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PROGRAMME

The Second Annual Conference of the Romanian Network

for Migration Studies (RoMig)

From source to destination: new challenges of migration in

Central and Eastern Europe

West University of Timisoara

Timişoara (Romania), 11th – 12th of September 2018

„Conceput în România”

Conferință finanțată parțial de Ministerul Cercetării și Inovării

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The Second Annual Conference of the Romanian Network for

Migration Studies (RoMig)

From source to destination: new challenges of migration in Central

and Eastern Europe

Timişoara, 11th – 12th of September 2018

PROGRAMME

Conference Opening Ceremony – Tuesday, 11th of September 2018

Venue: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Room P02

(16 Pestalozzi Street, Timisoara, Romania)

09.00 - 10.00 – Participants registration

10.00 - 10.10 – UVT Rector, PhD Professor Marilen Gabriel PIRTEA

10.10 - 10.20 – FSP Dean, PhD Associate Professor Mariana CRAȘOVAN

10.20 - 10.30 – FEAA Dean, PhD Professor Petru ȘTEFEA

10.30 - 10.45 – Representatives of RoMig Organizing Committee

10.45 - 11:00 – Coffee break

Plenary Section

11.10 - 12:10 – Invited keynote speaker – PhD Professor Anne White –

University College London – School of Slavonic and East European Studies

(UCL SSEES)

12.15 - 13.00 – Lunch (Lounge FEAA)

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Parallel Sessions

11th of September 2018

Session 1: Migrants’ integration into host economies

Chair: Dr. Nebojša PETROVIĆ

13.00-15.30 Room 202 (FEAA)

1. MIGRANTS’ INTEGRATION RESEARCH AT THE INTERFERENCE BETWEEN

ECONOMICS AND SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGY: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM EU-10

Grațiela Georgiana Noja

West University of Timișoara, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

(Department of Marketing and International Economic Relations), East European

Center for Research in Economics and Business

Nebojša Petrović

University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Psychology

2. WHAT IS PREVENTING REFUGEES` INTEGRATION INTO THE CENTRAL

AND EASTERN EUROPEAN SOCIETIES?

Nina Miholjcic

Independent Researcher, Political Activist at Social Democratic Union

3. INFLUENCE OF THE LEADING CITIES ON THE LATECOMER COUNTRIES’

IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION DEBATES IN JAPAN AND SPAIN

Takahiko Ueno

Hitotsubashi University

4. THE SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF ROMANIAN IMMIGRANTS LEAVING IN

WESTERN EUROPE

Marius Lupsa Matichescu, Alexandru Dragan, Daniel Lucheș

West University of Timisoara

5. NEW EVIDENCES ON IMMIGRATION TO ROMANIA. IMMIGRANTS’

INTEGRATION INDEX IN ROMANIA - IIIR 2017

Anatolie Cosciug

ULBS

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6. GENDERING MIGRATION ACROSS EURO-MEDITERRANEAN BORDERS:

SYRIAN REFUGEE WOMEN ON THE WAY TO EUROPE

Nurcan Ozgur Baklacıoğlu

Istanbul University, Faculty of Political Science, IR Department

Session 2: Migration determinants, patterns and labour market outcomes

Chair: Dr. Monica ROMAN

13.00-15.30 Room P11 (FEAA)

1. WHY ARE WE LEAVING? A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE REASONS

FOR EMIGRATION ABROAD

Viorel Sîrca

Associate lecturer PhD at the Department of Special Psychopedagogy, Faculty of

Psychology and Education Sciences of "Babes-Bolyai" University of Cluj-Napoca and

the Law Faculty, "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University from Cluj-Napoca

2. WORKING IN AGRICULTURE IN SPAIN. MOTIVATIONS, DECISIONS AND

STRATEGIES

Alexandra Deliu

Center for Migration Studies, University of Bucharest; Research Institute for Quality of

Life

3. PHYSICIANS’ BRAIN DRAIN - A GRAVITY MODEL OF MIGRATION FLOWS

Alina Botezat

Romanian Academy - 'Gh. Zane' Institute for Economic and Social Research

Raul Ramos

AQR-IREA, University of Barcelona and IZA

4. ANALYSING THE IMPACT OF FORCED GLOBETROTTERS ON

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION: CHANGING AND PERSISTING MIGRATION

PATTERNS

Ioana Manafi, Daniela Elena Marinescu

Bucharest University of Economic Studies

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5. IMPLICATIONS OF IGNORING IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR STUDIES OF

LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES: A SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS ON OMITTING

VARIABLES IN DIFFERENT NATIONAL CONTEXTS

Paula A. Tufiș

Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest; Centre for

Migration Studies, University of Bucharest

6. PRECARIOUS EMPLOYMENT OF LABOUR MIGRANTS IN RUSSIA

Igor Shichkin

PhD Professor, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow, Russia

7. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INTERFERENCE BETWEEN MIGRATION AND THE

LABOUR MARKET IN ROMANIA. INFLUENCES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

