Since February 2022 millions of people from Ukraine were forced to flee their homes to seek protection in less waraffected regions of the country and abroad, others have stayed under the war-related risks. Europe experienced the largest influx of refugees since the second world war.
Unlike labor migrants, refugees have no time to prepare for migration and, thus, face particular challenges in their host countries including limited knowledge of the local institutions, a lack of language skills and social networks as well as traumatic experiences that may have long-lasting effects on people’s lives. At the same time, the socioeconomic circumstances of the men and women who remained in Ukraine changed drastically, affecting their employment, their families and other areas of life.
The workshop aims to bring together social scientists to discuss the most recent findings related to migration and integration, labor market and family outcomes of Ukrainian refugees, stayers and IDPs and encourages contributions
on the following topics:
- selection of refugees, decision to stay, emigrate and return
- family and labor market dynamics in Ukraine
- refugee socioeconomic integration
- health, social networks, and social inequality
- gender, paid and unpaid work
- refugee uncertainty and its outcomes
- ethnic discrimination of refugees
- human capital investment and skills transfer of refugees
- effects on home and host countries’ economy and population
Date
26.5.2025 - 27.5.2025
Venue
Institute for Employment Research (IAB)
Regensburger Straße 104
90478 Nuremberg
Germany
Keynote speakers
- Timofii Brik (Kyiv School of Economics)
- Judith Kohlenberger (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
Scientific committee
Andreas Ette (Federal Institute for Population Research), Mariella Falkenhain (IAB), Kseniia Gatskova (IAB), Irena Kogan (University of Mannheim), Yuliya Kosyakova (IAB, University of Bamberg), Brienna Perelli-Harris (University of Southampton), Silvia Schwanhäuser (IAB).
Submission
Please, submit your extended abstract (max. 500 words, max. five keywords, name and contact details of all co-authors) as a PDF-file to Dr. habil. Kseniia Gatskova via email.
Deadline for submissions: March 10, 2025
Notification of acceptance: March 21, 2025
Conference fee and traveling Costs
PhD students are eligible to apply for travel grants. Five grants will be available to cover travel (up to 450 EUR) and accommodation costs (up to 100 EUR per night for 2 or 3 nights in a hotel in Nuremberg) for early stage researchers.
In order to apply for a travel grant, please, indicate your interest in the applicationemail and attach a confirmationof your PhD status.