, service providers and the broader community interested in ensuring that public debate on these issues is informed by high quality research. Bringing together research-based knowledge with policy and service delivery capability and local experience can help us understand and respond appropriately to migration-related social transformations.
The conference is an initiative of the Don Dunstan Foundation in collaboration with The University of Adelaide, Flinders University and the University of South Australia and supported by the Government of South Australia.
2012
Migration Update Conference
Migration and Social Transformation
The 2012 Migration Update conference focussed on understanding and responding to the complex, two-way relationship between social change and migration.
2012 Full Conference Proceedings
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
2012 Migration Update
Professor Graeme Hugo AO, The University of Adelaide
View Professor Hugo's powerpoint presentation (pdf)
Ageing in a Foreign Land
Dr Alexandre Kalache, Adelaide Thinker in Residence
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Transforming Migrant Families
Professor Richard Bedford, The University of Waikato, NZ
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Skilled Migration Update
Professor Lesleyanne Hawthorne, The University of Melbourne
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PANEL PRESENTATIONS
Contemporary Migration Research
Unfolding stories of skilled migrants: mapping mobile practices
Rosie Roberts, PhD Candidate – University of South Australia
Working with Refugee and Migrant Children: A Study of Transition into Mainstream Classes at Primary Schools
Dr Clemence Due, The University of Adelaide
Developing social capital in a new country: narratives of creating life
Dr Julian Grant, Flinders University
International student workers: the case for reform
Associate Professor Alex Reilly, The University of Adelaide
The social and economic impacts of immigration detention facilities on receiving communities
Dr Danielle Every, UCQ/USA
Contemporary Migration Policy
Population & Migrant Policy
Blythe Wood, Department of Premier and Cabinet, South Australia
2011
Migration Update Conference
South Australia and beyond
The two interrelated foci for the 2011 Migration Update Conference were: that future research topics be shaped more closely by the needs of the migration debate (as expressed by policy makers and service providers), and in turn, that public policy be formed on the basis of the timely and high quality research findings that are produced.
2011 Full Conference Proceedings
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Professor Graeme Hugo AO, The University of Adelaide
The Hon Grace Portelesi MP, Minister for Education, SA Government