Andreea-Gabriela Dănciulescu

Ph.D. Student, University of Craiova, Faculty of Economics and Business

Administration, Craiova, Romania

Session 3: Migration and culture, literature

Chair: Dr. Liliana HARDING

13.00-15.30 Room P03/302 (FEAA)

1. CREATIVE MOBILITY?

Liliana Harding

University of East Anglia, School of Economics

2. IS THERE A LINKAGE BETWEEN CULTURE AND STUDY ABROAD?

Ştefana Maria Dima, Bogdan Dima

West University of Timişoara, East European Center for Research in Economics and

Business (ECREB), Romania

3. HOW MIGRANTS LIVING IN GERMANY COPE WITH CULTURAL

DIVERSITY? NEW EVIDENCE ON MINORITY ATTITUDES TOWARD

MULTICULTURALISM

Delia Stefenel

Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu; University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-

Schweinfurt, Germany

Flavius Ilioni-Loga

West University of Timisoara

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4. TRANSITORY REFUGEES?

Liliana Harding

University of East Anglia, School of Economics

5. MIGRANT IDENTITIES AND PRACTICES IN MEDIA ADVOCACY

CAMPAIGNS: THE CONSTITUTION OF CLAIMS AND AUDIENCES

Irina Diana Madroane

West University of Timisoara

6. UNACCOUNTABLE EMOTIONS REPRESENTING MIGRATION IN

SOCIOLOGICAL VERSUS BELLETRISTIC LITERATURE

Maria Loredana Arsene

Doctoral School of Sociology, University of Bucharest

Session 4: Romania’s migration challenges/ Transnational ties, identities,

and practices

Chair: Dr. Monica ȘERBAN

13.00-15.30 Room P02 (FEAA)

1. FEW SUCCESSFUL, MANY MOBILE. TRANSNATIONAL RETURN, ONGOING

MOBILITY, AND SOCIAL DIFFERENTIATION IN ROMANIA

Remus Gabriel Anghel

ISPMN & UBB Cluj

2. REDUCING PREJUDICE TOWARDS RROMAS IN ROMANIA: THE EFFECTS

OF CONTACT, INTERGROUP APOLOGY AND THEIR INTERACTION ON

PREJUDICE TOWARDS RROMAS

Alin Semenescu

Faculty of Sociology and Psychology, West University of Timisoara

3. INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS DISTANCE: THE CASE OF

ROMANIAN TRANSNATIONAL FAMILIES

Ionuț Földes

Centre for Population Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca

Veronica Savu

Centre for Population Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca

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4. TRANSNATIONAL SOCIAL SPACES OF ROMANIAN MIGRANTS IN

WESTERN EUROPE

Anne Pirwitz

Research associate and PhD-student, Potsdam University, Germany

5. THE CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSNATIONAL SPACES OF MIGRATION IN

ROMANIAN CINEMA

Anne Pirwitz

Research associate and PhD-student, Potsdam University, Germany

6. CHILD MIGRATION AND DUAL BELONGING OF YOUNG ROMANIANS IN

ITALY: A QUALITATIVE LIFE-COURSE APPROACH

Beatrice Scutaru

Dublin City University/ University of Angers

19.00 – Galla Dinner

Restaurant Rustic

Mihai Viteazu Blvd., No. 1B, Timișoara

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Wednesday, 12th of September 2018

09.00 - 10.00 – Registration

Plenary Section

10.00 - 11.15 – Room P02 (FEAA)

Invited keynote speaker – PhD Professor Dumitru Sandu – Centre for

Migration Studies; University of Bucharest, Faculty of Sociology and

Social Work

11.15 - 11:30 – Coffee break

Session 1: Romania’s migration challenges (continued)

Chair: Dr. Ciprian PÂNZARU

11.30-13.30 Room P03 (FEAA)

1. SEASONAL MIGRATION FROM A ROMANIAN VILLAGE: PERPETUATING

'WAITHOOD' OR A PATHWAY TO ADULTHOOD?

Mădălina-Elena Manea

Centre for Migration Studies, University of Bucharest; Research Institute for the Quality

of Life

2. ROMANIA MIGRATION OF HEALTH WORKERS. ANALYSES AND

PROGNOSIS

Mariana Balan

Institute for Economic Forecasting, Romanian Academy

Laura Mariana Cismaș

West University of Timișoara, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

2. TEMPORALITY IN ROMANIAN TRANSNATIONAL FAMILIES

Viorela Ducu, Áron Telegdi Csetri

Centre for Population Studies, UBB, Cluj

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4. ACADEMIC MIGRATION AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER BETWEEN

COMMUNIST ROMANIA AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, 1967-

1989

Irina Nastasă-Matei

University of Bucharest, Political Science Department

5. 11 YEARS INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION. ROMANIANS` INTRA-EUROPEAN

MIGRATION AND THE FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT

Alexandra Porumbescu

University of Craiova, Faculty of Social Sciences

6. MIGRATION INFRASTRUCTURE OF ROMANIAN COMPANIES POSTING

WORKERS ABROAD: DYNAMICS AMONG FORMAL AND INFORMAL ACTORS

Alexandra Voivozeanu

University of Bucharest

7. EASING ECONOMIC TRANSITION IN ROMANIA: WHAT ROLE FOR

MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES?

