Course: Current Trends in Migration Studies

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Course title Current Trends in Migration Studies
Course code MRS/GUMIG
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Przetaková Nela, Mgr.
  • Macková Lucie, M.A., Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Group work
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam, Seminar Work

Recommended literature
  • Baas, M., & Yeoh, B. S. (2019). Introduction: Migration studies and critical temporalities. Current Sociology, 67(2), 161-168.
  • Bauböck, R., & Faist, T. (2010). Diaspora and transnationalism: Concepts, theories and methods.
  • Carling, J. (2014). The role of aspirations in migration. Determinants of International Migration, International Migration Institute.
  • Cwerner, S. B. (2001). The times of migration. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 27(1), 7-36.
  • De Haas, H. (2021). A theory of migration: the aspirations-capabilities framework. Comparative Migration Studies, 9(1), 1-35.
  • King, R., & Skeldon, R. (2010). Mind the gap!?Integrating approaches to internal and international migration. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 36(10), 1619-1646.
  • Levitt, P., & Schiller, N. G. (2004). Conceptualizing simultaneity: A transnational social field perspective on society. International migration review, 38(3), 1002-1039.
  • Schiller, N. G., & Ça?lar, A. (Eds.). (2011). Locating migration: Rescaling cities and migrants.
  • Vertovec, S. (2019). Talking around super-diversity. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 42(1), 125-139.
  • Wimmer, A., & Schiller, N. G. (2003). Methodological nationalism, the social sciences, and the study of migration: An essay in historical epistemology. International migration review, 37(3), 576-610.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Global Sustainable Development - specialization in Transition to Sustainability (2026) Category: Geography courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Global Sustainable Development - specialization in International Development (2026) Category: Geography courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter