Message posted on 27/06/2019

CfA International Symposium "Retirement Migration to the Global South"

Call for Abstracts
International Symposium

Retirement migration to the =84global South=93 =96
Current insights and future perspectives
Research Cluster Transnational Aging at the University of Mainz, Germany
March 11th-13th, 2020


The symposium will provide an international space for scholars who are inte=
rested in current developments of retirement migration in its =93North-Sout=
h=94 nexus. It offers a forum to discuss empirical evidence and its theoret=
ical and political implications. We especially welcome papers that focus on=
=96 but need not to be limited to =96 the following aspects:

* Social and political backgrounds of retirement migration
* Life circumstances and life worlds of the retirement migrants
* Social support and social protection of older people
* Challenges and repercussions for the countries involved
Final date for abstract submission is July 31, 2019.

Please see the full call for abstracts attached.

Kind regards,
Cornelia Schweppe and
Annika M=FCller


Annika M=FCller
PhD Student
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Germany
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