Session 5: Migration and well-being: implications for attracting and retaining highly skilled migrants

Lecturer: Julia Reinold

Migration and well-being are linked in various ways. For example, well-being can be a reason for migration and migration can have consequences for the well-being of migrants and those left behind in the country of origin. This lecture sheds light on the complex relationship between migration and well-being, including related concepts such as quality of life, life satisfaction and happiness. Drawing on recent research from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, the lecture will furthermore highlight the importance of well-being for attracting and retaining highly skilled migrants and discuss the role of policy.

 

Pre-attendance materials:

• Hendriks, M. (2015). The happiness of international migrants: a review of research findings. Migration Studies, 3(3), 343–369.
• Hooijen, I., Meng, C., Reinold, J. & M. Siegel (2017) Competition for talent: retaining graduates in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine, European Planning Studies, 25:12, 2212-2231. 
• Weinar, A., & Klekowski von Koppenfels, A. (2020). Highly-skilled migration: between settlement and mobility: IMISCOE short reader.
• World Database of Happiness

 

Specific Learning Outcomes:

• Understand an overview of different forms of migration, their drivers and effects.
• Gain insights into the global and European competition for talent and the role of migration in mitigating skills shortages.
• Understand the migration/well-being nexus.

 

* After attending this lecture students will receive a Certificate of Attendance upon request