The 3rd Link4Skills consortium meeting at the IMISCOE annual conference on July 3rd was a good chance to catch up and connect the dots between activities and work packages. The meeting included ... Special thanks to our hosts and the amazing team behind the IMISCOE Annual Conference for providing a fantastic platform for collaboration and…
About the Lecture: The European Skills Agenda and similar initiatives highlight the urgency of addressing labour market challenges in the context of an ageing population. This lecture critically examines two key approaches to skill shortages: Our speakers will also explore innovative and alternative solutions to enhance the resilience of European labour markets, drawing upon insights…
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Monique Kremer, University of Amsterdam Discussants: Prof. Helen Schwenken (University of Osnabrück), TBC and Prof. Godfried Engbersen (Erasmus University Rotterdam) TBC Description: Prof. Kremer will discuss how well-targeted labour migration policies can foster well-being and address skill shortages, focusing on the balance between policy goals and societal impacts. Format: Online About the…
Speaker: Charles Allan Kwenin, Chief Executive Officer of IMPRAC, Ghana Discussant: Maegan Hendow (ICMPD), Prof. Mary Setrana, University of Ghana Description: This session will examine fair recruitment practices and strategies to address irregular migration, with a focus on ethical and sustainable approaches to labour mobility. Format: Online About the speaker: Charles Allan Kwenin has over…
You are warmly invited to the lecture “The Social Construction of Skill in International Labor Migration: Perspectives from Asia” delivered by Prof. Gracia Liu-Farrer, a member of the Link4Skills Advisory Board. This event is part of the ongoing exploration of skill development for a resilient Europe within the framework of the Link4Skills project (hIps://link4skills.eu/), funded…
You are warmly invited to the lecture “Mobility of International Students and Trainees into the EU - Cosmopolitanism meets Migration Management” delivered by Prof. Tesseltje de Lange (Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands), a member of the Link4Skills Advisory Board. This event is part of the ongoing exploration of skill development for a resilient Europe…
You are warmly invited to the lecture “Ukrainian Female War Migrants: Mobilising Resources for Prospective Social Remittances” delivered by Prof. Izabela Grabowska, the Scientific Coordinator of Link4Skills. This event is part of the ongoing exploration of skill development for a resilient Europe within the framework of the Link4Skills project (https://link4skills.eu/), funded by the European Union…
Link4Skills lecture (webinar): “Transparency of qualifications and sustainability of migration: problems and solutions” delivered by Prof. Vidmantas Tutlys, researcher at the Education Academy, Institute of Educational research at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas (Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas), Lithuania. This event is part of the ongoing exploration of skill development for a resilient Europe within the framework…
You are warmly invited to the lecture ‘Migration Skill Corridors: Opportunities and Limits for Labour Migration Policy’delivered by Prof. Godfried Engbersen, Emeritus Professor of General Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam.This event is part of the ongoing exploration of skill development for a resilient Europe within the framework of the #Link4Skills project (https://link4skills.eu/), funded by the European…
You are warmly invited to the lecture ‘Migration-Skill Corridors from Settler Colonial Perspectives: the case of Canada’delivered by Prof. Anna Triandafyllidou, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration at Toronto Metropolitan University and is the Founding Director of TMU’s Global Migration Institute.This event is part of the ongoing exploration of skill development for a resilient…
