ESF Research Conferences

ESF-ZiF-Bielefeld University Research Conference 2012

Tracing Social Inequalities in Environmentally-Induced Migration

09-13 December 2012, Bielefeld (Germany)

Final Programme

Sunday 9 December
17.00-19:00
Registration at the ESF desk- Hotel Park Inn
20:30
Welcome  drink
21:00
Dinner
Monday 10 December
08:40
Transfer to ZIF
09:30

Welcome address - Overall Agenda by Thomas Faist, University of Bielefeld, DE
Opening Thoughts by Jeanette Schade, University of Bielefeld, DE

Session 1: Migration theories: What role for inequality and environmental degradation (COST Action)
Chair: Kerstin Schmidt-Verkerk, International Council for Science Regional Office Latin America and Caribbean, MX
09:50-10:20
Ahmet Icduygu, Koç University, TR The environment-migration nexus: From exploration to explanation
10:20-10:40
Haydea Izazola, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Xochmilco, MX
Tracing social inequalities in environmentally-induced migration from conventional information sources
10:40-11:00

Petter Pilesjö, Lund University, SE
Drought in Iraq: Implications for rural population, environment and agriculture in Duhok Governorate: Methodological challenges

11:00-11:20Patrick Sakdapolrak, University of Bonn, DE
Conceptualizing the environmental impact of migration in sending areas: A translocal perspective
11:20-11:40

Coffee Break

Session 2: Social Inequality as a Trigger of Environmental Migration
Chair: Carsten Felgentreff, University of Osnabrück, DE

11:40-12:10

Tamer Afifi, United Nations University–Environmental and Human Security, DE Social vulnerability and environmentally induced migration: Introducing the Rainfalls Project

12:10-12:30

Short Talk: Benjamin Etzold, University of Bonn, DE
Inequality in Bangladesh’s labour migration systems: Uneven access to labour migration and its effects on the human security of migrant households and those left behind

12:30-12:50
Short Talk: Architesh Panda, Institute for Social and Economic Change, IN
Social inequalities and interdependent vulnerability: Tracing the role of climate induced migration from Bangladesh in North-East India
12:50-13:10Short Talk: Yan Tan, University of Adelaide, AU Exploring the relationship between social inequality and environmentally-induced migration: Evidence from urban household surveys: Shanghai and Nanjing (China)
13:10-14:30

Lunch at the ZIF Cafeteria

Continuation of Session 2: Social inequality as a trigger of environmental migration
Chair: Andrew Baldwin, University of Durham, UK
14:30-14:50
Short Talk: Clemens Greiner, University of Cologne, DE
Environmental impact of migration in sending areas: The translocal perspective in the case of Kenya
14:50-15:10Short Talk: Charles Amone, Gulu University, UG
Climate change, nomadic pastoralism and conflict in the cattle corridor of Uganda
15:10-15:30
Short Talk: Iwebunor Okwechime, Obafemi Awolowo University, NG
Environmental conflict and internal migration in the Niger Delta
15:30-16:00
Coffee Break
Session 3: Reproduction of inequality by social mechanisms and its effects on migration
Chair: Jeanette Schade, Bielefeld University, DE
16:00-16:30
Keynote: Michael M. Cernea*, Brookings, US and Kai Schmidt-Soltau, Social Science Solutions, CH
Would climate-related resettlement aggravate, reproduce, or reduce inequality? Risks, impacts, and options
*Given last moment unavailability, paper is presented by co-author, Dr. Kai Schmidt-Soltau.
16:30-16:50
Short Talk: Eberhard Weber, School of Geography, Earth Science and Environment, FD
Of tsunamis and climate change: The need to resettle
16:50-17:10

Short Talk: Gil Marvel Tabucanon, Macquarie University, AU

The resettlement of Nauruans in Australia: An early case of failed environmental migration

17:10-17:30

François Gemenne, IDDRI, FR

Inequalities in the assistance to the displacees of Tohoku tsunami and Fukushima disaster

17:30-17:50

Short Talk: Bishawjit Mallick, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE
Social disparities in a disaster-triggered migration process: A case study of a tropical cyclone prone coastal Community

17:50-18:10
Wrap-up session, Thomas Faist, University of Bielefeld, DE
18:10
Transfer to Park Inn
20:00Dinner
21:00

