Demography and International Migration - 2nd semester

Objectives

To promote: a) the understanding about human demographic dynamics; b) a critical knowledge of concepts and data sources on migration; c) the awareness of the main global demographic trends, namely migration trends, and discussion on the related challenges. Developing skills to: d) identify themes and build research questions; e) transmit synthetic and critical knowledge, written and oral, mobilizing relevant empirical and theoretical information.

General characterization

Code

722081128

Credits

10

Responsible teacher

Maria João Valente Rosa

Hours

Weekly - 3 letivas + 1 tutorial

Total - Available soon

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

n.a.

Bibliography

Comissão Europeia. (2019). Demographic Scenarios for the UE: Migration, Population and Education. Luxembourg Publications office of the European Union.
Eurostat. (2019). People on the move: Statistics on Mobility in Europe. Disponível em: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/digpub/eumove/index.html?lang=en IOM. (2018). World Migration Report. Disponível em: https://www.iom.int/wmr/world-migration-report-2018
Meslé, F. et al. org.. (2011). Dictionnaire de Démographie et des Sciences de la Population. Paris: Armand Colin. OCDE. (2018). International Migration Outlook 2018. Disponível em: https://www.oecd.org/migration/internationalmigration-outlook-1999124x.htm Weeks, J.R. (2008). Population: an introduction to concepts and issues. USA: Thomson Wadsworth.

Teaching method

Evaluation method

The evaluation will take into account students participation in the sessions, the result of a written exam and the presentation of a written work and its discussion in class. The paper shall have 10 pages maximum (letter 12, double space) and must be delivered, in a word file, via electronic mail. The final classification will be calculated using the following formula: NF = (P x 0,2) + (E x 0,3) + (RT x 0,5) Where ´P´ means participation in class discussions, ´E´ means the result of a written exam, and ´RT´ means the result of a written presentation and an oral discussion of a research work.

Subject matter

1. Demographic trends: World; Europe; Portugal. 2. Concepts and Data Sources about International Migrations and Migrants. 3. Migrations: World; Europe; Portugal



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