Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Substitute(s)
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course is designed to familiarize students with the research fields of welfare, labour and migration. In particular, the course will be dedicated to an increasingly salient topic: immigrants' access to welfare in their home and host countries, as well as their integration in the labour market. The course will cover, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the broad range of transnational social protection policies, welfare states' configurations, labour market integration policies, but also different themes attached to the migration-welfare and migration-labour market nexus. Furthermore, the complex topics of migrants' welfare and labour integration policies will be examined from a comparative perspective by analysing the different countries and their contexts. Lastly, the conversation will also steer to the new context caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on migrants' lifecycles.
Students attending this course will engage in theoretical and practical discussions regarding the links between immigration and welfare as well as migration and labour market policies, with particular emphasis on topics such as:
-International and transnational social protection arrangements;
-Migrants' formal access - and barriers - to state-based social protection policies and programmes;
-Migrants' practices and informal cross-border social protection strategies;
-EU social security coordination and intra-EU migration;
-Migrants' labour market integration and labour market policies.
The course is made of a series of lectures given by ULiege scholars and external speakers. Active participation in all lectures is mandatory and will be reflected in the final grade. The course is interactive and requires the active engagement of students in class discussions as well as preparatory work before the lectures. Students are also expected to work throughout the semester in view of producing a final essay on the topic of this course.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This course is designed to help students acquire the following skills:
-Read and discuss scientific literature in sociology, political sciences, and law;
-Understand the normative and empirical implications regarding the link between international migration, social security systems, and labour market policies;
-Develop and articulate a critical discourse on the course topics;
-Conduct a literature review that puts in dialogue different scientific perspectives on the same research topic, as well as be able to empirically demonstrate the different research implications;
-Academic writing;
-Working independently.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The lectures are given in English. The minimum requirement is a good understanding of the English language (speaking, reading, writing).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
For every lecture, students are expected to:
-Read beforehand the academic publication posted on MyULiege under "Support de cours";
-Write the short summaries (250 words) for the mandatory reading for each lecture and submit the report to the coordinator before the class.
Instructions
-For the students of the Master's degree in Human Resources Management: you can select 1 from the 3 readings for this exercise (1 reading=1 summary)
-For the students of the Master's degrees in Sociology, Migration Studies, and Erasmus Students: you can select 2 from the 3 readings for this exercise (2 readings= 2 summaries)
During class, students are expected to:
-Participate actively in lectures throughout the semester;
-Submit a mid-term essay;
-Submit a final essay.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
It is required that the students actively participate in the presential and/or hybrid lectures. Nevertheless, depending on the availability of the external speakers, lectures may be delivered via video-conference exclusively (via Teams).
Should there be less than 4 students registered in the course: The course will be designed in the form of an independent study. Students will be meeting when required with the course co-ordinator, after some introductory lectures.
Course Time: Wednesdays, 11:00 to 13:00
Classroom: B32 de LANDSHEERE (2/12)
Recommended or required readings
The mandatory reading(s) of every class will be found exclusively on "Support de cours". Also, all lecture material will be uploaded shortly after each lecture at the same space.
In addition, on "Support de cours", additional reading material will be uploaded for those who wish to read them.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- Remote
written exam
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
The maximum final grade a student can receive is 20.
The evaluation is based on 3 elements:
1) Active participation in class and midterm essay (a maximum of 30% of the grade, a maximum of 6/20)
The active participation of students in the on-site/online session is mandatory as part of the student's evaluation, should the student won't be able to attend the scheduled lecture, they should inform the class co-ordinator in advance. Also, all students need to submit their first draft of their essay (mid-term) including the RQ and the theoretical part. Failure to submit or late submissions of the midterm essay will be reflected in the students' grade. The length of the mid-term essay should be around 1,000 words (excluding frontpage, references, abstraact, footnotes, bibliography, annex).
2)Weekly deliverable (a maximum of 20% of the grade, a maximum of 4/20)
Write a short summary (250 words) for the mandatory reading for each lecture, and submit the report to the co-ordinator before the class by 10:00 (BE time) on Wednsedays. Failure to submit the summaries or late submissions will be reflected in students' grades.
Instructions
-For the students of the Master's degree in Human Resources Management: you can select 1 from the 3 readings for this exercise (1 reading=1 summary)
-For the students of the Master's degrees in Sociology, Migration Studies, and Erasmus Students: you can select 2 from the 3 readings for this exercise (2 readings= 2 summaries)
3) Final essay (a maximum of 50% of the grade, a maximum of 10/20)
At the end of the semester, students are expected to deliver an essay of maximum 3,000 words (excluding frontpage, references, abstract, footnotes, bibliography, annex) on a topic related to nexus of immigration and welfare or migration and labour market policies. The essays will comprise adequate conceptual and theoretical discussions based on the literature review on their topic of choice. The essays can also include an original input of the student in the form of empirical material collected by him/her (e.g. interviews, observations, dataset compilations, etc.) and/or an original analysis of existing material (newspaper articles, agreements, reports etc.).
The essays should be submitted via email to Angeliki Konstantinidou (A.Konstantinidou@uliege.be). Papers submitted after the deadline will be penalised.
All deadlines will be announced on the first session (20/09/2023).
Second session (Resitting the exam): In the second session, students are expected to submit an essay of maximum 6,000 words on a topic related to immigration and social protection. The guidelines for the essay are the same as in the first session, except that the greater length supposes the inclusion of more literature and data than the paper submitted in the first session (20 points, worth 100% of the final grade). The students should liaise with the co-ordinator (A. Konstantinidou) to discuss the topic of the final essay. The essays should be submitted via email to Angeliki Konstantinidou. Papers submitted after the deadline will be penalised.
Should there be less than 4 students registered in the course: The course will be designed in the form of an independent study and count for 20 points. Students will be meeting when required with the course co-ordinator.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The students would be notified well in advance should there be modifications in the lecture.
Contacts
Angeliki Konstantinidou (A.Konstantinidou@uliege.be)
All students should use their @uliege email accounts for the course communications.