Cristian Incaltarau, Liviu Maha

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi

8. REMITTANCES EFFECTS IN THE ROMANIAN ECONOMY

Elena Sinoi

Master Student at West University of Timisoara, Faculty of Economics and Business

Administration

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Session 2: International Migration Effects (mainly on economic

development)

Chair: Dr. Grațiela Georgiana NOJA

11.30-13.30 Room P11 (FEAA)

1. MIGRATION AND POST-SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT OF VILLAGE

COMMUNITIES AMONG THE GAGAUZIANS AND BULGARIANS IN

BESSARABIA

Iulian Mitran

University of Bucharest

2. MIGRATION AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ROMANIA

Maria Laura Dănilă (căs. Jianu)

West University of Timisoara, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

3. URBAN MIGRATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Mariana Balan

Institute for Economic Forecasting, Romanian Academy

Simona Maria Stanescu

Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy

4. IMMIGRATION AND THE SHADOW ECONOMY IN THE MAIN RECEIVING

EU COUNTRIES: A TWO-FOLD ECONOMETRIC APPROACH

Grațiela Georgiana Noja

West University of Timisoara, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

(Department of Marketing and International Economic Relations), East European

Center for Research in Economics and Business

Simona Mirela Cristea

University of Craiova, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (Department

of Finance, Banking and Economic Analysis), Center for Banking and Financial

Research

Ciprian Pânzaru

West University of Timisoara, Faculty of Sociology and Psychology (Department of

Sociology), Research Group in Social and Economic Complexity

5. SPATIAL EFFECTS OF IMMIGRATION AND INNOVATION

Liana Son

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PhD

Professor, West University of Timisoara, Faculty of Economics and Business

Administration

Paula Roxana Cucos

PhD. Student, West University of Timisoara

6. MIGRATION HEALTH REQUIREMENT AND SETTLEMENT EXPERIENCES OF

MIGRANTS WITH DISABILITY: A CASE STUDY FROM AUSTRALIA

Irena Veljanova

School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University, Sydney,

Australia

7. MIGRATION – A VECTOR OF GLOBALIZATION

Liana Son

PhD Professor, West University of Timisoara, Faculty of Economics and Business

Administration

Ramona-Elena Ioana

PhD Student, West University of Timisoara

13.30 – 14.30 – Lunch

14.30-15.30 Room P02/P11 (FEAA)

Round table – co-working and meeting of the Romanian Network for

Migration Studies (RoMig) a) Migration/ labour mobility in Europe after BREXIT: challenges and

opportunities for Romania

b) Return migration as a three-fold challenge for Romania: brain drain, brain

gain or brain waste?

15.30 – 15.45 – Coffee break

15.45-16.45 Room P03 (FEAA)

Workshop on „Migrants’ integration research at the interference between

economics and socio-psychology”

17.00-17.30 – Visit within the research department of the East European

Center for Research in Economics and Business (ECREB)

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Poster Presentations

Tuesday, 11th of September 2018

Wednesday, 12th of September 2018

13.00 – 16.00 Room P08 (FEAA)

Coordinator: Dr. Ștefana DIMA

1. INFORMATION SECURITY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF MIGRATION TO

EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES

Ionuț Riza

University of Craiova, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Craiova,

Romania

Adina Drăgolici Nuțoaica

PhD Student, FEAA University of Craiova

Cătălina Sitnikov

Prof PhD, FEAA University of Craiova

2. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN FORCED RETURN AND VOLUNTARY

REPATRIATION

Oana Vasile, Alin Vicoleanu, Ioan Cioara

Legal Migration Association (LMARomania) (NGO)

3. ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR ESTIMATING EMIGRATION FROM THE

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

Tatiana Tabac

Centre for Demographic Research of the National Institute for Economic Research of the

Republic of Moldova

4. ROMANIAN WRITTEN PRESS DISCOURSE ABOUT MIGRATION TODAY:

`LOOSING AND RECEIVING`

Mona Simu

Research Institute for the Quality of Life

Mariana Buceanu

ANR - Agenția Națională pentru Romi

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5. THE LINK BETWEEN ECONOMIC GROWTH, POPULATION AGEING AND

MIGRATION

Lucian Sala

University of Craiova

6. MIGRATION AND POVERTY. THE CASE OF ROMANIA

Maria Diana Lica (Călin)

PhD Student, Doctoral School in Economic Sciences, Faculty of Economics and Business

Administration, University of Craiova

7. GLOBAL REFUGEE CRISIS IN THE CIRCUMPOLAR REGION

(to be confirmed)

Kirill Gurvich

Nord University, Bodø, Norway