Symposium: (5th ISA Forum of Sociology (6-11 July 2025))

RC31 Sociology of Migration

Program Coordinators: Manashi RAY (West Virginia State University, USA) and Cristian DOÑA REVECO (University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA)

Monday, 7 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Gendered Outcomes of Migrants and Their Descendents in the Labour Market
Session Organizers: Sait BAYRAKDAR, Ayse GUVELI and Sebnem EROGLU HAWKSWORTH
Chair: Ayse GUVELI

Migration and Diversified Family Life
Session Organizer: Dong Hoon SEOL

11:00-12:45

Family and Migratory Trends.
Session Organizer: Cristian DOÑA REVECO

Inequalities in Educational Integration of Young Refugees
Session Organizers: Oliver WINKLER and Franziska MEYER

13:00-14:45

Narratives of Intercuturality
Session Organizer: Denisse SEPULVEDA

Special Lecture: All That is Solid Melts into Mobility: Understanding Climate-Related Migration as the Socio-Ecological Question
Session Organizer: Manashi RAY

15:00-16:45

Migration Policy Implementation in the Global South
Session Organizers: Wayne PALMER and Amrita DATTA

Resilience and Fluidity of Social Structures in War-Affected Society (Part II)
Session Organizers: Yuliya KOSYAKOVA and Olga KUTSENKO
Chair: Yuliya KOSYAKOVA

19:00-20:30

New Patterns of Mobility in the Post-COVID Era
Session Organizer: Zai LIANG
Chair: Zai LIANG

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

09:00-10:45

New Expatriates in the Global City
Session Organizer: Anju PAUL
Chair: Anju PAUL

Structural Forces Leading to Cumulative Disadvantage in Immigrant’s Health
Session Organizers: Erika ARENAS and Yahirun JENJIRA
Chair: Graciela TERUEL

11:00-12:45

Cities As Migrating Religious Archives. Shifting Processes, Affiliations, and Urban Materiality from Moving Religious Practices and Habits.
Session Organizers: Letizia CARRERA and William CALVO-QUIROS

Refugees and Forced Migrations
Session Organizer: Manashi RAY
Chair: Manashi RAY

The Nexus between Migration and Enslavement
Session Organizers: Lucas CÉ SANGALLI and Charles MURATA
Chair: Lucas CÉ SANGALLI

13:00-14:45

Care Circulation in Transnational Families: Current Trends and New Perspectives (Part I)
Session Organizers: Loretta BALDASSAR and Laura MERLA
Chair: Loretta BALDASSAR

Immigration and Changing Perceptions of Justice: Social Class Perspectives
Session Organizers: Magdalena NOWICKA and Elke WINTER

It’s Not a ‘Refugee Crisis’, It’s a Political Crisis: Social Justice and Human Rights for Refugees
Session Organizer: Lori WILKINSON

15:00-16:45

Migration and the Role of Social Media I
Session Organizer: Cristian DOÑA REVECO

Rethinking Race, Ethnicity, and Migration in 21st Century Asia
Session Organizer: Hsin-Chieh CHANG

19:00-20:30

RC31 Business Meeting

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Contemporary Media Narratives and Counter-Narratives on Migrants II
Session Organizer: Erica CHITO CHILDS

International Migration and the Transformation of Agrarian Life and Foodways
Session Organizers: Yasmin ORTIGA and Marvin Joseph MONTEFRIO
Chair: Yasmin ORTIGA

11:00-12:45

The Dead Ends (routes, zones, concessions, ports) of Migration and Labour Market Segmentations. When Inequalities Come into Play. These Spaces and Labour Markets at the Limits of Capitalism.
Session Organizers: Delphine MERCIER, Doudou Dièye GUEYE and Kamal MELLAKH

13:00-14:45

Fortunes of (Post-)Multi-Ethnic Cities
Session Organizer: Piotr GOLDSTEIN

The Impacts of Climate Change on Migration Part I
Session Organizers: Emma PORIO and Johanna ZULUETA
Chair: Johanna ZULUETA

15:00-16:45

Connecting Mobility Ecologies, Climate Crises and Families
Session Organizers: Anna SIMOLA and James FLETCHER

Social Changes in Sexuality, Racism and Migration
Session Organizers: Ulrike SCHUERKENS and Maimouna Eliane THIOR

19:00-20:30

Migration and the Role of Social Media II
Session Organizer: Cristian DOÑA REVECO
Chair: Macarena BONHOMME

Thursday, 10 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Contemporary Media Narratives and Counter-Narratives on Migrants I
Session Organizer: Erica CHITO CHILDS

Transnational Families over Time
Session Organizer: Nazli KIBRIA

11:00-12:45

Mobilising Care Workers in Global Care Labour Markets
Session Organizers: Isabel SHUTES and Ito PENG
Chair: Laura MERLA

New Developments of Migration and Integration Policies
Session Organizer: Hideki TARUMOTO

Student Mobilities from the Global South
Session Organizer: Carola BAUSCHKE-URBAN
Chair: Carola BAUSCHKE-URBAN

13:00-14:45

Addressing Healthcare Challenges for Migrant Populations I
Session Organizers: Sigrun OLAFSDOTTIR and Andrey TIBAJEV
Chair: Andrey TIBAJEV

Tourism and Migration: A Difficult Relationship
Session Organizer: Marxiano MELOTTI

15:00-16:45

Addressing Healthcare Challenges for Migrant Populations II
Session Organizers: Sigrun OLAFSDOTTIR and Andrey TIBAJEV
Chair: Sigrun OLAFSDOTTIR

Forced Migration and Trafficking in Persons in the Contemporary World
Session Organizers: Arun Kumar ACHARYA and Jennifer CLARK

Friday, 11 July 2025

09:00-10:45

Care Circulation in Transnational Families: Current Trends and New Perspectives (Part II)
Session Organizers: Loretta BALDASSAR and Laura MERLA
Chair: Laura MERLA

International Migration and Transnational Social Protection
Session Organizer: Meltem YILMAZ SENER
Chair: Meltem YILMAZ SENER

11:00-12:45

Administrative Limbos: Exploring Conditions of Entrapment Among Racialised Citizens, Ethnic Minorities and Migrants
Session Organizers: Milena BELLONI and Bjorn KLEIZEN

Migration and Community Well-Being: Towards Socio-Environmental Justice?
Session Organizers: Prof. Laura OSO and Melissa MORALLI

13:00-14:45

Exhibiting the Narratives of Migration: Reconstructing the National Image through Migration Museums
Session Organizer: Chie SAKAI

Realities and Futures of Seasonal Farm Work in Global Horticulture
Session Organizers: Kiah SMITH and Rafael AZEREDO

15:00-16:45

Immigrant Health through the Life Course: Exploring Pre-Migration Influences and Post-Migration Outcomes
Session Organizer: Ariel AZAR