Dear all,

 

We would like to invite you to the upcoming workshop

"Comparative Perspectives on the Transformation of East Asian Labor Markets through International Skilled Migration", on Saturday 2nd November, at the Institute of Social Science at the University of Tokyo.

 

This on-site workshop brings together scholars working on skilled migration, not only in Japan but also in South Korea and Taiwan, as all three countries similarly undergo an accelerated demographic decline and a labor shortage. These countries are in dire need to attract and secure long-time skilled professionals in order to maintain economic growth, to remain competent in global markets, and counter challenges arising from population decline and the fourth industrial revolution. The objective of the workshop is therefore to understand how different actors in the three countries - government, firms, and migrant individuals/ employees - shape the transformation of the domestic labor market, adjust to or proactively seek out opportunities in the increasingly internationalizing/globalizing labor market, and navigate the problems associated with this transformation. Please see the attached for details of the program.

 

The workshop information is as follows:

DATE: Saturday, 2nd November

TIME: 9:30 to 18:45

LOCATION: Room 549 (5th floor) at Building 37 (Akamon General Research Building),

University of Tokyo Institute of Social Science (ISS)

 

REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY. Please register from the following link by Monday 29th October. Registered attendees are invited to stay for the joint lunch.

https://forms.gle/a3LvQh1VehCs7agt6

 

This workshop is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and Toshiba International Foundation.

 

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Dr. Helena Hof
Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer
University of Zurich / Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity

https://www.aoi.uzh.ch/en/japanologie/personenuebersicht/wissangestellte/hof.html

http://www.mmg.mpg.de/person/111317/2553

hof@mmg.mpg.de

 

Recent publications:

Hof, Helena, Joohyun Justine Park, Aimi Muranaka. Forthcoming. "Employment as an anchor: The prospects of emerging East Asian skilled migration regimes through the lens of migrants' access to the labor market." Asia and Pacific Migration Journal.

Hof, Helena. Forthcoming. "Pushing Social Norms: Foreign Entrepreneurs Fueling Japan's Innovation?" Social Science Japan Journal.

Hof, Helena and Jaafar Alloul. 2023. Migratory class-making in global Asian cities: The European mobile middle negotiating ambivalent privilege in Tokyo, Singapore, and Dubai. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2023.2271669

Hof, Helena. 2022. The-EU-Migrant-Generation-in-Asia. Bristol University Press.