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The Question of Skills in Cross-Border Labor Mobility

From September 20 to 21, Asian Migration Cluster at the National University of Singapore and the Migration and the Citizenship Research Group of the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University organized the international conference, “The Question of Skills in Cross-Border Labor Mobility.” A total of 24 scholars in the field of social science from the diverse regions of the globe presented during the conference.

This conference aimed to discuss how the migration policies impact on migrants’ deskilling or upskilling and their mobility across the labor market grabbed attention from academia. The scholars brought together different disciplines of social science and engaged with the questions of the four broad themes 1) policy analysis, 2) skill acquisition, 3) skills unity and transfer, and 4) labor institutions and markets. The scholars shared their experiences from ethnographic fieldwork in different regions of the world- Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Australia, the United States, Canada, the United Arab Emirates, and Germany.

Skilled migration in different angles and regions were also brought into the discussion. Jaafar Alloul (University of Leuven and University of Amsterdam) presented on the migration of European citizens with Maghrebi minority background from France, Belgium, and the Netherlands,  and their experiences moving to the UAE. Catherine Gomes (RIMT University, Australia) highlighted cases of international students in Australia and their English acquisition. Ruben Hernandez-Leon (UCLA) illustrated the learning and skill-acquisition experiences of migration entrepreneurs and how the U.S. imported temporary migrant workers from Mexico. Helena Hof (Waseda University) compared the skilled migration policies of Singapore and Japan.

Brenda Yeoh (National University of Singapore) led the round-table discussion. Four professors from different regions were directly involved in the discussion. During the discussion, participants raised questions in various issues related to gender, technology, and immigration policy.

Overall, the conference successfully marked a meaningful occasion for meeting and disseminating knowledge in the field of migration studies.

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