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Migration Update Conference 2012

12 October 2012

Migration and Social Transformation

The 2012 Migration Update conference focused on understanding and responding to the complex, two-way relationship between social change and migration.

Speakers included: Professor Graeme Hugo AO, Dr Alexandre Kalache, Professor Richard Bedford, Professor Lesleyanne Hawthorne, Rosie Roberts, Dr Clemence Due, Dr Julian Grant, Associate Professor Alex Reilly, Blythe Wood and Dr Danielle Every.



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Keynote Address | Professor Graeme Hugo

2012 Migration Update

Implications of current migration trends and recent developments in Australian International Migration

Professor Graeme Hugo
ARC Australian Professorial Fellow & Professor of Geography
Director, National Centre for Social Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GISCA)
The University of Adelaide

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Keynote Address | Dr Alexandre Kalache

Ageing in a Foreign Land

Dr Alexandre Kalache
Adelaide Thinker on Age Friendly Cities
Senior Advisor to the President on Global Ageing – New York Academy of Medicine

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Keynote Address | Professor Richard Bedford

Transforming Migrant Families

Professor Richard Bedford
Professor of Population Geography
National Institute of Demographic & Economic Analysis (NIDEA)
The University of Waikato, New Zealand

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Keynote Address | Professor Lesleyanne Hawthorne

Skilled Migration Update

Professor Lesleyanne Hawthorne
Associate Dean International, The University of Melbourne

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Panel Plenary Session | Contemporary Migration Research

Unfolding stories of skilled migrants: mapping mobile practices

Rosie Roberts
PhD Candidate, University of South Australia

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Panel Plenary Session | Contemporary Migration Research

Working with Refugee and Migrant Children: A Study of Transition into Mainstream Classes at Primary Schools

Dr Clemence Due
School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide

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Panel Plenary Session | Contemporary Migration Research

Developing social capital as a refugee mother in a new country: narratives of creating life

Dr Julian Grant
Flinders University

Co-author: Associate Professor Pauline Guerin

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Panel Plenary Session | Contemporary Migration Research

International student workers: the case for reform

Associate Professor Alex Reilly
The University of Adelaide

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Panel Plenary Session | Contemporary Migration Research

The social and economic impacts of immigration detention facilities on receiving communities

Dr Danielle Every
Research Fellow, Appleton Institute, Central Queensland University

Co-authors: Steve Whetton, Sophia Rainbird, Suraya Abdul Halim, Nicholas Procter, Bianca Sebben, Kirrilly Thompson

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Panel Plenary Session | Contemporary Migration Policy

Blythe Wood
Manager, Population & Migration Policy
Department of Premier and Cabinet, SA Government

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