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Migration and cities
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- 3 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on September 29, 2019
- Ends on October 19, 2019
Course details
Syllabus
What topics will you cover ?
- The different types of migration towards cities
- The role of migration on urban development over history
- Migrant labour in contemporary cities
- Settlement and residential distribution of migrants in cities
- Migration and urban public space
- Problems and conflicts arising from migration to cities
- Migration governance at the urban scale
- Migration and cultural heritage in cities
- Transnational urban networks among migrant groups
Prerequisite
This course is for anyone interested in learning about migration and cities, you don’t need any past experience.
Instructors
Nick Dines is research fellow at the European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies.
Anna Triandafyllidou is Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.
Editor
The European University Institute (EUI) is an international organization which produces high level research and provides doctoral and post-doctoral academic training in the social sciences. Since its establishment in 1976 by the six founding members of the then European Communities, the EUI has earned a reputation as a leading international academic institution with a European focus.
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FutureLearn is a massive open online course (MOOC) learning platform founded in December 2012.
It is a company launched and wholly owned by The Open University in Milton Keynes, England. It is the first UK-led massive open online course learning platform, and as of March 2015 included 54 UK and international University partners and unlike similar platforms includes four non-university partners: the British Museum, the British Council, the British Library and the National Film and Television School.
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