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Exercices based on Jorgen Carling’s latest model of “capacity" and “aspirations”.
1 Outubro 2025, 13:30 • Alina Isabel Pereira Esteves
This
practical class is based on Jorgen Carling’s latest model of “capacity"
and “aspirations”. In small groups, students learnt to actively read this
academic piece, and then use it to draw the decision tree of Becky, the main
actress of the film Becky’s journey (2016), a Nigerian candidate to migration
to Europe. This exercise was graded.
References
Carling, Jørgen; Schewel, Kerilyn (2018).
Revisiting aspiration and ability in international migration, Journal of Ethnic
and Migration Studies, Vol. 44, No. 6, 945–963 (https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2017.1384146)
Link to the
moodle platform: https://elearning.ulisboa.pt/course/view.php?id=11080
The theories explaining international migrations.
26 Setembro 2025, 15:30 • Alina Isabel Pereira Esteves
Students
delved into the various theories of international
migrations, from the end of the 19th century to now. Each exposed theory
was related to its policy implication. Indeed, a macro-economics approach sheds
light on the wage differentials that attract or repulse migrants, but also
informs specific policies that will aim at controlling those wages.
References
King,
Russell (2012). Theories and typologies of migration: an overview and a primer.
Willy Brandt Series of Working Papers in International Migration and Ethnic
Relations, 3/12. Malmö Institute For Studies Of Migration, Diversity And Welfare
(MIM).
Link to the
moodle platform: https://elearning.ulisboa.pt/course/view.php?id=11080
Debates in small groups concerning post-WWII guest worker system.
26 Setembro 2025, 13:30 • Alina Isabel Pereira Esteves
During this
first practical class, students were exposed to various resources related to
the post-WWII guest worker system, including the short film Inventur (1976),
Berger’s and Mohr's book A Seventh Man (1975), and Castles’s paper "The
Guestworker system: an obituary”. Debates occurred in small groups.
Link to the
moodle platform: https://elearning.ulisboa.pt/course/view.php?id=11080
Debates in small groups concerning post-WWII guest worker system.
24 Setembro 2025, 13:30 • Alina Isabel Pereira Esteves
During this
first practical class, students were exposed to various resources related to
the post-WWII guest worker system, including the short film Inventur (1976),
Berger’s and Mohr's book A Seventh Man (1975), and Castles’s paper "The
Guestworker system: an obituary”. Debates occurred in small groups.
Link to the
moodle platform: https://elearning.ulisboa.pt/course/view.php?id=11080
Course’s housekeeping. The history of migrations.
19 Setembro 2025, 15:30 • Alina Isabel Pereira Esteves
The first
part of this first theoretical class was dedicated to housekeeping, ie. Access
to Moodle, organisation of the course, resources, evaluation and other
important items.
Assessment:
Students in the Ordinary
Regime
The evaluation is composed
of two elements:
EV1. 1 written test (55%)
plus presence in class;
EV2. 3 exercises produced
in groups of 4/5 (max.) in the practical classes (45%).
Students in the Special
Regime:
EV1. 1 written test (70%);
EV2. 1 written essay
produced individually based on bibliographic references defined by the
lecturers (30%).
The second
part dealt with the history of migrations. A brief overview of migrations since
the Middle Ages enabled students to get a grasp of the importance of this
mobility, and its correlation with historical, economic and social events in
Europe and beyond. From WWII, migration intensified not only as a phenomenon,
but as a matter of studies in the academic realm.
References
Scholten, Peter (ed.)
(2021). Introduction to Migration Studies. Springer.
Link to the
moodle platform: https://elearning.ulisboa.pt/course/view.php?id=11080