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Current Vacancies

‘Migrating out of Poverty’ Research Fellowship

We are seeking an enthusiastic and capable Research Fellow to work on the Migrating out of Poverty Research Programme Consortium (RPC), funded by the UK’s Department for International Development and coordinated by the University of Sussex. The position will be based at the Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore(NUS), Singapore.

Please refer to http://www.populationasia.org/Vacancies.htm for more information.

Latest News

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)
The Ramphal Commission on Migration and Development played a significant role in highlighting the importance of migration to development issues at the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) held in Perth, Australia, from 28 to 30 October 2011. Stemming from a consolidated report presented by the Commission, entitled People on the Move: Managing Migration in Today’s Commonwealth, Heads affirmed their commitment to "maximise the economic and social benefits of migration" and called for "stronger international cooperation to manage migration effectively" so as to enhance its development potential for sending and receiving countries, including migrants themselves.
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Laxenburg Declaration on Population and Sustainable Development
IIASA has recently launched the Laxenburg Declaration on its website. Please click on the following links for more information and to join as a signatory.
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• The Laxenburg Declaration: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/POP/Laxenburg%20Declaration%20on%20Population%20and%20Development.html    

• Feedback form: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/POP/ff/index.html

• Press release:  http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/iifa-7bp102711.php 

CHAMPSEA Study Findings
Findings from the CHAMPSEA study conducted in the Philippines and Thailand are now available. More details are available here.

New Publications

International Migration
Volume 48, No. 6, December 2010
Special Issue: Women and Migration in Globalizing Asia: Gendered Experiences, Agency, and Activism
Guest Editors: Arianne M. Gaetano and Brenda S.A. Yeoh

Gender, Place and Culture
Volume 15, No. 6, December 2008
Themed Section: Heterosexuality and Migration in Asia
Guest Editors: Katie Walsh, Hsiu-hua Shen and Katie Willis

International Migration
Volume 46, No. 4, October 2008
Special Issue: Asian Transnational Families in Transition: The Liminality of Simultaneity
Guest Editors: Shirlena Huang, Brenda S.A. Yeoh and Theodora Lam

Asian Demographic and Human Capital
Datasheet 2008

More details are available here.

Past Events

International Conference - "Transnational Labour Migration, Remittances and Changing Family Structures and Relations in Asia"
Date : 27-28 July 2010
Venue : Asia Research Institute, Singapore

Jointly organised by Asia Research Institute, NUS, and Asian MetaCentre's CHAMPSEA Project Team, Singapore
Venue: Asia Research Institute, Singapore
More details are available here.

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