Kevin Boiragi, University of York, CA

Movie: Climate refugees of Bangladesh

Tuesday  11 December

08:45Transfer to ZIF
Session 4: The environmental migrant: Considering conceptual levels and inequality (COST Panel)
Chair: Thomas Faist, University of Bielefeld, De
09:20-09:50
Keynote: Oliver Bakewell, Oxford University, UK
Will the environmentally-induced migrant step forward? The emergence and consequences of migration categories
09:50-10:10
Short Talk: Fatima Yamin, Iqra University Islamabad Campus, PK
Mobilizing inequalities: From perception to identity

10:10-10:30
Short Talk: Alexandra Winkels, University of East Anglia, UK
Mobility and risk: Talking a closer look at migrant vulnerability
10:30-10:50

Robert McLeman, Wilfrid Laurier University, CA

Climate, food security and labour migration

10:50-11:15Wrap-up
11:15-11:30
Group Picture
11:30-12:30
Poster Session with Coffee Break
12:30-13:30
Lunch at ZIF Cafeteria
Half day Excursion
13:30Departure to Münster
15:00Guided Tour followed by visit of the Christmas Market
18:30Conference Dinner at Hotel Schloss Wilkinghege
21:00
Departure to Bielefeld
Wednesday 12 December
Session 5: Social Inequality in gender relations as a dimension of environmentally-induced migration
Chair: Sophia Wirsching, Brot für die Welt, DE
09:20-09:50

Keynote: Brooke A. Ackerly, Vanderbilt University, US
Theory and ethics for studying gendered injustice in the context of environmental change

09:50-10:10
Short Talk: Victoria van der Land, Institute for Social-Ecological Research, DE
Gender dimensions of environmentally-induced migration: Evidence from Mali and Senegal
10:10-10:30

Short Talk: Kerstin Schmidt-Verkerk, International Council for Science – Regional Office Latin America and Caribbean, MX
The role of social inequality in migration decisions related to climate change: The case of Mexico (focus on gender)

10:30-10:50

Short Talk: Mizanur Rahman, National University of Singapore (SG)
How do peasants’ wives and daughters respond to climate change? Peasant families in Southern Bangladesh

10:50-11:20
Coffee Break
Session 6: Observations on social inequality from EXCLIM: “Exils Climatiques: Gérer les déplacements des populations dues aux phénomènes climatiques extrêmes”
Chair: François Mancebo, Reims University, FR
11:20-11:50
Keynote: Chloé Vlassopoulos, University of Picardie, FR
Resume of the EXCLIM Project
11:50-12:10Short Talk: Veronique Lassailly-Jacob, University of Poitiers, FR
Social and spatial inequalities linked to flood-induced displacement in Burkina Faso
12:10-12:30

Short Talk: Gülcin Erdi Lelandais, University of Rouen, FR
(In)justice and (in)equality in adaptation processes to climate change: Desertification and farmers’ mobility in Konya Plain in Turkey

12:30-12:50
Short Talk: David Mechin, University de Reims, FR
Testing New Orleans answer to Katrina
12:50-13:10Short Talk: Silvia Bruzzone, University of Picardie CURAPP/CNRS (FR)
Environmental displacement and risk-governance
13:10-15:00Lunch at ZIF Cafeteria
Session 7: Perceptions of responsibility, action, law and enabling structures
Chair: Jeanette Schade, Bielefeld University, DE
15:00-15:20

Short Talk: Elisa Fornale, University of Bern CH and Jérémie Guélat, University of Neuchâtel, CH
Climate change and statelessness: Assessing the risks and the legal implications

15:20-15:40
Short Talk: Benoît Mayer, National University of Singapore, SG
The construction of the ‘climate refugee’ as a human rights issue: Critical perspectives from the south
15:40-16:00
Short Talk: Andrew Baldwin, Durham University, UK
Racialisation and the figure of the climate change migrant
16:00-16:30
Coffee Break
16:30-17:10

Thomas Faist and Jeanette Schade, University of Bielefeld, DE

Wrap-up Session and Forward Look Plenary Discussion

17:10-17:30
Research Networks and Initiatives of the co-chairs
17:30-19:00
Poster session with Farewell Drink
19:00-20:00
Concluding Public Lecture:
John Urry, Lancaster University, UK
Concluding reflections on conceptualizing inequality, mobility and climate change
20:10
Transfer to Park Inn
20:30
Dinner
Thursday 13 December
Breakfast and departure